Tony Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 This hit one hell of a pothole Although it wouldn't have mattered anyway the tyre stayed inflated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 That's impressive, not much damage to the rim either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 That is impressive, from the safety perspective there really is nothing bad to say about runflats, they are brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 That is impressive, from the safety perspective there really is nothing bad to say about runflats, they are brilliant. Reluctantly i have to agree...... But in my heart i still hate them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Yeah me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Yeah me too. Brothers.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazz33 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Very impresive..... .BUT wait until the pencil pushing euro buro BEEP start poking there noses in...ALL cars will have run flat tyres in the end ( being safe "n" all ) Also its now going to be illegal to have semi track day tyres on cars driven on public roads.... I.E like TOYO R888..Dunlop Direzza.etc... all tyres will have to display rating figures for... Rolling resistance...(fuel efficiency) external noise... and wet grip.... what a load of old BEEP.....Like anyone is going to go to a tyre fitters and ask all these things.... So kiss good bye to haveing fun with your cars.... .. All because of the PC brigade............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMARTLY Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 If my tyre went like that I think I would prefer it to go down than stay like that and me carry on driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Very impresive..... .BUT wait until the pencil pushing euro buro BEEP start poking there noses in...ALL cars will have run flat tyres in the end ( being safe "n" all ) Also its now going to be illegal to have semi track day tyres on cars driven on public roads.... I.E like TOYO R888..Dunlop Direzza.etc... all tyres will have to display rating figures for... Rolling resistance...(fuel efficiency) external noise... and wet grip.... what a load of old BEEP.....Like anyone is going to go to a tyre fitters and ask all these things.... So kiss good bye to haveing fun with your cars.... .. All because of the PC brigade............. I heard about this today as well..... Bye bye R888 and Mich club.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 If my tyre went like that I think I would prefer it to go down than stay like that and me carry on driving I wouldn't to be honest, a blow out could have you off the road at speed, on runflats you can happily drive on them in pretty much 100% safety......... I heard about this today as well..... Bye bye R888 and Mich club.... I don't know a lot about these track day tyres, but aren't they really unsafe in the wet? Having said that though, I'd rather see half the old bangers off the road before they start stopping things like this which probably barely ever cause a single accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 The "club day" tyres aren't overly happy when cold or wet...... Still neither am i Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parthiban Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 The "club day" tyres aren't overly happy when cold or wet...... Still neither am i Lol, and the rest of us too I can't imagine they cause that many crashes though, especially compared to all those people that have tyres that really should have been replaced a long while ago........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazz33 Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 Aparantly they are also going to crack down on "cheap" manafactured tyres....they will all have to adhere to new and very strict guidlines outlined in the post above..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon Posted June 25, 2009 Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm sure you don't mind runflats quite as much now you have your touchless tyre machine eh Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2009 I'm sure you don't mind runflats quite as much now you have your touchless tyre machine eh Tony 3.5 tones of hydraulic pressure sure beats a tyre lever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 No pictures but we had a 3-series foldy-roof coupe last week with a puncture. The rim had cracked in 3 seperate places! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 No pictures but we had a 3-series foldy-roof coupe last week with a puncture. The rim had cracked in 3 seperate places! They need to add another ton of strength to those rims, it would match their weight then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIH Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 the 200sx peeps are stretching rft tyres nowadays, incidentally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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