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From: The Peeler on 23 Jun 2010 12:10 On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:25:40 -0700 (PDT), Derek C <del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >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? Go round in circles with the slow wheel on the inside of the circle.
From: GT on 23 Jun 2010 12:16 "Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVETHISjackson(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:fMOrJmMd1iIMFwJ2(a)g3ohx.demon.co.uk... > 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 Could he use cycle lanes in that??
From: Man at B&Q on 24 Jun 2010 06:00
On Jun 23, 3:25 pm, Derek C <del.copel...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > 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? It happens quite often. That's what the differential is for. MBQ |