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Triangle tyres - how are these legal?

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    #122
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Got a set of Michelin cross climates last week for 85 each fitted
    It was the cheapest I could find online even looking at the online tyre retailers.
    I've paid more for tyres but never that much less.
    Having spent 25 years in transport, much of that time buying tyres, cheapee tyres arent economical or a good buy in the long run.


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    irish bloke
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    Leandro Poor Locomotive wrote: »
    Got a set of Michelin cross climates last week for 85 each fitted

    Were they for a golf cart???


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    #124
    colm_mcm
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    Octavia AFAIK.


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    #125
    ianobrien
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    The problem with the ditchfinders is that they perform poorly in the wet. Given our cold damp climate, wet weather performance is key. Yes I know we are all driving Gods ad never put a wheel wrong (well, I do) but given the amount of idiots on the road, I want to be able to stop in an emergency. If you want to be able to stop in the wet, you need wet weather grip and there are plenty of examples of where the ditchfinders have shocking poor grip.

    I also drove on the ditchfinders in the warm wet when in Africa (ya, it was heading for 35C still in the rainy season and it rained warm rain), the extra 20C in temperatures improved things on the grip front. A scientific comparison couldn't be done but the grip actually surprised me, given my experience of them in our cold wet roads.

    In the dry, the ditchfinders are actually OK and almost a match to mid range tyres. When it's really warm (40C plus) they really start to get soft and the grip is fun.

    Brakes are another factor but now manufacturers are fitting emergency braking assist, basically when the car detects you stamp on the pedal it applies full braking. (The manufacturers found people were not pressing the brake pedal hard enough!). As I've a car at home that has 50 year old brake design under the front, I can tell you the car will stop, but not enough as the modern cars down to a full stop. The reason, the brakes are much smaller and small non ventilated front discs. This means the brakes get hot and the braking ability drops after a while. Modern pads, changing pad compounds and fitting ventilated discs would (and do) restore the braking ability to modern cars.


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    #126
    Special Circumstances
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    Leandro Poor Locomotive wrote: »
    Got a set of Michelin cross climates last week for 85 each fitted
    It was the cheapest I could find online even looking at the online tyre retailers.

    Where please. Very good deal.


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    #127
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    irish bloke wrote: »
    Were they for a golf cart???

    Octavia estate ..I'll let you decide if there's a difference with a golf cart ;)


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    #128
    uck51js9zml2yt
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    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    Where please. Very good deal.

    Discount tyres in Blanchard's town.
    I also got a 30€ voucher for fuel.


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