I stated a fact, whereas telling everyone to 'go to hell' is quite rude.How can PMKeates call Mickie stupid and come away fine, Yet He calls fox arrogant and gets suspended?
Retread tyres
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Either way you turn it Keates it's still a personal insult, I've been suspended in the past for the very same thing "calling someone an idiot" was the reason.
It's not really a bash at you more the over zealous moderating.
It's not really a bash at you more the over zealous moderating.
How is it a personal insult? I assessed the comments of the poster in the thread up until that point and concluded that he was stupid, and posted as such.
It wasn't intended to demean him, but to help him stop, realise his mistakes, and start a new life of free thinking and objectivity.
precisely, let's leave the moderating to them and we can offer advice to less than sensible people who think re-treaded tyres are a viable solution to a decent set of tyres
How can PMKeates call Mickie stupid and come away fine, Yet He calls fox arrogant and gets suspended?
It's NaithWraiths style of moderating. Favouritism.
30 squid can by a lot of crack
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It's NaithWraiths style of moderating. Favouritism.
I very much doubt I'm on his list of favourite posters!
[TW]Fox;20441687 said:
Most trailers are not double tyred as such, they use whats known as "Super singles" - large single tyres.
and believe me, when one lets go, you DO know about it, no loss of control? hmm, experienced in HGV's now are we?
To say they blow out "all the time" is balls too! - in 15 years as an HGV driver, I've had two blowouts in the truck and two in cars, despite covering probably 10times the mileage in a truck compared to my car mileage.
Yes, truck tyres get re-treaded, in the main though they get re-grooved which is different, merely cutting a new tread pattern into the tyre case, as long as the tyre is marked "regroovable" and not used on a steering axle this is fine.
Given your constantly going on about people posting untruths on here, I'm surprised to say the least to see you write that Mr Fox!
You're mental getting brakes that good. People are going to go into the back of you if you need to emergency stop. What you need to do to improve the safety of your car is to fit Ford KA brakes and use brake pads from a scrap yard.
Must be imagining all those truck tyre carcasses that litter the hard shoulder then
[TW]Fox;20453291 said:Must be imagining all those truck tyre carcasses that litter the hard shoulder then
Your imagination is enhancing your memory or the highway agency litter pickers have been slacking in your area.
About as common as dead badgers imo. Something to spot for amusement on long trips.
4MIT if you are around still?
So for some reason I choose this thread to read this morning, I can see your point about your interest in remoulds having driven a car with silly cheap new tyres and admittedly a different small hatchback with remoulds and now drive a hatchback with middle range tyres on it i have some consideration about the tyres.
My main worry about remoulds is the lack of testing and regulated body's which they go through.
To build on my point tyres are made from moulds, I think we can call agree on that.
To re-grove a tyre or remould a tyre you must take the existing tyre and add to it, again I don't think there's anything to disagree about
Finally with a brand new fresh mould tyre you can test 1 or 2 from a batch off 1000's and you can expect the same performance (simple manufacturing) the constants during the process dont change you put the same in your get the same out.
Now then remoulds. you take a 1000 used tyres all used a different amount all made in different ways, even if you only took the same brand model and revision you would struggle to get the right amount of constants to not need to test each tire to the same level as brand new tyres get tested.
Point, I believe.
Of course the other argument i see here is that if they were so bad they would be illegal well its not illegal to by LOL cheap tyres which do 10k on a small car the back end spins out every corner you lift off (in the wet/damp) and under steers at any sign of accelerating when its not 100% straight, its clear that we are left to choose the appropriate tire for our needs, few people I feel need remoulds.
So for some reason I choose this thread to read this morning, I can see your point about your interest in remoulds having driven a car with silly cheap new tyres and admittedly a different small hatchback with remoulds and now drive a hatchback with middle range tyres on it i have some consideration about the tyres.
My main worry about remoulds is the lack of testing and regulated body's which they go through.
To build on my point tyres are made from moulds, I think we can call agree on that.
To re-grove a tyre or remould a tyre you must take the existing tyre and add to it, again I don't think there's anything to disagree about
Finally with a brand new fresh mould tyre you can test 1 or 2 from a batch off 1000's and you can expect the same performance (simple manufacturing) the constants during the process dont change you put the same in your get the same out.
Now then remoulds. you take a 1000 used tyres all used a different amount all made in different ways, even if you only took the same brand model and revision you would struggle to get the right amount of constants to not need to test each tire to the same level as brand new tyres get tested.
Point, I believe.
Of course the other argument i see here is that if they were so bad they would be illegal well its not illegal to by LOL cheap tyres which do 10k on a small car the back end spins out every corner you lift off (in the wet/damp) and under steers at any sign of accelerating when its not 100% straight, its clear that we are left to choose the appropriate tire for our needs, few people I feel need remoulds.
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[TW]Fox;20453291 said:Must be imagining all those truck tyre carcasses that litter the hard shoulder then
Thats more down to the highways agency not picking the damn things up or shoddy tyre fitters who don't want to pay disposal costs leaving them at the side of the road.
A properly inflated and un damaged - i.e. kerbed - HGV tyre is no more likely to blow out than a car tyre.