Bought set of used alloys which have brand new Chinese tyres

stator

Does your car have front disc and rear drum brakes?

If so the rear tyres will make little difference.

motorguy

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Instead of guessing I looked it up.
http://www.asdatyres.co.uk/winda/wp16
Poor economy but decent wet grip. Just use it. I'm sure you'll survive.

So lets get this straight - you looked up what a seller of the tyre said about it? No risk of skewed results there at all??

How about an independent review?

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Winda/WP16.htm

20% grip in the wet? :eek:

Not something i'd like to be trusting my family's wellbeing with...

motorguy

Joe_Horner wrote: »

Bear in mind that a lot of tyre reviews online are written by people with the "it's Chinese, a ditchfinder, it's crap" attitude and they'll score them badly no matter how well they actually perform.

Honestly I don't think you'll find a really bad tyre out there nowadays - by which I mean one that a normal driver, staying well away from the limits, on public roads, is ever going to find a problem with apart from maybe wear rates and noise.

Certainly, all the supposed ditchfinders I've tried over the past several years have had more than enough grip (wet and dry) for anything approaching sensible driving.

I disagree.

You WILL notice the grip levels difference on crap cheapie tyres.

Friend of mine - against my advice - bought a cheapie set of tyres on a set of aftermarket alloys to save himself a few pounds. Changed the tyres within a month.

Check out the braking distances between the best and worst of tyres and tell me if you'd be happy with the worst? It could be the difference between having an accident and not having an accident, or between hitting a pedestrian and not hitting a pedestrian.

Norman_Castle

motorguy wrote: »

So lets get this straight - you looked up what a seller of the tyre said about it? No risk of skewed results there at all??

How about an independent review?

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Winda/WP16.htm

20% grip in the wet? :eek:

Not something i'd like to be trusting my family's wellbeing with...

I looked at what the tyre label said. Your "independent review" is one persons opinion from a website where anyone can leave a review. Personally I would trust an EU regulated test more than a nobody saying "Yeh mate. Its Chinese crap innit".

Why not review a few tyres yourself . Its easy,


Your score

Please score the tyre between 1 and 10 using the stars below, with 10 being the best score and 1 the worst. If you'd like to skip a section, just leave it blank... Dry Grip: 1
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Not something i'd like to be trusting my family's wellbeing with...

AdrianC

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Personally I would trust an EU regulated test more...

You DO know that the tests are performed by the tyre manufacturers in their own facilities, right?

motorguy

Norman_Castle wrote: »

I looked at what the tyre label said. Your "independent review" is one persons opinion from a website where anyone can leave a review.

Uh huh. One person who has run them for 10,000 miles.

How many miles have you run on them?

Honestly, if you'd be happy with budget brand chinese tyre made down to a bargain basement price, then go for it.

Personally, for me - no.

forgotmyname

You will know how bad they are when your following a line of traffic on a steady run with poor road and weather conditions and your the only only to slide off the road.

At least you know what to tell the policeman when they query if you were speeding or driving like a nut. Just show them the tyres and sit there in the rain/cold awaiting the recovery truck.

Norman_Castle

AdrianC wrote: »

You DO know that the tests are performed by the tyre manufacturers in their own facilities, right?

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32009R1222

4. Suppliers shall make technical documentation available to the authorities of Member States on request, for a period ending five years after the last tyre of a given tyre type has been made available on the market. The technical documentation shall be sufficiently detailed as to allow the authorities to verify the accuracy of information provided on the label with regard to fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise.

I trust this much more than a nobody on a website.

AdrianC

Norman_Castle wrote: »

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32009R1222

4. Suppliers shall make technical documentation available to the authorities of Member States on request, for a period ending five years after the last tyre of a given tyre type has been made available on the market. The technical documentation shall be sufficiently detailed as to allow the authorities to verify the accuracy of information provided on the label with regard to fuel efficiency, wet grip and external rolling noise.

Exactly. The testing's all done in house, and it might get checked up on. Maybe.

How many containers of your Winda tyres would you like to order, Sir?
http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/winda-tire.html

Now there's a distribution model to inspire confidence in the couple of square centimetres of contact between the road surface a ton and a half of car...

Norman_Castle

motorguy wrote: »

Uh huh. One person who has run them for 10,000 miles.
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And compared them to what?. Its an opinion, not a review. If that "reviewer" said they were brilliant would you run out and buy them? I don't care who buys them but using that "review" for guidance is nonsense.