1 hour ago, sawadee1947 said:

23 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Tyres can last up to 10 years if they are not damaged or worn down to the legal limit.

 

1 hour ago, sawadee1947 said:

Honesty?

Your life might depend on proper tyres......and you want to save only some Money?????

I'm not allowed to use the approbiate word for this behaviour.,????

 

 

I regard a tyre that is not damaged or worn down to the legal limit as a 'proper tyre' and in some 45 years of driving, my judgement hasn't let me down yet.

1 hour ago, sawadee1947 said:

Honesty?

Your life might depend on proper tyres......and you want to save only some Money?????

I'm not allowed to use the approbiate word for this behaviour.,????

 

 

You don't know much about tyres obviously.

 

4 hours ago, Moonlover said:

 

I regard a tyre that is not damaged or worn down to the legal limit as a 'proper tyre' and in some 45 years of driving, my judgement hasn't let me down yet.

Old rock hard tires are not safe, regardless of how much tread is left. They significantly increase braking distance. Been there done that. I usually change after about 4-5 years due to this. 

Needed new tyres after 65,000 kliks, ended up at Cockpit, fitted tyres & then they did a wheel balance (obviously,) but the guy not quite happy & so did a full lazer wheel alignment.

Drives better than when new

Tyres on my Mercedes E-Class saloon last 20,000 miles (32k) on the powered rear axle and 50,000 miles (80k) on the front. Nearly all motorway mileage, so should last longer than town work.

Who doesn't drive that distance in 5 years?

 

5 hours ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

Who doesn't drive that distance in 5 years?

Me now. ????

10 hours ago, DavisH said:

rock hard

I've been to that bar in Patong?

On 2/6/2022 at 4:24 PM, UWEB said:

You never swap the Tyres from front to back and from back to front? I do it every 20.000 km and they are still in good conditions after 5 years

one should change the WHEELS diagonally !!!!

3 minutes ago, big dendrobenaes said:

one should change the WHEELS diagonally !!!!

That's what Toyota did until I pointed out to them that they need to fit the wheels correctly as they are 1 directional tyres. ????

22 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

That's what Toyota did until I pointed out to them that they need to fit the wheels correctly as they are 1 directional tyres. ????

Our Everest has one directional tyres fitted.

 

Yoko Parada.

 

 

10 minutes ago, JAS21 said:

Our Everest has one directional tyres fitted.

 

Yoko Parada.

 

 

Well if you use Toyota dealership make sure they know it. ????

18 hours ago, sawadee1947 said:

Honesty?

Your life might depend on proper tyres......and you want to save only some Money?????

I'm not allowed to use the approbiate word for this behaviour.,????

 

 

My friend restores vintage motorcycles, guess how old some of the tyres are that are still used on the road.....????

 

18 minutes ago, JAS21 said:

Our Everest has one directional tyres fitted.

 

Yoko Parada.

 

 

Be careful when reversing then................????

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

That's what Toyota did until I pointed out to them that they need to fit the wheels correctly as they are 1 directional tyres. ????

describe "one directional" tyres.....

never heard of this in my life !!!!

12 hours ago, natway09 said:

Needed new tyres after 65,000 kliks, ended up at Cockpit, fitted tyres & then they did a wheel balance (obviously,) but the guy not quite happy & so did a full lazer wheel alignment.

Drives better than when new

As you would expect.

5 minutes ago, big dendrobenaes said:

describe "one directional" tyres.....

never heard of this in my life !!!!

Unidirectional tyres are very common on motorcycles and quite a number of car tyres too. It's all to do with the tread pattern and how it clears water from under the tyre.

3 minutes ago, Moonlover said:

Unidirectional tyres are very common on motorcycles and quite a number of car tyres too. It's all to do with the tread pattern and how it clears water from under the tyre.

thank you for info..........

13 hours ago, DavisH said:

Old rock hard tires are not safe, regardless of how much tread is left. They significantly increase braking distance. Been there done that. I usually change after about 4-5 years due to this. 

I've never owned a single car for longer than 7 years and I'm pretty sure I had to replace the tyres on that one due to the mileage I did.

 

When I mentioned a 10 year life I was quoting from a website that said that tyres can last for up to 10 years. I'm sure that this would only apply to a Sunday driver who kept his precious car safety tucked up in its garage for the rest of the week.

 

10 years in the real world is just not feasible.

 

3 hours ago, JAS21 said:

Our Everest has one directional tyres fitted.

 

Yoko Parada.

 

 

Are you saving up for the other 3? 

3 hours ago, big dendrobenaes said:

describe "one directional" tyres.....

never heard of this in my life !!!!

One way directional tyres are performance tyres they disperse water better are quieter running on the road and marginally better than run of the mill tyres. 

2 hours ago, Moonlover said:

I've never owned a single car for longer than 7 years and I'm pretty sure I had to replace the tyres on that one due to the mileage I did.

 

When I mentioned a 10 year life I was quoting from a website that said that tyres can last for up to 10 years. I'm sure that this would only apply to a Sunday driver who kept his precious car safety tucked up in its garage for the rest of the week.

 

10 years in the real world is just not feasible.

 

10 year old tyres that are still safe are not common, but feasible in some situations.  Some of pick up tyres are hard and long wearing.  Braking and cornering performance are not as good as car tyres by design.  Pickups with these tyres, driven conservatively, can do 100,000 km on a set of tyres before tread wear becomes a limitation.  If driven less than 10,000km/year then 10 year tyre life is feasible.  

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Jitar said:

Some of pick up tyres are hard and long wearing.  Braking and cornering performance are not as good as car tyres by design. 

I  wish a lot of pick up drivers would learn to understand that.

1 hour ago, Jitar said:

Are you saving up for the other 3? 

Actually Everest was bought Nov 2015 … changed to these tyres Dec 2018 at 29,635kms.

 

I notice now that that the ride is not as soft as it used to be … kms now 45,302 … grieves me to change them but will before the rains come. If someone wants them in a few months, let me know. Need to use it all the time now I think …

 

 

On 2/8/2022 at 1:02 AM, Kwasaki said:

Me now. ????

Get out on the open road..... Freedom!