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Jimk wrote: That hasn't been recommended for many a year. Front and rear tyres develop a different wear pattern. Swap them over when part worn and you could get less than ideal handling until they scrub themselves in. Sounds dubious. Rear tyres wear evenly across, fronts lose their shoulders from scrub. Swap em around & you get "new" shoulders on the front pair, no real detriment to the rears... Surely an expert on everything like you knows that just how the rear tyres wear depends on the type of suspension? And the same applies to the fronts too? But perhaps in Glasgow you're more used to cart springs all round. -- *With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 16/08/2020 21:18, Vir Campestris wrote: On 15/08/2020 22:37, Dave W wrote: My Seat Ibiza is like that. I threw away the evil goop and bought a apare tyre instead. Only trouble was that the buggers had only provided a big enough space for a 'space-saver' tyre. WTF do they think you are going to do with the flat tyre you took off? Andy you put it in the boot, loose If you have room in the boot. If not, beware... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8600833.stm Obviously this isnt going to happen with a flat tyre but if the car had had a full size spare (and room to store it) it wouldnt have happened. Tim -- Please don't feed the trolls |
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Tim+ wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote: On 16/08/2020 21:18, Vir Campestris wrote: On 15/08/2020 22:37, Dave W wrote: My Seat Ibiza is like that. I threw away the evil goop and bought a apare tyre instead. Only trouble was that the buggers had only provided a big enough space for a 'space-saver' tyre. WTF do they think you are going to do with the flat tyre you took off? Andy you put it in the boot, loose If you have room in the boot. If not, beware... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/8600833.stm Obviously this isn't going to happen with a flat tyre but if the car had had a full size spare (and room to store it) it wouldn't have happened. Tim I've learnt something from the story. If you have to carry tyres in the passenger compartment (especially perhaps ones with sidewall bulges) then deflate them first. I must say I might not have thought of that otherwise, but it makes sense. There is quite a lot of energy stored in an inflated tyre. -- Roger Hayter |
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"Dave Plowman (News)" Wrote in message:
In article , Jimk wrote: That hasn't been recommended for many a year. Front and rear tyres develop a different wear pattern. Swap them over when part worn and you could get less than ideal handling until they scrub themselves in. Sounds dubious. Rear tyres wear evenly across, fronts lose their shoulders from scrub. Swap em around & you get "new" shoulders on the front pair, no real detriment to the rears... Surely an expert on everything like you knows that just how the rear tyres wear depends on the type of suspension? And the same applies to the fronts too? On maintained road cars? Sounds like your old bangers need some suspension work... But perhaps in Glasgow you're more used to cart springs all round. Glasgow Duhve? ? -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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In article , Vir Campestris
writes On 15/08/2020 22:37, Dave W wrote: My Seat Ibiza is like that. I threw away the evil goop and bought a apare tyre instead. Only trouble was that the buggers had only provided a big enough space for a 'space-saver' tyre. WTF do they think you are going to do with the flat tyre you took off? Andy I'd hang it on the back door -previous models it would have been mounted on the bonnet - lifting it gives you your own d-i-y gym workout. -- bert |
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writes On Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:17:54 +0100, Pancho wrote: I was told the reason they got rid of the spare wheel was partially due to being able to quote better fuel efficiency. Well it's incontestable that removing 15-20 Kg of weight that has to be lugged around for every mile of a cars life cannot do anything but reduce fuel consumption. It would interesting to speculate on how much it saves the motorist over the life of the car. I could easily see it straying into hundreds if not thousands of pounds. Against that you need to weigh the chances of having a puncture together with the inconvenience of not having a spare. Which while the end of the world for that person at that time doesn't really happen often enough to justify the permanent carrying of a spare. last time I fitted a spare wheel, it went flat 400 yards later (****ing cowboy tyre fitters) and I was still stuck. That was 1988. Accountants will do anything to knock a few pence, never mind pounds off the production cost per unit of cars. -- bert |
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