Hi Ken
Look around for a cheaper range tyre that has a tread pattern with more
rubber than gaps on the bit that hits the road, feel the tread by sliding
your hand across it if it feels slippery it will feel like that in the wet,
may last a long time and give good gas mileage, if it feels sticky it will
feel better in the wet, also check for side wall stiffness a flexible wall
will give a comfy ride a stiffer wall will handle better, pester lots of
suppliers for lots of tyres until you can go back somewhere and say that is
the tyre for me. If a supplier wont help he don't want your Dollars! Also
bear in mind some tyres that are of an unknown brand will be a budget tyre
by one well known brand or another, ask who makes them!
Graham.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Gano <kengano@mcleodusa.net>
To: Triumphs mailing list <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 4:26 PM
Subject: Philosophical Question a/k/a "The Money Pit"
>
> I have reached a crossroads to the never-ending quest to see the TR3
> actually run, and, once again I am looking to my friends on this list for
> moral direction.
>
> As a matter of general principal I have spared no expense on this project,
> which is a big reason this has been 5 years and counting :). That's not
so
> much to show off as a general feeling that anything worth doing is worth
> doing right and an appreciation for quality. Well, the time has come to
> purchase tires (tyres.) Tires are the last real impediment to the car
> actually running down the road.
>
> When I price tires I find a huge range, all the way from $25 to $250.
When
> you multiply that by 4 or 5 the figure becomes significant. A good
friend,
> in the business, suggested that even cheap tires, when new, are "pretty
> good" and for the realistic mileage I will be putting on, the extra costs
of
> "name" tires was not justified. Another big consideration is that I'm
> growing impatient and the idea of being able to be on the road literally
> months sooner is very appealing. I find myself resisting though, for the
> simple argument that everything else on the car is top shelf, why skimp on
> something as important as tires.
>
> I can appreciate that this is the type of decision that is very personal,
> but I'm anxious to tap the collective wisdom of this group to hear the
> arguments both ways.
>
> TIA
>
> Ken Gano
> TR3A (almost)
> TR10 (if I should live so long)
>
>
>
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