Dealers offering 12 months MOT with car.

AdrianC

Grumpy_chap said:

AdrianC said:

Stopping distance on cheap tyres is far longer, especially in the wet.
Lateral grip is worse, and understeer comes in at lower speeds.

I don't go fast enough to need brakes and don't go round corners much either - always just motorway and plenty of gap in front

Well, let's just hope that somebody doesn't do something silly in front of you, then.

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I had some Kenda Komet Plus tyres on a 207 once and they used to make me go sideways round roundabouts. They were the worst budget tyres ever.

I sold the car with them on but it appears to have been taken off the road when the current MOT expired. I wonder if that was because it ended up in a ditch!

nick74

Grumpy_chap said:

Ibrahim5 said:

It's amazing how many second hand quality prestigious vehicles have got very cheap brand new tyres. They show them close up on photographs too. You sort of think "what sort of owner would do that. They mustn't have looked after it well". Then you think maybe at the end of a lease or PCP someone would fit anything that was legal.

I don't have a quality, prestigious vehicle.  Nor end of lease / PCP.

I always put the cheapest tyres.

They wear well - typically 30k - 40k miles.  Expensive tyres only do half that.

Very MSE.

Depends which expensive tyres. I've previously got 45k out of a set of Michelin Crossclimates, and they still had 2.5-3mm of tread left on them at that mileage. I worked out they would have been down to the legal limit by about 50k if I hadn't replaced them sooner. They gripped the road very well too.

Herzlos

nick74 said:

Depends which expensive tyres. I've previously got 45k out of a set of Michelin Crossclimates, and they still had 2.5-3mm of tread left on them at that mileage. I worked out they would have been down to the legal limit by about 50k if I hadn't replaced them sooner. They gripped the road very well too.

I've worn out a set of Michelin CrossClimates at the front in about 15k miles whilst the back ones look new. I suspect I've been driving a big too enthusiastically lately

scrappy_returns

tommyt41 said:

Hi there,

Been searching for a new car for a while and found one I particularly like. The Mot is running out shortly and the dealer are offering 12 months MOT with sale. However I'd prefer to see the MOT before purchasing the car, as depending on the advisories it might mean I don't want to buy it.

Any advice with this? Would a dealer offering this be liable to repair any advisories? Or could they merely ask the tester to turn a blind eye to some of the advisories if this was the case.

cheers

I suspect you don't understand advisories.
They are just that, advice. My last car had several advisories telling me there was a plastic cover in the engine (as there should be) and that i had a child seat (again, as there should be, i put it there). None of these ever got rectified, would they put off a buyer? Maybe. Should they? Certainly not.
I also suspect that another poster doesn't understand grip either but there is no advisories for having useless but legally compliant tyres.