Unlike the electrical engineers I have never owned a car, so I just wave to them from my van as they whizz past in the opposite direction driving their cars.
So I only ever buy commercial tyres and the only performance requirement I look for is long life and lots of miles per gallon, unlike the electrical engineers who may find a set of wheels complete with tyres a better deal than just buying tyres, honestly!
I do however have a little Daihatsu Hi-jet pickup (a Piaggio in disguise) which someone put alloy wheels on before I bought it, the one and only modification. I changed insurance companies this year and the broker had to have a conversation with the insurers who seemed to have a mental picture of a miniature monster truck when alloy wheels were mentioned on the paperwork.
As soon as you vary from manufacturers original equipment you open a whole can of worms, so going back to the original post, it has to be better to fit a second hand piece MCB or RCD from the manufacturer than try to fit a similar looking brand new device from a different manufacturer as is often done.
Unlike the electrical engineers I have never owned a car, so I just wave to them from my van as they whizz past in the opposite direction driving their cars.
So I only ever buy commercial tyres and the only performance requirement I look for is long life and lots of miles per gallon, unlike the electrical engineers who may find a set of wheels complete with tyres a better deal than just buying tyres, honestly!
I do however have a little Daihatsu Hi-jet pickup (a Piaggio in disguise) which someone put alloy wheels on before I bought it, the one and only modification. I changed insurance companies this year and the broker had to have a conversation with the insurers who seemed to have a mental picture of a miniature monster truck when alloy wheels were mentioned on the paperwork.
As soon as you vary from manufacturers original equipment you open a whole can of worms, so going back to the original post, it has to be better to fit a second hand piece MCB or RCD from the manufacturer than try to fit a similar looking brand new device from a different manufacturer as is often done.
