17 hours ago, silver1011 said:

Far from it, my observation is that you enjoy quoting a lot of my posts and disagreeing with most of my advice being offered to others.

 

 

That's because your 'advice' is nonsense.

 

Driving around with a puncture repair to the tyre sidewall for 1500 miles is absolutely fine. Um, okaaaay …

 

Tyres with only 1.6mm grip left are safer than tyres with 3mm grip left. Um, okaaay …

 

Everything Michelin's marketing team say is true. Um, okaaay …

 

 

 

 

All your post does is prove you're tuned into your view and no one else's. A blinkered view.

 

At least I'm supporting my advice with personal experience and quotes from industry experts. Where's yours?

 

It was 15,000 miles, not 1,500 miles.

 

Can a tyre with 1.6mm can offer more grip in certain conditions than a tyre with 3mm, yes, it can.

 

I didn't claim everything Michelin marketing team say is true.

 

I'll leave the strange cat memes to you, Odd.

I've have a quick look at the numbers regarding water handling of various depth tread. 

Based on an original depth of 8mm:

1.6mm would have 53% the water shedding capacity of a tyre with 3mm depth.

6.4mm would have 80% the water shedding capacity of a tyre with 8mm depth.

1.6mm would have 20% the water shedding capacity of a tyre with 8mm depth.

 

This is based purely on the water capacity of a tyres main grooves and doesn't take into account the much reduced depths of smaller sipes.

 

I think its clear that a tyre with 1.6mm remaining has much reduced capability for UK use.  It's not a good idea to base your tyre usage on stats that are from dry tyre testing, when in December in the UK, whether they are from a well regarded manufacturer or not.

I usually change my tyres when the cord starts showing

1 hour ago, BigJase88 said:

I usually change my tyres when the cord starts showing

This isn’t your everyday normal stupid, this is advanced stupid. 

5 minutes ago, BGB said:

This isn’t your everyday normal stupid, this is advanced stupid. 

Haha was a joke, i change at 1.6mm not before.

 

i will add though at around 3mm the effectiveness of the tyre in wet conditions is reduced and more likely to aquaplane as you cannot disperse water to the same extent.

 

i drive in the knowledge of this and i know from under 3mm i have to go slower through standing water.

Edited 15 January, 20206 yr by BigJase88

49 minutes ago, BGB said:

This isn’t your everyday normal stupid, this is advanced stupid. 

 

 

Edited 15 January, 20206 yr by silver1011

No I got the joke, but the gentleman didn’t use a smiley so I thought I would be «funny» as well. Wink wink. 

13 hours ago, BigJase88 said:

Haha was a joke, i change at 1.6mm not before.

 

i will add though at around 3mm the effectiveness of the tyre in wet conditions is reduced and more likely to aquaplane as you cannot disperse water to the same extent.

 

i drive in the knowledge of this and i know from under 3mm i have to go slower through standing water.

SWMBO also drives our car and I couldn't rely on her to drive more carefully (recently she's started driving like she thinks she's an F1 driver, I actually hope she gets a speeding ticket as she needs to learn but won't listen to me) with less than 3mm tread depth so I always change at 3mm.

Edited 16 January, 20206 yr by PetrolDave