Bick wrote:Touch the back on the track and you are in real trouble, i have seen people being kicked off a track day because they did not know how to brake correctly and kept locking the back.
I was using a motorcycle as a reference in terms of real world driving (cruising), not driving on the edge (racing) ... then we'd need to be discussing racing brakes and racing cars, not sofas on 4 wheels ... ... DickieG said he'd been on 3 Hunter devices, I don't know if anything more advance that those currently exists on the market (unless for some special development/testing purposes) ...
vborovic wrote:I'll still stick to having a summer + winter combination of tyres (but one set of rims) ... I've read some comments on the CrossClimates, that they add to the fuel consumption (roughly 0,5 l/100 km) and that they're a bit louder that other tyres, but it has to have some drawbacks if it does the winter&summer job in a single product ...
Well, just had them fitted and on the drive back home - Wow! Really noticed how quiet these were immediately. They are rated at 69dB for noise, have an 'A' for wet grip and 'B' for Fuel efficiency. Well Michelin say they are suited to a whole years' motoring. Well as I usually don't get a year out of the fronts anyway - it will be interesting to see how they wear. As far as wet performance goes they just soared through the flooded roads on the way back without flinching. Time will tell though!
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Here we don't have CrossClimate's on offer for larger wheel sizes (Good Years' All Seasons go up to 18" and that's about it) ... I'm of course already considering the new dimension tyres for my car ...
vborovic wrote:Here we don't have CrossClimate's on offer for larger wheel sizes (Good Years' All Seasons go up to 18" and that's about it) ... I'm of course already considering the new dimension tyres for my car ...
Looks like they are introducing some 18 and 19" sizes in 2016 according to this article and test: got to be better than changing from summer to winter to summer all the time, with all the valves and balancing again! http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Mi ... hanger.htm
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I rather like the "balancing act" every now and then, gives you a better picture of the condition of your rims (which might be bent or something, that you just grow accustomed to over time, making the tyre wear more quickly)
I had cross climates fitted this week to the front also.
Must be some kinda X7 thing?
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C5 2.2 HDi Exclusive Estate auto 57. Awesome car. Sadly Could not be fixed by Citroen.
C5 1.6 HDi VTR Estate 56. Traded in.
C5 2.2 HDi SX Estate 02. Drowned in the floods of 09.
C3 1.4 HDi 92 SX 52.
Saxo 1.1 East Coast.
I put vrediestein all season tyres on to the front of the 107. In the dry they are good, in the wet, and i mean wet up here the last week, they are phenomenal! I've never lost grip with them yet. The 205 on the other hand with budget summers is like driving on an ice rink, slides all over the place. It's good fun though, and at very slow speeds.
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mooseshaver wrote:I had cross climates fitted this week to the front also.
Must be some kinda X7 thing?
Must be!
Do you find the steering really light now?
C5 III Tourer 2.0 HDi 163 Auto Exclusive
Gone cars.
C5 2.2 HDi Exclusive Estate auto 57. Awesome car. Sadly Could not be fixed by Citroen.
C5 1.6 HDi VTR Estate 56. Traded in.
C5 2.2 HDi SX Estate 02. Drowned in the floods of 09.
C3 1.4 HDi 92 SX 52.
Saxo 1.1 East Coast.
Definitely feels a lot lighter. Wasn't sure at first whether it was just that my previous tyres were nearly on the bar, but does feel very light and much quieter too.
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Today in the wet I needed to pull out quick. So left time to allow for wheel spin.
There wasn't any!
All other tyres I would lose grip. In the dry. Not these. I want more.
C5 III Tourer 2.0 HDi 163 Auto Exclusive
Gone cars.
C5 2.2 HDi Exclusive Estate auto 57. Awesome car. Sadly Could not be fixed by Citroen.
C5 1.6 HDi VTR Estate 56. Traded in.
C5 2.2 HDi SX Estate 02. Drowned in the floods of 09.
C3 1.4 HDi 92 SX 52.
Saxo 1.1 East Coast.
mooseshaver wrote:Today in the wet
I needed to pull out quick....
Don't we all! But back to tyres - definitely impressed - have been out today in the torrentials and you wouldn't even know it. I may now seriously consider getting these on the backs when they go - so will hopefully have a more fuller idea of performance by the end of the year.
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mooseshaver wrote:Today in the wet
I needed to pull out quick....
Don't we all! .
C5 III Tourer 2.0 HDi 163 Auto Exclusive
Gone cars.
C5 2.2 HDi Exclusive Estate auto 57. Awesome car. Sadly Could not be fixed by Citroen.
C5 1.6 HDi VTR Estate 56. Traded in.
C5 2.2 HDi SX Estate 02. Drowned in the floods of 09.
C3 1.4 HDi 92 SX 52.
Saxo 1.1 East Coast.
... DickieG said he'd been on 3 Hunter devices, I don't know if anything more advance that those currently exists on the market (unless for some special development/testing purposes) ...
But back to tyres - definitely impressed - have been out today in the torrentials and you wouldn't even know it. I may now seriously consider getting these on the backs when they go - so will hopefully have a more fuller idea of performance by the end of the year.