Is your rubber ready for 2012?

[BaileyMex]

Discuss

 

http://uk.autoblog.com/2010/07/16/are-y ... or-2012%2F

[petrolhead]

Seems alright, just states that new tyres sold from that date have the new info that gives you a better idea of how they perform. Not that all cars from 2012 will have to have the info. That is what I understand from the quick read.

 

I imagine a lot of new tyres without the info being sold cheap in the run up to 2012 so that has got be a good thing for us. You might get a set of 8 yoko's at knockdown prices!

[livewire7116]

"Used car buyers already want the very best when they come into the showroom," he commented. "These tyre regulations will mean they'll simply demand rubber with these markings on used cars.

 

"Thats a joke for a start, anyone who has dealings with traders its all about who is the cheapest, they hate spending money if they think they can sell a car with 4 tyres on the limit they will"

[GJUK]

I thought everyone had no money, I bet it cost more than a few quid to design and roll out this kind of change.

 

Looks good I guess, not sure I really care that much about it though.

[NeilT]

yet another wast of time and moeny from the fiddleing EU again if you ask me

[baz105e]

this makes me giggle, do they really think that making sure all tyres have information printed on the side of them is going to stop 'non car people' driving around with nearly flat tyres and never pumping them up. i see atleast 3 cars a day with really low tyre pressures and however good the tread pattern is or the weather rating is they're still going to crash if they have no wind in the wheels

[Ken B]

The only thing this may do, is make all the older oddball sizes disappear as manufacturers won't be bothered to do the required testing to get the figures on the "small market" tyres. Or if they do, it will push the prices up accordingly.

[rallyesport04]

if you own a sh*t box you aint gonna spend a fortune on tyres even knowing they aint gonna be great if you have a nice car you might be more inclined to spend more to me this scheme seems just another way to put prices up for no reason an the tyre companys are gona spend thousands doing this an pass the cost onto the public on a label that nobody understands or cares about

[emu]

Another top quality waste of time and money then. A lot (all?) of tyres already have a treadwear and traction and temperature rating. I believe it is something to do with the Americans.

 

The system is called the UTQG - Uniform Tire Quality Grading System

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTQG

 

So basically the EU wants its own version of tests that are already carried out??