Motors Chat - Round 7

Supergurrier · 20-02-2015 10:30PM

Bpmull wrote: »

Similar happened the last time I was in my local tyre place a lad pulls in in an Audi A6 the car was a year old still on original tyres all the toys s line the works really great car his young kids were in the back the tyres were almost completly bald he said it was his wife's car to the tyre guy :eek: anyway tyre guy starts giving him options most expensive to cheapest starts at Michelin / Goodyears, then hankook, then triangle now when you start going below triangle things are bad but he took the cheapest wanli chinese sh!t they had.

I love when you walk into a tyre place and there like we have tyres there for 59 euro in your size and you say Yep I actually want decent tyres the shock in their face and they say we have bridgestone there you say what model bridgestone are they ? And their jaw nearly hits the floor :pac:

Just buy premium tyres online at midrange tyre prices , get tyre fitter you know to fit for a touch and sorted.

/Hopes post isn't deleted

Bpmull · 20-02-2015 10:35PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

Just buy premium tyres online at midrange tyre prices , get tyre fitter you know to fit for a touch and sorted.

/Hopes post isn't deleted

Considering I can get any premium brand I want for 80 quid a corner fitted I don't have any need to buy online but for bigger/ more unusual sizes you are right.

Foxhole Norman · 20-02-2015 10:36PM

Bpmull wrote: »

Considering I can get any premium brand I want for 80 quid a corner fitted I don't have any need to buy online but for bigger/ more unusual sizes you are right.

This is one of the reasons I miss the Yaris, tyres cost about 2c compared to 130-200 a corner

challengemaster · 20-02-2015 10:37PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

get tyre fitter you know to fit for a touch and sorted.

I didn't know tyre fitters took hand shandies as payment :eek:

Supergurrier · 20-02-2015 10:38PM

Bpmull wrote: »

Considering I can get any premium brand I want for 80 quid a corner fitted I don't have any need to buy online but for bigger/ more unusual sizes you are right.

You would be suprised.

225/40/18 are cheaper than alot of smaller sizes,

+ What you consider premium and what i consider premium might differ

Bpmull · 20-02-2015 10:38PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

This is one of the reasons I miss the Yaris, tyres cost about 2c compared to 130-200 a corner

I think the only logical thing for you to do is to fit 15 inch tyres to your car oh Id love to see a picture of that it would look mad :pac:

Supergurrier · 20-02-2015 10:39PM

challengemaster wrote: »

I didn't know tyre fitters took hand shandies as payment :eek:

C'mon now this isn't AH, lets keep the thanks whoring to a minimum

Bpmull · 20-02-2015 10:40PM

Supergurrier wrote: »

You would be suprised.

225/40/18 are cheaper than alot of smaller sizes,

+ What you consider premium and what i consider premium might differ

Id only fit goodyear or bridgestone generally. I got bridgestone t001 the last time for a great price less than 80 quid anyway 195/65/15.

challengemaster · 20-02-2015 10:47PM

Bpmull wrote: »

Id only fit goodyear or bridgestone generally. I got bridgestone t001 the last time for a great price less than 80 quid anyway 195/65/15.

225/40/18:

Goodyear Eagle F1's can't be matched for grip, but they're certainly not the longest lasting of tyre. Bridgestone potenzas are definitely worse grip wise (and more expensive), but still up there. I've Uniroyal Rainsport 3's on now and able to spin the rears easily enough and there's much less lateral grip, but they're fantastic in the rain and any sort of standing water.

At €600 a set I'm glad I don't have more to review :pac:

Supergurrier · 20-02-2015 10:51PM

challengemaster wrote: »

225/40/18:

Goodyear Eagle F1's can't be matched for grip, but they're certainly not the longest lasting of tyre. Bridgestone potenzas are definitely worse grip wise (and more expensive), but still up there. I've Uniroyal Rainsport 3's on now and able to spin the rears easily enough and there's much less lateral grip, but they're fantastic in the rain and any sort of standing water.

At €600 a set I'm glad I don't have more to review :pac:

+1 on the F1's after 4 months i started to feel they dying off a fair bit already, it's like driving in a cartoon though once you cut them in after afew days driving.

Have the Rainsport 3's on Volvo (Sharkskin technology rawr) and while they seem fine the S60 is a big old pudding so hard to really gauge.

The Vredistein Ultrac Sess i have on Focus now are great 90% F1 grip but wear twice as long and are considerably cheaper.

Foxhole Norman · 20-02-2015 10:52PM

Bpmull wrote: »

I think the only logical thing for you to do is to fit 15 inch tyres to your car oh Id love to see a picture of that it would look mad :pac:

Slammed on steelies laaawd.

Closest I could find:

It's pretty grim.

Old diesel · 20-02-2015 10:53PM

Bpmull wrote: »

Similar happened the last time I was in my local tyre place a lad pulls in in an Audi A6 the car was a year old still on original tyres all the toys s line the works really great car his young kids were in the back the tyres were almost completly bald he said it was his wife's car to the tyre guy :eek: anyway tyre guy starts giving him options most expensive to cheapest starts at Michelin / Goodyears, then hankook, then triangle now when you start going below triangle things are bad but he took the cheapest wanli chinese sh!t they had.

