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2019 Tyre Reviews UHP Summer Tyre Test - Tyre Reviews and Tests
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A win for Goodyear Eagle F1 Supersport. Not sure about sizes, mind.
And slippers. While you're at it, a cardigan and make sure it has pockets for the Werther's Originals..I have been reading this thread for sometime now and am concerned that it is yet another sign that I am getting old.
“outright dangerous, shockingly bad, dreadful,skipped around, shocking,very poor” and that’s just page 1!
I never ever on public roads pushed a cars tyres to anywhere near what their grip levels were regardless of brand, hot, cold, dry or rain. I remember doing the occasional back end wiggle in snow for fun during the odd scottish summer but other than that feel I am not connecting to the rubber performance concerns being branded about here.
Today I will browse ( nearly typed peruse and that's an old persons word) "pipes" on amazon as I am clearly in need of one.
Yes but this is a tyre thread it's not about Stoke.If you live in Spain or suchlike then yes P-Zero's but on a wet and cold Tuesday night in Stoke then no, that's suicide.
Thoughts appreciated fellow Strad owners; I've been told by my dealer that the only truly recommended summer tyre for our cars is the P Zero Corsa 255 and rears 295 (which I currently have on the car and which don't have the MGT symbol). For those running different brands, are your front tyres still 255 or 245? Looks like a lot of positive experiences of Pirelli alternatives - which is causing me to pause.
Slightly surprised I need to change - my master plan had been to use these until winter tyre swap-over in November; but the central tread is down at 3.2-3.4mm with apparently lower on the edges and with a large road trip planned shortly, not sensible to take risks when I want to really see what the car can truly do over 2k of twisties and sweeping roads.
To be honest.you don't really need to be silly at all. I have pulled out of junctions at fairly Daisy pace in the XJL in cold wet conditions and been slipping around with little effort. I am not sure it would do that with most other tyres. Of course with less power it would be fine but you don't have PZeros on lesser powered cars. A 510PS RWD XJL SS is dangerous in these situations and you have to be very very careful....fact. The tyres are pretty new so unless they are faulty it can easily be an issue in my experience.I have been reading this thread for sometime now and am concerned that it is yet another sign that I am getting old.
“outright dangerous, shockingly bad, dreadful,skipped around, shocking,very poor” and that’s just page 1!
I never ever on public roads pushed a cars tyres to anywhere near what their grip levels were regardless of brand, hot, cold, dry or rain. I remember doing the occasional back end wiggle in snow for fun during the odd scottish summer but other than that feel I am not connecting to the rubber performance concerns being branded about here.
Today I will browse ( nearly typed peruse and that's an old persons word) "pipes" on amazon as I am clearly in need of one.
PS4, Vredestain are a rebrand of Pzeros, **** in the cold and stiffened sidewalls that split the shoulder over potholes. I may be wrong but the characteristics are astonishing.
And I've just fitted to Michelins to the rear... Since United are in the Europa League, I'll have to get those now.After 4 pages of dissatisfaction can I add some input and clarity.
I was out in the pipelines earlier, the swell was gnarly (bit choppy in English) and I was just carving it up before heading home to my chosen pipe (I have settled on a Hans Landa model from Inglorious which seems to fit the 1936 Brexit thread innuendo well ) when I was approached by a camera crew who just happened to have a Granturismo nearby and who recognised my experience with such a weapon......and my undoubted skill on a soft-top.....in the gnarliness.
20 minutes in make up, wig on, Beckham stubble applied (the make up girl said it was the easiest days work she’d ever done, (that included, Pitt, Cluny....Hemsworth).
The result.
Art.
And a very important public information message.
You’re all on the wrong tyre.
Ahh, they were the old Pirelli’s on the car before we replaced them with Handcocks.By the way Wattie, who's idea was it to feature a burn out in a tyre commercial?
I have been reading this thread for sometime now and am concerned that it is yet another sign that I am getting old.
“outright dangerous, shockingly bad, dreadful,skipped around, shocking,very poor” and that’s just page 1!
I never ever on public roads pushed a cars tyres to anywhere near what their grip levels were regardless of brand, hot, cold, dry or rain. I remember doing the occasional back end wiggle in snow for fun during the odd scottish summer but other than that feel I am not connecting to the rubber performance concerns being branded about here.
Today I will browse ( nearly typed peruse and that's an old persons word) "pipes" on amazon as I am clearly in need of one.
You can get the assy 2 for all 4 corners, but they are more expensive than the assy 5, and I object to paying more for old tech, looking more like Mich ps4s, or falken FK510 who also cover all sizes.
Who could have thought this could get any more complex, its only about tires after all, called in to a local independent tire fitter today to get some prices, gave him size I want, (245/35/19) and he asked for make and model of car, came up on his computer as having 235/35/19, which we all know is the size fitted as standard, and he said he would refuse to fit the size i asked for and would only fit what his system stated, due to liability etc, etc but (it gets more confusing) some of the tire sites come up with 245/35/19 for my reg no, and some come up with 235/35/19, so who do you trust? I could buy the size I want, which is the one recommended by the website, only to turn up at the fitters for them to refuse to fit them as they are different to what is already fitted.