best budget tyre for rear?
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dave02cupraR
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maragoni tyres
i have just put 4 new maragoni 225/40/18 on mine as a work in the trade. these tyres are great and cheap too at only 150 quid for all 4 that might be cheap but a get it at trade but these tyres have a rrp of 75 quid
i have just put 4 new maragoni 225/40/18 on mine as a work in the trade. these tyres are great and cheap too at only 150 quid for all 4 that might be cheap but a get it at trade but these tyres have a rrp of 75 quid
Anyone who even considers putting inferior, part worn or any kind of budget tyre (I.E mixed front and rears) on the rear must be either completely stupid, COMPLETELY stupid or COMPLETELY STUPID.
A front wheel drive car's worse enemy is oversteer, in the extreme there is simply nothing you can do about it but pray you don't hit anything as you swap ends, best case is that you have a pant filling episode of windmilling arms with bucket fulls of opposite lock, (I wont even mention a slight rear end twitch with the adrenalin inducing steering wheel twitch as this just the territory of everyday boy racers, noob drivers, we after all, a forum of enthusiasts and expert drivers lol
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All VAG cars (and indeed most production cars) are inherently designed to understeer for safety reasons as understeer is relatively easy to detect and prevent against, they do this in order to stop you having to deal with oversteer which lets face it, over 75% of people haven't got a clue how to deal with.
SO why oh why oh why, when the only thing between nearly 1400kgs and the road is a dubious piece of rubber and the laws of physics would you skimp on that said piece of rubber???
IMHO only someone completely deviod of intelligent reasoning would take that line of reasoning that somehow saving a few pounds WON'T compromise their safety or the integrity of their precious hard earnt machine.
Most of you will sat there thinking, what is this fool on about? But how many of you get your smiles with traffic light grand prix's and the frequent WOT, torque inducing, straight line sprints? 75% of you will not have a clue how to drive truly quickly point to point through twisties or on a track, This inexperience does not teach you how to instinctively react and safely overcome an oversteer situation.
Ok, that's in the extreme but my point is this, IF, when you MOST need it, that budget, worn or mismatched piece of rubber is all that stands between you and swapping ends (perhaps just before you hit a wall, a lampost or another car) then your chances of successfully coming out of that situation are already significantly compromised even before the situation occurs!
So if when you come to skimp on those rear tyres you are thinking, "well, it's only the rears, they dont do much" then think again, you may not drive on a track or even push on round the green lanes of this fair land but the one time when you find yourself in an emergency situation and your car steps out unexpectedly or worse then remember my words.
A front wheel drive car's worse enemy is oversteer, in the extreme there is simply nothing you can do about it but pray you don't hit anything as you swap ends, best case is that you have a pant filling episode of windmilling arms with bucket fulls of opposite lock, (I wont even mention a slight rear end twitch with the adrenalin inducing steering wheel twitch as this just the territory of everyday boy racers, noob drivers, we after all, a forum of enthusiasts and expert drivers lol
)All VAG cars (and indeed most production cars) are inherently designed to understeer for safety reasons as understeer is relatively easy to detect and prevent against, they do this in order to stop you having to deal with oversteer which lets face it, over 75% of people haven't got a clue how to deal with.
SO why oh why oh why, when the only thing between nearly 1400kgs and the road is a dubious piece of rubber and the laws of physics would you skimp on that said piece of rubber???
IMHO only someone completely deviod of intelligent reasoning would take that line of reasoning that somehow saving a few pounds WON'T compromise their safety or the integrity of their precious hard earnt machine.
Most of you will sat there thinking, what is this fool on about? But how many of you get your smiles with traffic light grand prix's and the frequent WOT, torque inducing, straight line sprints? 75% of you will not have a clue how to drive truly quickly point to point through twisties or on a track, This inexperience does not teach you how to instinctively react and safely overcome an oversteer situation.
Ok, that's in the extreme but my point is this, IF, when you MOST need it, that budget, worn or mismatched piece of rubber is all that stands between you and swapping ends (perhaps just before you hit a wall, a lampost or another car) then your chances of successfully coming out of that situation are already significantly compromised even before the situation occurs!
So if when you come to skimp on those rear tyres you are thinking, "well, it's only the rears, they dont do much" then think again, you may not drive on a track or even push on round the green lanes of this fair land but the one time when you find yourself in an emergency situation and your car steps out unexpectedly or worse then remember my words.
