Showing posts with label worn tire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label worn tire. Show all posts

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Fly like an Eagle!

I'd experienced massive undulations and a whole lot of vibrations the past couple of weeks since I got my car and something was just not right. However, I soldiered on until the instability of the tire got quite dangerous, especially in light of current weather conditions (Malaysia has its monsoon season during its third quarter, or July to September)

So I drove on over to Fer's place (Chian Soon Tires right behind Kayu Nasi Kandar and Kiong Lee at Bukit Jambul) to have my tires checked. Tire pressures were all spot on... but upon removal, the threads were worn all the way through and I was already driving on the thread markers and my tires were already bulging (the worst condition). Fer got me an excellent deal for the Goodyear Eagle F1's, his shop is one of the largest Goodyear dealers in Penang. As the Eagle F1's have been rated and reviewed to be the best wet handling tire on the market, and our current weather, I grabbed at them hot off the bench.

I was just observing the difference in thread depth between the two, and the disadvantages of running a heavy car rears its (figurative) ugly, rubber consuming head. I just love the aggresive thread design... Dang, the thread looks awesome!
After driving around a while, I found that these tires are indeed a great all rounder with excellent grip in the dry and unbelievable grip in the wet, very progressive loss of traction, not as much road noise as my Kumhos and fantastic high speed stability (110km/h in a straight line of course).

Plus line tracking (tracing) and all round stability was up from the Kumhos.There's no doubt as to why it outranked all other tires as an all round performer on multiple independant tire tests.

Two thumbs up from me!!!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Mop haired monster

This is the ultimate tire user I've ever seen in my life... Oh my god, I swear on a pile of bibles wrapped in the popes robes and doused in holy water!

Check it out! These tires are SHREDDED!
And ripped, torn, and I swear it wasn't done with any cutting tool!
These tires came off a Toyota Camry!

Dang... And I thought I went through them thoroughly enough ;)

Thursday, March 6, 2008

MXV8's worn out!

My beautiful energy saving Michelin MXV8s have been worn out :(



Although these tires cost a bomb, I got a great deal on them at >50% thread. So I'm a little sad that the side threads had worn out and only the centre thread remains. This is dangerous especially on long-haul journeys. But I love these comfy and silent tires and wish I could still use them.

Regardless, I'll be changing to a pair of Falkens for the upcoming track event on the 15th of March. I can't help but to repeat this event for all the petrolheads out there!

There'll be a defensive driving course held at the Dato Sagor track in Kg. Gajah on the 15th of March conducted by Sean Khoo. You driving nuts out there won't wanna miss this!

Contact these guys for more info:
Penang : ScAvEnGeR (012-4077575)
KL : Zoggee (012-3031068)
Anywhere : Tougeking (013-6262288)