re: My Grey Shark: Honda Civic V-MT. 134,000+ kms crunched & counting! Quote:
Originally Posted by jatinpatel @ACE
please be very very careful with A drives in wet as they dont grip at all. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace F355 I knew it beforehand that A Drives are not very grippy on wet tarmac! | Quote:
Originally Posted by arvi86 Oh my God! Are the A Drives so bad? I never really knew this fact until now. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace F355 May be I was wrong in picking up the Yoko A drives. They have a significant 'aquaplanning' and they can lead you in a ditch if you are not careful! |
They are not that bad in DRY conditions ... but bad in WET. There is no Grip at all in WET conditions.
For the Next tyre change I will definetely go with either CPC2 or Michelin.
See my review here too. Quote:
Originally Posted by sushrutha I have the same tyres(Yoko AVS v550 db) in my CIVIC, (civic stock tyre size & profile is 195/65 R15)
It's a silica based tyre. I have been using it for almost 3 months now.
They are very good tyres. Very less road noise, braking is good in dry conditions, but found them to be not so effective in wet conditions.
But overall a good tyre. |
Regarding the Mileage Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace F355 Just this time, I am experiencing such low efficiency (~7 km/l)
- The mileage has gone down significantly. |
That's too low for a civic. I think some problem either with fuelling or with calculation or may be cause of adulteration. 7KMPL is too low for a civic under normal driving condition.
Even I'm experiencing slight mileage drop in my CIVIC .. need to check in very soon. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace F355 @ Sushurutha: Great going with the projector planning! But why not the TL or FX-R projectors? |
Wish I had those TL or E55 Hella projectors.
Though they are very good projectors, but if I retrofit them, I would be cutting/drilling the reflectors, which I don't want to do.
So Morimotos makes sense, when they are almost PNP Projectors. Quote:
Originally Posted by Ace F355 Good job on adding DRLs. They do look nice. What brand are yours? Phillips have DRLs which dim when you switch on the lights (ala Audi Style) but they are a bit expensive (~ INR 10,000 I believe). |
Some chinese brand ... Don't even know the name Output is not as bright as Philips LED's but, they do serve their purpose.
Philips DRL start from 6500Rs for 4 LED ones and 5 ones for 8000Rs and 8 LED's (they don't look good at all) for 10K MRP.
One can bargain on the MRP by more then 1K+
Recently fitted the Philips 4 LED's on my friend's Fortuner... and bloddy .. they do ROCK like anything ...
Price paid was 5.5K INR.. Definetely worth the money spent. |