Pikey tyres

#1

The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my
financial partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most
of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber
to the denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought
a pair of economy branded fronts for the princely sum of
£89 - the pair, balanced and fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded
fine, and as luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles
through heavy rain and they are OK in the wet as well!

--
Rob Pearson
156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now)
164 V6 Lusso (gone)

#2

R C Nesbit wrote:

Quote:

The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my
financial partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most
of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber
to the denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought
a pair of economy branded fronts for the princely sum of
£89 - the pair, balanced and fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded
fine, and as luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles
through heavy rain and they are OK in the wet as well!

Excellent stuff. Do they have a pikey sun roof repairer? It appears that
SWMBO's new GTV leaks.

--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

#3

Catman wrote:

Quote:

R C Nesbit wrote:
The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my financial
partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber to the
denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought a pair of economy
branded fronts for the princely sum of £89 - the pair, balanced and
fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded fine, and as
luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles through heavy rain and
they are OK in the wet as well!

Excellent stuff. Do they have a pikey sun roof repairer? It appears that
SWMBO's new GTV leaks.

Or not. It was the rain on the roof, apparently. Glad I didn't miss that.

--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

#4

Catman spoke:

Quote:

Excellent stuff. Do they have a pikey sun roof repairer? It appears that
SWMBO's new GTV leaks.

Or not. It was the rain on the roof, apparently. Glad I didn't miss that.

Oh.

OK, then.

<wanders off in a confused daze>

--
Rob Pearson
156 1.9jtd sportwagon (now)
164 V6 Lusso (gone)

#5

R C Nesbit wrote:

Quote:

Catman spoke:
Excellent stuff. Do they have a pikey sun roof repairer? It appears that
SWMBO's new GTV leaks.

Or not. It was the rain on the roof, apparently. Glad I didn't miss that.

Oh.

OK, then.

wanders off in a confused daze

Nothing new then?

--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

#6

R C Nesbit <spam (AT) ukrm (DOT) net> wrote:

Quote:

The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my
financial partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most
of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber
to the denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought
a pair of economy branded fronts for the princely sum of
£89 - the pair, balanced and fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded
fine, and as luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles
through heavy rain and they are OK in the wet as well!

Marangoni are usually the answer when you need cheap tyres for an Alfa.
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso -
Ducati 750SS - BMW R100RT - Toyota Prius T-Spirit

#7

SteveH wrote:

Quote:

R C Nesbit <spam (AT) ukrm (DOT) net> wrote:

The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my
financial partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most
of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber
to the denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought
a pair of economy branded fronts for the princely sum of
£89 - the pair, balanced and fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded
fine, and as luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles
through heavy rain and they are OK in the wet as well!

Marangoni are usually the answer when you need cheap tyres for an Alfa.

/me thinks he needs tyres and bushes pretty soon

Plus the 36k service on the ST, plus the holiday, plus R being sort of
out of work.

Gonna be an expensive Autumn.

--
Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

#8

"SteveH" <steve (AT) italiancar (DOT) co.uk> wrote

Quote:

Marangoni are usually the answer when you need cheap tyres for an Alfa.

I had a pair on the rear of my 156. I think they lasted for about 30K
miles/5 years, but were very noisy towards the end of their life - sounded a
bit like a grumbling wheel bearing between 30 and 60 mph. They would
probably have been fine if they had been shifted to the front after a couple
of years, but things didn't happen that way.

D A Stocks

#9

"R C Nesbit" <spam (AT) ukrm (DOT) net> wrote

Quote:

The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my
financial partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most
of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber
to the denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought
a pair of economy branded fronts for the princely sum of
£89 - the pair, balanced and fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded
fine, and as luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles
through heavy rain and they are OK in the wet as well!

Hallo,
Typical mistake!
New tyres should go on the rear. Not front!

#10

J.D. <jarnodomenico (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

"R C Nesbit" <spam (AT) ukrm (DOT) net> wrote in message
news:VA.00002d6f.0a9ab0b1 (AT) ukrm (DOT) net...
The 156 was in need of a pair of front tyres, but since my
financial partners pulled out in June I am flat broke most
of the time.

So I called in to The Tyre Shop, purveyors of cheap rubber
to the denizens of Ollerton (ex mining village) and bought
a pair of economy branded fronts for the princely sum of
£89 - the pair, balanced and fitted!

I was somewhat wary, but they drove, tracked and sounded
fine, and as luck would have it I've just driven 20 miles
through heavy rain and they are OK in the wet as well!

Hallo,
Typical mistake!
New tyres should go on the rear. Not front!

<passes round popcorn>

I always put new tyres on the driven wheels.
--
SteveH 'You're not a real petrolhead unless you've owned an Alfa Romeo'
Alfa 156 TSpark Sportwagon Veloce Selespeed - Alfa 75 TSpark Lusso -
Ducati 750SS - BMW R100RT - Toyota Prius T-Spirit