question about stretch tyres

[thai-wronghorse]

223mph mk3 Golf...yeah right, maybe on the rollers but never out on the road.

[Shizzle]

Well with them on for 6 months and the 1000's of miles I did doing journeys of a 300 miles most weekends I had not one problem I didn't even stretch that much don't really see the problem with them just some people want to believe there dangerous one story out of thousands and thousands and there not safe its all down to if you want them or not I know loads of people with stretch not one problem just because 1 guy had 1 problem now there not safe.
So no I'm not one of them bellends I drive my car as safe as you do does that make you a bell end?

[andy_k]

Yeah, pretty much - stretch tyres make you a bellend

[JC]

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[Seanl]

Well with them on for 6 months and the 1000's of miles I did doing journeys of a 300 miles most weekends I had not one problem I didn't even stretch that much don't really see the problem with them just some people want to believe there dangerous one story out of thousands and thousands and there not safe its all down to if you want them or not I know loads of people with stretch not one problem just because 1 guy had 1 problem now there not safe.
So no I'm not one of them bellends I drive my car as safe as you do does that make you a bell end?

No it doesn't, as I'm not running tyres out of manufacturer stated tolerances, therefore not being dangerous, and not voiding my insurance which you also seem to be forgetting.

[Shizzle]

If its so bad why is it legal???

[andy_k]

If you are running outside of manufacturer's tolerances then it is illegal.

Just because you (and any of the other bell ends using extreme stretch) haven't been caught yet doesn't make it legal

[Shizzle]

Well I have seen many police cars and not been pulled also there is no law on stretch tyres there are only guidelines that's not a law that's like saying don't fit different wheels on your car because that's not how the car came so it's "illegal".

[Screech16v]

I love it when pensioners use words like bellend I find it hilarious ,makes them sound like a right err well bellend .
as said there is no actual law on stretch, only tyre manufacturers guidelines which is not the law, no one in the uk has ever been to court for runnining stretch as far as im aware  ,many many opinions out there most people talking a load of tosh and don't really know what they are spouting just jumping on the they are dangerous bandwagon with no actual proof to back them up,its really no more dangerous than running a standard tyre under/over inflated/sidewall damaged/bulges etc by people who don't care about there cars and there are millions of people in this country that do this,so a few bellends including my self running the stretch aint going to change that statistic.
Ive been testing my own stretch tyres as I too had doubts about their integrity  ,trying to force them off the rim on an actual disused runway at  silly speeds and guess what.......nothing 

[Shizzle]

Thank you finally some 1 who knows the truth more than hear say like I say my stretched tyres caused no problems and we're not dangerous the only way they become dangerous in under inflation but that's the same case on any tyre.