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I managed to actually peel a set of 1000 year old metric tyres off the rims of my old Jag XJ40 by stamping on the brake and accelerator at the same time while in D.
It was all very silly.. but old rubber doesn't half smoke well.
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zomerzet
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Have Metro. Will Rust.
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I had a vibration develop on my Metro with metric tyres (poor quality wobbly children's play pony poop) and after closer inspection I saw there was a massive bulge on one of the rear tyres. It was that bad the tyre wasn't even on the wheel straight! Scary :s Replacing them is the hard bit as the only ones I can find are over 10 years old!  |
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1982 VW T25 'Project Aircooled' Devon Moonraker Campervan
2009 Toyota 'Sensible Car' Yaris T2
If you're not accelerating or braking, you're WASTING YOUR TIME.
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tires are one thing I'm pretty hot on i try to always keep good matched tires on all of my cars they don't need to be the most expensive branded tires but do have to be in good condition as they will get a lot of abuse (especially on mine lol) and are the only contact you have with the road below you
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Once, a Mk5 Escort Ghia Estate was 2-3 cars in front of me on the autobahn. When suddenly a loud bang, lots of smoke and fragements of tyres blasted through the air... Like in a action movie, smoke and debris everywhere!  Noone stopped, 'cept me (of course, right?  . Turned out a rear tyre exploded, but the woman driver somehow managed to keep the car straight and come to a save halt on the side-strip. I took her son (3-4 years old) out of the car, put him behind the armco and put on the spare wheel. Escorted her to the next fuel station to put more air in the tyre, checked the other three tyres and told her to go slowly from now on, since the spare tyre is from the 90's. Now for the surprising bit: the exploded tyre was almost new, 1 year old.  Nevertheless, the sidewall let go. Lesson: take care of your tyres, don't scrubb them on the curb, don't run them underinflated and check for damages regularily. If you can't afford good tyres, stopp driving. I'm a bit anal about tyres and never use tyres older than 5 years. And I know why... |
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skinnylew
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I think if I was regularly travelling on German Autobahns I'd be fairly critical of my tyres as well! I did this once:  slowing from a very high speed it popped at 80 mph but it was the inside of the rear tyre so just went bang and the car barely wobbled. I put it down to uneven wear and overheating it, come to think of it I never checked what the speed rating was, I might have exceeded it |
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bl1300
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Ive always thought best to steer clear of part worn or second hand tyres but now I'm in two minds is a decent branded part worn going to be better than a brand new budget brand.
I just put two new tyres on the front of the Ibiza and was shocked that it was scrubbing the inner sidewalls. I have caught it in time but I wouldn't have wanted to drive much further. Moral is check the whole tyre not just the obvious parts as the majority of the tyre looked good had 3-4mm of tread all the way accross.
Another pet hate of mine that I see far too often is directional tyres mounted backwards.
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Last Edit: Nov 8, 2011 14:45:11 GMT by bl1300
Current fleet.
1967 DAF 44
1974 VW Beetle 1303s
1975 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
1988 VW LT45 Beavertail
1998 Volvo V70 2.5
1959 Fordson Dexta
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berendd
Europe
why do I need 3 keys for one car?
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had a similar experience on the autobahn once in my old passat.. had the winter tyres on and since the conditions were clear i nailed it until the tyre went pop at 170kmh, looked the same as the one on page 1...
wasn't really amazed as the classification was R which means max 170kmh, just didn't think of it..
was scary but all went well, have become a lot more carefull with tyres! not driving on more than 10jr old ones anymore, I will just put them on the back of the merc and smoke them..
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I got some almost new Firestones in the end. Even LingLongs or whatever are like £47 new, fitted and balanced. When did 13s get expensive...? Almost new Firestones came out £25 a corner.
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RetroMat
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When I first got my hiace camper the rear tyres were Kingpin remolds! on both the tread had started to peel off the tyre, previous owners had happily driven to Portugal on these ancient peely tyres!
