Toy Car Needs Tires

slacktide_bitog said:
For the tire snobs, is Nokian acceptable? They're from the same region as Volvo, both in the snow area :unsure:

The Nokian WRG5 would be a good choice, or the Nordman Solstice 4,

The Kumho HA32 is on sale for $105, about the best you'll do for name-brand all-weather tires unless you can wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday.

Prices on name-brand tires have gotten outrageous for tires this small ($150+ for 205/55-16 is way too much). Get Prinx or Milestar AW tires and tell the name brands to shove it :D
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Toy car with stick shift on all weather tires? Why? Why would anyone drive fun car on such tires in the summer?
 
Sport tires can improve road feel and handling characteristics to a degree if the suspension and chassis can’t hold its own you’re wasting good tires and possibly causing harm to oneself having the security you got good grippy tires and a poor chassis = disaster
 
factorytuned2012 said:
Sport tires can improve road feel and handling characteristics to a degree if the suspension and chassis can’t hold its own you’re wasting good tires and possibly causing harm to oneself having the security you got good grippy tires and a poor chassis = disaster
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S70 fwd I presume? It should match well with a decently reviewed off brand summer tire.

I do get what you are saying, I think lighter rwd undertired cars are great fun in the right conditions.
I car I found really fun below 60mph (in the dry!) was my Dad's 1991 Miata on dried out original tires, with those, wheel spin and some drifting were possible, nearly silently, just zipping around the industrial park after hours. Got caught in the rain once, and then it was time to be real careful to get it home!
Here's a nice example of more tires than chassis!

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factorytuned2012 said:
Say what
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I am trying to understand that mumbo jumbo of a sentence.
What will cause harm? Suspension cannot handle summer tires, so it will cause harm?
Like, where does it state his suspension is so bad that high grip tires are actually going to cause disaster?
Or you are assuming it is Volvo, so it has suspension so bad that summer tires will grip so much it will flip, I guess?
I think @Astro14 might not agree with you.
 
factorytuned2012 said:
Sport tires can improve road feel and handling characteristics to a degree if the suspension and chassis can’t hold its own you’re wasting good tires and possibly causing harm to oneself having the security you got good grippy tires and a poor chassis = disaster
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Who said he had a poor chassis?

Are you discussing his maintenance practices? That doesn’t really align with somebody who bought a car as a “toy”. Ostensibly, a toy would be in relatively good condition, relatively good repair.

Or, are you suggesting that his particular front wheel drive model car has a “poor“ chassis?

That’s not really true either, and I have a set of proper summer tires on a similar chassis just so I can enjoy the car in the mountains. There’s nothing poor about the chassis itself.
 
Astro14 said:
Who said he had a poor chassis?

Are you discussing his maintenance practices? That doesn’t really align with somebody who bought a car as a “toy”. Ostensibly, a toy would be in relatively good condition, relatively good repair.

Or, are you suggesting that his particular front wheel drive model car has a “poor“ chassis?

That’s not really true either, and I have a set of proper summer tires on a similar chassis just so I can enjoy the car in the mountains. There’s nothing poor about the chassis itself.
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just making a general observation. not calling any one person out or their vehicle mechanical conditions just how sometimes a person may get the urge to push the vehicle harder into turns or driver faster since they have the tires rated for it.
 
I always consider cheap tires -but always end up buying quality name brand tires.

Was considering a West Lake tire because it was 1/2 the cost of a Michelin - but decided I don't want tires from China.

I assume these are from Walmart?

I can only imagine how bad of an experience you may get from the Walmart tire shop.

Sure they could install and balance them in 45 minutes and you have no issue -

But I see it as a 4 hour wait and then they shake shake shake so you have them rebalanced - several times.

I like saving money - but I refuse to allow myself to get trapped in a Walmart tire shop nightmare.

If you are near a larger city I bet you could find a tire shop that has a used but still in great condition name brand set of quality tires and have them installed for a fair price.

Time flies - it was about 5 years ago I decided I wanted a spare tire for the RDX - it came without one. I shopped around at a few junk yards and used tire shops - I could get a full size spare on a wheel for around $100. The wheel would not match my wheels - but the size and bolt pattern were right. If I wanted just a tire they were $25 - $35.

It was then I discovered the space in the back would only fit a temporary spare tire --
 
If cost is not important, Michelin is releasing Cross Climate 3 Sport, and they should be available very soon. They will be available in about 60 different sizes. So not only a great all season, but also something built for sporty driving, like when one wants to enjoy driving a stick in a toy car.
 
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