Buying Used Tyres

Flying-High_2

Some would say Product of the Devil..... Many believe using a Part worn will knock the Earth of its Axis...:rotfl::rotfl:

Each to their own and all that;)

That website linked by the OP looks crap TBH....

spaceboy

birkee wrote: »

What good is a picture of a tyre, with no VISIBLE damage?
It's the hidden damage that you risk with used tyres.

Yeah my point is I cannot see that there is no visible damage because there is no picture of the tyre. I highly doubt there was no visible damage after that crash.

spaceboy

property.advert wrote: »

Are people so desperate to keep driving when they should give up that they compromise their and far more importantly my safety cutting corners with vehicle safety ?

Seriously, if you cannot afford decent new rubber when it is required, you shouldn't be allowed on the road.

Say that the next time you kerb a tyre or hit an almighty pothole and don't bother changing it. People have been using used tyres since the dawn of the car and howq many accidents are caused by them?

As I've said earlier, a visual inspection, a look at the DOT code, and then keeping them at the correct pressure is going to keep you safe.

birkee

spaceboy wrote: »

Yeah my point is I cannot see that there is no visible damage because there is no picture of the tyre. I highly doubt there was no visible damage after that crash.

I've already stated, that I wrote off a wheel in a pothole, that left no visible signs of damage on the tyre.
YOU wouldn't have changed the tyre?
Heaven help the rest of us!

spaceboy

birkee wrote: »

I've already stated, that I wrote off a wheel in a pothole, that left no visible signs of damage on the tyre.
YOU wouldn't have changed the tyre?
Heaven help the rest of us!

If I wrote off the wheel I probably would, it's pretty rare to write off a wheel in a pothole though. In 17 years of driving I haven't.

mikey72

Flying-High wrote: »

Some would say Product of the Devil..... Many believe using a Part worn will knock the Earth of its Axis...:rotfl::rotfl:

Each to their own and all that;)

That website linked by the OP looks crap TBH....

This is how it should be done.

http://www.thetreadshop.co.uk/default.aspx

birkee

spaceboy wrote: »

If I wrote off the wheel I probably would, it's pretty rare to write off a wheel in a pothole though. In 17 years of driving I haven't.

Try 4" deep with a vertical edge.
(Presumably previous patch came out because usually sloped edge)

And neither have I written off another wheel in a pothole either. (45 years) This was just an extreme one as an example of second hand tyres.
Normally I would avoid them, but as this appeared from under the car in front, and there was something coming the other way preventing me swinging out, and a kerb to prevent me swinging in, I had no choice.

However, you seem determined to justify buying second hand tyres, so who am I to stop you. Take no notice and carry on, please.

bigjl

property.advert wrote: »

Are people so desperate to keep driving when they should give up that they compromise their and far more importantly my safety cutting corners with vehicle safety ?

Seriously, if you cannot afford decent new rubber when it is required, you shouldn't be allowed on the road.

I take it you fit new tyres to your car every week then, after all they are technically used as soon as you drive them.

A well selected used tyre is a safer bet than some iffy cheapie from Turkey or China.

I take it you think Remoulds should be made illegal for the same reasons?

You do realise that a huge percentage of truck tyres are remoulds and an even higher percentage are retreads where they have cut in a new tread.

Also a lot of Blackcabs run on remoulds, better steer clear from any large city then as they are running on used tyres in your eyes.

If I ever have to fit used tyres for the simple reason that I need a tyre to stay legal but haven't the money to go new than i will check the tyre personally before it is fitted, all this you can't see the internal damage is scaremongering, if you examine the tyre correctly you will easily see the kind of tell tale marks that indicate it has hit a kerb or pothole hard enough to cause damage.

Lets not forget that tyres removed from Police cars as most Forces have a no repair policy and a replace in pairs policy.

The LAS used to have such a policy, but now they assess it on a tyre by tyre basis, but when you have a puncture the tyre is replaced with new, if the other one is nearing the end of its life most drivers ask for both to be changed, which is personally what I do.

Scooby_Doo.

bigjl wrote: »

I take it you fit new tyres to your car every week then, after all they are technically used as soon as you drive them.

A well selected used tyre is a safer bet than some iffy cheapie from Turkey or China.

I take it you think Remoulds should be made illegal for the same reasons?

You do realise that a huge percentage of truck tyres are remoulds and an even higher percentage are retreads where they have cut in a new tread.

Also a lot of Blackcabs run on remoulds, better steer clear from any large city then as they are running on used tyres in your eyes.

If I ever have to fit used tyres for the simple reason that I need a tyre to stay legal but haven't the money to go new than i will check the tyre personally before it is fitted, all this you can't see the internal damage is scaremongering, if you examine the tyre correctly you will easily see the kind of tell tale marks that indicate it has hit a kerb or pothole hard enough to cause damage.

Lets not forget that tyres removed from Police cars as most Forces have a no repair policy and a replace in pairs policy.

The LAS used to have such a policy, but now they assess it on a tyre by tyre basis, but when you have a puncture the tyre is replaced with new, if the other one is nearing the end of its life most drivers ask for both to be changed, which is personally what I do.

Sorry but you're wrong there.

alastairq

Whenever we buy a 'used' car we are also buying used tyres, with no idea of their history.

The other week, I noted at the back of a 'forecourt' a 2 year old car, for sale..with a flat tyre...it had actually been there for a week or so.

Yesterday, I noted in passing, the same car was in the process of being sold, they tyre pumped up....

Will the new owner even consider whether their new possession had been sat on a flat tyre for a week or so? [with the possible attendant internal damage that ,may have created?]

As I see things..[jaundiced eye and all that]....a major part of the problem concerning tyres is the way people drive.

If a driver starts pushing their vehicle towards its limits when cornering...or leaves braking so late that even prayer gets factored into the stopping distance...then weaknesses in the tyres construction..or , unseen damage....will start to make itself felt.

For normal, lawful motoring, those limits are unlikely to be approached....even remotely.

However, even brand new tyres, of apparently reputable make, can possess defects that can come to light later, sometimes disastrously?

What then?