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Belenus

They turned up today, again with the wrong tyres.

Third time lucky on Thursday hopefully.

neilmcl

Belenus said:

They turned up today, again with the wrong tyres.

Third time lucky on Thursday hopefully.

They would've lost my business by now.

AdrianC

Belenus said:

They turned up today, again with the wrong tyres.

Third time lucky on Thursday hopefully.

I think this is the point I'd be dropping Bridgestone UK a line to double-check...
https://www.bridgestone.co.uk/contact-us

Biggus_Dickus

Belenus said:

They turned up today, again with the wrong tyres.

Third time lucky on Thursday hopefully.

Do the fitters tell you the tyres aren’t RFT or do you get them to double-check when they arrive?;

...one wonders whether some less 'meticulous' guys would have just fitted the standard Bridgestones and legged-it hoping the customer was less than vigilant.

However, it’s a bad show all round;...by my reckoning they owe you £80 compo by now!...think of all the wine you can buy with that. 

Belenus

The first fitter pointed out to me that he had brought non RFT tyres and couldn't fit them as the car has RFTs on the front.

Is it illegal or bad practice to have RFTs on the front and non RFTs on the rear? I guess the ride would be unbalanced.

The second fitter was a different person so the first thing I asked him was had he brought RFTs. He didn't know so he spent about ten minutes examining the tyres. He then phoned his office and they told him they were not RFTs.

I looked at the tyres and couldn't confirm either way. There was no RFT marked on the actual tyre although there was a stuck on label that was marked RFT, presumably put there by TOTD.

Confusion all round.

I've taken Adrian's advice and asked Bridgestone if these RFTs are still available.

AdrianC

Belenus said:

Is it illegal or bad practice to have RFTs on the front and non RFTs on the rear? I guess the ride would be unbalanced.

Perfectly legit. And the handling/ride won't be affected any worse than differing brands - or even sizes - either end.

Belenus

Biggus_Dickus said:

However, it’s a bad show all round;...by my reckoning they owe you £80 compo by now!...think of all the wine you can buy with that. 

I will wait until the saga ends with them finally fitting the correct tyres of me going elsewhere.

If the RFTs are more expensive than non RFTs maybe I will end up with a bargain.

Or maybe Majestic Wine can look forward to a big order.  ;D

neilmcl

Belenus said:

The first fitter pointed out to me that he had brought non RFT tyres and couldn't fit them as the car has RFTs on the front.

Is it illegal or bad practice to have RFTs on the front and non RFTs on the rear? I guess the ride would be unbalanced.

The second fitter was a different person so the first thing I asked him was had he brought RFTs. He didn't know so he spent about ten minutes examining the tyres. He then phoned his office and they told him they were not RFTs.

I looked at the tyres and couldn't confirm either way. There was no RFT marked on the actual tyre although there was a stuck on label that was marked RFT, presumably put there by TOTD.

Confusion all round.

I've taken Adrian's advice and asked Bridgestone if these RFTs are still available.

I can confirm that Bridgestone's at least are clearly marked RFT on the sidewall after the name of the tyre.

mattyprice4004

Flatulentoldgoat said:

Only ever bothered with £25-30 part worns and never had a single problem. No idea why people waste 100's just so they can brag to their friends.

Bragging about tyres? I'm not sure if I'm more concerned about you, or your friends... 

molerat

Loads of places offering those in runflat.  The big sticky label has RFT clearly marked next to the barcode alongside BMW