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Re: Tyres
« Reply #15 on: 18 January 2015, 09:22:30 »

Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
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£60 a corneer tops :)

You win the lottery bg?  :o  I thought £40 a corner was your styleee?

Was trying to appear affluent, but been caught out.
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« Reply #16 on: 18 January 2015, 09:26:16 »

Next it will be get part worn tyres which could be a health hazard ;D
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« Reply #17 on: 18 January 2015, 09:32:44 »

Next it will be get part worn tyres which could be a health hazard ;D

Are they cheaper, and do you get coffee. ;D
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« Reply #18 on: 18 January 2015, 10:34:34 »

No probably tea using a second hand tea bag.There are probably some good buys with part worn but how do you know what unseen damage has occurred. Is it worth the risk?
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« Reply #19 on: 18 January 2015, 11:01:36 »

Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
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£60 a corneer tops :)

Bang on!!!!
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« Reply #20 on: 18 January 2015, 11:16:41 »

I have Falken Azenis FK453. 235/45/17 and works fine
The older 452's were OK if not driven too hard. My theory was if you did overdrive them early on, they'd never recover. Not tried 453's though.
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« Reply #21 on: 18 January 2015, 11:17:49 »

Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.

£60 a corneer tops :)

Bang on!!!!
Yes, but you drive slower than Tunnie's mum ;D
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« Reply #22 on: 18 January 2015, 11:24:21 »

I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints  :y. I think the full geo setup also helped  :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them  :y

I hear good reports of these.......with the exception of poor mileage.
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« Reply #23 on: 18 January 2015, 11:54:28 »

Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.

£60 a corneer tops :)

Bang on!!!!
Yes, but you drive slower than Tunnie's mum ;D

 :D :D ;D
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« Reply #24 on: 18 January 2015, 21:34:41 »

I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints  :y. I think the full geo setup also helped  :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them  :y

I hear good reports of these.......with the exception of poor mileage.

I only do 1000 miles a year so hope they last me  :y. So far I am impressed with them - must be that "Shark Skin" Technology  :D
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« Reply #25 on: 18 January 2015, 22:00:00 »

Go to tyre shop..
Ask for budget tyre
Tyre monkeys fit tyres
You sit down and drink free coffee
Happy days.

£60 a corneer tops :)

Bang on!!!!
Yes, but you drive slower than Tunnie's mum ;D

Use to enjoy my drive to work, then they put average cash collection points,along the A1, so yup now sloooowed down.
If you are thinking they don't work,wrong know of 3 people been nicked,and done the speed awareness course.
A1 buckden-southoe, was a lovely set of bends at the old 70mph hofficer. :D
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« Reply #26 on: 18 January 2015, 22:54:33 »

You're not wrong BG... Mickleham bends on the A24 tween Leatherhead and Dorking used to be a real challenge at the nsl when it was two lanes... Now at 50mph and one lane, a blind monkey could negotiate them one handed  :'(
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« Reply #27 on: 18 January 2015, 23:34:43 »

You're not wrong BG... Mickleham bends on the A24 tween Leatherhead and Dorking used to be a real challenge at the nsl when it was two lanes... Now at 50mph and one lane, a blind monkey could negotiate them one handed  :'(

That seems to be about the standard we're aiming at these days. ::)
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« Reply #28 on: 19 January 2015, 04:50:35 »

You're not wrong BG... Mickleham bends on the A24 tween Leatherhead and Dorking used to be a real challenge at the nsl when it was two lanes... Now at 50mph and one lane, a blind monkey could negotiate them one handed  :'(

That seems to be about the standard we're aiming at these days. ::)
You're probably right... cars driven remotely by one armed google monkeys... no less ::)
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« Reply #29 on: 19 January 2015, 08:38:06 »

I have new set Uniroyal rainsport 3's on mine and no complaints  :y. I think the full geo setup also helped  :D. Had goodyear eagle F1 GSD3's before them  :y

I hear good reports of these.......with the exception of poor mileage.

Had some older Rainsports on my E34 525i - fantastic combination of chassis and tyre, very progressive breakaway. Could do entire laps of wet roundabouts sideways.
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