Author Topic: Three PS3's, one exalto OK?  (Read 3126 times)

Offline bobotheclown

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Re: Three PS3's, one exalto OK?
« Reply #10 on: 02 August 2011, 08:30 »
I thought it was recommended to have the same brand of tyre on the same axle.

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Re: Three PS3's, one exalto OK?
« Reply #11 on: 02 August 2011, 10:41 »
I thought it was recommended to have the same brand of tyre on the same axle.

the law says you can't mix radial and cross-ply, you can mix brands / patterns etc as long as they are the same construction.

Will this be safe to do and it will it matter much about tread being lower on old exalto vs new PS3?

lol unless you rotate you tyres then they are always going to have different amounts of tread left on them, as long as you replace them with legal tyres then legally you're safe.

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Re: Three PS3's, one exalto OK?
« Reply #12 on: 02 August 2011, 13:28 »
Legally you can do it okay. No problems there.
How hard do you drive? If you're a fairly sedate driver then you'd be okay to mix the tyres a little but if you like to press on a bit why not buy two matching PS3s and sell the Exalto on ebay? You'd probably get half the cost of the new tyre and not have any worries about mis-matched tyres.

As the old saying goes, there are only four small patches of rubber holding you on the road; so how much value do you put on that?
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Re: Three PS3's, one exalto OK?
« Reply #13 on: 02 August 2011, 13:51 »
As the old saying goes, there are only four small patches of rubber holding you on the road; so how much value do you put on that?

i preffer to use gravity  :grin:

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Re: Three PS3's, one exalto OK?
« Reply #14 on: 02 August 2011, 14:14 »
As the old saying goes, there are only four small patches of rubber holding you on the road; so how much value do you put on that?

i preffer to use gravity  :grin:

Couple of tons of concrete in the boot or are you just fond of pies?  :grin:
It's the bit when gravity loses interest when it can get expensive and painful!!
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