Re: Tyre sizing?
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 8:02 am
As far as I’m am aware, other than bigger anti-roll bars no ‘clever things’ were done with the suspension until the 964
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Can you catagorically state that the camber angles and caster are exactly the same? I would also guess the springs might be a bit stiffer?
I think the RS of 1973 came out with tube type wheels and i was amazed to see 215/60R15 tube type tyres!. this is quite extraordinary. i have not come accross any other tyres lowere than 70 profile that are tube type. However pretty soon afterward Porsche went tubeless. But correct me if im wrong but i think you will find tube type Porsche wheels from 1973 with the flat bead seat and no safety hump. In other words not like this. this is the profile of a tubeless wheel.
That isnt what had been said.
I agree
There seems to be a sway here in what i am saying. I am not saying "everything else will be crap" or their car "will handle like a dog".
Spot on - it is OK giving the hard sell, because you sell these type of tyres, but tyre technology and sizes/compounds have moved on over the years, and there are cheaper alternatives, which in normal day to day driving, and the odd blat, do exactly the same as something costing 3 or 4 times as much - because they look period????hot66 wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 3:19 pm
I'm all for choice and we need to be able to give a balanced view / opinion to owners of cars . There isn't necessarily a right or wrong answer, but for some budget does matter and I'd rather people had fresh rubber on their cars than sticking with 10year old tyres that have gone hard and have no grip because they didn't feel like they could afford £2k for a set of new tyres that someone said they had to have because anything else would be crap.
Compounds have moved on and the CN36 uses modern compounds. that is why the wet grip is better than it was back in the day, and they are greener.Nine One One wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 3:54 pm Spot on - it is OK giving the hard sell, because you sell these type of tyres, but tyre technology and sizes/compounds have moved on over the years,
Yes there are cheaper alternatives. I have never disputed that. my point is that the CN36 is the best tyre for your cars. not cheapest, not the best looking, (though it is, it is nothing to do why i say these are the best for your car), not the longest lasting, i have just said it is the best handling tyre on these car, becase it is made specifically to do this job by Pirelli one of the worlds best tyre manufacturers.
They don't do exactly the same thing.Nine One One wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 3:54 pm which in normal day to day driving, and the odd blat, do exactly the same as something costing 3 or 4 times as much - because they look period????