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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 15 October 2013, 15:10:35
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.......new tyre thread?.... ::) ::) ::) ;D
Just asking. :y
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I have these these 235/45/17 tyres fitted to my Omega and....... ;D ;D ;D
Perhaps I should quit while I'm ahead. ;)
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I have a tread on all 4 corners and was thinking about some 2 inch spacers on the back :-\ ;D
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I have a tread on all 4 corners and was thinking about some 2 inch spacers on the back :-\ ;D
Is that OEM or pattern spacers ?
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As long as don't get any punctures, I'm not aiming to buy tyres for the 2.2 for the next 60k :D
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As long as don't get any punctures, I'm not aiming to buy tyres for the 2.2 for the next 60k :D
I know that the 2.2 is slightly anaemic and doesn't have much poke.........but 60,000 miles.... :o :o :o
Is that possible?..... ;D ;D
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As long as don't get any punctures, I'm not aiming to buy tyres for the 2.2 for the next 60k :D
I know that the 2.2 is slightly anaemic and doesn't have much poke.........but 60,000 miles.... :o :o :o
Is that possible?..... ;D ;D
Got a set of Kumo 31's with bags of tread, also Winter set of Goodyear Winter Sport 3D's also with bags of tread. I'll swap to the Goodyears in about a month or so
Given i can fairly easily get 30k from a set of boots, should be ok.
That means 230k odd (now at 166k) before i need new boots :D
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I may need a new pair of tyres very shortly, can anybody advise as to what grade of steel and which profile I should get?
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new slant on steel radials there mark ? :D
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new slant on steel radials there mark ? :D
Presumably for Daisy rather than the family bus ::)
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I have these these 235/45/17 tyres fitted to my Omega and....... ;D ;D ;D
Perhaps I should quit while I'm ahead. ;)
I would go with black and round, though apparently Jinju are a bit pants ;D
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I'm thinking about a set of Albanian part worns if I can get them at a good price.... :-\
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new slant on steel radials there mark ? :D
Presumably for Daisy rather than the family bus ::)
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I have these these 235/45/17 tyres fitted to my Omega and....... ;D ;D ;D
Perhaps I should quit while I'm ahead. ;)
I would go with black and round, though apparently Jinju are a bit pants ;D
Now you tell me >:( ;D ;D ;D
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A bloke down he pub told me German Part Worns are the bestest and better than new rubber because they have only driven on silk and camel skin.
From now on, I'll never buy new. :-*
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I may need a new pair of tyres very shortly, can anybody advise as to what grade of steel and which profile I should get?
We need to lobby parliament for rubber roads, that way we can all have concrete tyres that never wear out.
I'm sure there's a concrete test that's relevant to the omega somewhere on the web. :)
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Personally I'd prefer Tarmac tyres as they would be quieter, have better grip and wouldn't tram line as bad! :y
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I may need a new pair of tyres very shortly, can anybody advise as to what grade of steel and which profile I should get?
We need to lobby parliament for rubber roads, that way we can all have concrete tyres that never wear out.
I'm sure there's a concrete test that's relevant to the omega somewhere on the web. :)
Listen to Radio 2, do we? ;D
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Personally I'd prefer Tarmac tyres as they would be quieter, have better grip and wouldn't tram line as bad! :y
Ah yes, tramlines...
Corners like it's on rails ;D
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Personally I'd prefer Tarmac tyres as they would be quieter, have better grip and wouldn't tram line as bad! :y
Evidence? I hope you have some facts and figures to back this up Sir Digger? ;)
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Personally I'd prefer Tarmac tyres as they would be quieter, have better grip and wouldn't tram line as bad! :y
Evidence? I hope you have some facts and figures to back this up Sir Digger? ;)
Tarmac wears too easy. Defeats the object IMO.
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Ah but it depends on the compound of the Tarmac and of course the construction of the tyre. How many steel belts/nylon belts etc
Not that I'm teaching my Granny to suck eggs of course.... ::) :)
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Ah but it depends on the compound of the Tarmac and of course the construction of the tyre. How many steel belts/nylon belts etc
Not that I'm teaching my Granny to suck eggs of course.... ::) :)
Now your just being silly. All the specifications will be in the road. Bead, construction, belts, pressures loaded or unloaded. All in the road.
