years ago when money was tight

i took my car to have two front tyres replaced and tyre bloke said (he would) spend as much as you can afford on your tyres and proceeded to empty a kettle of water on the floor and then got the mostest expensive tyre and the cheapest and told me to put both hands on the tyre and full body weight and see the difference in resistance between the two, the cheap tyre was like it was on ice and the expensive one was like it was on sandpaper, huuuuge difference in grip. then he said now add in your family and a car as weight on four tiny points of contact.

so yeah, something.

Posted By: Tombs on July 21st 2025 at 13:57:38

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FAO anyone who knows about cars and specifically tyres (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 21, 11:52:03
- years ago when money was tight (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 21, 13:57:38
  - interesting, but I don't plan on driving into puddles of kettle water (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 21, 14:05:48
    - just drive really slowly everywhere then you'll be fine (General Chat) - Tombs, Jul 21, 14:09:33
- I bought some continental contact sport 7 for the fronts (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jul 21, 12:16:50
- you need good shoes and good tyres (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jul 21, 12:03:30
  - I'm sick of spending money on stuff (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 21, 12:04:18
    - Shouldn’t have had kids (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 21, 12:07:34
      - you can say that again (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 21, 12:13:10
    - sell the car then and walk off that excess weight (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jul 21, 12:05:46
      - that won't get me to Ireland (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Jul 21, 12:12:52
        
        Well, it will. Eventually. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jul 21, 12:17:44
        
        He'll still need something with good water displacement (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Jul 21, 12:55:43
        
        Ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 21, 15:08:13
- Get mid price ones, recognisable brand (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jul 21, 12:03:29
  - the Norwich City solution (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jul 21, 14:09:30
- some tyres will produce more noise (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jul 21, 11:59:16

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