Car Tyres

CEON44

Hi, anyone know much about car tyres, particularly the "W" marking, which stands for weight I think?? Anyway I have an Audi A4 diesel with tyre sizes 225/50 R17. The tyres that were on the car also had this marking "W98" which revers to maybe the load on the wheels or something, not sure. Anyway, I priced tyres round the place and eventually bought Pirelli's. Size is ok ie 225/50 R17 but instead of the "W" being W98 it is W94. Is this important? I specifically told the supplier W98 but didnt notice until today that they were W94. Just had them fitted yesterday. Any comments?

Horseunderwater

http://www.kwik-fit.com/writing-on-my-tyres.asp explanation here.

rolo1_2

W94 means wheels will fall off if you go over 94mph.

Tyres you got will be grand

darwin-rover

In summary, the tyres you got are good for 2680kg and 168mph.
The original were good for 3000kg and 168mph.


Car weighs at most 1600kg , so you can carry up to about 1300kg (1.3 tons) in total, and the top speed wouldn't be anywhere near 168.

CEON44

ok thanks folks for the answers. Got up to 167mph the other day so just about ok

Parisien

Aren't insurance companies strict about this, especially the load and speed rating ie must be same as originally specced?