Whether we like it or not the manufacturer and the tyre companies work to achieve what is best for performance/wear/grip and fuel consumption. What is regularly overlooked is just how little of our vehicles are in contact with the road. Buying the best we can afford is not a luxury it is in some cases a life saver.
Two points) One several years back I attended a Road Traffic Accident. A Vauxhall Cavalier had spun and turned over. It was a Reps car and he had loaded his boot with carpet samples. His rear tyres were completely devoid of tread and so on a double bend the pendulum effect had caused him to hit the kerb and turn over. His excuse, I haven't got time to take it for tyres WRONG: Fine:Points: and no Insurance pay out. Pretty expensive episode.
Second point was I was horrified to see that it had actually been suggested to fit 4 space savers on a car that was used on a motorway. I understood that there was a stipulated limit on the number of space savers that could be fitted at any given time and there is also a maximum speed to be adhered to.
We me included are not enthusiastic about insurance companies but they are a necessary evil and they have enough cowboys trying to pull fast ones without joe public trying to be smart. My philosophy is tell your Insurer whatever you do to the car, they in turn will soon tell you if they are interested or not. If you don't then you must reap the consequences.
3000 revs at 70mph. still returning 45 ish to the gallon.