I love when you walk into a tyre place and there like we have tyres there for 59 euro in your size and you say Yep I actually want decent tyres the shock in their face and they say we have bridgestone there you say what model bridgestone are they ? And their jaw nearly hits the floor :pac:

I love - "they are okay" when some tyre place is referring to a cheap tyre they want to sell.

In so many areas in my life id like things to be better then okay - if the ambulance comes out in a life treatning emergency id like the Paramedics to be BETTER then okay.

If i step on a plane - id like the guy working on it beforehand to be better then okay.

Perfectly reasonable - can't see why it would be different with tyres.

Supergurrier · 20-02-2015 10:55PM

"Boss has them on Van"

Is a good one.

Gavman84 · 20-02-2015 11:02PM

I have Dunlop sports on the front of mine. Grip is very good with them can't say about wear yet but they said to be longer than f1's anyway!

colm_mcm · 20-02-2015 11:06PM

All jokes aside, didn't some e39s come with 15s? Seem to remember trading in a 2.0 520i with massive profile tyres

ba_barabus · 20-02-2015 11:07PM

My Avons are performing very well after a few thousands KMs on them. I'm finding grip and wear rate to be excelkent so far.

Foxhole Norman · 20-02-2015 11:07PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

All jokes aside, didn't some e39s come with 15s? Seem to remember trading in a 2.0 520i with massive profile tyres

Yep, far too many of them did, over here anyway! There's two bogo 520i's floating around me with those terrible hub caps, I kind of want one though but I'm determined to buy an E34 soon

Special Circumstances · 20-02-2015 11:26PM

Old diesel wrote: »

I love - "they are okay" when some tyre place is referring to a cheap tyre they want to sell.

In so many areas in my life id like things to be better then okay - if the ambulance comes out in a life treatning emergency id like the Paramedics to be BETTER then okay.

If i step on a plane - id like the guy working on it beforehand to be better then okay.

Perfectly reasonable - can't see why it would be different with tyres.

I've never heard any alphabet soup mish mash named tyre described as only "okay" - you must have been offered a whole other level of crap compared to the landsails hiflys ling long etc. And they're only the names I can remember or spell. They're usually "good" "very good" "very popular in that size"...

colm_mcm · 20-02-2015 11:41PM

They're made in the same factory as iPods or something.

Bpmull · 20-02-2015 11:41PM

Back when I last serviced my golf I couldn't reset the service reminder at all just didn't seem to be reseting so I left it. My mouth dropped when I started it today and it pings up "service in 1700km" which is bang on when it's due to be serviced.

wotzgoingon · 21-02-2015 12:54AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I'm determined to buy an E34 soon

Which engine type? Also why, sure you don't have your own car too long.

toastedpickles · 21-02-2015 12:58AM

Gona pick me up one of these soon! Forge dump valve, as the stock one is buggered

Foxhole Norman · 21-02-2015 01:04AM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Which engine type? Also why, sure you don't have your own car too long.

Any of the 6/8 cylinder Petrols, it'll be as a project for myself. Must be a dark ish colour, something black or gunmetal grey preferred.

Want to do something like this while also getting to know Engines/Suspension more.

Supergurrier · 21-02-2015 01:05AM

toastedpickles wrote: »

Gona pick me up one of these soon! Forge dump valve, as the stock one is buggered

Is it an atmospheric dump valve or recirc on those 9-5's ?

toastedpickles · 21-02-2015 01:06AM

Supergurrier wrote: »

Is it an atmospheric dump valve or recirc on those 9-5's ?

Recirc i do believe!

Captain Havoc · 21-02-2015 01:38AM

I've just come here to rant, bought car private last month. I went to England last week to see friends and family, on day 2 engine warning light comes on and she won't go above 3k rpm, I continue to drive from Bradford to Coventry, where I dropped it into a mini garage, they do diagnostic and want £970 for new fuel injection pump plus other stuff, my brother in Bicester knows a mechanic and I'm on the phone to mini garage and mechanic, he tells me £570 and when I bring it down it goes to £700 because I need my car fixed ASAP he couldn't get the pump as cheap as he wanted, rang back mini who quote £800, getting annoyed but the mechanic in Bicester did the job in 24 hours from first contact. I think the mini and I are going to have to work on our relationship.

davycc · 21-02-2015 01:48AM

Just calculated my mpg on the mr2 for the first time! 38.97 keeping it in 5th mostly motorway cruising keeping it at 80k/2400 rpm or if I'm in a hurry lol, 100k/2800 rpm...

Much impress especially with it running a decat and Rsr Concpt magic cat back system as the only mods

wotzgoingon · 21-02-2015 01:57AM

Sobanek wrote: »

12 and 6. Trying to get rid of 6.

What is the 6? And how much?

Foxhole Norman · 21-02-2015 02:17AM

wotzgoingon wrote: »

What is the 6? And how much?

Tis a 320ci 2.2.

21-02-2015 09:41AM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

..........
Want to do something like this while also getting to know Engines/Suspension more. .....

Engines last well, you'll get to know a bit about control arms though on a 20 odd year old 5 series

davycc wrote: »

Just calculated my mpg on the mr2 for the first time! 38.97 keeping it in 5th mostly motorway cruising keeping it at 80k/2400 rpm or if I'm in a hurry lol, 100k/2800 rpm............

I admire your restraint

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