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xa0s

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22nd Aug 11 at 12:27

quote:
Originally posted by John

quote:
Originally posted by xa0s
spare ways

This shows you as a retard even if driving at 140mph on a space saver didn't.

i fault that was the correct usage

on phone atm tbh

big eck

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22nd Aug 11 at 12:49

Your a complete twat pal. What if you had a blow out and took out a young family??? Would your excuse at court be it's was just on your to do list???

Seriously buddy grow the fuck up.

Corsa_Sport21

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22nd Aug 11 at 12:54

Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

Corsa_Scotty

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22nd Aug 11 at 12:55

big eck

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:08

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

I have buddy, after 1am on a near deserted motorway with just myself in the car and not with a space saver fitted.

I'm guessing the circumstances were different in your case.

I think even you knows there's a time and a place.

spencer88

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:08

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

Two very different circumstances I feel, unless he had a space saver on also.

Tyres are rated to certain speeds for a reason.

Pretty sure your insurance would be invalid at over 50mph with a space saver?

Corsa_Sport21

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:11

quote:
Originally posted by big eck

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

I have buddy, after 1am on a near deserted motorway with just myself in the car and not with a space saver fitted.

I'm guessing the circumstances were different in your case.

I think even you knows there's a time and a place.

Totally agree with that, but he could have been in the same situation.

Corsa_Sport21

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:13

quote:
Originally posted by spencer88

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

Two very different circumstances I feel, unless he had a space saver on also.

Tyres are rated to certain speeds for a reason.

Pretty sure your insurance would be invalid at over 50mph with a space saver?

Yes the chances of getting a blow out with a space saver are slightly higher, but then you could also get a blow out doing 160mph on normal tyres.

Pretty sure your insurance would be invalid also if they proved you were doing more than double the speed limit regardless of what wheels you had on.

Its just all a bit pot kettle black.

xa0s

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:13

quote:
Originally posted by big eck

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

I have buddy, after 1am on a near deserted motorway with just myself in the car and not with a space saver fitted.

I'm guessing the circumstances were different in your case.

I think even you knows there's a time and a place.

Erm mine was at 3am down the M2, didn't go past a single car during the period I was doing above 80mph... Mainly worried about police more than taking out a family though.

Hypocrite...

LeeM

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:15

i had a blowout at 80-90 and that was scary enough, so 140 would be pretty bad i imagine.

antnee

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22nd Aug 11 at 13:18

IIRC space savers are only spot welded, hence the rating, tyre would probably be fine.

And keep some weight over the backend, makes them handle loads better

Jake

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22nd Aug 11 at 14:06

the surface area of a spacesaver is tiny compared to a normal tyre which means the braking distances will increase and obviously cornering grip is reduced, which is why there is a speed limit on the spacesaver

big eck

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22nd Aug 11 at 14:18

quote:
Originally posted by xa0s

quote:
Originally posted by big eck

quote:
Originally posted by Corsa_Sport21
Eck havn't you openly admitted to doing 160mph in your old Evo??What if you got a blow out at that speed and took out a young family??

I have buddy, after 1am on a near deserted motorway with just myself in the car and not with a space saver fitted.

I'm guessing the circumstances were different in your case.

I think even you knows there's a time and a place.

Erm mine was at 3am down the M2, didn't go past a single car during the period I was doing above 80mph... Mainly worried about police more than taking out a family though.

Hypocrite...

How is me driving a car with high performance tyres and built to handle very high speeds the same as driving a diesel skoda with a space saver fitted???

If it was the same circumstances regarding the motorway that late at night then that's fair enough and I apologise however as you didn't even mention that in any of your posts that leaves you wide open to criticism.

chrisritch

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22nd Aug 11 at 14:37

tbf no point in getting wound up eck as he is blatantly lying and just doing this for attention as he knows everyone will cry and bitch about it, thus giving him the attention he craves.

Dave

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22nd Aug 11 at 15:51

I was always under the impression space savers were limited because of the reduction of grip when braking and cornering rather then them not being able to cope with the speed.

Having said that, this thread smells almost as much of bullshit as the R6 one.

[Edited on 22-08-2011 by CorsaDave]

Jerham

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22nd Aug 11 at 16:44

It's illegal to do more than 50mph with 2 different size wheels/Tyres on the same axle. Your a knob for doing it, maybe an accident will teach you a big lesson. Shit way to learn though..

Graham88

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22nd Aug 11 at 16:47

quote:
Originally posted by CoRSa_Me_uP
It's illegal to do more than 50mph with 2 different size wheels/Tyres on the same axle. Your a knob for doing it, maybe an accident will teach you a big lesson. Shit way to learn though..

So if you fit 2 space savers on the rear you could do more than 50? Surely not?

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22nd Aug 11 at 16:48

1) 140MPH ... knob
2) 50MPH tyre ... knob
3) learn to drive and read the handbooks ... KNOB.

Jerham

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22nd Aug 11 at 16:52

Well no obviously not because they're rated to 50mph. You could try it and then post it on an open forum and look like a dick.

xa0s

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22nd Aug 11 at 17:13

damn ppl think im a knob, regret posting this now

Ian

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22nd Aug 11 at 17:15

Think it was more of a confirmation.

Graham88

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22nd Aug 11 at 17:17

quote:
Originally posted by CoRSa_Me_uP
Well no obviously not because they're rated to 50mph. You could try it and then post it on an open forum and look like a dick.

The way you said it made it sound like they're limited to 50mph cause of different wheel/tyre size being on the same axle. But that's obviously not the only reason.

Ian

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22nd Aug 11 at 17:18

I think it's prohibited on a number of levels.

CorsAsh

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22nd Aug 11 at 17:22

Spacesavers look a similar size to a motorcycle wheel, I guess if something went wrong he thinks he could just stick his foot out and rescue it like he does on his bike.

DannyB

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22nd Aug 11 at 17:24

This story is definitely legit

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