I always used to buy part worns but it seemed to be false economy as there was always something wrong with them. Now I just buy a decent budget brand, falkens toyos etc For a few quid more doesnt seem worth the hastle of part worns
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I got some almost new Firestones in the end. Even LingLongs or whatever are like £47 new, fitted and balanced. When did 13s get expensive...? Almost new Firestones came out £25 a corner. cause not many moderns are fitted with them. I had same problem, that was for a 10yr old motor. |
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Never really had any bother with part worns. Place I get them lets you inspect them before they go on, check date codes on them, whatever. The 2 front ones look like new. I'm happy. I'm not spending £200 on tyres for a car I only paid £200 for which I will probably sell in like 3 or 4 months time. Not on my "income".
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g40jon
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Ive always thought best to steer clear of part worn or second hand tyres but now I'm in two minds is a decent branded part worn going to be better than a brand new budget brand. i would sooner have part worn quality brands than new budgets all day long. they balance up better, they drive better, end of. I know people have hang ups on second hand tyres, but i bet not many would swap the tyres on there recently purchased 2nd hand car if they were not worn! |
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part worns are proper bo - I'll usually have sold the vehicle or the wheels long before I've worn the tyres out. Got a full set of part worns (Dunlop, matching, 5mm) for the golf for £60 fitted. New tyres would have cos that much each, for budgets.
I buy a lot of part worns off ebay through my job - 20" low profile branded tyres for £45 a corner to go on t5 campers we sell. Worst I've had is a couple of tyres with eggs in the sidewall once fitted, and the seller refunded the money no questions asked. Date codes are invaluable - ask the seller a question and get them to confirm they are no more than 3 years old to be safe.
A decent, branded part worn is usually less than half the price of a new MEGA BUDGET tyre and will perform much better, often for nearly as long. I'm happy for there to be a bit of a stigma regarding part worns, cos it means I get good tyres for cheap money.
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RetroMat
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Well I Should explain with the part worns I got a set of matched goodyears partworn on my triumph from my local partworn supplier, 2 have developed odd bulges and one - Goodyear gt70 has developed aging cracks that making it look 10 years older than it is. Saying all that i'm running a full set of ebay part worn snow tyres off ebay on my saab 900 daily  But i'm more weary of them as I used to be! |
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10mpg
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I've fitted literally hundereds of part worns to everything from my two ton+ Range rover to a Cinqecento sporting never had a problem with any of them, use a reputable part worn specialist, my local one does all his fixed price by diameter, e.g 15" £20 16" £25 ect, so if you want great big wide z rated things you can get a proper bargain...
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The Internet, like all tools, if used improperly, can make a complete bo**cks of even the simplest jobs...
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Nov 18, 2011 18:55:28 GMT
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any car I plan on keeping always gets a set of new boots fitted.... end of story.. and new brake linings
that way I know for sure what and how they been treated
bit of a cost outlay when first getting a motor but if you treat them kindly a set of tyres should last for years without problems
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ChasR
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motivation
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Nov 18, 2011 20:42:20 GMT
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I seem to do that with most cars I buy, but not out of choice!
On the Pug it was on 10 year old front spare tyres. Fresh Toyos transformed the drive of that car.
An MGB of old came with Dunlop SP4s (no joke!). Somehow despite being cracked to high heaven it always got a green ticket. It did make selling the wheels easy (they were chrome Rostyles). With my 'old' Nankang tyred Rostyles the car drove just a little better.
On the Mondeo I had all of of the tyres had dodgy sidewalls from being underinflated, and I only went in to get 2 tyres changed!
To be fair, I could have avoided the above by not buying cars at some 'bargainous' prices!
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tofufi
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had a similar experience on the autobahn once in my old passat.. I was driving down the motorway a few months ago. Just passed a lorry when its front right tyre blew out. The whole thing swerved across lane 2, and took out its front bumper and wheelarch liner. No idea how it missed all the cars (it was rush hour) but lorry tyres make a bloody big bang when they go No-one else bothered stopping, but the truck driver seemed pretty calm about it all. |
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CIH
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Nov 20, 2011 11:45:30 GMT
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I'd be happy to bet 99.99999% of tyre failures were due to underinflation
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. Turned out a rear tyre exploded, but the woman driver somehow managed to keep the car straight and come to a save halt on the side-strip.
Nevertheless, the sidewall let go.
Ax GTi Turbo
But i'm more weary of them as I used to be! 
