Avis Rental car with Triangle Tyres

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Why was it possible to purchase horse meat labelled as beef? Because of a lack of check ups, just like the E marking on cheap tyres.

I had Accelera Alpha tyres on my diesel Avensis when I bought it. It was fine in the dry, but dangerous in the wet. I was losing the front and/or the rear driving in normal traffic in the wet. I put a set of Kumhos on, which are good but not a premium brand, and haven't had a single slide in well over a year since I put them on.

You definitely get what you pay for when it comes to tyres.

pa990 wrote: »

I wouldn't be happy with Chinese ditch finders on any car I'm driving, but as they are legal, I doubt the car rental company is doing anything wrong, and I would doubt that any renter would have any legitimate reason for a refund or replacement.

When you rent a car it's often on your insurance policy. Rental company isn't at a loss if you run into back of someone but you will be. That's more than enough reason to reject the car.

pa990 wrote: »

How.....

If the car is road legal, and "technically" road worthy.

horse and cart with wooden spoke wheels is technical road legal too but that is not the point.

Rental company to maximise profit and cut costs fits car with budget tyres has traded cost for safety. Transferring risk to the renter who most likely will be unaware.

But if you spotted cheap budget tyres and know your wet stopping distance is 3 time longer than proper tyres and then you might not be happy accepting this additional risk and why should you it is considerable risk your placing on yourself, your family and your insurance.

Legal doesn't have to mean good or acceptable. Shur bertie, redacted, lowry etc are all still walking around free aren't they?

If the customer pays for something, and is unhappy with what he got for his money, nobody can shoot him for complaining. They can try to address the issue, or tell him eff off if they think he is being unreasonable.

Personally I'd probably take the irish option. Grumble about how sh1t it was to anyone except the business and never use them again.

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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I have stated earlier that they are dangerous but will repeat with more detail

Bough a BMW 525i with Triangle tyres fitted all round thread was very good
Drove the car in the dry it drove fine, grip seem good. Then it rained
Traction control light came on every time I went to take off. ABS light every time I braked in the wet. Turning sharply in the wet at a moderate speed while braking car just couldn't hold the road and I nearly hit a pole.

So I backed off my speed and left bigger gap. was driving back from the airport on M50 car in front was quite a bit away from me but for some reason the traffic up ahead had come to a brief halt. I applied the brakes and ABS came on but car wasn't slowing it was sliding up to the cars in front. Luckily the cars in front started to move forward a little and I came to a stop just in time but if the car hadn't move forward a couple of car lengths I would have rear ended one of them. That was enough to convince me either I stump up for new tyres or be dealing with expensive crash repair and lost of NCB

Next day I went out and replace all 4 tyres. Car in front stops I can stop if they emergency brake so can I without the fear of sliding into the back of them in the wet.

I didn't want the expense of replacing 4 tyres within a couple of weeks of buying the car especially as there was lots of thread on the tyres. But the difference is night and day. Traction light doesn't come on every time I take off and ABS doesn't come on every time I brake normally.

That was over a year ago on Saturday I was driving by a car waiting to pull out from a side road. At the last moment he pulled out and only spotted me after he had blocked the road. I emergency braked from 60KPH while turning the car to opposite side of the road in about 2 car lengths missing this guy by inches.
My passenger got such a fright and thought she pulled muscle in her back from the sudden stop. impressive braking even if I say so myself but there is one thing for sure there is no way the Triangle tyres could have stopped me as quickly and allowed me swerve to avoid the collision.

If my experience and others on here that have posted their experience of these tyres isn't good enough, then google search independent tyre tests

ianobrien wrote: »

All I'll say for the sake of €20 or so a corner extra, I'd rather have a tyre that gave me a reasonable chance of stopping in the wet if I had to do an emergency stop, as opposed to not being able to stop and hit a car (or worse). It's cheaper than loosing my no claims bonus.

As an aside, what would some posters here think if I said I was thinking of getting rid of the Dunlop SportMaxx that are under my car as they don't have enough grip in the damp for me!:

Wuyong aaiiii! All the way lad. They have been making wheelbarrow tyres and tyres for food carts now for 18 months but have really leapfrogged their game. The lads in the tyre place have them on all their sister in laws cars and the taxi men would rather spend 35 euro on them than a set of ARB bushings or droplinks. Which makes them pretty awesome in my book. So awesome no competent third party has ever reviewed them, they are only available to people who know people and wink a certain way.
Lifetime warranty!