We of course will be inundated with pot hole damage claims where water has got into our concrete tyres and broken up, damaging the road, and of course, its suspension. :D
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Concrete tyres..... ::) You really do live in the stone age don't you Gixer? :o ;D
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Might of confused meself there a bit ;D
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i got to say....... as a former QA test engineer on the M40 extension..... you lot are woefully ignorant about tarmac.... and tarmac vs concrete....
i'd take tarmac tyres over concrete, although they will wear faster, the water displacement ability will be better, and noise levels will be lower, wear rates can be varied by using different types of sub-base and top grade, and varying the bitumen and binder content as well as the mineral grading .
what worries me is the shear force action at the grade layer interface , you could find in hot weather, that the outer skin of the tyres slips on the substructure... making traction and cornering ability somewhat suspect.... while concrete wouldn't suffer from that, it would be susceptible to stress cracking and shattering in icy conditions if previously cracked... also, i'm worried about the thermal input from the brakes , probably alright under miss daisy drivers, but Jaime would potentially be in serious trouble.
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::) :y ;D
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Max I'm not talking about any old cheap Chinese asphalt ditchfinders here, but I'm talking about tarmac with a capital T, as in the brand Tarmac. Surely they will be the leading brand of asphalt tyres? ???
I hear their summer range are especially sticky in hot weather! ;) ;D
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i got to say....... as a former QA test engineer on the M40 extension.....
You weren't one of those chasing me up and down it before it opened, as I used to use it as a shortcut around the Oakley/Thame area. I would have been in a yellow Ital van, absolutely, completely flat out :P
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At 57mph. :)
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;D
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
I still regularly take that A40 Stokenchurch to Postcombe section on return journeys up the M40. Very childish of me but I've been doing it now for 22 years so I don't suppose i'll ever change!! ;D
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
I still regularly take that A40 Stokenchurch to Postcombe section on return journeys up the M40. Very childish of me but I've been doing it now for 22 years so I don't suppose i'll ever change!! ;D
That bit of A40 is now full of the 30mph crew going uphill. Years ago, it used to be immense fun :y
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
I still regularly take that A40 Stokenchurch to Postcombe section on return journeys up the M40. Very childish of me but I've been doing it now for 22 years so I don't suppose i'll ever change!! ;D
That bit of A40 is now full of the 30mph crew going uphill. Years ago, it used to be immense fun :y
Remember getting a Vectra B badly out of shape going down and round that corner where the little factory unit is - It's a rather deceptive corner, especially with the amount of leaves that settle on the road in autumn. :-X
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Don't mind the M40... but keep getting caught out northbound where it drops down the cliff face ::)
Have inadvertently managed 110kmh down that section, with the cruise control set to 90 :-X
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the real fun is in north wales.... Rhuallt hill , on the A55 , used to regularly see knobheads come off the last corner on the bottom in winter....
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Mr Opti fits none of those commonal garden types of tyres being discussed on here.............................................
His are gold, pure 100% 22 carat solid gold. ::) ::) ::) ::)
He has got a few unsprung weight problems and questions though. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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the real fun is in north wales.... Rhuallt hill , on the A55 , used to regularly see knobheads come off the last corner on the bottom in winter....
Yep, although the burger van in the layby is probably a good source of distraction!!
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
I still regularly take that A40 Stokenchurch to Postcombe section on return journeys up the M40. Very childish of me but I've been doing it now for 22 years so I don't suppose i'll ever change!! ;D
That bit of A40 is now full of the 30mph crew going uphill. Years ago, it used to be immense fun :y
Remember getting a Vectra B badly out of shape going down and round that corner where the little factory unit is - It's a rather deceptive corner, especially with the amount of leaves that settle on the road in autumn. :-X
Not possible :P
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
I still regularly take that A40 Stokenchurch to Postcombe section on return journeys up the M40. Very childish of me but I've been doing it now for 22 years so I don't suppose i'll ever change!! ;D
That bit of A40 is now full of the 30mph crew going uphill. Years ago, it used to be immense fun :y
Remember getting a Vectra B badly out of shape going down and round that corner where the little factory unit is - It's a rather deceptive corner, especially with the amount of leaves that settle on the road in autumn. :-X
Not possible :P
The options were 'plough straight on' in true FWD form or find some grip. ;D
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At 57mph. :)
he'd have only managed that on the down hill section through stokenchurch/christmas common hill/cutting.
no Jaime, i would not have been chasing you....... i'd have been the bloody great Landy110 in front of you towing you upside-down as a surface test. :D
Otherwise known as Chickenshit Canyon.
I still regularly take that A40 Stokenchurch to Postcombe section on return journeys up the M40. Very childish of me but I've been doing it now for 22 years so I don't suppose i'll ever change!! ;D
That bit of A40 is now full of the 30mph crew going uphill. Years ago, it used to be immense fun :y
Remember getting a Vectra B badly out of shape going down and round that corner where the little factory unit is - It's a rather deceptive corner, especially with the amount of leaves that settle on the road in autumn. :-X
Not possible :P
You haven't tried hard enough ;D (that said, not done that road in a Veccy-B)
Actually, on that stretch, you don't need to try very hard.
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Never had that problem :-\ Handbrake is a nice backup in emergency as long as you remember to use it in the split second :D ;D