Tyres question

[CXRAndy]

Car tyres, though new with release compound don't really need bedding in as such. Only high performance vehicles that can break traction with ease would you need to careful. Motorcycles are different and will need a careful hundred miles to remove the compound near the edges

 

[Drago]

Quite, all this talk oversteer, old tyres being past their best, etc - might be of interest for those who drive like Senna.

I've scraped enough corpses off the tarmac to know thst the average motorist can come a cropper with oversteer, old tyres failing, delaminating, or simply not gripping.

And I've seen how oversteer can affect people with Jesus fish badges on their boot lid and picnic blankets over the back seat.

Once you've had to have a colleague hose the remnants of someone's brain from the tread in your boots before you can go home you'll never again take the slightest chance with tyres or brakes on any car that you or a loved one will travel in.

Bin them at 3mm or 6 years (if in regular use from new) or 8 years (if they've been correctly stored) and if you only buy a pair at a time keep the best ones on the rear. It's all pretty basic stuff but too many people think they know better and end up sitting on a cloud playing a harp for their trouble, or in a fiery basement with a red hot poker up their bottom.

 

[Profpointy]

Whilst it is of course foolish to get close to
the limit of your tyres' grip, but that is surely not a good argument for justifying poor tyres that don't grip very well

 

[Alex321]

Whilst it is of course foolish to get close to
the limit of your tyres' grip, but that is surely not a good argument for justifying poor tyres that don't grip very well

Has anybody tried to use that argument?

 

[Profpointy]

Has anybody tried to use that argument?

Hopefully I'm not doing a "straw man", at least not deliberately, but a few peeps seem to have implied optimal tyre choices don't matter as you shouldn't be that close the the limit anyway (as indeed you shouldn't)

I would say they have given a "false choice"

 

[mickle]

.... blah ... blah ... as water is incompressible ... blah ... blah

Is it yeah? What about if it falls into a black hole? Eh? What then Mr "Clever clogs"?

 

[Drago]

Is it yeah? What about if it falls into a black hole? Eh? What then Mr "Clever clogs"?

That us a good question.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Is it yeah? What about if it falls into a black hole? Eh? What then Mr "Clever clogs"?

That would be an ecumenical question.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Incompressible ... that's what you are.

 

[lazybloke]

I've scraped enough corpses off the tarmac to know thst the average motorist can come a cropper with oversteer, old tyres failing, delaminating, or simply not gripping.

Awful. When I worked with police officers and other emergency services staff, I could see people needing time out.
Made me grateful I only had to deal with IT systems.

And I've seen how oversteer can affect people with Jesus fish badges on their foot lid and picnic blankets over the back seat.

Once you've had to have a colleague hose the remnants of someone's brain from the tread in your boots before you can go home you'll never again take the slightest chance with tyres or brakes on any car that you or a loved one will travel in.

Bin them at 3mm or 6 years (if in regular use from new) or 8 years (if they've been correctly stored) and if you only buy a pair at a time keep the best ones on the rear. It's all pretty basic stuff but too many people think they know better and end up sitting on a cloud playing a harp for their trouble, or in a fiery basement with a red hot poker up their bottom.

In my second job, which involves driving passengers, I do tyre (and other) checks before every journey.
The tyres on my own car look like they have years of wear in the them, but thinking of age I checked the dot codes. Blimey, almost 10 yrs old, which is a good chunk older than the car itself!

My final thought: I understand the importance of tyres, but some drivers are cautious, others push much closer to the limits of grip. I'd say that no matter how good their tyres are, they're still a risk to themselves and others.

 

[lazybloke]

Is it yeah? What about if it falls into a black hole? Eh? What then Mr "Clever clogs"?

You should take that to another thread to describe how Chris Rea went into his bike shed to tinker with heavy water, an event horizon and some milk bottle tops, and emerged two days earlier with an ebike powered by hawking radiation.