Swapping tyres front to back
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I've steared clear of this thread because I knew I would be tempted to respond to someone who thinks they are chancillor of the exOCUK but I've just done an ego search, noticed the thread was 3 pages long, couldnt resist and on the first page there is gold.
I think I'm going to let them run to as close to the legal limit as I can, what do you think about that mr financial advisor with access to my bank account, think of all the innocent people that will die, for the love of god think of the children!
The thread was looking for temporary solution to tide me over for a while as i've already mentioned and has already been discussed by helpful people but typical OCUK Motors Police Financial Division obviously need a bigger budget next year and therefore make more pointless posts
The tyres are perfectly legal but because they have somewhere around 2.5mm of tread I now cant afford to buy a house and run my car!?
I love this forum I really do its awesome, some of the people on here are absolutely mind blowing with the crap they come out with!
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Its pretty much the same as any car forum, petrolheads post everyday, a normal joe comes in to ask a sensible question and by the time he is finished with he feels like jack the ripper and paedo bear all rolled into one.
Good luck with your tyres mate
Good luck with your tyres mate
I think the legal limit is an arbitrary number conceived to prevent idiots from running about with bald tyres. I'd change them sooner if I were you
Relentlesslybadposter96 strikes again with another post that would be more at home in the toilet store
The thing is though, he (PeterNem) has a point. We're not being smarmy, it's just a case of you looking after your own skin! 2.5mm of tread isn't a lot at all. There's a review here of how stopping distances vary with tread depth:
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/buying/buying/200855/how_to_keep_your_tyres_safe.html
You're best off keeping your tyres at 3mm or more if you can. It's up to you of course, but we're just recommending what is safe and best practice. I wouldn't drive on tyres with 2.5mm or less, I'd change them. They wouldn't inspire me with confidence especially on fast roads in the wet. You can notice a difference in stopping power between 3mm and a newish tyre. There's always that time where you need stop quickly for whatever reason, and I don't know about you but when I press the brake pedal I like it to do what I ask promptly!
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I think the legal limit is an arbitrary number conceived to prevent idiots from running about with bald tyres. I'd change them sooner if I were you
Na, am gunna do burnoutz init bruv, getum bald lyk dem slikz n go rag it
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Why on earth did you even start the original thread if you're going to get annoyed when someone posts their opinion (something YOU asked for).
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I don't understand why people buy sporty cars if they don't have the means or the desire to run them properly, I really don't. Perhaps you've more important things to do with your cash than spend it on car running costs - if thats the case then cool, but pick a car that suits this mindsight rather than shoestringing a hot hatch.
If things are tight - which they are for lots of people at the moment - then why burden yourself with a hot hatch? Just have a cheap runabout where decent tyres are 35 quid a corner and save your cash for the other stuff in your life that matters to you more.
If things are tight - which they are for lots of people at the moment - then why burden yourself with a hot hatch? Just have a cheap runabout where decent tyres are 35 quid a corner and save your cash for the other stuff in your life that matters to you more.
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Shock horror as forums user Relentlesslybadposter96 is not only bad at posting, but bad at making decisions in life as well.
There tends to be a correlation in posting ability and real life intelligence. It should actually come as no surprise that someone who is stupid when it comes to posting decisions, such as posting a thread and getting upset when he gets answers from the people he asked, is also stupid when it comes to life choices
There tends to be a correlation in posting ability and real life intelligence. It should actually come as no surprise that someone who is stupid when it comes to posting decisions, such as posting a thread and getting upset when he gets answers from the people he asked, is also stupid when it comes to life choices
It's great fun though.
But you are of course correct.
Tyres with the most tread/grip should be on the rear.
That's not a good thing, 1.6mm is not the limit of safety its the limit of being so unsafe that it becomes an offence to use them on the road, below 3mm a tyres effectiveness drops logarithmically (may be exponentially, I always mix those two up).
^ This ^
They were 2.6mm 2k miles ago and now they are around 2.5mm? so they have only lost 0.1mm in 2000 miles??!?! seems very unlikely.
I would imagine that 2.6mm 2000 miles ago on the front of a FWD car would mean they would be very close to legal limit now, if not on or under it. Have you check them in the last few days to make sure they have legal tread so that rotating them would still be possible.
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as long as it's the same kind of tyre, this could be a cheap option to keep you going. I know 2.6 is legal, but we're getting to the pants end of the year now so replace as soon as possible.
both my fronts are at the markers now, getting them replaced tomorrow which is going to hurt a little.