MOT Advisory Notice question

Mankysteve

Flyboy152 wrote: »

So, the easiest thing for a car owner to check, is dodgy? Seeing as well that you can get tyres anywhere and still return to the station for a free re-test.

How is it? They got though the test with tires that coming up to the end of the life it's only write the garage pointed this out. Its up the op to decided if and where he gets the new tires. They've not failed him and there not forcing him to do anything. Get a grip,

I would expect my garage to advise me if my tires are coming to the end of there life most people don't check there tires any more.

B00st

Mankysteve wrote: »

How is it? They got though the test with tires that coming up to the end of the life it's only write the garage pointed this out. Its up the op to decided if and where he gets the new tires. They've not failed him and there not forcing him to do anything. Get a grip,

I would expect my garage to advise me if my tires are coming to the end of there life most people don't check there tires any more.

As a motorist it is your duty to ensure that your car is safe to be out on the road, relying on an annual service and MOT (which quite often will be performed on the same day) isn't sensible. It takes 15 minutes on a Saturday morning to check tyre pressures, visually inspect tread depth (or use a cheap gauge), oil and water levels plus the screen wash.

AlexisV

Change them now. You're only putting off the inevitable and are driving around in something with compromised grip and braking ability.

jase1

Common sense tells me to drive until they are almost illegal

WHAT?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVMqLmtOIYQ

A tyre that is at 1.6mm can take nearly 45m longer to stop from 70mph in the wet than a tyre at 3mm. The 1.6mm car was still travelling at 50mph at the point where the 3mm car had stopped. This is far, far worse than using new budget tyres all around.

If you were to use a cheap budget tyre that was worn down to 1.6mm, I dread to think how bad the performance would be.

People who leave their tyres until they are almost illegal are playing with fire.

Flyboy152

Mankysteve wrote: »

How is it? They got though the test with tires that coming up to the end of the life it's only write the garage pointed this out. Its up the op to decided if and where he gets the new tires. They've not failed him and there not forcing him to do anything. Get a grip,

I would expect my garage to advise me if my tires are coming to the end of there life most people don't check there tires any more.

I really don't think you have been following this as closely as you should.

Any motorist can check if their tyres are near to the legal limit, I thought that was obvious.

cyclonebri1

Flyboy152 wrote: »

I really don't think you have been following this as closely as you should.

Any motorist can check if their tyres are near to the legal limit, I thought that was obvious.

No, you are totally wrong,:mad::mad::eek: "Any motorist must/has to check if their tyres are near to the legal limit, I thought that was obvious.";)

Trust you get where I'm coming from;);)

mikey72

jase1 wrote: »

WHAT?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVMqLmtOIYQ

A tyre that is at 1.6mm can take nearly 45m longer to stop from 70mph in the wet than a tyre at 3mm. The 1.6mm car was still travelling at 50mph at the point where the 3mm car had stopped. This is far, far worse than using new budget tyres all around.

If you were to use a cheap budget tyre that was worn down to 1.6mm, I dread to think how bad the performance would be.

People who leave their tyres until they are almost illegal are playing with fire.

While what you say is correct, it alsodepends on the size of the tyre used on the test.

I remember when it used to be 1mm tread, then 1.6mm as tyres got wider. With the use of even wider tyres now, the advice of 3mm suits them.
It's probably not so critical on my 145's, as opposed to the 215's on my other car.

jase1

Yes, I think there is a lot of truth to what you're saying. Even looking at AE's test, the increase in stopping distance, while still significant, weren't as severe for a smaller car as for the Focus or RAV4.

I don't recall 2mm tyres being a problem 10 or 15 years ago when I was driving cars with much thinner tyres (although I never went lower than 165s). But now, on say a Focus even 3mm tyres have a tendency to spin in the wet in a worrying manner at times. It can be a problem if you're trying to get away quickly on a hill-start. And if they are spinning in those conditions, general traction can't be that great.

As a result, I don't take chances any more. The tyres go at 3mm -- 4mm for the slightly cheaper ones that go on the second car if they are not performing.

Flyboy152

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

No, you are totally wrong,:mad::mad::eek: "Any motorist must/has to check if their tyres are near to the legal limit, I thought that was obvious.";)

Trust you get where I'm coming from;);)

I was responding to another poster who was suggesting that the MOT tester was trying to recommend something unnecessary. Checking tyres takes but five seconds, very easy to do. However, Mankysteve tells me I am wrong, I then respond that I wasn't.

Wig

Flyboy152 wrote: »

How in the heck do you know that?

The OP has done seventy-eight thousand miles in six years, that's over a thousand miles a month. If the tyres have one point seven millimeters of tread left, how do you know that will last two months?

How do you know he has 1.7mm tread left? He could have had an advisory with 2 or 2.5 mm of tread left.