why driving with a rwd on budget tyres in ice is a bad idea

[mmh]

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[Barakka]

Feel for your pain, but budget tyres are never a good idea, and especially not in this weather, and especially not on a RWD car

If the first number on the tyre size is over 190 then it deserves good rubber.

[Guy]

Define: 'budget' tyres? If we are talking proper budget spec, then sorry I am afraid your not getting alot of sympathy from here.........

Also I suspect that it wasnt purely down to the budget tyre, going a bit too fast for the conditions?

[mmh]

yeah, you caught me... they are budget tyres, £100 a corner for 225/40/18's...

and yes i was going a little bit too fast...

I'm not after sympathy... just a nice warning for everyone out there to take it easy

funnily enough, it wasnt the rear tyres that caused this, it was the fronts... turned a corner, bit too much gas and the front slid forward straight into a sofa....

sounds like its a punchline, but honestly, it was an abandoned sofa outside a factory unit as i was taking my bosses son to the car body shop to collect his car... the irony isnt lost on me

[KidChameleon]

The 320d I'm driving needed some new tyres to get through the MOT it was having on the day we collected it. They put two new ones on the back at no extra charge. Great! Except I had a look at them later on and they're "Sagitar" brand. Cheap, Chinese plastic. I want to get some Toyo T1Rs but they don't look suitable for this time of year and it seems like winter tyres are in short supply. Only £60 for 16" T1Rs.

One day this week, the DTC light was flashing away just accelerating in a straight line. It's not like it's a high powered car.

The car tramlines badly so I think it needs new front tyres anyway. The last 3 series we had was worse than this but new tyres completely fixed the tramlining.

[GoNz0]

the tram lining may be the wishbone bushings going, i can suggest toyo proxes 4 as a cracking all weather high performance tyre

mines parked up with pilot sports waiting to see nice weather again

[KidChameleon]

the tram lining may be the wishbone bushings going, i can suggest toyo proxes 4 as a cracking all weather high performance tyre

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure it's the tyres, based on the last 3 series we had. This one was horrendous and borderline dangerous when I first drove it, but I let the front tyres down a little and it's just a bit twitchy now. Tramlining on motorways and getting nudged on country lanes. I think I read tramlining is often caused by the sidewalls being too stiff and straight, so lower pressure would make them curve more. I expect tyres are a cheaper and easier fix than wishbone bushings.

I'll have to get onto the boss about plonking some cash on better tyres when there's still 4-6mm on the current ones. Chipping it might have to wait until Spring...

[GoNz0]

Maybe, but I'm pretty sure it's the tyres, based on the last 3 series we had. This one was horrendous and borderline dangerous when I first drove it, but I let the front tyres down a little and it's just a bit twitchy now. Tramlining on motorways and getting nudged on country lanes. I think I read tramlining is often caused by the sidewalls being too stiff and straight, so lower pressure would make them curve more. I expect tyres are a cheaper and easier fix than wishbone bushings.

I'll have to get onto the boss about plonking some cash on better tyres when there's still 4-6mm on the current ones. Chipping it might have to wait until Spring...

the ones i am on about are at the back of the wishbones and can be done for £20 in about 4 hours 1st time

best bets to ask a mechanic to take a quick look

[Zak33]

yeah, you caught me... they are budget tyres, £100 a corner for 225/40/18's...

and yes i was going a little bit too fast...

I'm not after sympathy... just a nice warning for everyone out there to take it easy

funnily enough, it wasnt the rear tyres that caused this, it was the fronts... turned a corner, bit too much gas and the front slid forward straight into a sofa....

sounds like its a punchline, but honestly, it was an abandoned sofa outside a factory unit as i was taking my bosses son to the car body shop to collect his car... the irony isnt lost on me

well mate.. I think you're brave for admitting it.. funny for telling us how it is...

and most of all.. if it was real ice, you would have needed STUDS or proper KNOBBLY's to catch it on ice, so the value of your tyres is totally irrelevant on solid ice...

new thread in a mo