How much can I expect to pay for 4 new tyres?

loskie

Go and get tyres fitted at a local independant tyre fitter before going to get your MOT done. Phone them first to agree a price for 4 tyres supplied and fitted. Remember and ask them to check your spare too if you have one.

Nodding_Donkey

What happened?

lulu_92

Inner_Zone wrote: »

The ridge on a 50p coin is less than 1mm, you were suggested to use a 20p coin on which the ridge is 2mm.

So one appears to be below the legal limit, and another two also appear to be the same. It's not OK.

My bad, autocorrect on my phone! I did use a 20p.

lulu_92

Nodding_Donkey wrote: »

What happened?

Service guy rang in sick so having it done tomorrow.

Spicy_McHaggis

lulu_92 wrote: »

Service guy rang in sick so having it done tomorrow.

Why didn't you request a refund?


It's the mot tester you needed, still when he finds £500 worth of work they need someone to do it.

loskie

So you are still driving around in a car with dangerous and illegal tyres?

Joe_Horner

loskie wrote: »

So you are still driving around in a car with dangerous and illegal tyres?

Probably not.

She said it was close on the 20p test and that doesn't put them at the limit. Try measuring the border of one sometime - they're about 3mm so the test gives a LOT of lee-way on legality

redux

lulu_92 wrote: »

Well, I measured my tyres using a 50p earlier and one of them just matches the ridge on the coin, two just go over the ridge and one is absolutely fine, so I'm guessing I'll need 1 to 3 new ones, but I'm totally okay with that as I know I drive so many miles.

Check the spare as well, unless it's a different size spacesaver.

If it roughly matches the best other one, these could go on the front and two new ones on the back, saving the next best as spare.

lulu_92

Spicy_McHaggis wrote: »

Why didn't you request a refund?


It's the mot tester you needed, still when he finds £500 worth of work they need someone to do it.

I'm having a service and an MOT done at the same appointment so the service guy is needed. As I paid on card I wouldn't get the money back right away, especially at the weekend. So if I booked it again and then found I needed work doing I might not have enough to cover it all.

Spicy_McHaggis

lulu_92 wrote: »

I'm having a service and an MOT done at the same appointment so the service guy is needed. As I paid on card I wouldn't get the money back right away, especially at the weekend. So if I booked it again and then found I needed work doing I might not have enough to cover it all.

If things are that tight, you might not have enough on the card to get your car back.