nathan5346
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it'd be an interesting video 
Church stretton and long mynd shewsbury laning
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Taking of which - I'm going to try blue tacking a digital camera to the dashboard to get some laning video.
Don't know how well it will work as my wife has the decent camera and I'll need to use a cheapy.
Oh, and I'll volunteer to tow the van down he lanes - though I guess there will be a queue for that priveledge!!
Don't know how well it will work as my wife has the decent camera and I'll need to use a cheapy.
Oh, and I'll volunteer to tow the van down he lanes - though I guess there will be a queue for that priveledge!!
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Hmmm weather looks like it's going to hiss it down Thursday and start of Friday, then clear up to be sunny over the weekend. (a lot of fronts coming across W to E)
Sun and Mud ???????
Sun and Mud ???????
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as long as it is not ****ing it down while we are seting up camp i dont mind
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I'm with you there, I'm OOK as long as I'm not putting a tent up in the rain, or worse, putting it away.
I was just thinking of my road tyres and all that mud
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I was just thinking of my road tyres and all that mud
Hmmm interestingly, my disco now has a full set of Wrangler AT/S's.
Still trying to work out exactly how that happened - but I do know it didn't cost me much. In fact less than I was expecting to spend on the 2 road tyres I was going to get
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how much?Hmmm interestingly, my disco now has a full set of Wrangler AT/S's.
Still trying to work out exactly how that happened - but I do know it didn't cost me much. In fact less than I was expecting to spend on the 2 road tyres I was going to get
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go on then tell us who did you nick them offHmmm interestingly, my disco now has a full set of Wrangler AT/S's.
Still trying to work out exactly how that happened - but I do know it didn't cost me much. In fact less than I was expecting to spend on the 2 road tyres I was going to get
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Well, I doubt I got the best deal possible - I'm sure you can get tyres much cheaper online than in a garage, but I needed them fitted and sorted, so I'm comparing like to like (ish)
Anyway, I know my dad paid £80+ a few years back for the Pirreli road tyres that were on there, so I was expecting to get a pair of tyres for around £150-£200
I was happy when I found a pair of Wranglers cheap - though I thought they ere the road versions. When they fitted them and I saw they were AT/S, I asked them to get me 2 more for the back to make a set.
What did you ask? Oh I know .... (just kidding)
I nearly got change from £200 for all 4 fitted - so I'm happy. 4 ATs for the price I expected to pay for 2 road tyres.
(And I've got 2 good condition Pirellis in the garage that might get me a bit of money back as well)
Anyway, I know my dad paid £80+ a few years back for the Pirreli road tyres that were on there, so I was expecting to get a pair of tyres for around £150-£200
I was happy when I found a pair of Wranglers cheap - though I thought they ere the road versions. When they fitted them and I saw they were AT/S, I asked them to get me 2 more for the back to make a set.
What did you ask? Oh I know .... (just kidding)
I nearly got change from £200 for all 4 fitted - so I'm happy. 4 ATs for the price I expected to pay for 2 road tyres.
(And I've got 2 good condition Pirellis in the garage that might get me a bit of money back as well)
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hmmm, where'd ya get em?
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Is that 'hmmmm' a 'you did really well there' or a 'you were ripped off there'?
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no its an hmmm, where'd ya get em so i can get a set maybe??
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So where'd ya get em? u gone quiet
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Sorry phone call.......back in a second
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I don't think it'll help anyone else.
My local garage (Chemix) was ringing round all there suppliers trying to find me a particular tyre. They failed, but found me these instead.
It was a set of 5 de-mounts*, and I bought 4 of them (really ought to have bought all 5, but 4 was bad enough when I only needed 1 !!!)
So there's only 1 left where these came from. And they're 205s, and most people want the wider ones for some reason.
*in case anyone doesn't know, a 'demount' is just a tyre that's been fitted then taken back off the rim. Sometimes because someone buying a car wants to upgrade from the stock so the dealer is left with a set of tyres which the sell off cheap. The ones I've got haven't ever touched a road.
My local garage (Chemix) was ringing round all there suppliers trying to find me a particular tyre. They failed, but found me these instead.
It was a set of 5 de-mounts*, and I bought 4 of them (really ought to have bought all 5, but 4 was bad enough when I only needed 1 !!!)
So there's only 1 left where these came from. And they're 205s, and most people want the wider ones for some reason.
*in case anyone doesn't know, a 'demount' is just a tyre that's been fitted then taken back off the rim. Sometimes because someone buying a car wants to upgrade from the stock so the dealer is left with a set of tyres which the sell off cheap. The ones I've got haven't ever touched a road.
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aint they spose to be 235? what bearing would they have on the handling? if any that is
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only if you've got a posh disco with alloys ;-)
If you buy the cheap 'no frills' disco you got 205 on steel wheels.
I was getting 205 to match the other wheels, then ended up with 4 - so I could have had 235 I suppose.
However (and I'm sure I'll be corrected here) wider tyres give you more cornering grip on road - but it's a disco, it doesn't corner, it tacks.
Wider tyres also slow you down, reduce mpg etc.
Off road, not so sure, but I'm sure I saw someone once saying that the narrower tyres are better in some circumstances. They're certainly more likely to dig through mud/snow to firmer ground underneath (if there is any).
[steps back to await the flames from 'the people who know'
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only if you've got a posh disco with alloys ;-)
If you buy the cheap 'no frills' disco you got 205 on steel wheels.
I was getting 205 to match the other wheels, then ended up with 4 - so I could have had 235 I suppose.
However (and I'm sure I'll be corrected here) wider tyres give you more cornering grip on road - but it's a disco, it doesn't corner, it tacks.
Wider tyres also slow you down, reduce mpg etc.
Off road, not so sure, but I'm sure I saw someone once saying that the narrower tyres are better in some circumstances. They're certainly more likely to dig through mud/snow to firmer ground underneath (if there is any).
[steps back to await the flames from 'the people who know'
we will find out over the weekend
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Looking forward to this weekend, a lot! Not been laning since we came back from Anglesey, seems like ages but it's only been three weeks ...
Just packing the Disco .. then to work, and setting off later today, after 4pm, and camping tonight at Bishops Castle ... 145.7 miles acc. to TomTom ...
Just packing the Disco .. then to work, and setting off later today, after 4pm, and camping tonight at Bishops Castle ... 145.7 miles acc. to TomTom ...
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ive just took me steps off piece ov **** till i got to the last bolt... theres always feckin one, if i enjoy the w/e and get back in one piece i might just look for a more appropriate disco and start going regular (ish)
