advice re. tyre on wrong way!!

jeannieblue

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Sounds like a total bag of !!!!,

Tyres on the wrong direction is an instant fail.


No respectable peeps would do this, for the 1st time I agree with what kwikslam told you.


Must have been done after the event

Get a proper garage to look after your motor mate :T

I know the dealership people that the OP went to....... wouldn't be surprised if they didn't notice, I'd have more faith in Kwik Fit than them and that is saying something! I wonder which branch she went to?? Some are worse than others..

mittenkitten

i told you i was a useless bint when it comes to cars...
howEVER kwikfit didn't take any tyres off! i was sat in the car whilst they very kindly did the tyre pressure for me, even i know you don't have to take the tyres off for that!

as for checking tyres on a weekly basis, ermmm i didn't know until kwikfit man told me that they can be put on the wrong way round!

as davemac says, surely there would have to be 2 tyres on the wrong way round??

anyways, i shall shop around and see if i can get a better price for the tyres, happy days, spending money on tyres right on christmas joy of joys!

thanks for all the helpful replies

Zanzibar

This isn't that uncommon - has been mentioned here before - tyres going on backwards (most tyres are actually bi-directional for the average car but I see the newer 'Energy' ranges tend to be directional).

If you are close to needing new tyres anyway just get them changed now - if close to the limit now the cars ability to stop is significantly diminished even though legal. Waiting until the legal limit (1.6mm) before changing is not a good idea - the recommendation is to change at 2mm or earlier.

There was a test somewhere of the stopping distances in the wet as tyres wear - found it here:

http://www.rospa.com/roadsafety/advice/motorvehicles/tread_depth.htm


Its a wet winter - get them changed now for a decent brand. People look at the price and think its all just rubber - but it isn't - the poorest budget tyre compared to the best performing can be tens of metres longer in stopping. As a rule avoid the budget tyres - you have Federals which are budget so good to be rid of them I'd say(!)

As to most people reading their tyre sidewalls?! - if the fitters who KNOW what directional means don't notice then what average punter will? Its better than it was as at least tyre questions are part of the theory test now.

peter_the_piper

Someone please correct me.
Old advice was to rotate the tyres on a car, back ones to front, even left to right. If you put the right rear on the left front it would be travelling in a different direction. Does this advice still hold? Should we all be having 2 spares so that they are sure to in the right rotation, if I make myself clear?

cyclonebri1

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Someone please correct me.
Old advice was to rotate the tyres on a car, back ones to front, even left to right. If you put the right rear on the left front it would be travelling in a different direction. Does this advice still hold? Should we all be having 2 spares so that they are sure to in the right rotation, if I make myself clear?

You are quite correct. Technically you can't no longer rotate tyres, asuming they are directional. Offside tyres have to be kept on the offside and viky verky.

So yes again technically 2 spares should be carried. Don't know if anyone has ever been nabbed for having changed a wheel on the wrong side though

Directional tyres will still work the wrong way round, they were designed to "shift" more rain water than standard tyres.

Infact it is a tweek used in motor sport to fit these the wrong way round as braking is marginally improoved in the dry. :cool:

oldagetraveller

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Someone please correct me.
Old advice was to rotate the tyres on a car, back ones to front, even left to right.

That was for the old crossply tyres though. Not radials.:D

hewhoisnotintheknow

my tyres last about 20k on the front and 40 on the rear (i do a lot of miles each year)

so each time i get new tyres i have the new ones put on the rear and the old rears moved to the front

Jakg

Your meant to go from back to front, but if you have directionals keep them on the same side. If you dont you massively increase the chance of aquaplaning.

peter_the_piper

I assume these directional tyres are the high end models and not the bog standard ones used on normal Corsa's and the like.

roddydogs

Must say ive nver heard of it either--so how do you reverse the car?