Quote from: jvanzyl on Yesterday at 21:59Thanks Alex - my wife might occasionally drive the car and it could be in rainy weather, she's by no means a fast driver etc but I'm assuming that if I said no faster than 60 in rainy weather then all should be absolutely fine?

If it's driven normally (wet or dry), there will be zero issues with your wife.

If she's interested in a bit of spirited driving, but you're not confident of her abilities in the wet, go for Uniroyal rain sports.

What you are looking for, unfortunately is a compromise.
With tyres, you can't have your cake and eat it I'm afraid.

Koni inserts can be used with standard springs.

My fave dampers for all rounder use - god enough comfort, good enough control for road blasting and a bit of track, well built, proper damping curves, decent value. Have had 3 sets on various cars now and they have all been great!

I stick with my opinion that the AD08Rs are unfortunately just not great in cold and wet. I was slipping all over the place and that's just fact. Even with calm daily driving, I had to take care on corners when I just set out. So much so that I used to have a bit fun a drift out of our street when it was wet and all I needed to do was steer in a bit harder.

In warm wet, fine. In cold dry, fine. In warm dry...fkin epic.
It could also be the roads here? Busy daily-drive roads up here are slippery, poorly maintained and badly draining.

Never had that issue with the NS20s and certainly never with withe RainSports. I did push the NS20s quite hard in the summer and they grip absolutely more than plenty for public roads with good predictability. RainSports were a bit snappy, kind of like T1-Rs.

I always got the AD08s in the end because of how epic they were those 20 days a year in the summer hehehe

@jvanzyl

If we lived closer I would lend you a set to try so you could judge for yourself.

Quote from: Alex Knight on Yesterday at 20:49I wouldn't consider the Fleva at all.

AD08RS gets a bad rep, because it didn't move the game on from the AD08R or AD08, but it's honestly still a really great tyre. You'll not regret it.

Thanks Alex - my wife might occasionally drive the car and it could be in rainy weather, she's by no means a fast driver etc but I'm assuming that if I said no faster than 60 in rainy weather then all should be absolutely fine?

Ever since a Marshall at Blyton park told me an entire fire engine could not extinguish a Lithium battery that caught on fire, I'm not ready to risk my car for a few KGs, especially on the road. I doubt even Senna would tell the difference in a comparatively lardy road car.

I wouldn't consider the Fleva at all.

AD08RS gets a bad rep, because it didn't move the game on from the AD08R or AD08, but it's honestly still a really great tyre. You'll not regret it.

Both good options and they state the cca's which not many do.
Was looking to see if I could get a tidy one for around £100 to £120.
I see a few called eco-worthy that look OK but not sure if they are good enough for the job.

Took the car out for a slightly more spirited (slightly higher revs - nothing major, think it hit 3200 rpm) drive up and down the hill.
Still only get heat when driving the car - I'm honestly not worried about it as it'll clear itself eventually, I'm just keeping an eye on the coolant.

Car is in dire need of alignment (possibly due to coming off jack stands.. not sure). But the way I'm looking at it, I think it's pretty much ready for the mapping day! :-)

Apart from this - I'm looking at tyres.
Last time round I went with the Toyo Proxes TR1s and whilst there were cost benefits, particularly when I had a spate of punctures, I did regret not going for the AD08s.

This time round I've started looking at the AD08RS series but am a bit concerned at the handling in our wet and cold climate.. and now I'm considering the Fleva.

I'm honestly unlikely to get this thing on a track, and I'm keen to have really good grip in most weather conditions, and am now looking to have more power shortly.

Is the Fleva the next one down from the AD08RS or is there something else that has a stiffer side wall but better water and cold handling than the AD08RS?

I have one of these: https://www.tayna.co.uk/motorcycle-batteries/exide/eltx20h-bs/

Used it for a couple of years without problems. I have aircon but no stereo and I use a battery isolator if I'm not using the car for more than a couple of days after the alarm drain killed off 3 lead-acid batteries. I bought a Ctek lithium charger for topping up over the winter as the standard type can apparently cause problems.

The battery is so much smaller that I had to buy a new clamp with shorter rods to hold it in.