sagitar tyres

garclo

has anybody any opinions on these tyres? i got 4 put on my van about a month ago and they seem terible, wont grip the road at all and cornering is a nightmare if the road is any way wet. i can't change them because it's a company van. just wondering if anyone else has had experience of them.

Plug

I've have them and to say they are SH1T is a massive overstatement.

puppetmaster

garclo wrote: »

has anybody any opinions on these tyres? i got 4 put on my van about a month ago and they seem terible, wont grip the road at all and cornering is a nightmare if the road is any way wet. i can't change them because it's a company van. just wondering if anyone else has had experience of them.

Saggy Tar's , Chinese tyre. Couple of friends had them one said they were grand other said they were Dangerous. Maybe all saggytars arent made equal.

Would it being a company van not be more of a reason to change then though, if you think their dodgy? Will cost the Company a Van if anything goes wrong.

garclo

Would it being a company van not be more of a reason to change then though, if you think their dodgy? Will cost the Company a Van if anything goes wrong.[/QUOTE]


that's the way any normal person would think but unfortunately spending money is not something they seem keen to do.( i've had the recession speech already)

puppetmaster

garclo wrote: »

Would it being a company van not be more of a reason to change then though, if you think their dodgy? Will cost the Company a Van if anything goes wrong.

that's the way any normal person would think but unfortunately spending money is not something they seem keen to do.( i've had the recession speech already)[/QUOTE]

Nothin 20 minutes of wheel spin wont sort out

George Dalton

You get what you pay for...

Del2005

puppetmaster wrote: »

garclo wrote: »

that's the way any normal person would think but unfortunately spending money is not something they seem keen to do.( i've had the recession speech already)

Nothin 20 minutes of wheel spin wont sort out

Or you could drive into a lot of big footpaths at speed.

I'd some cheap tyres on an old car. Fcuking things where lethal got rid of them ASAP as I couldn't trust them to get me out of danger.

OP you could always try the Health and Safety approach, car ain't safe to drive with crap tyres on it.

Have they got E marks on them?

mickdw

I few bulges meaning replacement and a lot of punchures might change bosses mind.

Owen

If you're stuck with crappy tyres, the best you can do is adjust your driving style to them. A friend driving on Acceleras was constantly telling me how much they slid on the roads, and they couldn't take corners without feeling like they were in trouble. I sat in the car with them, and it was pretty much a case of keeping the throttle fed in during the corners no matter the conditions. You'll get away with that on Continentals or Bridgestones, but not on Linglongs or ChengChengs.

Let about 3-4 PSI out of each wheel to fatten up the contact patch, and when you get to a corner, select the right gear for the corner, take your foot of the throttle and only feed the power back in at, or beyond the apex.

Course you could be doing all this already, and they tyres are even crappier than I'm imagining

challengemaster

General rule of thumb: if you've never heard of the tyre brand before - they're probably shíte

ongarite

Have these no-name Chinese tyres been around for a few years or is it just the "recession" bringing the availability of these cheap tyres to the fore.

I've seen a large uptick in posts on this forum with users asking about no-name Chinese brands recently.

bazz26

ongarite wrote: »

Have these no-name Chinese tyres been around for a few years or is it just the "recession" bringing the availability of these cheap tyres to the fore.

I've seen a large uptick in posts on this forum with users asking about no-name Chinese brands recently.

When Average Joe goes into a tyre centre and asks for 4 tyres, the first thing he normally looks at is the price. Most just want to spend the least amount of money on basic rubber and in some cases they only do it because they need them to pass the NCT. Sales of these bargin basement tyres are what tyre centres are making a living from these days. It's the same with servicing, doesn't matter what is done or what parts are used, if a service costs €99 or less then that will do.

hellyeah

just my 2cents worth. I have a 2009 model ford transit for work. I do about 50,000 miles per annum an all types of roads etc all over the country. Van was factory fitted with bridgestone tyers and had no problems with them. I swapped them around every 10k and got 40k out of them before replaceing ( would have liked to replace sooner, recession and all)
Went to tyre centre and just said give us 4 tyers.(big mistake)
Put on 4 Goodrides(never heard of them). After very small miles was having major problems with traction. Loosing grip coming off wet roundabouts in 3rd gear, with some scary sideways action. Van has traction control and it was still kicking out. Tyres wore very quickly, they were a nightmare in the snow and i got about 20k out of them before i replaced the lot for 4 bridgestones.
imo its a false economy with budget tyers. Would not put budgets on
my car , and never again on a commercial vehicle. Its not worth it.

Del2005

Owen wrote: »

If you're stuck with crappy tyres, the best you can do is adjust your driving style to them.

It doesn't mater about adjusting your driving style if you can't trust them in an "Ohh Sh!tttt" moment.

As I said I had bad tyres before and while I knew to take it handy, or not if no one was around:D , I had ZERO confidence in them getting me out of trouble. Your tyres are the 2nd most important thing got getting out of trouble, the 1st is not getting into trouble and that's much easier with decent tyres.