Possible EV.

[Frontstep]

Away over the weekend in the Lakes and one of us had a Hyundai Ioniq EV no problem with us snowed in but got stung £300 for a tyre replacement by AA after a puncture on the way home.

 

[bladecrazy]

Away over the weekend in the Lakes and one of us had a Hyundai Ioniq EV no problem with us snowed in but got stung £300 for a tyre replacement by AA after a puncture on the way home.

The wife got a bolt through the rear tesla tyre over the summer, assist came out and charged 310.00 for a michellin pilot sport, i thought that was expensive.

 

[bladecrazy]

daughter has her car through work, she was offered a ev or hybrid, she choose niether and went for a vw suv type 1.5 petrol with dsg, apperntly evs are for old people!.

 

[DSK]

The wife got a bolt through the rear tesla tyre over the summer, assist came out and charged 310.00 for a michellin pilot sport, i thought that was expensive.

I don’t know of the tyre size but I’d not say that’s good or bad, perhaps about right.

Considering usual UHP tyres in low profiles, wider widths easily start at £250 ish, plus the mobile service I’d say that’s ok.




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[bladecrazy]

I don’t know of the tyre size but I’d not say that’s good or bad, perhaps about right.

Considering usual UHP tyres in low profiles, wider widths easily start at £250 ish, plus the mobile service I’d say that’s ok.




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20 inch so suppose to be expected, what i did notice was when he took the tyre off there was foam on the inside? foam actually stuck inside .

 

[DSK]

Could be a previous puncture repair canister. Those slime type things look like all sorts over time. I recall having a customer who had a puncture a long time before he replaced his tyre and that slime stuff was so old it was like those tiny particles of polystyrene.


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[rf065]

20 inch so suppose to be expected, what i did notice was when he took the tyre off there was foam on the inside? foam actually stuck inside .

Thats the latest thing to suppress tyre noise.

 

[Frontstep]

Thats the latest thing to suppress tyre noise.

There's a man at the factory who stuffs the tyres with foam mattress offcuts.

It's just the modern version of stuffing the back seat with old chair cushions to suppress diff noise I suppose.

 

[Blobcat]

20 inch so suppose to be expected, what i did notice was when he took the tyre off there was foam on the inside? foam actually stuck inside .

There to reduce the noise… another problem that didn’t exist with decent sized wheels and sidewalls…

 

[bladecrazy]

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There to reduce the noise… another problem that didn’t exist with decent sized wheels and sidewalls…

thats the stuff, i mean does it really help keep road noise down?.

 

[rf065]

thats the stuff, i mean does it really help keep road noise down?.

It's an EU directive to lower noise levels from tyres, so tyre companies have been forced into it.

 

[00slk]

I'd wrap the tyre in cotton wool, it's not the inside that makes the noise, it is the outside contact with the road surface. Slicks are quieter

 

[rf065]

I'd wrap the tyre in cotton wool, it's not the inside that makes the noise, it is the outside contact with the road surface. Slicks are quieter

That ain't how acoustics work, it's how the sound travels through air, like inside the tyre.

 

[00slk]

That ain't how acoustics work, it's how the sound travels through air, like inside the tyre.

Solid tyres would do the trick then?

 

[rf065]

Solid tyres would do the trick then?

Probably, but the suspension would take a hammering.

 

[Frontstep]

It's odd really that we still use tyres that are fundamentally the same.

 

[00slk]

It's odd really that we still use tyres that are fundamentally the same.

Old Mr Dunlop knew a good thing then

 

[DSK]

I see no reason to reinvent the wheel with tyres. Considering what a tyre goes through, from skin flints running them to the cords and perishing, to high performance stuff cornering at forces that are hysterical and putting masses of performance down snow or shine, they do what they say on the tin.


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[Alastairp]

Solid tyres would do the trick then?

Yes, they are known as run flats now

 

[eman]

Old Mr Dunlop knew a good thing then

Yep he made a great green flash (Those that know. Know.)