Winter tyres?

only_mee

Chances are they speak very good English.

Inactive

only_mee wrote: »

Chances are they speak very good English.

Indeed, many of them do, I have always found them to be very helpful as well.

Lum

Any wrote: »

I have no problem in getting a courier, it is the unwillingnes of the sellers to do anything else form "local pick up only" that is the problem:(

Surely if you arrange and pay for a courier to go to their house and collect the wheels, that counts as local pick up?

On an unrelated note, my winter tyres which were posted from Germany on Friday are currently on the van from the Cardiff depot heading to my tyre place.

Ignoring the weekend that means they are getting to their destination faster than the Special Delivery Royal Fail item I sent to Cambridge yesterday which the tracking website can't even find other than to confirm that they received it at the post office. Apparently all delivery guarantees are off due to the snow.

mikey72

diable wrote: »

For winter driving you could get some retreads......

Jebus these where £33 a month ago..........

They're a bit naughty with that one.
It's a mud and snow tyre, with a mud and snow marking, not a winter tyre, (different marking), so although the tread may be ok, it's a different rubber to a "proper" winter tyre, and not tested as such.

mikey72

mytyres still have stock, they ship from germany. Prices have doubled in the last few weeks though.

Any

Lum wrote: »

Surely if you arrange and pay for a courier to go to their house and collect the wheels, that counts as local pick up?

No, it doesn't at all actually.
Courier will not give you definite time and will not arrive for given time. The most you can usually narrow it for is half a day (ie AM or PM). Private sellers are not going to sit at home half a day for you..:( Not for £50 sale.

At least that is what I think is the problem.

I asked, and noone even replied to me at all.

Any

only_mee wrote: »

Chances are they speak very good English.

Well, I tried search for a wheel/rim (of my car make) and only 1 came up anyway... not even a set.

Lum

Rather than search by make, search by size, number of holes and PCD. Should give you more options. People aren't going to list every car the wheel fits, just the car it came off and maybe a few that are known to be compatible (eg Focus/Mondeo/C-Max)

What car is it?

Any

Lum wrote: »

Rather than search by make, search by size, number of holes and PCD. Should give you more options. People aren't going to list every car the wheel fits, just the car it came off and maybe a few that are known to be compatible (eg Focus/Mondeo/C-Max)

What car is it?

Suzuki Swift 58 reg..
I don't know enough about what would be suitable to be confident to purchase something else then specificly stated...

I know the numbers from the manual, but not sure which ones are the most important to fit!! Just now about PCD and number of holes..

mikey72

The offset and centre bore is important too, so I'd stick to one from the same car, unless you know what you're looking for.