Its out of order for these idiots to be rude
But sometimes you guys dont realise how little some of us actually understand
Tyres are a good example, ask on here and they tell you to do a search. All that comes up are loads of threads quoting random makes and numbers which mean absolutely nothing.
See I had a lightbulb moment about this yesterday. I spent the day with a couple of LZ members who were fixing my Landy for MOT.
And they actually explained what the numbers meant. The first one is the width of the tyre, the second the distance from the hole in the middle to the tread and the third the size of the hole in the middle (I think)
In all my years of car ownership I never knew that I have just read the numbers off the tyre and ask the tyre shops for those
And if this is any help to other brainless numpties on here, that means if the first one is too big it wont fit inside the wheel arch, and I assume the same applies to the second. The third is relevant to whether it will fit on your wheel.
On my home I thought of more questions around what difference changing the size of all of these would make etc etc. I am saving these up for the next time my Landy needs some work (assuming they let me go back )
Think someone should write a complete idiots guide to tyres and make it a sticky
But if you actually cared to look, all that information is in every tyre shop, and forum and in many different forms.
When someone simply asks 'what's best' how can anyone answer intelligently? What's best for me might be wrong for them .. with no real life information how can anyone give good advise ... Now if the OP had said I run MT's all year round, but find that (on a particular surface) they don't work, and as this is where I'll be 90% of the time could anyone recommend something that works .. they'd likely get a much better response.
Tyre sizes, width, rims, sidewall %ages and all that gubbins is basic stuff that you need to know and is available anywhere that sells tyres, is available in many forms on the forum and has been discussed in many different ways .. BUT IT GETS F**KING TEDIOUS being asked the same question day, after noob, after day when said noob obviously can;'t be bothered to research the most basic stuff.
When you're face to face it's easier to simply say it than type it all out YET AGAIN. Same as passing lane info on, I don't do it for noobs, but I'll happily take them on a route .. it's up to them how much info they collect and remember on the way ...
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