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Offline am1w

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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #20 on: 24 October 2010, 09:38 »
It's Sunday morning and I'm having my coffee in bed and thinking of rubber! :sick:
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #21 on: 24 October 2010, 09:54 »
Quote from: RickS on 24 October 2010, 09:30
Quote from: R32UK on 24 October 2010, 09:01
Quote from: RickS on 24 October 2010, 08:43
Quote from: R32UK on 24 October 2010, 07:51
never thought i would say this.. but going from the dunlops back to the bridgestones. The bridgestones actually make the dunlops look good :lipsrsealed: :shocked:
If you're going back to Bridgestone's shouldn't that be the other way round? :huh: [Dunlops make Bridgestones look good]
no. the dunlops are crap.. the bridgestones are worse.
Sorry R32, must be misunderstanding you, I thought you meant you were going back to Bridgestone's from Dunlops. If they are worse than Dunlops why are you going back to them?

the idea was the bridgestones are on the 17" monzas... so a little lighter with more tread for the winter months. This way it also doesnt really matter if you slide into a kerb. Although it hasnt happend to me yet, there are plenty of other fools out there to aviod :huh:
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #22 on: 24 October 2010, 10:10 »
O you will slide beautifully with those B'Stones. :grin:
The reason I am going for all weather tyres is, I had a terrible time last winter with B'Stones on my Type R. I could not even mount a gentle ramp in the car park. So embarrassing. Never again. I also had a terrible time driving on the Continent. They were all over the place and I felt such a fool. Got some strange looks! 
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #23 on: 24 October 2010, 10:22 »
Quote from: R32UK on 24 October 2010, 09:54
Quote from: RickS on 24 October 2010, 09:30
Quote from: R32UK on 24 October 2010, 09:01
Quote from: RickS on 24 October 2010, 08:43
Quote from: R32UK on 24 October 2010, 07:51
never thought i would say this.. but going from the dunlops back to the bridgestones. The bridgestones actually make the dunlops look good :lipsrsealed: :shocked:
If you're going back to Bridgestone's shouldn't that be the other way round? :huh: [Dunlops make Bridgestones look good]
no. the dunlops are crap.. the bridgestones are worse.
Sorry R32, must be misunderstanding you, I thought you meant you were going back to Bridgestone's from Dunlops. If they are worse than Dunlops why are you going back to them?

the idea was the bridgestones are on the 17" monzas... so a little lighter with more tread for the winter months. This way it also doesnt really matter if you slide into a kerb. Although it hasnt happend to me yet, there are plenty of other fools out there to aviod :huh:
Must admit I am worried about damaging my 18" Monza's, not just from skidding into a kerb, but also from all the grit and salt. Although I do wax them regularly so they are well protected.
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #24 on: 24 October 2010, 10:24 »
Quote from: RickS on 24 October 2010, 09:11
Quote from: am1w on 23 October 2010, 19:32
I was considering these:

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=47993549.110.7134&typ=R-156961&ranzahl=4&Breite=225&Quer=40&Felge=18&Speed=W&weiter=0&kategorie=1&Ang_pro_Seite=10&rf=1&Transport=P&F_F=1&dsco=110&sowigan=CW

What do you think?
You must have money to burn paying over a grand for tyres you don't really need in this country [If you did it would only be for a few weeks a year] The Michelin Pilot Sport 3 for example are only about £150 each, and are easily able to cope with almost anything within reason in this country. I've never bought winter tyres for a car yet, if it gets really bad I won't use the car.
Summer tyres componds are only designed to work above about 7 degrees and thats there minimum not optimum so there well below par at that stage. Having winter or all season tyres makes a big difference in the cold and wet not just snow.
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #25 on: 24 October 2010, 10:33 »
Quote from: am1w on 24 October 2010, 09:38
It's Sunday morning and I'm having my coffee in bed and thinking of rubber! :sick:

Brilliant ^^^^ :laugh:
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #26 on: 24 October 2010, 10:43 »
Quote from: Steve30 on 24 October 2010, 10:33
Quote from: am1w on 24 October 2010, 09:38
It's Sunday morning and I'm having my coffee in bed and thinking of rubber! :sick:
Brilliant ^^^^ :laugh:

Thanks for the PM.
We are a mad, mad but fun bunch. :grin:
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #27 on: 24 October 2010, 11:05 »
i got a tyre fitter friend come out to change my wheels over.. and we were talking about winter tyres. In his opinion, he said its usually better to just deflate the tyre a little when it snows heavy. When there is ice you are fecked no matter what tyres you use... and it is usually ice that causes the bangs!

He has recently (well last year) ended up changing quite a few winter tyres due to damage.
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #28 on: 24 October 2010, 11:17 »
He changed from winter ones to summer ones in the winter?
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Re: What do you think of: All Weather Tyres?
« Reply #29 on: 24 October 2010, 11:32 »
Quote from: R32UK on 24 October 2010, 11:05
i got a tyre fitter friend come out to change my wheels over.. and we were talking about winter tyres. In his opinion, he said its usually better to just deflate the tyre a little when it snows heavy. When there is ice you are fecked no matter what tyres you use... and it is usually ice that causes the bangs!

He has recently (well last year) ended up changing quite a few winter tyres due to damage.
http://www.tirerack.com/videos/index.jsp?video=26&tab=winter
I think that shows the difference in tyre types better than i can put in words
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