Davec30

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Has anyone heard of LASSA tyres? I was speaking with the guy in the mot station who said they are made by bridgestone and they have a 12 month guarantee!! They do look pretty good.

rb5 stu

They are cheap rubbish.

Lunchmoney

Your google broken?

Took litterally a few seconds to find this http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Tyre/Lassa/

They arent exactly great.

Davec30

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Nope, not Broken. I seen that.

I asked because the guy in the garage said they were made by bridgeston. I also seen good reviews on pistonheads.

I'm not going to put them on my car as I have toyos which I'm quite happy with.

If they were ok I would have tried them on my daily.

Gear Head

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Probably made under license for Bridgestone for some Chinese crowd for an entirely different market. I.E Budget.

If it was my daily driver, I'd want good tyres, not cheap crap ones as I'm spending more time in the car.

The MOT guy was probably asked to push sales on them.

johned

I think you are right bridgestone are there somewhere but in my opinion the lassa tyres are made for a budget market like lingalonga ones etc. and i would not fit a lassa tyre on a wheelbarrow never mind a car.

Davec30

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They won't be going on any of my cars then. That's why I asked here. They're obviously pushing these with the fact that bridgestone have something to to with them and people are buying them for that reason.

MOTORS S GT

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I have seen them fitted down the sides of boats & barges.

marco58

When I was in the tyre game many many many moons ago they where cheap crap then made in Russia if I remember rightly.

Davec30

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Ha! Sounds like the best place for them

SpecC_Chris

Why buy a performance car and then entertain putting **** tyres on it

Maz

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He wasn't. If you were paying attention you'd see he has Toyos and is happy with then.

Davec30

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I wasn't intening buying these. It just got me thinking because of the bridgestone connection. As above they wouldn't go near my impreza and now reading this they won't go near my other car either

rb5 stu

As far as I know most the top brands also make cheaper tyres under a different name. Cant remember any of hand though. lol

averyp2

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http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/who-owns-what-tyre-brands.htm


I have used uniroyal rain sports in the past and was pleasantly surprised at the performance and longevity

topshot

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Lassa are cheap chinese rubbish.

brocksta

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Where you get lassa from my linglongs are about ****ed..

dazsti72

Yes cheap tat.I wouldn't even put them on a WRX..

SpecC_Chris

I wasn't just referring to this post. I meant in general. The amount of "performance car" you look round and when look at tyres they running ditch finders. It's shocking.

bustaMOVEs

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Linglongs are better

Davec30

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My classic had ditch finders on when I got it. It liked to go straight on when you were trying to turn! Never again.

BoozyDave

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urban

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very good

ben.harris

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I'm not wanting to go against the general grain of this thread, but unlike most of you, I actually have some, and they're really not as bad as you're all making out.

Firsty - Lassa tyres are made in Turkey, not China.

I did quite a bit of reading about them due to having them on my Turbo 2000 - not fitted by me, but by my Uncle, who owned the car before me. They're not a brand I would have chosen to fit, and I was expecting them to be bad, but I've genuinely not got any complaints.

In the past I've been quite picky about tyres - I had Toyo T1R's fitted to my MK1 MX5 and really hated them, especially in the wet. The Uniroyal Rainsport 2's I replaced them with were much better. However, the Lassa's on the Impreza seem surprisingly OK, even now when they're getting a bit low on tread. I'm sure there are much better tyres out there, but these really aren't as bad as everyone is making out.

poolio74

They must be, the internet says they are.....

topshot

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aah Turkey, that powerhouse of quality and engineering :loll:

I don't get why people save costs on things like tyres

Raptorman

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I think you are missing his point, he has them and he finds
they work perfectly well for him.

If I drive a bog standard wrx and I drive like a normal person and
not a rally driver do I really need to spend £120-150 a corner?

ben.harris

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At least somebody gets it!

At the time my Uncle bought them, he was doing less than 1,500 miles a year in the car. He'd owned the car since 1998 when it was a year old, but it was now a 2nd car and was mainly used for trips to Tesco or taking stuff down the tip! In fact, he'd covered less than 10,000 miles in the 5 years before I bought it off him.

Now I'm not saying that they're great tyres and that everyone must rush out and buy them because they'll outgrip Pirelli P-Zeros (or whatever flavour tyre is favourite of the month today!), but I've had the car for the last 18 months expecting them to be awful to mediocre at best, and have done 15,000 miles on them during that time and I genuinely haven't managed to find a justifiable reason to replace them yet. When I do come to replace them, I'll probably buy something mid-range, but as far as budget tyres go, I really can't complain about them.

I think the ones I have fitted are Lassa Impetus Revo's which compared to the other Lassa tyres on TyreReviews, do seem to score better than most of the other models they make.

So, in answer to the OP's question: Yes I've heard of them, I have them fitted to my Impreza, and as far as budget tyres go, then one's I have seem pretty reasonable (to me, at least!).

Oh, and to clarify my "Made in Turkey" comment earlier, Lassa tyres have been manufactured by BRISA Bridgestone Sabanci Tire Manufacturing and Trading Inc in Turkey since 1989.

topshot

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Nothing to do with how well he finds them to drive with, most cheap tyres will be fine for daily use. Its when you need to rely on them in an emergency that quality becomes apparent and you wish you had sent a few quid more

scoobyjunky

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Exactly what he said but most people don't give a **** about that till its to late