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Usually they are still coated in an oily release agent which sucks into the tyres so heat treating them as you did forces it out.pinno said:
Wtf is it, a Tesla?tlw1 said:
Cheers. Eco float makes a mockery of car tax, cheap tax yet 0-62 in sub 6.5 secs and according to a friend good for at least 150Stevo_666 said:
Fingers crossed for your FIL.tlw1 said:Cheers all re: FIL prognoses is better than expected, so all good(ish)
Car still not got new boots, should be sorted tomorrow and the price is encouraging the fleet chap to replace my car this year
Get shot of the Eco milk float.
Got new boots for the Porker on chewsday. Christ it was scary but they're strangely bedding in well.
Took it to a disused car lot and ragged the last legal mm off the tyres to a. have fun and b. compare grip. Pretty good really - Bridgestone Potenza's (odd but legal wear pattern on the shoulders which is par cours apparently).
Then drove it with new (rear) boots and it drove like a drunk ice skater.
As I say - bedding in now.Going like a hooligan round the roundabout (50 yds from my house) scrubbed them a bit
Were the Bridgestones feathering on the edges? Mine did that, was like you were running them to high a pressure or with some odd toe in angle, but they were set up right and the right pressures.0 -
If I am to suffer a stroke (not TIA) I hope it's a biggie and it takes me straight out. Don't want to be left just existing and not living.Stevo_666 said:
True. A big stroke is what got my old man in the end.ballysmate said:Neighbour had a stroke last year. Proper full stroke.
12 months older than me.
Scary 5h1t.
Good news about fil Tlw.
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Spot on. He lasted 6 days and TBH it was for the best given the state it left him in. Sounds harsh, but having seen my old dear rotting away with Alzheimers for several years I know what is the better option.ballysmate said:
If I am to suffer a stroke (not TIA) I hope it's a biggie and it takes me straight out. Don't want to be left just existing and not living.Stevo_666 said:
True. A big stroke is what got my old man in the end.ballysmate said:Neighbour had a stroke last year. Proper full stroke.
12 months older than me.
Scary 5h1t.
Good news about fil Tlw."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Aye indeed. As Freddie sang 'Who wants to live forever?'. One parent checked out at age 80 with that side of the family history cr4p cardio problems, but rel quickly with heart attack #1 followed by #2 2 months later. Other parent followed the increasing dementia route for a further 8 years.
I used to think xxxx I hope I don't have the bad cardio genes, 50:50 innit. But a short sharp exit vs a long drawn out descent into sh1tsville? Hmmm.....0 -
Pm me your address and I'll pop round and save them the botheroxoman said:I feel for anyone that suffers from a stroke or dementia having seen it first hand. My kids have been instructed to knock me on the head if I get either.
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My next door neighbour was a doctor and has a great philosophy - work out when you want to die and then get the lifestyle to achieve it. He wants to die before 78 and is in the pub most days0
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Are you aiming for 48?tlw1 said:My next door neighbour was a doctor and has a great philosophy - work out when you want to die and then get the lifestyle to achieve it. He wants to die before 78 and is in the pub most days
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Oh I see, thanks for the gen.step83 said:
Usually they are still coated in an oily release agent which sucks into the tyres so heat treating them as you did forces it out.
I did drive out into a fine drizzle after a period of no rain and the roads were a bit of a silty, soggy mess. So bar ice, probably the worst conditions for a spin on new boots.
No, unlike the 944 the alloys are pretty good and held their pressure really well. 265-40 18's on 44 rear and 37 front, so no untoward tracking issues and no, I didn't over inflate - the previous owner might have done.step83 said:Were the Bridgestones feathering on the edges? Mine did that, was like you were running them to high a pressure or with some odd toe in angle, but they were set up right and the right pressures.
They didn't fray and the guys at the local tyre shop said that this was common on Bridgstone's and the oddity of tread wear and legality is that they can only take a reading over the central 60%.
They were fine despite this unless I hit standing water and that lack of cross sectional tread really pulled the car.
Incidentally, the front end felt light and twitchy (I only replaced the rears). What you think caused that?
Cars feels better and better now - 60 miles on them and feeling like they need at least another ton.
I could put some sandbags in the boot with the spoiler up but some stupid tw@t stuck an engine in there.
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It does make you wonder about the point of living to a 'ripe old age'. I've definitely got some of those bad cardio genes if my old man and his old man (teetotal non-smoking pro footballer who died from heart failure aged 49) are anything to go by. Probably not a bad thing...orraloon said:Aye indeed. As Freddie sang 'Who wants to live forever?'. One parent checked out at age 80 with that side of the family history cr4p cardio problems, but rel quickly with heart attack #1 followed by #2 2 months later. Other parent followed the increasing dementia route for a further 8 years.
