Tyre age

Django x2 · 3 Aug 2009 at 20:23

Lopéz said:
Reverse at a reasonable pace, while the car is still going backwards pop it out of reverse and straight into first, 5-6k rpm and dump the clutch. You will stand on the spot making smoke and pretty patterns which is always fun.

This ^ used to have hours of fun doing this making big 'U's in the road!

BurningHorizons · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:14

[TW]Fox;14600735 said:
Hi guys,

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Is it a good idea to buy tyres which have been sat around like that or should I stop being a cheapskate ***** and find the extra 50 quid? It'd also mean the rears would match the fronts as I've got GS-D3's all round atm.

According to a large sign I saw in Kwik-Fit the other day, you should bin tyres over 10yr old. Those GS-D3's will be fine. However, I'd personally go with Eagle F1's as you're next pair almost definatley won't be GS-D3's.
Unless you sell the car before then, you'll eventually be matching!

L0rdMike · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:38

[TW]Fox;14605803 said:
Will anything explode?

http://cid-d0ec9f127af6b828.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/soton01.wmv

Small clip at the end when I did a little slid, nothing blew up.

Janesy B · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:50

Is that Fox's Citroen I see?

Tom|Nbk · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:55

Janesy B said:
Is that Fox's Citroen I see?

How did he cope with the rubbish plastics?!

[TW]Fox · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:57

What? My car is in the video but it isn't a Citroen.

Tom|Nbk · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:59

Not even viewed the video tbh, just thought Jansey was referring to your Xantia of fail

[TW]Fox · 3 Aug 2009 at 21:59

A car you know nothing about as I got rid of it more than 2 years before you even registered on ocuk, so stop pretending you were around back then

Tom|Nbk · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:00

I don't need to know anything about it for a diesel Xantia to be the holy grail of fail

Janesy B · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:01

I just saw an old Citroen and put two and two together

L0rdMike · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:03

His was black.

loltim · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:03

That's not even a Xantia is it?

Tom|Nbk · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:04

L0rdMike said:
His was black.

He'll never go back :eek:

L0rdMike · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:04

Tim said:
That's not even a Xantia is it?

Nope.

He met me outside mine in his Mondeo that day.

whitecrook · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:04

it's a zx. fox's is the mondeo.

[TW]Fox · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:05

Tom|Nbk said:
I don't need to know anything about it for a diesel Xantia to be the holy grail of fail

Obviously it cannot compare to the awesomeness of a 1.6 litre Focus or a broken 320i but hey, times were hard when I was 17

Tom|Nbk · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:07

[TW]Fox;14607450 said:
Obviously it cannot compare to the awesomeness of a 1.6 litre Focus or a broken 320i but hey, times were hard when I was 17

Hey, I did better than you

Stop now this is getting petty

mjt · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:07

Tim said:
That's not even a Xantia is it?

i was going to say, that's a zx..

[TW]Fox · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:08

Tom|Nbk said:
Hey, I did better than you

Thats a matter of opinion, it was bigger, faster and had more kit

Janesy B · 3 Aug 2009 at 22:11

I'm doing better than all of you. 22 and Driving a Fiesta. Wait what?