Watch Out For The Potholes

[3T51704x4]

With the roads as they are, please be very vigilant of large potholes hidden by water. My advice would be to slow down or stop and not charge through standing water. My wife took out two tyres on our Superb as she couldn’t see the water filled hole. I went back a few days later and the council still haven’t filled it, One unlucky chap split his rim.

 

 

Edited 18 January, 2023 by 3T51704x4
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[J.R.]

Another rubber band pretend tyre.

 

Seriously, is that a trick of the camera or is the tyre really that thin?

 

I would not drive anywhere outside of a marble floored car showroom on tyres like that.

 

How did your wife react to your wise advice? 🤣

[3T51704x4]

@J.R.Do you seriously think I gave her this advice 🙈😂.

This is for fellow enthusiasts who love their car and want to save £300 for tyres🤣 or the guy who split his £450 plus vat VRS rim and tyre on top. Save yourself some grief and money buy learning from our experience.

Been waiting two days for the tyres to arrive so car off the road too.

 

No illusion, low profile tyres on VRS.

 

My superb is also running the same 18 inch 40 aspect ratio.I had considered swapping to 17 inch rims with 45 profile tyres. It came with the 18 inch Thermisto wheels.

Someone in a Superb next to me in a drive thru once said my front tyre was flat. It wasn’t, just looked that way. 

[J.R.]

10 hours ago, 3T51704x4 said:

Do you seriously think I gave her this advice 🙈😂.

 

That really made me laugh 🤣 I can see we understand each other 😆👍

[ColinD]

One should never give advice... nor offer it, nor utter it... its been one of those weeks here

 

My superb is on the silly 19's with rubber bands too. Keep thinking of going to 18's I don't think 17's will fit due to brake spec. I took a vRS from skoda for a week. At the time I had a citigo on bouncy castle tyres. I parked up in a few places in the rs and cringed as the wheels clattered into rocks in grass... getting out looking for the mammoth rock I just impaed the tyre on, well there is this 2inch pebble... did I really lose a tooth over that?

 

then I borught the superb on the same size tyres. Lessons learnt zero!

[mac11irl]

On 18/01/2023 at 08:12, J.R. said:

Another rubber band pretend tyre.

 

Seriously, is that a trick of the camera or is the tyre really that thin?

 

I would not drive anywhere outside of a marble floored car showroom on tyres like that.

 

How did your wife react to your wise advice? 🤣

 

 

its a 225/40 r18 from the side wall visible. so.... 90mm ish sidewall? thin but not a ruber band compared to some tyres ive seen..

[3T51704x4]

This is prob a better angle

[lol-lol]

17, 18, or 19 inch, questions answered by Tyrereview.....

 

Confirms all the usual aspect one would think, in the dry, surprise to some, even the commentator, has the 17 inch was faster in the wet.

 

I suspect in cooler and wetter conditions the 17 inch ie wet winter conditions the 17 inch was quicker/faster by a percent or so !

 

Of course need to consider the car and this is a guide for C segment cars. 

 

My Clio Nav S run 17 inch but 40 aspect ratio.  I wish I had 16 inch wheels like the Zoe has which is also a segment B car.

 

Arkana runs 17s, rather than 18s,19s, or 20s.  In 20 inch it is still 45 aspect ratio so not as at risk rom pothole damage as 40 aspect ratio and below that.

 

Get bigger wheels, use more fuel and pay more tax and go slower in normal British conditions. 

 

 

[J.R.]

Even that 17" tyre looks skinny to my eyes.

[Ootohere]

Really skinny and probably the lowest profile on any Skoda's sold were 205/40 R17,s.   MK2 Fabia Monte Carlo /vRS.   I have a selection of pics of wrecked tyres.  Mainly Dunlop Sport Maxx. But also Continentals.   The Pirelli Zero Nero are like solid rubber and very strong. Pity total rubbish traction though. 

The Sister cars from VW, SEAT & Audi got 215/40 R 17 fitted OE.

 

When Skoda Dealers could not resolve the Pulling to the left that was very common Skoda UK eventually approved replacing all 4 tyres with the Pirelli with the stronger sidewalls which disguised the issue.

That meant i could get plenty Dunlops for free and not worry about damage during summer on great 'Driving Roads', but ironworks spring / autumn were an issue.

 

My rather heavy EV is on 205/45 R 17's XL's which is probably why the drop links need replaced at 

Edited 20 January, 2023 by toot

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On 20/01/2023 at 11:03, J.R. said:

Even that 17" tyre looks skinny to my eyes.

 

Well yes they are 45 Aspect ratio.

To me 50 or less are low aspect ratio and on our terrible roads a high risk of rim and tyre damage compared to 55 and above.

 

Happy with my 60 aspect ratio on the 17 inch tyres on the Arkana, handles quite firm even on the 17 inch rim and tyre combination and i have hit some monster potholes are touch wood seems to have survived unscathed.

 

The UK road ways are not a race track and if drivers want to drive at ten tenths take it on the track and i can watch the action on Youtube, must be hundreds or thousands of hours of racing wanabees running out of talent particularly the Nürburgring, very good watch.

 

Like Michelins but also think the Avons are very good value tyres with very decent grip.  Just wish UK was much better setup to change to winter tyres for December to February or so.   

[3T51704x4]

Doesn’t matter what tyre you run, hit a nasty unseen pothole obscured by water or unavoidable due to oncoming traffic your tyre is done. Had Q7s, Kodiaks Q4 étron Q8 étron Tiguans Touaregs all with torn sidewalls this week to deal with. Q7 needed a new wheel.

But yes I take your point, you are more likely to suffer damage with a band of rubber masquerading as a tyre.