seanoconn
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M.O.T. roulette - place your bets
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Drago
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A tyre is scrap at 3mm, the point at which they cease to tread water, and you want to put them on the rear of a heavy high performance car? Youre crazy
A tyre is scrap at 3mm, the point at which they cease to tread water, and you want to put them on the rear of a heavy high performance car? Youre crazy
Just turning to slicks, excellent grip. 🤣 They will see out this summer, where I drive my car mostly then I'll get some new set of hoops next spring when I start using the car again
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Drago
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You're insane. I've scraped too many corpses off the tarmac to even consider driving round on knackered tyres, even if still legal. The average 35% increase in stopping distance over new boots could mean your life or, even worse, someone else's. It's selfish.
DCLane
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That's why we've just changed the front tyres on SWMBO's Honda Jazz as they were at 3mm. The car may not last the next 6 months but it's a miniscule spend in comparison to any alternative.
Richard A Thackeray
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I agree
I used to change them on the Octavia estate at 3mm, or just under
At that tread-depth, with '5 up', at 55MPH, on a rain-soaked M62 has seen the traction control light flashing, as they weren't clearing the water fast enough
They're at (about) 4.5mm on the Kodiaq, at the moment
There’ll possibly be a change to something slightly more ‘agressive’ on replacement, maybe General Grabber AT3?
I used to change them on the Octavia estate at 3mm, or just under
At that tread-depth, with '5 up', at 55MPH, on a rain-soaked M62 has seen the traction control light flashing, as they weren't clearing the water fast enough
They're at (about) 4.5mm on the Kodiaq, at the moment
There’ll possibly be a change to something slightly more ‘agressive’ on replacement, maybe General Grabber AT3?
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Drago
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I can highly recommend Hankook Kinergy 4S2's. They were superb in all conditions on my XC90.
Every time I had new set of tyres I've moved over to Hankook. This seems to be OE for Tesla now.
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Drago
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At the MOT station.
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And it failed...drivers rear coil spring.
I did think it looked slightly low when I rolled it out the garage this morning but didn't have time to think further. Everything else is tickedy boo.
I did think it looked slightly low when I rolled it out the garage this morning but didn't have time to think further. Everything else is tickedy boo.
fossyant
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Simple job for a garage.
briantrumpet
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My 2003 Nissan Almera tomorrow... probs only done about 1000 miles this year... fingers crossed.
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Drago
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£47 for then part, half an hour labour. I can live with that - it's then first time in years it's required a penny to get through the test.
Booked in for 4 new tyres tomorrow. Pirellis, as Volvo intended. They still have 7-8mm and zero cracking but they're 12 years old. My life and thwt of my loved ones are worth far more than the few pennies saved trying to eke out dangerous boots.
