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Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 |
I was talking to my brother about this on Sunday. I was telling him how crap mine has been in the wet. He and his wife both have FFRR's and says he has never noticed a problem as he changes his tyres when he has less than 5mm!!
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4th Dec 2012 9:27pm |
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47p2 Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru Posts: 8048 |
Love the Glen Devon road |
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4th Dec 2012 9:29pm |
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Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 |
Honestly, I was glad the new tyres were on, it was sheet ice most of the way. Nice bit of lunch at the tormauchin restaurant then carried on with the ice driving.. Previously..
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4th Dec 2012 9:33pm |
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ambulancekidd Member Since: 29 Feb 2012 Location: Ayrshire Scotland Posts: 276 |
The tyres are only about 7k miles old but obviously with more wear on front than the rears, I might swap them about to see if that improves matters. I have a niggling thought that there is something other than tyres causing this problem as not all FFRR seem to be bothered by it.
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4th Dec 2012 9:42pm |
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Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 |
I went for Nexen roadian 542's. I was put off at first by the cheap price. £93 a tyre!. I read up on them and they seem to be better in the wet than some others. They look like the rain grooves, 5 of them, will do the business. They have 8+mm of tread so will be better than I had. Even my wife notices the difference in handling, she says it feels more stable round corners in the wet. I'm sure any new tyre would show a difference, but I think i am happy with what we have bought. Previously..
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4th Dec 2012 9:53pm |
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47p2 Member Since: 05 Oct 2010 Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru Posts: 8048 |
You let your wife drive the FF?
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4th Dec 2012 9:55pm |
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Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 |
Actually, she believes that it is hers! Not gonna rock the boat, just let her dream on.. Previously..
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4th Dec 2012 9:58pm |
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TheAllSeeingPie Member Since: 18 Apr 2012 Location: Leeds Posts: 848 |
I can highly recommend Goodyear Ultragrip+ SUV's in a 255/60/18. They cut through water so well the downside is that they completely soak anyone in a 6ft radius of the car even if travelling at 10mph (fortunately because the copper saw me slow down in an attempt not to drown him he didn't take it too badly). They are a true winter tyre, and do very well in the winter tyre tests usually coming in the top 3, and usually being the best in the cold dry/wet conditions of the UK and being great in the snow too. Plus side is they are ultra quiet as well and grip like anything!
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5th Dec 2012 9:31am |
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kingpleb Member Since: 07 Jun 2011 Location: Maybe here. Maybe there, I get everywhere! Posts: 8455 |
If your getting new why not just get Vreds as they should be amazing in the wet and keep you happy through the summer??
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5th Dec 2012 9:40am |
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Lloyd Barnes Member Since: 21 Apr 2011 Location: Shrewsbury Posts: 181 |
I have the Vredestein Wintracs on mine. The car seems great through standing water. In fact it was one of the first things I noticed when swapping over from the Touareg just how much better it was. I assumed it was just the car, but given the comments above, perhaps its another plus for the Wintracs. Lloyd Barnes
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5th Dec 2012 10:21am |
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L322 Pilot Member Since: 07 Apr 2011 Location: Solihull Posts: 13 |
In aviation this subject is very important because we have to operate on wet runways and aquaplaning can cause serious performance problems, in particular stopping. The speed at which a tyre will aquaplane is normally determined by the inflated pressure. The math we use is 9 times the square root of the tyre pressure. So if the FFRR tyre was pumped up to 36psi in theory it should aquaplane at 54 mph. Aircraft tyres have a much different tread pattern to cars and very much higher pressure. |
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5th Dec 2012 5:09pm |
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7921 |
Presumably that's for a slick tyre and not taking tread into account ? I've never experienced it in 7 years of FFRR ownership - I run Diamaris for 3 seasons and Vreds in the winter. I change at 3mm When I bought the Vreds, I spoke to the UK technical director - Mark Kearns I think his name was - very helpful chap - he told me 3mm was the minimum for winter tyres - you could legally run them lower, they just lose the winter designation below that. |
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5th Dec 2012 5:38pm |
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Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 |
L332 pilot... My brother flies for globespan. I was with him on Sunday and had to listen to all this square root of the pressure stuff. Not 100% convinced as I believe the tread pattern is most important... IMO. Previously..
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5th Dec 2012 5:51pm |
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mzplcg Member Since: 26 May 2010 Location: Warwickshire. England. The Commonwealth. Posts: 4029 |
Pirelli Scorpion Mud & Snow. Expensive but they do everything.
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5th Dec 2012 7:54pm |
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