I used to think xxxx I hope I don't have the bad cardio genes, 50:50 innit. But a short sharp exit vs a long drawn out descent into sh1tsville? Hmmm....."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Tyres take circa 100 miles to bed in. Rear tyres were probably shoot and therefore slid before the fronts and hid their twitchy nature0
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Is he 77?tlw1 said:My next door neighbour was a doctor and has a great philosophy - work out when you want to die and then get the lifestyle to achieve it. He wants to die before 78 and is in the pub most days
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It was scary sh*t. Scariest was the prospect of buying another set. It will get a decent spin in the sticks and some luverly bends tomorrow on the Bistro/Cafe outing.tlw1 said:Tyres take circa 100 miles to bed in. Rear tyres were probably shoot and therefore slid before the fronts and hid their twitchy nature
Live each day like it were your last...
'Cos one day, you might be right.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
54 next month. I should drink more.tlw1 said:"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
My gran spent several years in a home and was in her 90s when she shuffled off, often heard saying old age was punishment for the wicked. To be honest she was horrible and I think she may have been right. My old man, her son, was nothing like her and truly cared for others. After a relatively short battle with the big C he was gone before he hit 80. Maybe the old dragon was right.tlw1 said:
I’d much rather it was short and sharp.0 -
I may be able to shorten my life span if junior gets into Liverpool uni...tlw1 said:
Btw somebody said the other day that a 10k run extends your life span by 30 minutes, but it takes 40 minutes to do it..."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
How come you're still alive Bally?ballysmate said:"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Portrait in the attic.Stevo_666 said:
How come you're still alive Bally?ballysmate said:0 -
ballysmate said:
Portrait in the attic.Stevo_666 said:
How come you're still alive Bally?ballysmate said:
I may have one myself."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
My folks said the same that they never wanted to be 'like that' (referring to people in care homes). When the time came, my old dear had forgotten what she'd said...oxoman said:We looked after my gran as eldest next of kin prior to her going on a home at 91. I will never forget her saying to a young lady assessing her before she went into the home, that we were to take her out back and shoot her. Social woman was horrified, till my gram explained that if she was an animal we'd have her put down.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
If they put the car in the air that may cause the front to feel odd, not very common an more if the cars been in the air for a length of time. More likely to be the new tread blocks squirming around, it'll settle as the tyres wear in a bit.pinno said:
Oh I see, thanks for the gen.step83 said:
Usually they are still coated in an oily release agent which sucks into the tyres so heat treating them as you did forces it out.
I did drive out into a fine drizzle after a period of no rain and the roads were a bit of a silty, soggy mess. So bar ice, probably the worst conditions for a spin on new boots.
No, unlike the 944 the alloys are pretty good and held their pressure really well. 265-40 18's on 44 rear and 37 front, so no untoward tracking issues and no, I didn't over inflate - the previous owner might have done.step83 said:Were the Bridgestones feathering on the edges? Mine did that, was like you were running them to high a pressure or with some odd toe in angle, but they were set up right and the right pressures.
They didn't fray and the guys at the local tyre shop said that this was common on Bridgstone's and the oddity of tread wear and legality is that they can only take a reading over the central 60%.
They were fine despite this unless I hit standing water and that lack of cross sectional tread really pulled the car.
Incidentally, the front end felt light and twitchy (I only replaced the rears). What you think caused that?
Cars feels better and better now - 60 miles on them and feeling like they need at least another ton.
I could put some sandbags in the boot with the spoiler up but some stupid tw@t stuck an engine in there.0 -
They are settling down. I think it's the relationship between grip and down force - that thing they discovered with the long tail Porsche 962.step83 said:
If they put the car in the air that may cause the front to feel odd, not very common an more if the cars been in the air for a length of time. More likely to be the new tread blocks squirming around, it'll settle as the tyres wear in a bit.
seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
I've got plenty of down force. Mainly due to gravity and the weight of the car.pinno said:
They are settling down. I think it's the relationship between grip and down force - that thing they discovered with the long tail Porsche 962.step83 said:
If they put the car in the air that may cause the front to feel odd, not very common an more if the cars been in the air for a length of time. More likely to be the new tread blocks squirming around, it'll settle as the tyres wear in a bit."I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
Very possible, plus the rear tyres will have worn into a slight camber give it a 100-200 miles it'll feel the same again.pinno said:
They are settling down. I think it's the relationship between grip and down force - that thing they discovered with the long tail Porsche 962.step83 said:
If they put the car in the air that may cause the front to feel odd, not very common an more if the cars been in the air for a length of time. More likely to be the new tread blocks squirming around, it'll settle as the tyres wear in a bit.0 -
Might've been me that shared that article from the Mash.Stevo_666 said:0 -
odd, with all all this talk of porsches i just got a centurion freebie invite for bubbly and canapés in porsche mayfair to see their new stuff and whatever a taycan 4s is
i don't really want a porsche, but bubbly and nibbles, i could have a lot of those
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0