Just had some excellent service from etyres:
http://www.etyres.co.uk/
Mobile fitting and everything!
Cupraloon
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That etyres isn't cheap tho' i've just checked my size and for the cheapest their about a £18 more than i paid for my FK452's from mytyres.co.uk
Cupraloon
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Anyone who even considers putting inferior, part worn or any kind of budget tyre (I.E mixed front and rears) on the rear must be either completely stupid, COMPLETELY stupid or COMPLETELY STUPID.
A front wheel drive car's worse enemy is oversteer, in the extreme there is simply nothing you can do about it but pray you don't hit anything as you swap ends, best case is that you have a pant filling episode of windmilling arms with bucket fulls of opposite lock, (I wont even mention a slight rear end twitch with the adrenalin inducing steering wheel twitch as this just the territory of everyday boy racers, noob drivers, we after all, a forum of enthusiasts and expert drivers lol
All VAG cars (and indeed most production cars) are inherently designed to understeer for safety reasons as understeer is relatively easy to detect and prevent against, they do this in order to stop you having to deal with oversteer which lets face it, over 75% of people haven't got a clue how to deal with.
SO why oh why oh why, when the only thing between nearly 1400kgs and the road is a dubious piece of rubber and the laws of physics would you skimp on that said piece of rubber???
IMHO only someone completely deviod of intelligent reasoning would take that line of reasoning that somehow saving a few pounds WON'T compromise their safety or the integrity of their precious hard earnt machine.
Most of you will sat there thinking, what is this fool on about? But how many of you get your smiles with traffic light grand prix's and the frequent WOT, torque inducing, straight line sprints? 75% of you will not have a clue how to drive truly quickly point to point through twisties or on a track, This inexperience does not teach you how to instinctively react and safely overcome an oversteer situation.
Ok, that's in the extreme but my point is this, IF, when you MOST need it, that budget, worn or mismatched piece of rubber is all that stands between you and swapping ends (perhaps just before you hit a wall, a lampost or another car) then your chances of successfully coming out of that situation are already significantly compromised even before the situation occurs!
So if when you come to skimp on those rear tyres you are thinking, "well, it's only the rears, they dont do much" then think again, you may not drive on a track or even push on round the green lanes of this fair land but the one time when you find yourself in an emergency situation and your car steps out unexpectedly or worse then remember my words.
Ummm, Some interesting point's... I agree with fitting budget tyres is false ecomony.
Used to have couriers on the front of my leon, when i got it, they were Shiiiiite, on anything resembling a wet roundabout, with the 452's it grips pretty decently...
And i won't even mention the 4 wheel drifts i used to get in my 205gti way back when, fitted with P600's when it rained... now that was funny watching the faces of people on wet roads... when this perfectly controlled drifting 205 came hammering out of roundabouts..
Ahh those were the days...
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Just had some excellent service from etyres:
http://www.etyres.co.uk/
Mobile fitting and everything!
very good service, free mobile fitting is included
Used them 3 times now very impressed
Your sentiment is something very similar to what I posted a few years back and it's something I keep telling people about although most people just think I'm a crap driver.
I put new tyres on the front of my 2001 Y-Plate Cupra 20Vt when it was about a year old, old'ish tyres on the rear and to cut a long story short I swerved to avoid a van in wet conditions and lost control. The rear end stepped out and I ended up at circa 70mph in the armco and then spinning down the M5 - Not nice.
You need to be a very very good driver with lots of tarmac to catch the back end of one of these when they go.......My opinion is do not skimp on cheap tyres, do not skimp on good tyres on the rear
Indeed, straight from the horses mouth as it were, this is exactly the situation I was talking about.
Think of decent tyres as preventative maintenance or even an insurance policy against that emergency situation.
It's obviously not ALL about tyres, suspension and tyre pressures all have massive amounts to do with it as well but when all there is between you and a high speed spin I think I'd rather have decent rubber under me than not.
My sympathies Rudd, I bet you still break into a cold sweat at the thought of that incident
Just think what the outcome might have been if you were in a flimsy french car!
123robbo
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the prices are for fully fitted. they come out to your home or work or where ever suits. can't beat that for service.
I've used mytyres previously but by the time i found somewhere that would fit the tyres any saving i made was lost. (but the garages round my way try and charge you a fortune for tyre fitting)
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etyres is a great franchise... fitted at work, much easier than faffing about getting delivered tyres fitted by someone who didn't want to do it.
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