Comeback on tyres?

VeVeX

coupequattro wrote: »

Next time we have torrential rain during the winter, I must remember to go and fit my summer tyres........

You need to have a look at that - http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly-data.asp?Num=532

On average last winter we had temperatures just 1.6 degrees below the imaginary 7 degree mark. That's not Winter, definitely not the winter conditions cold weather tyres are designed for.

coupequattro

VeVeX wrote: »

You need to have a look at that - http://www.met.ie/climate/monthly-data.asp?Num=532

On average last winter we had temperatures just 1.6 degrees below the imaginary 7 degree mark. That's not Winter, definitely not the winter conditions cold weather tyres are designed for.

The 7 degrees is not a figure that I came up with, the tyre manufacturers quote that. Have a look online if you don't believe me.

5.4 degrees C is pretty wintry by my standards. ( 7 - 1.6 ) Fancy hanging around in a T shirt for a few hours in 5.4 degrees? Bear in mind that a domestic fridge will normally operate at 3-4 degrees.

Winter tyres are not just for snow / slush / ice, they are for cold temperature conditions too. Remember that wet conditions lower the temperature of the the tyre, and if you are running Summer tyres in cold conditions, then the grip will be considerably less than what they would produce in warm summer conditions. You can get well below 7 degrees in Ireland during the summer, so there is an argument that you should just use All-Season tyres, and forget about Summer tyres altogether.....

BMJD

My own experience of one set of winter tyres was that they were far superior to summer tyres in wet conditions, in both summer and particularly winter conditions.

challengemaster

coupequattro wrote: »

Here's a review of the tyres in question....... Which apparantly are a Summer tyre, so maybe not for winter use....

Please, continue trying to find any other reason (which affects no other decent tyres) for them being shíte apart from the blatantly obvious one. :pac:

coupequattro

challengemaster wrote: »

Please, continue trying to find any other reason (which affects no other decent tyres) for them being shíte apart from the blatantly obvious one. :pac:

There is that, they could just be a super shíte tyre.... But you should still check the details on the tyre to make sure that you haven't been sold a tyre for use in the middle east etc..... (which would be a much harder rubber, and therefore not perform well in Ireland), which would allow you to force yer mans arm about a return......
I have 4 "budget" tyres on my VW T5, absolutely fine, and have been to Spain and back recently, through hot, cold and very wet weather, and we were pulling a trailer with a rally car on the back too....

2 x Kormoran on the front (Stomil Olsztyn, Poland)
2 x Victorun at the rear (Qingdao Victor Tire Co., Ltd)

Cheap as chips, €240 for a full set fitted, and absolutely fine all around.

I have no positive or negative feelings towards the Accelera Alpha tyres, but if they are as bad as you say, you should get them changed for something better, ASAP.....

Armchair Andy

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Why 3? Is it this van?



:pac:

Get out of it!
Has Botchit & Leggit emblazoned on the side:-)

Armchair Andy

Stheno wrote: »

Do you really feel safe driving with tyres that perform like that?

Have actually made up my mind to change them next week, wrote off a car 20 years ago solely down to cheap tyres.

Will check the exact name of them tomorrow and post.

Armchair Andy

Just checked there, they're Triangle CNTT GLS 195/65/R15 95H TR928 DOT 2V P3 if that makes any sense.

coupequattro

Did you say that these are fitted to a van? If so, what vehicle? Their website is showing these as a car tyre

b318isp

That 95H rating might be too low for a van, depending on what the vehicle + load weights are. A friend of mine had awful grip problems on a large MPV due to having too low a rating for the weight of the vehicle - the side walls were deforming, especially when cornering.

dr.fuzzenstein

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Or "Ditch finders" as they are also called.

Widow Makers is the other term i believe

dr.fuzzenstein

Armchair Andy wrote: »

Get out of it!
Has Botchit & Leggit emblazoned on the side:-)

I once worked for a related company, Bodge & Scarper.