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Postby weave67 on Sun Jan 13, 2008 11:44 am

Ive done stainby aston cantlowe. and farley quarry next sunday all on standard tyres. and i will keep using them untill i can afford some muds :wink:
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Postby nitromotor on Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:42 pm

rhydgte wrote:Don't see how anyone can be stupid enough to go 'off-roading' on road tyres... :roll:


Road tyers for 4x4 are not like having a set of racing slicks :roll:

I’m using road tyres as I do 250miles per week in the V6 on road.
Off road they have been to pay and play sites without getting stuck and on hundreds of miles of green lanes (again without getting stuck) touching wood franticly now.
I have even recovered vehicles stuck in ruts with more aggressive off road tyres.
As have been said, it’s all about knowing limitations.
Getting stuck in mud will happen to any one any time, regardless of the set up you have.
Soft wet grass is a weakness of road tyres, knowing that allows one to drive appropriately.

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Postby fourshoes10 on Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:01 pm

its not about wrong tyres it about driving where you should not be :x :x
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Postby Rich2.4i on Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:26 pm

fourshoes10 wrote:its not about wrong tyres it about driving where you should not be :x :x


I would agree to that fully :ggod post:
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Postby rhydgte on Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:16 pm

nitromotor wrote:
rhydgte wrote:Don't see how anyone can be stupid enough to go 'off-roading' on road tyres... :roll:


Road tyers for 4x4 are not like having a set of racing slicks :roll:

I’m using road tyres as I do 250miles per week in the V6 on road.
Off road they have been to pay and play sites without getting stuck and on hundreds of miles of green lanes (again without getting stuck) touching wood franticly now.
I have even recovered vehicles stuck in ruts with more aggressive off road tyres.
As have been said, it’s all about knowing limitations.
Getting stuck in mud will happen to any one any time, regardless of the set up you have.
Soft wet grass is a weakness of road tyres, knowing that allows one to drive appropriately.

:D


I do a lot of serious off roading and my comment still stands - many thanks 8)
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Postby Drift on Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:59 pm

Its NOT stupid to use road tyres off road if you know what your doing with them and have another car suitably equipped with you, some times first timers or those with a bit less spare cash cant justifiy the cost of AT's or MT's but can and do still have a good day pay and play or laning experiance.

As for driving where you shouldnt be, you shouldnt be there dont go there.

You ARE stupid if you go where you shouldnt and have any type of tyres on.
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