How much can I expect to pay for part worn tyres?

vaio

GwylimT wrote: »

Many insurance companies required you to declare part worn tyres. .......

Don't suppose you have a link to that?

colino

So you change the tyres on every second hand car as you don't know their history?

hgotsparkle

GwylimT wrote: »

I would never put part worn tyres on my car, I take it you will be informing your insurance company about having part worn tyres?

Well if I was to have an accident due to the tyres, then how would insurance company know that I'd had them put on part worn and they weren't ones I'd bought from new, exactly...? :think:

Netwizard

GwylimT wrote: »

I would never put part worn tyres on my car, I take it you will be informing your insurance company about having part worn tyres?

In fairness, I had 2 brand new tyres fitted on friday. They have done 5 miles since then.

They are now part worn (or that is how they would be sold if i had them taken off now and asked my tyre place to sell them)

Have you phoned your insurance company and told them the tyres on your car are part worn? Bet they would kill themselves laughing!!

/edit - hgotsparkle basically said the same already!

nobbysn*ts

GwylimT wrote: »

I would never put part worn tyres on my car, I take it you will be informing your insurance company about having part worn tyres?

When mine were fitted they were filled with nitrogen. Now I've had to put a bit more air in, at a garage, do I need to phone them and tell them I've got mixed air in there now as well?

Stooby2

GwylimT wrote: »

Many insurance companies required you to declare part worn tyres. There is a problem with them, they haven't been worn on that particular car. As a mechanic I would never put a part worn tyre on any car, I am not a cowboy, I value my customers and I don't want to cause their car to suffer problems because they have a pair of part worn tyres.

Well we have three cars in this household all with different insurers (and no, it wasn't cheaper to go multi-car). Just been through the policy documents for each of them and nowhere does it mention part-worn tyres in any of them. And I also checked my motorbike insurance, nothing in there either.

And as others have stated above, how would an insurance company ever know in the event of a collision, unless you told them? You can't tell just by looking.

alastairq

part worn tyres don't cause accidents..drivers do.

Dunno why you're all worrying...you've all got part-worn tyres....and if you've all just bought used cars, then the tyres on those cars will be part worn too.

And may well have suffered abuse at the hands of previous drivers?

What about that spare wheel none of you have looked at since you've had the car?

Do you 'know' its history?

Best look at any tyres you're interested in, do your own examination for fitness, before buying.....PArt worn tyres can be no less of a danger than any other used spare part.....examine carefully, drive sensibly, don't try and over-stress your tyres, or any other part of your car...and there will be few if any issues.


Even chinese ditchfinders will only find a ditch if the driver is looking for it.

Joe_Horner

alastairq wrote: »

part worn tyres don't cause accidents..drivers do.

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Even chinese ditchfinders will only find a ditch if the driver is looking for it.

Careful, Alastair, common sense has no place in the discussion where "safety, innit" is concerned

chrisw

A bit of a giveaway is that part worn tyres must be permanently marked in letters at least 4mm high in upper case alongside each approval mark. It's illegal to supply tyres without this marking.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3117/contents/made

jimjames

hgotsparkle wrote: »

Well if I was to have an accident due to the tyres, then how would insurance company know that I'd had them put on part worn and they weren't ones I'd bought from new, exactly...? :think:

I've just swapped the tyres on my car from winter ones back to the normal ones which are part worn as they were used last year.

As long as you're getting them from a reputable dealer they should be fine. I wouldn't personally use them but in the circumstances given it seems fair enough.