Linglong

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This company must be making a fortune.

After seeing my sister and her fiance this afternoon whereupon he told me that he'd bought 3 new tyres for her car (peugeot 307) i looked over and to my surprise saw the word Linglong on each of them, I say surprise as he's had some decent cars when he was younger, and he's definately not short of cash (he'd spent £2200 on an engagement ring today). I questioned him and said those are the cheapest, most crap tyre you could have possibly bought, he smiled and replied, "Yep, £180 for three!". When i inferred that they are so crap they could be dangerous all he had to say was "They're round, new and black". And being a woman my sister doesn't really know anything or care.

Then i realised how many people must think the same way, i.e. a tyre is a tyre, as long as it's legal. Among the general populace Linglong must sell like hot cakes, generally being the cheapest "round black" things you can buy.

Whereas logic would dictate that if anything tyres are something that you do spend good money on, considering they're the only thing keeping you attached to the road and heading in the right direction. I gave up arguing as it would get nowhere.

Absolute beggars belief.
 
I didn't know Linglong were a real company, I thought it was just something coined by Fox to describe cheap Chinese tyres :D
 
i was thinkin that, hardly cheap, all 4 nankangs on the beast set me back 140 fitted :D

lad at work just sorted new tyres for his Ka for £18 a corner...

most people i find just don't care, as long as its cheap and has tread it'll do.
 
He probably just took it to kwik fit or some such and asked for the cheapest possible tyre. But Kwik fit != cheap.
 
i was thinkin that, hardly cheap, all 4 nankangs on the beast set me back 140 fitted :D

lad at work just sorted new tyres for his Ka for £18 a corner...

most people i find just don't care, as long as its cheap and has tread it'll do.

How is £18 possible :eek:

Never seen the point in skimping on tyres, a false economy surely as getting into accidents can be a very costly business.

You get places like top tread in Rotherham buying the winter tyres from Germany and fitting them to peoples cars just as Summer is starting as "part worns" what a joke.
 
R14s for my old 400 when I was on budget mode were as low as £20 a corner, when I had two cheapos on the back.

New Ti comes with P6000s all round, should be better :p

Linglongs are made of fail.
 
In case anybody doesn't believe in LingLongs, this automotive beast spotted recently:

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Was shod with these:

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