06-11-2014, 09:51 AM
Oddly enough, this tyre still holds air fine...wondering if its somehow not gone right through due to the angle of it! 
Will be looking at a set of tyres for it at beginning of next year though (before MOT which I thought had been done when I bought it but runs out in Feb, fail on my part for not checking). Looking at Dunlop Sport BluResponse if anyone has opinions on those? Seem to get good reviews, excellent wet grip AND economy ratings as well. Plus are only £2 more per corner than RS3's.
On the subject of economy, it really wasn't good this week...56.3mpg!
MPG reader was bang on as well, right down to the .3! Probably just a coincidence though.
Though I think part of the economy loss was an anxiety exposure trip that went horribly wrong! I drove down to Colchester, got all the way there this time, even across to the scrap yard (Autobreak). Felt pretty bad by this point but pushed through knowing I could go straight home after. Had a wander round the scrappy (2 306s in btw, Bianca LD and a W reg Meridian). No newer Focus' in though, was looking for a DPF pressure switch to try...didn't think about it at the time but coulda looked for a Pug equivalent I reckon. Anyway, panic got the better of me so I left after a quick wander round, got back in the car nd back on the A12 where I felt a bit better....then saw the dual carriageway backing up...then stopped dead. Basically my 2nd worst nightmare on a longer distance trip lol. :/ We were there for an hour in solid traffic, really not good. Though I did get to take a walk along a 70mph road which isn't a regular occurrence lol. Anyway, I did just about make it home before any 'incidents' luckily, coulda been very different though. I'd like to hope it doesn't happen again, but I seem to get stuck in dually traffic at least once a week (not usually for an hour though!) because people cant keep cars going forwards. Not sure if that's normal or if I'm genuinely just unlucky lol.
Will be looking at a set of tyres for it at beginning of next year though (before MOT which I thought had been done when I bought it but runs out in Feb, fail on my part for not checking). Looking at Dunlop Sport BluResponse if anyone has opinions on those? Seem to get good reviews, excellent wet grip AND economy ratings as well. Plus are only £2 more per corner than RS3's.
On the subject of economy, it really wasn't good this week...56.3mpg!
MPG reader was bang on as well, right down to the .3! Probably just a coincidence though. Though I think part of the economy loss was an anxiety exposure trip that went horribly wrong! I drove down to Colchester, got all the way there this time, even across to the scrap yard (Autobreak). Felt pretty bad by this point but pushed through knowing I could go straight home after. Had a wander round the scrappy (2 306s in btw, Bianca LD and a W reg Meridian). No newer Focus' in though, was looking for a DPF pressure switch to try...didn't think about it at the time but coulda looked for a Pug equivalent I reckon. Anyway, panic got the better of me so I left after a quick wander round, got back in the car nd back on the A12 where I felt a bit better....then saw the dual carriageway backing up...then stopped dead.
Basically my 2nd worst nightmare on a longer distance trip lol. :/ We were there for an hour in solid traffic, really not good. Though I did get to take a walk along a 70mph road which isn't a regular occurrence lol. Anyway, I did just about make it home before any 'incidents' luckily, coulda been very different though. I'd like to hope it doesn't happen again, but I seem to get stuck in dually traffic at least once a week (not usually for an hour though!) because people cant keep cars going forwards. Not sure if that's normal or if I'm genuinely just unlucky lol.