Any that aren’t built in high volume, Caterhams, TVR, Ariels etc etc, 

2 hours ago, unofix said:

interesting. Which cars in the UK after 2004 don't have ABS and do you know why ?

As far as I understood the situation it became mandatory for all cars sold in the UK from 2004 onward to have ABS. 

I've a hunch cars built in very small numbers are exempt  - not sure but have an idea it's something like for cars selling 100 units a year or less, or something like that. Otherwise to my knowledge it's mandatory as you say. 

59 minutes ago, MarksST said:

Any that aren’t built in high volume, Caterhams, TVR, Ariels etc etc, 

Oops sorry Mark, I hadn't seen this 🙄

57 minutes ago, MarksST said:

Any that aren’t built in high volume, Caterhams, TVR, Ariels etc etc, 

Lol, now you've gone and reactivated the itch I got watching "How to build British: Caterham" the other day!😀

It was an enjoyable watch and still available to stream on All 4 I think.

2 hours ago, Eric Bloodaxe said:

It was an enjoyable watch and still available to stream on All 4 I think.

I love shows like that, just watched it - that was £47k well spent!

Interesting choice for the Proxes. They are the preferred tyre on my MGF as the tyre has a stiff sidewall. They aren't expensive, either.

Ended up buying Primacy4s at 24,000 miles as the cracking on the original tyres was leading to a slow puncture on one. They lasted nearly a fortnight on the front as I stuffed the car in France and burst them both. Waiting to hear from the insurers after the car has been repatriated. Hope it isn't written off. Try finding a late 2017 Titanium Ecoboost with 3 doors and a pan roof and only 24,000 miles on the clock!

9 minutes ago, anon said:

Ended up buying Primacy4s at 24,000 miles as the cracking on the original tyres was leading to a slow puncture on one. They lasted nearly a fortnight on the front as I stuffed the car in France and burst them both. Waiting to hear from the insurers after the car has been repatriated. Hope it isn't written off. Try finding a late 2017 Titanium Ecoboost with 3 doors and a pan roof and only 24,000 miles on the clock!

If you'd have waited another few weeks to post, we could have celebrated the threads annual anniversary LOL

I bought a set of Uniroyal Rainsport 5s and I'm really pleased with them.   I've now done over 1000 miles on them.

They are very good in the dry, absolutely magic in the wet and a lot quieter that the original tyres fitted by Ford.

Another good thing is that I'm getting an extra 30 miles to a tank full of petrol.

On 6/1/2023 at 11:58 PM, Bobr said:

I bought a set of Uniroyal Rainsport 5s and I'm really pleased with them.   I've now done over 1000 miles on them.

They are very good in the dry, absolutely magic in the wet and a lot quieter that the original tyres fitted by Ford.

Another good thing is that I'm getting an extra 30 miles to a tank full of petrol.

You do realise that Uniroyal is actually owned by Michelin & Continental, both ‘co-parenting’.The interesting think is that they only ranked 17th out of 21 in the Autobild 2023 summer tyre test.Thought they would have achieved a better result than that.The positives though,Exemplary reserves against aquaplaning reserves, safe wet handling. Negatives: Extended dry braking distances, heavily understeering  dry braking.But in saying that you cannot have it both ways in a tyre. Overall not a bad all rounder.

11 hours ago, Hackney said:

You do realise that Uniroyal is actually owned by Michelin & Continental, both ‘co-parenting’.

Not sure what difference that makes.  Ford make both the Transit and the Mustang, doesn't make them comparable in any way.

The biggest problem with Rainsports is the wear rate.  Not an issue for a low  mileage driver, but I couldn't recommend them to a business user.

17 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Not sure what difference that makes.  Ford make both the Transit and the Mustang, doesn't make them comparable in any way.

The biggest problem with Rainsports is the wear rate.  Not an issue for a low  mileage driver, but I couldn't recommend them to a business user.

That is the ‘trade off’, the wear rate against the wet weather handling.

1 minute ago, Hackney said:

That is the ‘trade off’, the wear rate against the wet weather handling.

So let me clarify, you can either have good wet weather handling, OR, a good wear rate, but not both? 🤣

11 hours ago, Hackney said:

 Negatives: Extended dry braking distances, heavily understeering  dry braking.But in saying that you cannot have it both ways in a tyre. Overall not a bad all rounder.

Dry braking distances are about the same as the previous set of tyres I had and I haven't noticed any understeering at all.

20 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

So let me clarify, you can either have good wet weather handling, OR, a good wear rate, but not both? 🤣

You cannot have a tyre that is 100% in all areas of it’s performance aspects.You might have brand ‘X’ that has fantastic wet weather performance, but handling or wear rates might not be as good.There is always a trade off some were..Very soft performance tyres usually have very average wear rates.Check out the latest ‘Tyre reviews’ on YouTube.(Michelin Sport 5, Continental premium contact 7, Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric 6, Hankook Ventus, Bridgestone & the Yokohama Advan) all superb tyres, but all have different characteristics in every area.

32 minutes ago, Hackney said:

You cannot have a tyre that is 100% in all areas of it’s performance aspects.You might have brand ‘X’ that has fantastic wet weather performance, but handling or wear rates might not be as good.There is always a trade off some were..Very soft performance tyres usually have very average wear rates.Check out the latest ‘Tyre reviews’ on YouTube.(Michelin Sport 5, Continental premium contact 7, Goodyear Eagle Asymmetric 6, Hankook Ventus, Bridgestone & the Yokohama Advan) all superb tyres, but all have different characteristics in every area.

So, let me clarify. F1 tires have enormous grip, because they are so soft and malleable, but because they do, they wear out in about 40 laps (just over 100 miles). But if you use the 'wet' tire on a dry track, they wear out even faster? Crikey, who knew - excellent bit of information that. After watching F1 for over 50 years, I never picked up on that bit of tire philosophy LOL