Rolling Road – Subaru Impreza Wagon
Sweet. Naturally, I was doing the statutory 60mph. But even my whopping AP Racing stoppers could not have helped: It was ‘one of those moments’ where you make a split second call… and I chose not to ram the old dear, but take my rally-bred Subaru Impreza Wagon offroad. I’ve done it before, plenty of times and the old girl just soaks it up and A-B momentum is carried as per usual.
But, this time, crashing through an enormous pothole hidden in the grass, I bummed out.
And, as soon as I hit the hole and the wince was over, I heard air rushing out of the front tyre. Balls.
I managed to limp to Snetts, where Steve at Simply Tyres diagnosed one ripped tyre and one with a fat bubble = call to Dunlop, where James, good man that he is, felt the pity and dispatched a fresh pair of their excellent Touch Technology SP Sport Maxx performance tyres, which I have been mighty impressed with.
Wet, dry, road or track, they are deeply impressive, with the stiffer (Kevlar-weave) side walls and touchy feely technology providing unprecedented levels of feedback, which I like. And the wear rates are low, too, even with my asks of them.
A trip to my local Treadfirst Tyres soon had the new boots on my scruffy (but light) Rota rims, and very nice they are too. It really is amazing how you get used to the diminishing grip of a wearing tyre. Fresh is best… and so are Dunlop TT’s. Spot on!
Source: Road Magazine