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- From: dagraham@unix1.tcd.ie (David Graham)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Different tyre sizes & remoulds
- Summary: Two questions regarding mixing tyre sizes and using remoulds
- Keywords: Tyre, Tire, Remoulds, Size, Panda, Fiat, Ireland
- Message-ID: <dagraham.715196459@unix1.tcd.ie>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 17:40:59 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- A couple of months ago I posted a question about the advantages of using
- wider rather than narrower tyres. Now the time has come such that at
- least one of my tyres needs replacing, so I expect (since I'm not rolling
- in money) that I may replace two of the tyres at a time since I have at
- least two tyres with plenty of tread depth left. I may well go up one or
- possibly two sizes after reading the responses to my previous post, so
- I'll go from 135 to 145 or perhaps 155, although I'm not sure how well
- 155's would fit on my 4" wheels.
-
- My first question is, is there anything wrong with having two of the
- tyres wider than the other two tyres? I'd be inclined to put the new
- tyres on the front (steering and drive end) and would thus end up with
- slightly wider tyres at front than at back. Could this cause any problems
- for the handling, traction, steering, etc?
-
- My other question is about remoulds; I don't know if these exist in the
- US where most of you will probably be reading this, but anyway. Small
- cars are popular here in Ireland (not what you'd call small in the US- my
- Fiat Panda is small but not the smallest and weighs 600kg (~1400lb), has
- a 45bhp 903cc engine and is 3.3m (133") long and 1.4m (57") wide, just to
- give you an idea.) Because of astronomical prices and various taxes,
- a large proportion of cars on Irish roads are small and under 1000cc in
- engine capacity. (Comparison- 1992 top of the range Civic here is IR#18000
- = $34000!!) Anyway, I'm wandering a bit; remoulds are also popular amongst
- people with small cars and little money. Now, I have no intention of buying
- remoulds, but when I got my Panda last February, three of the tyres were
- remoulds. My question is this: I know remoulds aren't really great, but
- how bad are they? What is the comparison (handling, traction, steering,
- etc) between a car equipped with remoulded tyres and a car equipped with
- new, 'ordinary' tyres?
-
- Many thanks, please excuse my verbose posting,
-
- David
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