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From: Adrian on 22 Jun 2010 10:53 Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Do motor manufacturers even consider the implications of having a > puncture in the real world? I've had precisely two flats in the last <thinks> decade. One was a nail slap bang through the centre of the tread. The other was a bit of dirt from a missing dust cap got caught in the valve when I checked the pressures, and slowly deflated the tyre - just reinflating it sorted it. Bizarrely, both were the start of last week. Previous puncture was through my own stupidity in hitting a pot hole big enough to bend two rims whilst looking in the direction of the oncoming junction to see if I needed to stop.
From: Ed Chilada on 23 Jun 2010 09:35 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:43:47 +0000 (UTC), andrew(a)cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: >I have a 2 year old Fiesta. >Handbook mentions that some cars have a skinny spare tyre with max speed >50MPH. > >My spare seems to be same size as all the others (195/50 R15) and it's a >ContiEcoContactEP which seems to be rated for 118MPH, on a steel wheel >(although the others are all PremiumContact and directional on alloys). >So it looks like the spare is a full spec tyre and wheel - certainly >it's not a skinny. > >However, it has a sticker on it saying 80Km/h max. Any ideas why? It's only for that one wheel though, you can safely continue to go at higher than that with the other three.
From: Derek C on 23 Jun 2010 10:25 On Jun 23, 2:35 pm, Ed Chilada <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:43:47 +0000 (UTC), and...(a)cucumber.demon.co.uk > > (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: > >I have a 2 year old Fiesta. > >Handbook mentions that some cars have a skinny spare tyre with max speed > >50MPH. > > >My spare seems to be same size as all the others (195/50 R15) and it's a > >ContiEcoContactEP which seems to be rated for 118MPH, on a steel wheel > >(although the others are all PremiumContact and directional on alloys). > >So it looks like the spare is a full spec tyre and wheel - certainly > >it's not a skinny. > > >However, it has a sticker on it saying 80Km/h max. Any ideas why? > > It's only for that one wheel though, you can safely continue to go at > higher than that with the other three. How can you make one wheel go slower than the other three?
From: GT on 23 Jun 2010 11:34 "Derek C" <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:a4d22093-0b8b-4ade-ad00-c803a187fb3b(a)z8g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... On Jun 23, 2:35 pm, Ed Chilada <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:43:47 +0000 (UTC), and...(a)cucumber.demon.co.uk > > (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: > >I have a 2 year old Fiesta. > >Handbook mentions that some cars have a skinny spare tyre with max speed > >50MPH. > > >My spare seems to be same size as all the others (195/50 R15) and it's a > >ContiEcoContactEP which seems to be rated for 118MPH, on a steel wheel > >(although the others are all PremiumContact and directional on alloys). > >So it looks like the spare is a full spec tyre and wheel - certainly > >it's not a skinny. > > >However, it has a sticker on it saying 80Km/h max. Any ideas why? > > It's only for that one wheel though, you can safely continue to go at > higher than that with the other three. How can you make one wheel go slower than the other three? - Roundabouts - Corner very quickly. - Sarcasm
From: Ian Jackson on 23 Jun 2010 11:50
In message <4c222979$0$8502$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, GT <a(a)b.c> writes >"Derek C" <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message >news:a4d22093-0b8b-4ade-ad00-c803a187fb3b(a)z8g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... >On Jun 23, 2:35 pm, Ed Chilada <nos...(a)nospam.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:43:47 +0000 (UTC), and...(a)cucumber.demon.co.uk >> >> (Andrew Gabriel) wrote: >> >I have a 2 year old Fiesta. >> >Handbook mentions that some cars have a skinny spare tyre with max speed >> >50MPH. >> >> >My spare seems to be same size as all the others (195/50 R15) and it's a >> >ContiEcoContactEP which seems to be rated for 118MPH, on a steel wheel >> >(although the others are all PremiumContact and directional on alloys). >> >So it looks like the spare is a full spec tyre and wheel - certainly >> >it's not a skinny. >> >> >However, it has a sticker on it saying 80Km/h max. Any ideas why? >> >> It's only for that one wheel though, you can safely continue to go at >> higher than that with the other three. > >How can you make one wheel go slower than the other three? > >- Roundabouts >- Corner very quickly. >- Sarcasm > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QWWMCq0zfA et al. -- Ian |