check tyres for blocked tread, little stones can make even the best tyres useless if water cant escape
Falken ones ok??
That is correct. Though how bad/good summer tyres at any given temperature depends on how wet it is, the road service and whether the tyres have had the chance to get a bit of heat into them.I remember reading that once the temperature drops below about 7°C the rubber compounds used on summer tyres start to get hard and so offer less grip, so wheelspin will happen more as the temperatures drop.
At the end of the day no matter how good your car's chassis is sorted, how much power the car has and how big your brakes are, the only thing that's actually keeping you on the road is 4 small patches of rubber, so tyres are the one thing it's really worth doing some research on and spending some money on
Winter tyre is £175 a corner for me then.... that's bloody expensive.....Personally I wouldn't wipe my rs with them.
Conti's, Vredestein, Michelin, Goodyear, Pirelli, Dunlop etc etc are what you want to go with
WTF size are you running?!?!?!?!?!?!!?Winter tyre is £175 a corner for me then.... that's bloody expensive.....
http://www.blackcircles.com/order/tyres/search
I think the falkens are brilliant for the price i tryed them out and went on to buy another set, cnt fault them to say ther top end budgets, id get the more pricey ones tho think mine were £65 each
WTF size are you running?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
Good tyres are the most cost effective performance enhancement you can ever make to a car. Good tyres can improve acceleration, braking, cornering, fuel economy and refinement. Try finding a way to do all that for less!
That's why is has to be Michelin or continental, nothing else will do.
215/45/R17 correct size for the original Abarth Grande Punto Wheels, a Conti SC3 costs £125 roughly..... winters are expensive..... thats why I asked about the Falken ones! £221 for the Conti Winters....
Try finding them for the upgraded 18" Alloys, 215/40/R18 - SC3 - £188 fitted.... Then the Conti Winters = a whopping £305 a tyre!!!!
I have had Conti SC3 on the previous alloys, currently got the PNero tbh they are both fine for me and I have hammered them both. PNero generates a lot more road noise though.
I park on gravel a lot and I didn't really pay any attention before but I had a look and my tyres have so much gravel in the tread, no wonder every puddle my wheels end up spinning like crazy.check tyres for blocked tread, little stones can make even the best tyres useless if water cant escape
Could not disagree more. Expensive tyres make a huge difference.All all year round tyres are rubbish wether its cheap Chinese crap or Michelin makes no difference when its raining hard.
No they dont, expensive tyres last longer, have a better tread pattern and are much quieter but I don't think they make any difference in rain, sleet or snow in terms of traction.
No they dont, expensive tyres last longer, have a better tread pattern and are much quieter but I don't think they make any difference in rain, sleet or snow in terms of traction.