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Author Winter Slicks
Jambo
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25th Dec 12 at 14:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Saw these at a local shopping centre whilst queing for a ticket.
Baskey
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Golf?
BeetleGav
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25th Dec 12 at 14:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was gunna say golf or bora
taylorboosh
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25th Dec 12 at 16:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Same
Nic Barnes
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25th Dec 12 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
probably still legal just about
taylorboosh
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25th Dec 12 at 17:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Really? I thought it had to be accross 80% of the tyre or something
Bonney
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25th Dec 12 at 17:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1.3mm across the central 3/4 all around the circumference of the tyre for a car.
1mm for Lorrys, Light commercials and motorcycles.
RichR
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25th Dec 12 at 17:40   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
1.6mm
eskiboy
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25th Dec 12 at 18:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
Golf?

golf on santa monica wheels
Robin
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25th Dec 12 at 19:06   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Probably a 4motion judging by the wheels, he'll be reet!
CORSA NUT
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25th Dec 12 at 19:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Strange wear pattern like you get after a burn out?

Should have left a note at least he could kill some poor fucker
Daniel_Corsa
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25th Dec 12 at 20:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Look fine to me!

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smcGSI16V
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25th Dec 12 at 20:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Daniel_Corsa
Look fine to me!
andy_mk3
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25th Dec 12 at 21:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Funnily enough I always find myself looking at tyres in car parks
Chris
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25th Dec 12 at 22:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Look like fun the wet, just hope they never need to stop smartish or they will be looking a life changer for them.
Nic Barnes
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26th Dec 12 at 00:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Really? I thought it had to be accross 80% of the tyre or something


3/4 of tyre yeah id doubt that they are illegal anyway seem to look alright for a bit yet
ed
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26th Dec 12 at 09:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Aren't they worn down to the wear indicators? Also, legal doesn't always mean safe - doubt those grooves are going to shift much water and you'd all be pissed if someone with tyres like that came skidding into you wrecking your car.
deano87
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26th Dec 12 at 14:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Assuming it is tracking, I'd get pissed off having to continually hold the steering wheel against what the car is actually trying to do.

Bet the spent £££'s on electronics for Christmas too.
Dan
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26th Dec 12 at 15:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Loads of life in them yet!

In all seriousness it's bloody dangerous. What concerns me is a 44t truck can be 1mm yet a 1t car has to be 1.6mm :/

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Mertin
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26th Dec 12 at 17:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Maybe due to lorries having alot more surface area on the road and more weight? Nothing fancy at all about the tread patterns on them either, plain and simple and regrooved
Dan
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26th Dec 12 at 18:52   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I dunno some of the expensive Bridgestone tyres we used to have consisted of a serious pattern resulting in tiny blocks of tread compared to normal. They were great until the 600hp unit used to rip blocks off them.

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Nic Barnes
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26th Dec 12 at 19:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends what it is steer or drive pattern.
Ian
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29th Dec 12 at 06:15   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Be fine, just compensate for your poor tyres with leet driving skills don't you know.
Bonney
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The block pattern is on the rear drive tyres. On the steering axles/tag axles they usually get the basic tyres. Trailers get recut steering axle tyres or any old crap that is legal.

The scary thing is that the lorry has virtually no grip at all in the wet, Unloaded with no weight on the rear they spin up near enough all the time you are accelerating!
Mertin
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Alot of our trailer tyres just end up fucked with turning with 3 axles on the ground and 40tonne on them. Timber lorries are double drive too so thats 8 block tread tyres at a time for them. We have some rare bonfires

 
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