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tyre markings

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:45 pm
by Nate
interesting article on the painted on markings on new tyres

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1191882440

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:22 am
by Junglist
Laughed when I saw the typo "VULVAnised"!

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:31 pm
by Nate
wow! someone actually read it! :hugegrin:

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:55 am
by Beddo88
Those are some big paragraphs. Get that feeling if you were to explain that to your mechanic/tyre fitter, they'd probably get a little insulted! Interesting read though.

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:32 pm
by Funky Diver
True enough about the insult thing... BUT you could masquerade it as needing to be Scene. ;)

"Can you put the stripes on the outside and all the little yellow dots next to the valves please... I'm a sad git that likes uniformity" ;)

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:26 am
by Nate
to be fair, most tyre fitters will pick out a matching pair and fit them properly. i reckon if you were to ask them what the marks meant, as opposed to tell them what they mean, you may find you get a much more positive response

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:30 am
by Beddo88
You steam a good ham Nate. Gunna have to get some new tyres on the rear within the next month, so might ask and see if they can make it make sense for me :) lol

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:58 pm
by Nate
i get it at work all the time. you'd be amazed how much wrong information the general public has about cars. then when they tell me what is wrong with their car and i point out that they couldn't have driven off the motorway if their timing belt had broken they get all stressy with me and demand that i do this that or the other. makes me want to punch them in the face. or at least forget to tie their car onto the truck :whistle: but the ones who ask, i'll explain anything they want.

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:04 pm
by Beddo88
Don't you just love the public :D

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:40 am
by Nate
umm, no! i'd have a fantastic job if it weren't for the customers!

Re: tyre markings

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:18 am
by Funky Diver
Nate wrote:umm, no! i'd have a fantastic job if it weren't for the customers!
Praise the truth!