Luger
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Hi there,
I got a set of Toyo t1r's that are fairly new. Done around 2000-2500km but they must have been on the car for at least 18-24 months with 18 of them not being used as the car just sat in my brother's garage till I bought it. At the beginning they seemed to react fairly well with no issues (winter months) but lately (temp rising here in Malta) I have noticed that when cold, they just slide like hell while cornering like I'm on ice with no grip. When they heat up above normal, I don't seem to have any grip in a straight line either and just get wheel spins with the car swinging like crazy!
Ok I don't really drive like a granny but I'm not a lunatic either and know my limits very well so I don't think that tyres should react like this. When they sort of get to an optimum temp, they are not too bad but I still don't really trust them any more. To be fair, our tarmac is not good and some of our roads surfaces look more like marble than grippy tarmac but i still think tyres are not supposed to handle like this.
Im running 32psi front and 28psi back which I think is the norm for street use.
Are these tyres really as crap as they say and experiencing this myself or is the fact that they had been on the car for so long and unused making them react this way?
Am I using correct pressure?
Is the Malta heat combined to our crappy tarmac taking their toll?
Any similar experiences?
Thanks
I got a set of Toyo t1r's that are fairly new. Done around 2000-2500km but they must have been on the car for at least 18-24 months with 18 of them not being used as the car just sat in my brother's garage till I bought it. At the beginning they seemed to react fairly well with no issues (winter months) but lately (temp rising here in Malta) I have noticed that when cold, they just slide like hell while cornering like I'm on ice with no grip. When they heat up above normal, I don't seem to have any grip in a straight line either and just get wheel spins with the car swinging like crazy!
Ok I don't really drive like a granny but I'm not a lunatic either and know my limits very well so I don't think that tyres should react like this. When they sort of get to an optimum temp, they are not too bad but I still don't really trust them any more. To be fair, our tarmac is not good and some of our roads surfaces look more like marble than grippy tarmac but i still think tyres are not supposed to handle like this.
Im running 32psi front and 28psi back which I think is the norm for street use.
Are these tyres really as crap as they say and experiencing this myself or is the fact that they had been on the car for so long and unused making them react this way?
Am I using correct pressure?
Is the Malta heat combined to our crappy tarmac taking their toll?
Any similar experiences?
Thanks