weslangdon Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 Do we need a tyre thread, I ask/suggest because in my experience, my little Lupo's/Arosa's chew their way through tyres very quickly. Front tyres rarely last a year, and that's experience across the board, I've had 3 TDI's, an Auto, two 75bhp 1.4's, a Sport a 1litre, and an SDI. Only one missing is the GTI. I'm sloppy when it comes to brands too, I usually buy the cheapest but I will always put a pair on the front. Is there any point in buying Michelin, or Conti's, is there a wear/performance advantage or is that all in the heads of tyre testers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR5V Posted November 22, 2018 Report Share Posted November 22, 2018 I was casually looking for tyre reviews, found this link: http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre-Size/ Not Lupo specific, but they seem to get a lot of people contributing reviews and can make for interesting reading when you drill down into the full tyre size, some times the little brand tyres can be a lot better than the giant brands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted December 3, 2018 Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 I done quite a lot of research a few years back and it was between the Vredestein Sportrac and UniRoyal Rainsports. The only points they lost to the Rainsports were in the wet, but then it wasn't many. I was taking y GTI on an epic 3k road trip through the Pyranees to the South of France and Spain and back. I ended up going for Vredestein Sportracs and can honestly say I wasn't disappointed. Still on the car now and perform really well. I have Rainsports on my Polo Dune TDI; also great tyres, but it doesn't get driven as hard as the GTI. http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Sportrac-5.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted December 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Silver! said: I done quite a lot of research a few years back and it was between the Vredestein Sportrac and UniRoyal Rainsports. The only points they lost to the Rainsports were in the wet, but then it wasn't many. I was taking y GTI on an epic 3k road trip through the Pyranees to the South of France and Spain and back. I ended up going for Vredestein Sportracs and can honestly say I wasn't disappointed. Still on the car now and perform really well. I have Rainsports on my Polo Dune TDI; also great tyres, but it doesn't get driven as hard as the GTI. http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Uniroyal/Rainsport-3.htm http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Vredestein/Sportrac-5.htm How well have they lasted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 On 12/3/2018 at 5:25 PM, weslangdon said: How well have they lasted? Pretty well, though I just had to replace one on the front due to a gash on the inside edge. Rears are fine at 15k miles of pretty spirited driving: main tread was fine on front, but worn on inner edge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted December 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 rears always last the course but fronts don't do too well, perhaps it's the extra weight of the TDI motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted December 10, 2018 Report Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 12/8/2018 at 12:22 PM, weslangdon said: rears always last the course but fronts don't do too well, perhaps it's the extra weight of the TDI motor 😂Like I said, main tread is fine on the fronts, but the inner edge is down to an MOT warning. Camber? Spirited driving? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Tracking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sausage Posted December 11, 2018 Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 My TDI is scrubbing on inside edge badly one side, and some on the other with feathering too. Adjusted camber, adjusted toe a while back, still scrubbing but less so and then checked the arm bushes few weeks back, mine are very old and soft and need changing as they allow the arm and obviously toe to move. i bought some new arms and looked into HD solid bushes from audi TT as well but havent done it yet just bunged some crap wheels and tyres on until MOT in January and will do it all then. TLDR: Bottom arm bushes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted December 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2018 Given other running costs are so low, road tax fuel and even insurance I'll just have to suck it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver! Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 What did you end up buying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 11/22/2018 at 10:10 PM, weslangdon said: Do we need a tyre thread, I ask/suggest because in my experience, my little Lupo's/Arosa's chew their way through tyres very quickly. Front tyres rarely last a year, and that's experience across the board, I've had 3 TDI's, an Auto, two 75bhp 1.4's, a Sport a 1litre, and an SDI. Only one missing is the GTI. I'm sloppy when it comes to brands too, I usually buy the cheapest but I will always put a pair on the front. Is there any point in buying Michelin, or Conti's, is there a wear/performance advantage or is that all in the heads of tyre testers? There is a design problem with the steering geometry of our lupos. If you draw a line between the back wheels and put a dot dead centre, then use that dot to run along the circumference of a circle (like when going round a roundabout), each front wheel should be perfectly square to the radius (same as the back wheels). So in effect, the front wheels should be running perfectly in line with the circle. The inner wheel running around a smaller circle than the outer wheel (also the reason you need a differential). When on full lock, the inner wheel turns in way too far, which is why you get scrubbing on the inside edge. The only reason I can think is because the wheelbase is so short. If the wheels were a lot bigger, larger steering levers could be used on the hubs which would fix it, but then the car would look very odd. 22" wheels on a lupo...! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weslangdon Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 waiting for the MOT, if I'm lucky they'll last Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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