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Insa Turbo Special Tracks poll
Keri:
--- Quote from: "clbarclay" ---Sorry, should have been a little clearer, for driving to a play&play or greenlane then one weekends wear is not going to be significant so yes use them on the road for that but not the rest of the weak/month/year between offroading sesions.
Yes storage can be a problem for some (not me), correct me if i'm wrong but most houses it would appear have a garage of some sort and we all know these are for storing junk and stuff (extra tyres) rather than the £££££ cars which live outside.
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We don't have a garage here (have a long drive way but that has the landy on a caravan on and a load of other stuff on to) and won't be here much longer anyway as going to other places, so then yes would have room for the tyres to be stored here but thats not much good when im 500miles away lol And if i had a garage big enough id have my landy in it not a load of junk.
--- Quote from: "clbarclay" --- If you know me you would know that I care very little for fancy apperances, I proritise practicality/performance a long way above looking a right knob. Its why I stopped modifying golfs etc. and why I started modefiying range rovers or building kit cars. each to their own.
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The point of this thread was to prioritise practicality while still having what i want and like. I like the insa's so i want the insa's, but thought id find out people opinions on them for road handling in the wet and dry and roughly what i can expect to get out of them mile wise.
I can manage having to change them once a year for £250, and for £250 i wouldn't expect them to last forever. But the only real way to tell is to buy some and see how long they last before i think they look gay!
Everything i put on my landrover is practical for me not for everyone most people will say ugh that will be loud on long jorneys, or that suspension will be to hard, or those seat are not practical as an everyday vehicle. But i can adapt and learn to live with things that i like and after a few days they become practical in my life and i turn to people and say what were you moaning about its not that loud, its not hard, there cool.*
I make my landrover fit in with me and my life, it has everything in it and on it that i want, not i wanted that but got this instead. and so for that i
love it all the more.*
*when i say i and me that stands for us and we (me and liam)
extreme90:
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--- Quote from: "clbarclay" ---Seriously people for what its worth running 2 sets of tyres is not too difficult, bearing in mind that tyres may be good down to 1.6-3mm on the road, but once below about 50% tread then their performance will suffer off road. Why waste off road tyres with lots of road miles?
The only good reason (other than "I'm just lazy") I can think of is if your going to be driving off road every 5 minuets like if you work in forresty etc.
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cost? storage? awkward if you're going away somewhere and want both? even more awkward if you've already packed the back/trailer/roof rack?
theres tons of reasons - its a sensible idea IF you dont stray more than 5 miles from your house. in reality though for a lot of people (like us) theres nothing to buy them with, nothing to buy the extra rims with, nowhere to store them, hassle of moving them if you're going a good distance.... it would get tedious and irritating.
danny - i've looked at both, the main reason i'd go for stt's is because i get sick of seeing bf goodrich on every bloody tyre that rolls past :) to be honest, we'll probably just put the special tracks on anyway... for the sake of 250 quid, who cares. noise? who cares... its noisy anyway. sideways? sounds like fun (ish) and to be fair, id rather be sideways on mud tyres WITHOUT a second set of tyres on the roofrack, rather than be sideways on its side with the second set of tyres all over the road... get my drift?
besides, you'd look like a right knob head if you cruised the quarrys (etc) on 35" simex or similar, and then rolled up to your mates house (in the same land rover of course) on 235/85's ;)
*disclaimer - the above may be exagerated... not that im very bothered :roll:
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fair doo's to you liam...its nice to be different
and i like the handling of my simex it makes driving on road fun :lol:
dan
thepsychoman:
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--- Quote from: "Keri" ---Do you know what mm yours are down to after 5000miles?
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Not off hand but I can measure and let you know....
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If its not a problem :) would be helpful thanks
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Just checked 'em - about 24mm, seem about the same front and back. Dunno what they were new though to be honest!!!
Keri:
--- Quote from: "thepsychoman" ---
--- Quote from: "Keri" ---
--- Quote from: "thepsychoman" ---
--- Quote from: "Keri" ---Do you know what mm yours are down to after 5000miles?
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Not off hand but I can measure and let you know....
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If its not a problem :) would be helpful thanks
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Just checked 'em - about 24mm, seem about the same front and back. Dunno what they were new though to be honest!!!
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Cheers :D
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