Good tyre deal from Kwikfit but bad reviews

Scrapit

Don't even need a depth gauge. All tyres come with a wear marker don't they?

Joe_Horner

Scrapit wrote: »

Don't even need a depth gauge. All tyres come with a wear marker don't they?

They come with several - every main (ie: full depth) groove has them, usually at least 4 spaced around the circumference.

And the grooves that don't have them don't count as tread anyway.

Mutton_Geoff

Scrapit wrote: »

Don't even need a depth gauge. All tyres come with a wear marker don't they?

These are generally 1.6mm which is far lower than the 3mm used in other European countries. I wouldn’t drive on tyres with less than 3mm of tread or over 6/7 years old (date stamp on tyre wall). Your life depends on 4 bits of rubber whose only contact with the road is about the size of the palm of your hand. Not worth compromising.

photome

missile wrote: »

Kwikfit are only as good as the guy you happen to get working on your car on the day.

I had really bad experience with McConechy's.
Turned up for the appointment
Your tyres have not been delivered, will phone when they arrive.
On the way home, we found your tyres they were behind another customers
Waited ages whilst they fitted them
Next morning I have a flat tyre
Inflated the tyre and went back to McConechy's
The valve is leaking we shall fit a new one
Two weeks later tyre pressure monitor alarm = leaking again
I check with water to find it is leaking around the valve stem and suspect the muppet did not apply the solution they ought to use to seal.

I don't want to go back to McConechy's ever again.

My car is due a service in a few months I shall just keep checking until then and have the dealer check it.

PS: The yellow dot is nowhere near the correct position.

marlot wrote: »

What solution is that then?

I would also like to know what solution they use, never used to use anything back in the day

Marvel1

I take bad reviews with a pinch of salt, people are most likely to leave a bad review than a good review.

facade

photome wrote: »

I would also like to know what solution they use, never used to use anything back in the day

In The Olden Days wheels were made out of painted steel, or aluminium alloy painted with environment destroying chromate paint.


These didn't corrode around the rim and valve for many years.


Modern alloy wheels painted with environmentally friendly paints corrode like billy-o so pretty much as a matter of course the fitter will give them a quick scrape with a brush or grinder, and then use a rubberised sealant between tyre and rim, and around the valve.


If the wheel looks uncorroded, they don't. If they get it wromg, the wheel leaks through the layer of powdery oxide.

Joe_Horner

Mutton_Geoff wrote: »

These are generally 1.3mm which is far lower than the 3mm used in other European countries. I wouldn’t drive on tyres with less than 3mm of tread or over 6/7 years old (date stamp on tyre wall). Your life depends on 4 bits of rubber whose only contact with the road is about the size of the palm of your hand. Not worth compromising.

Nope, the treadwear indicators are at the standard 1.6mm, which is the legal limit in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal...

In fact, it's the legal limit (as opposed to the "recommendation") throughout Europe except for winter tyres in some countries which experience severe winters.

Mutton_Geoff

Thanks Joe, somehow I thought they were 1.3mm. In any case less than a few mm sounds too scary for my only contact with the road surface.


Having had a couple of accidents caused by skidding in my early days of driving, I've always been very fussy about tyres.

Joe_Horner

Mutton_Geoff wrote: »

Thanks Joe, somehow I thought they were 1.3mm. In any case less than a few mm sounds too scary for my only contact with the road surface.


Having had a couple of accidents caused by skidding in my early days of driving, I've always been very fussy about tyres.

Seem to remember that (when they bothered to have them them) they were around 1.3mm back when we had the 1mm limit but everything got standardised when we joined the rest of Europe at 1.6mm.

We also stopped needing "visible tread" outside the "75% band" at the same time, so scrubbed-bald shoulders apparently stopped being an issue!

As for the skid risk, that's easy - only drive when it's dry & sunny

Car_54

Scrapit wrote: »

Don't even need a depth gauge. All tyres come with a wear marker don't they?

Or a 20p coin has 3mm rims.