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| Thread ID: 136698 | 2014-04-03 02:14:00 | Car tyres | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1371867 | 2014-04-07 00:10:00 | You have a European car?? Nope I just usually buy quality for something that carries me and my family around. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1371868 | 2014-04-07 01:24:00 | I paid $600 a tyre for the last set but no clue what they are. Now those most be some serious tyres... I didn't even pay that much for Pirelli P Zeros! :) |
inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1371869 | 2014-04-07 02:33:00 | I am gonna check the tyres when they get home. I got there and the guy tried to sell me Goodyears. I already had a online quote/booking done. They ordered the Falkins in. Then the guy said any reason I chose Falkins cos he says the Goodyear Optilife ($119 RRP) are very good :lol: Also at the start the guy said the rear two are near new then later he said the rear two are marginal too and needs replacement so I said we going to my the WOF done and will be back if he says so. Hope he didn't switch the 2 front marginals one to the rear :annoyed: | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1371870 | 2014-04-07 03:10:00 | Now those most be some serious tyres... I didn't even pay that much for Pirelli P Zeros! :) They are very good Japanese racing brand. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1371871 | 2014-04-07 03:38:00 | I looked it up on my credit card and I got it wrong. It was $650 for two so $325 each. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1371872 | 2014-04-09 07:04:00 | I used to be on road and rail construction and the best value for reliable tyres were Yokohama followed by Bridgestone. We used Michelin on the cars, but had trouble with the steel layers breaking up and puncturing the tyre. If the car is confined to the suburbs and doing a low Km, like mine, just about any tyre will do. My Honda Wagon has NZ Olympics on it. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1371873 | 2014-04-09 07:56:00 | I have my own tyre changing machine its very old and stays outside but it still works. I buy second hand tyres from Trademe very cheaply and fit them. I also save the $5.00 case return fee Birdwood road at midnight lol solves that problem. I do my own split rim truck tyres which are actually easier than car ones to change. Because I dont exceed the speed limit or corner hard any tyre even commie chinese ones will do for me, if it blows out too bad I can bring the car under control. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1371874 | 2014-04-09 08:40:00 | I have my own tyre changing machine its very old and stays outside but it still works. I buy second hand tyres from Trademe very cheaply and fit them. I also save the $5.00 case return fee Birdwood road at midnight lol solves that problem. I do my own split rim truck tyres which are actually easier than car ones to change. Because I dont exceed the speed limit or corner hard any tyre even commie chinese ones will do for me, if it blows out too bad I can bring the car under control. With an attitude to life like yours, it is amazing that you are still alive :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1371875 | 2014-04-11 12:47:00 | When I was young, blow outs were common. At age 18 I had a blow out on a front tyre of a Jeep just approaching a corner. Left the road went through a ditch and disappeared into the bush. I also had a blow out on a 1926 Rugby 4 with wooden wheels 4.50x21. I got home by stuffing the tyre with grass. Most blow outs occur during the early part of tyre life. I have never had a blow out on a retread, but I have had the treads peel off in very hot weather on rough roads, between Darwin and Alice Springs. You are probably safer using s/hand tyres providing the tread is good and not damaged. | mzee (3324) | ||
| 1371876 | 2014-04-11 23:45:00 | Indeed you are safer using good second-hand tyres now, simply because car retreads are history. Nobody in NZ produces them any more, nor has done for some years. | Richard (739) | ||
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