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triangle tyres

  • 03-05-2012 10:08PM
    #1
    shooter57
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭


    hi folks whats your opinions on triangle tyres for a bmw , are they good quality ?


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  • #2
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    No.


  • #3
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    Buy quality part worns over anything budget.


  • #4
    shooter57
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭shooter57


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    No.


    why not ? do you mind me asking ?


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,318 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I wouldn't put them on a silage pit


  • #6
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    shooter57 wrote: »
    why not ? do you mind me asking ?


    The silage pit joke from above :p


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  • #7
    shooter57
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭shooter57


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I wouldn't put them on a silage pit


    thanks for info , any reason ?


  • #8
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    shooter57 wrote: »
    why not ? do you mind me asking ?


    The silage pit joke from above :p

    That and you might end up dead if it rains.


  • #9
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    They are perfectly fine OP, just don't go rallying around corners or driving full speed at walls and such.









    *just between ourselves, most of the regular posters on here are actually members of the board with the major tyre companies;)


  • #10
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,678 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Circular ones FTW!


  • #11
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,580 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Avoid if at all possible especially on a RWD car.
    How much are they going for?


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  • #12
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Where To wrote: »
    just don't go rallying around corners or driving full speed at walls and such.

    ... or slamming on in an emergency ;)


  • #13
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    shooter57 wrote: »
    thanks for info , any reason ?


    Premium car + cheap chinese tyres = typical Irish motorist:rolleyes:

    Having said that, the likes of those tyres are not suitable on any car, premium or not.


  • #14
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    shooter57 wrote: »
    thanks for info , any reason ?


    Summarised nicely about el cheapo tyres

    http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Autocar-Tyre-Test-Budget-Tyre-Performance.htm

    Go buy part worn dunlops/conti/verdstein if your cash conscious


  • #15
    shooter57
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭shooter57


    Saab Ed wrote: »
    The silage pit joke from above :p

    That and you might end up dead if it rains.



    :eek: so I take it they are bad quality , was offered a set brand new , fitted for 300e .


  • #16
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Where To wrote: »
    *just between ourselves, most of the regular posters on here are actually members of the board with the major tyre companies;)



    Actually most of the regular poster here can feel what their car is doing on the road....and couldn't fathom why people cheap out on the only thing that keeps you and your car on the road!


  • #17
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,580 ✭✭✭ongarite


    BX 19 wrote: »
    Summarised nicely about el cheapo tyres

    http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Autocar-Tyre-Test-Budget-Tyre-Performance.htm

    Go buy part worn dunlops/conti/verdstein if your cash conscious
    Nice comment from that article:
    I have 2 triangle tyres 225 55 16 on my e39 bmw and they have no grip in the wet and not that good even when its dry i have 6000miles done and will have to replace them again with a good brand name this time they are worst tyres i have ever put on a car i wudnt buy them for my wheel barrow now


  • #18
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,318 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    They're made from a very hard plasticy compound which doesn't grip which means your breaking distances areincreased, your abs will cut In all the time as the tires don't grip, you will lose grip on the back end meaning gung-Ho arse out moments on roundabouts, and most of all - that moment when you need the car to behave like a bmw it'll do something unexpected and you'll hit someone/thing


  • #19
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    shooter57 wrote: »
    :eek: so I take it they are bad quality , was offered a set brand new , fitted for 300e .


    I once bought a a car with 4 new triangle tyres on it. I changed them all after a couple of days so bad was the quality of these tyres. Just dangerous, no grip in the wet or even worse, in the dry :eek: Crowning moment of hilarity was myself, herself and the kids full bore broadside on a roundabout in bone dry conditions at about 15 mph.


  • #20
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,306 ✭✭✭Mycroft H




    This is why


  • #21
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    Actually most of the regular poster here can feel what their car is doing on the road....and couldn't fathom why people cheap out on the only thing that keeps you and your car on the road!
    Would you be willing to take the pepsi challenge?

    Michelins v an Event/Hifly combi?:D

    We've tried this on a few 'experts'. Results are mixed to say the least.


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  • #22
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Where To wrote: »
    Would you be willing to take the pepsi challenge?

    Michelins v an Event/Hifly combi?:D

    We've tried this on a few 'experts'. Results are mixed to say the least.



    I've driven thousands of cars on pretty much every type of tyre in the vast majority of conditions and am well aware of the differences.

    When you drive your car in different conditions do you test your grip levels on different surfaces or just go a bit slower in the wet and a bit faster in the dry?


  • #23
    shooter57
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭shooter57


    thanks for the info guys , had googled them for info about quality but couldn't find anything on them . Guess I'll be giving them a miss so .


  • #24
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Don't mind me, I'm just playing devil's advocate here.

    However, I don't think Chinese tyres are that much worse than branded tyres as some would have us believe.

    I've seen Sunnys go where Dunlop snow tyres wouldn't.

    I've also seen Sunnys go over ditches where other tyres haven't.

    Bad tyres? maybe
    Bad road conditions? maybe
    Bad drivers? maybe
    Combination of all three? Definitely


  • #25
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    shooter57 wrote: »
    thanks for the info guys , had googled them for info about quality but couldn't find anything on them . Guess I'll be giving them a miss so .

    If I were you I'd be starting at the likes of Hankook, Kumho, Vredestein and working up towards the established premium brands.


  • #26
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    300 fitted ? id say good tires would cost around same. its 75 a corner, .... expensive ,,, in that range youd get some better tires. shop around. there is a lot companies online offer not bad prices for good name tires.


  • #27
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    OP what is the size?


  • #28
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Where To wrote: »
    Bad tyres? maybe
    Bad road conditions? maybe
    Bad drivers? maybe
    Combination of all three? Definitely


    I'd agree 100% with that.

    But consider also that if you remove bad tyres from your above scenario, that's 1/3 less chance of an issue, so why wouldn't you?(meant generally, not you personally)

    IMO if you don't have grip then your suspension, brakes, handling, bonnet badge or whatever else, don't matter a damm.


  • #29
    shooter57
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭shooter57


    George Dalton wrote: »
    OP what is the size?


    18/225/45


  • #30
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Mar4ix wrote: »
    300 fitted ? id say good tires would cost around same. its 75 a corner, .... expensive ,,, in that range youd get some better tires. shop around. there is a lot companies online offer not bad prices for good name tires.



    Very difficult to say a tyre is expensive unless you know what size it is.



    Edit: 225/45/18 above so €75 a corner for that size should be ringing alarm bells.


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  • #31
    Saab Ed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,372 ✭✭✭Saab Ed


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    IMO if you don't have grip then your suspension, brakes, handling, bonnet badge or whatever else, don't matter a damm.

    And yet its so often over looked and compromised because of price. Always baffles me to see people spending 10/20/30 grand or more on a car and then save 20 or 30 quid a corner by buying crap tyres. :confused:


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