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  1. Brown pants moment

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    I still love the grip I got from my Toyo's when I had them but they wear very quickly.

     

    Your tyres sound quite bad, which is a surprise for 195 wide as the narrower the tyre the less that should happen. The Civic has P6000 all round in a 195/60/15 and they're suppose to be terrible in the wet going by the reviews but they're not actually that bad. If you push it you can feel them losing grip but with sensible driving they seem to be ok.

    I thought they would be good and having 195 section tyres but i think they are not very grippy coz they are low rolling resistance ECO tyres...

    But they are ok in the dry to a point but really bad in the wet....

  2. Brown pants moment

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    Budget tyres + wet roads = brown pants moment on any car! I will always try and buy branded tyres now, I've had too many close encounters before :rolleyes:

    On my Vectra mate i have Michelin Energy Eco tyres on the front and Firestone cheapy things on the back both tyres have loads of tread on them but GOD are they awfull in wet conditions..Zero grip around corners and thats doing 25-30 can feel the front scrabbling for grip and the back end loosing grip....

    Was thinking of getting rid of them and ordering new tyres from WIM..

    But not sure best tyres to get for my car...? 195/65/15

  8. K&N Replacement Panel Filters

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    Been looking at air filters for the Civic, an OEM one from a motorfactors is around £15. On ebay you can buy a K&N for £35 delivered and they can be washed rather than replace. Anyone used these, are they worth the money over buying one every year? How do you normally wash and dry these as well?

    Hi mate..

    I had one in my old Lexus IS200..gave me slightly better MPG but not really much more oomph....Did sound better than OEM though. :)

     

    The way you clean it is by spraying it with the proper K&N cleaner spray ( think you can buy the K&N cleaner/oil kits on Ebay ) and then run it under cold water..do this a few times and it gets nice and clean then let it air dry.. :)

  9. Stupid question alert!

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    Pretty sure it said that, I'll put the pages up tonight. I know they limited the gearing but why would they suggest using D2 or 3 for going up/downhill? The only thing I can think of is so you use engine braking rather than riding the foot brake, which it does warn about.

     

    Dazz...no sport button, but hopefully it will be ok to overtake it in, just hope it doesn't hesitate!

    Does it not have the "kick down" like most of the auto boxes on cars.?

     

    That should drop a few gears and help you over take.

  11. Brake lights question

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    Ok, been meaning to ask this for ages.

     

    Why is it that when I see a car with a brake light out it is more often than not (I reckon a good 75%) that it's the left bulb that has blown?

    Is it something to do with the wiring?

     

    Its driving me nuts and now I'm seeing them all over the place.

    Also seeing quite a few cars with both regular bulbs blown and just the centre LED brake light working.

     

    Have a look yourselves as you drive about and see if you agree with me.

    Im guessing its because its coz of the current..might be the first to recieve the current but then over time the filliment gets old and cant handle the initial surge so blows first.??

  20. Stupid stretch

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    Should be banned full stop.!!!!!

     

    A.To save the stupid people having these fitted "Coz it looks cool" and " its a craze" They will end up in a very serious accident.IMHO. :o

     

    B.To help save others on the road who could end up on the wrong end of one of these "stupid idiots"

     

    If the car makers wanted these cars to look like this then they would of made them when new...I have no problems with people modifying there cars like this (some look really good) but please keep them to the custom shows or club days out/shows ( fit them when they get there ) .....should be illegal on the road for safteys sake.

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