Bad Tyres?

[Thanh Ha]

I recently bought a Commodore VT, got a roadworthy certifcate and got new tyres for it.

However, it seems that when I turn (relatively slowly even) in the rain, the back of the car swerves left and right.

When I was up a slight hill today (also in the rain), about 35 degrees up, when I had stopped and tried to accelerate, not too fast but not too softly, it felt as if it was stuck in a gear, the car wouldn't move.

Is the problem the tyres or can other parts of the car be affecting it as well?

 

[Bax]

I'd say tyres. How easy do they spin in the dry?
Are they a soft or are they a really hard feeling compound.

Were they cheap, or are they old?

I've got some old tyres on my car currently, wheelspin happens fairly easily in the dry, in the wet its a joke..But they are on their deliberately. So I can have my fun.

 

[Thanh Ha]

I'd say tyres. How easy do they spin in the dry?
Are they a soft or are they a really hard feeling compound.

Were they cheap, or are they old?

I've got some old tyres on my car currently, wheelspin happens fairly easily in the dry, in the wet its a joke..But they are on their deliberately. So I can have my fun.

They are supposedly brand new. It says Doral on the wheels, I suspect they may be cheap.

If it was swerving because I was driving too fast in the rain ok, but I wasn't, was just turning around a fairly large roundabout, about to straighten up when that happens. So I wasn't even taking a sharp turn, never happened before in any other car I've driven.

 

[Troy711]

ive noticed with my new tyres they seem slippery when wet. they are falkens. someone told me that they were really good for grip but dont last as long. but from what i have experienced they are slippery as hell.

 

[Thanh Ha]

Thing is it doesn't appear like I have any problems with braking in the wet.

Is there any sort of rule of thumb as to how much speed you get up to on decent tyres in hard rain before it starts swerving? I think at that roundabout, I was travelling around 25-30K, 40 max. Fairly large roundabout too, so the turn wasn't that sharp.

I'm afraid the next time this happen, the car will swerve into someone else.

 

[Bax]

Might have to drive slower then.

A mate got new rear tyres for 10 dollars each or something, worsed tyres ever, I drove his car one night, was coming into my street, damp road, less then 1/4 throttle around the corner and i nearly looped it..

 

[Snowfox]

Re: tyres

What sort of tyres are these? 195's, 205's ? standard rims? All tyres lose some grip in the wet, sounds bad if their not being pushed though.

 

[jules]

"new tyres don't grip"

 

[VTSSDUDE]

In my experience I with new tyres they always grip better as new and as the age goes on they seem to loose their grip, I don't know whether the rubber or compound goes hard or what ever.
If they are brand new tyres and they are as bad as that I would be buying some new ones before you kill yourself. If they break traction that easy I would hate to see how they go around corners. (Especially in the wet.) Braking would have to be affected here as well.

Cheers,
Jim b)

Cheers,
Jim

 

[jules]

sometimes when they're brand new, they still have the wax used in the moulding process on them. i'm talking brand new, out of the tyre store, not just "new"