Headed off to the lake at 7am yesterday to persecute some carp at which I 
failed miserably and only managed to catch a couple of skimmer bream. When 
it went dead mid afternoon as the temperature soared I called it a day and 
drove home. On the way back the tyres started squealing like stuck pigs on 
left handers at quite modest cornering speeds. Ok maybe not modest for 
Granny Walton but modest for the way I normally drive the Focus seeing as it 
sticks to the road like spunk to a fuck buddy's T shirt. Somewhere between 
"Dave we're going to crash" and "Dave I think the passenger side of the car 
is lifting off the ground, I'm going to be sick."

The Focus never squeals its tyres so my immediate assumption was a flat or 
slow leak on the right hand side but getting the pressure gauge out this 
morning every damn tyre on the car is at 30 psi. Right on the money and what 
they've always been.

I can only put it down to the extreme temperature and the roads starting to 
melt at 80 degrees C.

Anyone else experienced this?
-- 
Dave Baker

Sorry, 80 degrees F.
-- 
Dave Baker

In message <g6jvoa$o7r$1@news.datemas.de>, Dave Baker  
writes
>Headed off to the lake at 7am yesterday to persecute some carp at which I
>failed miserably and only managed to catch a couple of skimmer bream. When
>it went dead mid afternoon as the temperature soared I called it a day and
>drove home. On the way back the tyres started squealing like stuck pigs on
>left handers at quite modest cornering speeds. Ok maybe not modest for
>Granny Walton but modest for the way I normally drive the Focus seeing as it
>sticks to the road like spunk to a fuck buddy's T shirt. Somewhere between
>"Dave we're going to crash" and "Dave I think the passenger side of the car
>is lifting off the ground, I'm going to be sick."
>
>The Focus never squeals its tyres so my immediate assumption was a flat or
>slow leak on the right hand side but getting the pressure gauge out this
>morning every damn tyre on the car is at 30 psi. Right on the money and what
>they've always been.
>
>I can only put it down to the extreme temperature and the roads starting to
>melt at 80 degrees C.
>
>Anyone else experienced this?

When I got my Mk2 Focus, I used to get squealing on roundabouts that I 
never got with my Mk1. I put it down to aggressive driving an a heavy 
but torquey 2.0 TDCi donk.

I changed my opinion when I finally spotted the heavy tyre wear on the 
front inside shoulders. The tracking was way out and once fixed, the car 
was squeal free.

-- 
Paul Giverin

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My photos:-  www.pbase.com/vendee

"Dave Baker"  gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

> I can only put it down to the extreme temperature and the roads starting
> to melt at 80 degrees C.
> 
> Anyone else experienced this?

Yep. The tarmac we lay in this country just doesn't do hot weather very 
well.

Dave Baker wrote:
> Headed off to the lake at 7am yesterday to persecute some carp at
> which I failed miserably and only managed to catch a couple of
> skimmer bream. When it went dead mid afternoon as the temperature
> soared I called it a day and drove home. On the way back the tyres
> started squealing like stuck pigs on left handers at quite modest
> cornering speeds. Ok maybe not modest for Granny Walton but modest
> for the way I normally drive the Focus seeing as it sticks to the
> road like spunk to a fuck buddy's T shirt. Somewhere between "Dave
> we're going to crash" and "Dave I think the passenger side of the car
> is lifting off the ground, I'm going to be sick."
> The Focus never squeals its tyres so my immediate assumption was a
> flat or slow leak on the right hand side but getting the pressure
> gauge out this morning every damn tyre on the car is at 30 psi. Right
> on the money and what they've always been.
>
> I can only put it down to the extreme temperature and the roads
> starting to melt at 80 degrees C.
>
> Anyone else experienced this?

a customer of mine asked the same thing yesterday, I reckon it is just the 
high temps.

"Mrcheerful"  wrote in message 
news:ePfjk.33944$E41.17522@text.news.virginmedia.com...
> a customer of mine asked the same thing yesterday, I reckon it is just the 
> high temps.
>

I remember when Michelin introduced the(ir) first ever radial tyres. My dad 
had then as fitment on a brand new F reg (1964?)  Renault 16. The compound 
was so hard that they squealed around any sort of bend at almost any speed!

Michelin X IIRC.

Julian.

"Dave Baker"  wrote in message 
news:g6jvoa$o7r$1@news.datemas.de...
> Headed off to the lake at 7am yesterday to persecute some carp at which I 
> failed miserably and only managed to catch a couple of skimmer bream. When 
> it went dead mid afternoon as the temperature soared I called it a day and 
> drove home. On the way back the tyres started squealing like stuck pigs on 
> left handers at quite modest cornering speeds. Ok maybe not modest for 
> Granny Walton but modest for the way I normally drive the Focus seeing as 
> it sticks to the road like spunk to a fuck buddy's T shirt. Somewhere 
> between "Dave we're going to crash" and "Dave I think the passenger side 
> of the car is lifting off the ground, I'm going to be sick."
>
> The Focus never squeals its tyres so my immediate assumption was a flat or 
> slow leak on the right hand side but getting the pressure gauge out this 
> morning every damn tyre on the car is at 30 psi. Right on the money and 
> what they've always been.
>
> I can only put it down to the extreme temperature and the roads starting 
> to melt at 80 degrees C.
>
> Anyone else experienced this?
> -- 
> Dave Baker
>

Old tyres, as in well worn, squeal a lot more than new ones in hot weather 
in my experience.

In article <g6kvur$eag$1@localhost.localdomain>, Steve B says...

> Old tyres, as in well worn, squeal a lot more than new ones in hot weather 
> in my experience. 
> 
Same here.


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