Given
36%
while driving a
Mazda mx 5
(205/50 R16 W) on
mostly country roads
for 2,000
average miles
Started looking at online forums after a bad experience this weekend. Setting off from traffic lights on a 3 lane roundabout, dry conditions with damp road surface, noticed wheelspin whilst accelerating normally , started turning in to negotiate roundabout and car suddenly spun out, ended up facing the roundabout straddled across two lanes - if there had been any traffic nearby I would now be filling in an accident report!. Checked tyres, all pressures OK etc, parked up and watched several bikes getting round roundabout without incident so no diesel spills etc, I'm a 55 year old experienced driver so can only put this down to poor grip, tyres have only been on the car 2000 miles so are as new, normally only gets used in dry sunny weather, dry grip is good enough for my driving style - will now be buying a decent set of tyres, since I couldn't live with myself if my wife or one of my kids had an accident for the sake of a few hundred pounds worth of tyres. Only recently bought the car and one of its attractions was that the previous owner had just fitted a new set of tyres, with hindsight you don't buy top quality rubber for something up for sale , so lesson learnt.