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From: Carl Gibbs on 6 Sep 2007 02:36 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1i3zsia.j349go1w08ep1N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > Carl Gibbs <cagmeister(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >> Anyone know a place that sells reasonably priced metric tyres? >> >> A mate from work has recently bought a Citroen CX with the metric sized >> alloys. Current quotes are around the �180 per tyre mark!!! A quick >> suggests he needs 190/65 HR 390 TRX > > Are you sure about that size? If it's a GTi, which IIRC was the one with > metric tyres, they were 210/55 VR390 (H). Could be, I just googled that size and thats the first answer I come across. the car is a DTR Turbo 2. > >> Any help appreciated (apart from selling the car of course!!) > > �180 a tyre is a discount, Blackcircles shows: > > > Michelin TRX Millimetric > 210/55 R390 V > �199.29 > > Very few places supply them, even fewer stock them. Now you, or your > friend, know why people avoid metric tyres. Indeed!
From: Steve Firth on 6 Sep 2007 05:53 Elder <carl.robson(a)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote: > > I beg to differ, it's my life and I'll not trust it to remoulds. > > > Then don't trust new tyres either. > Colways are made and tested to E108 and E109 regulations, just like new > tyres. Mmm hmm, next you'll be telling me that they are made to ISO9001 standards. I've never had a proper tyre delaminate on me, the only car I have had with remoulds (the previous owner had fitted it with remoulds) had all four tyres delaminate within 20,000 miles. Do you not notice all the pieces of tyre by the side of the motorway? BTW, those companies are doing well because drivers are cheapskates, not because the tyres are fit for purpose.
From: DervMan on 6 Sep 2007 09:57 "Douglas Payne" <douggie(a)cheerful.com> wrote in message news:5k8teuF2lf67U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Elder wrote: >> In article <1i3zsqn.18fnbkmuc2jbnN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve% >> @malloc.co.uk says... >>> Pikey Pete <pete.murray(a)blueNOPRESSEDMEATyonder.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> IIRC Colway do them, they're a pretty good copy of the old Avon >>>> Turbospeeds >>>> so just about perfect for the CX. >>> <shudder> remoulds. >>> >> Nowt wrong with Colways The last owner slapped a pair on the front of the >> Celsior for the last MOT. Feel nice, grip well, appear to wear >> reasonably, and cheap. > > I once effectively wrote off a car by hitting a remould carcass which some > incosiderate fellow had left rather inconveniently in the middle of the > road. Maybe you should drive something less pikey / move somewhere less pikey? :-p -- The DervMan www.dervman.com
From: Elder on 6 Sep 2007 11:13 In article <1i40lsc.5s1wbk1mrtfk0N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve% @malloc.co.uk says... > Mmm hmm, next you'll be telling me that they are made to ISO9001 > standards. > I do know that Maxsport are an ISO9001 company. -- Carl Robson Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
From: Elder on 6 Sep 2007 11:34
In article <1i40lsc.5s1wbk1mrtfk0N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve% @malloc.co.uk says... > Mmm hmm, next you'll be telling me that they are made to ISO9001 > standards. > Maxsport have it http://www.maxsport-competition-tyres.co.uk/ISO.pdf Colway are working toward it. http://www.c-tyres.co.uk/standards.htm InsaTurbo have it http://www.insaturbo.com/empresa.jsp As do Fedima, it is in the heading banner on each page. -- Carl Robson Audio stream: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com:8000/samtest Homepage: http://www.bouncing-czechs.com |