Bald tyres on a car

Joe_Horner

straggler wrote: »

Ah, I see - you're a "the government's out to get me" person. It all makes sense now!

You (probably accidentally) hit the nail on the head with remoulds when you use the word "correctly". It's a very difficult thing to achieve. Perhaps it's why those evil tyre companies (who could make even more evil profit from it) don't do it. And why if you ask for a remould down at your local tyre place you won't be able to get one. Hang on - maybe they're in on the conspiracy too.....

And, as another poster has pointed out, there's the heat-cycling to take into account. Plus the ageing of the compounds used in the tyre construction etc. Tyres are far, far more complicated than you think.....

Keep wearing the tinfoil hat!

WOW! I really didn't think one person could misunderstand my post so completely and utterly!

No, I have no tinfoil hat and, no, I don't believe for a moment that the government is out to get me (any more than any Tory government is out to "get" the less well off that is).

Governments set rules to tackle issues - whether that's safety or long distance coaches emptying their loos on the M25. If there was a safety issue with tyres correctly retreaded according to the relevant regulations then they would (rightly - no conspiracy needed) legislate against them.

The new tyre industry has plenty of reasons to warn against them, not least the fact that virtually all tyre marketing is fear based - "if you don't use our tyres you might fall off the road and die". the fact that millions of people throughout the world complete hundreds of millions of miles on remoulds without falling off the road and dying is inconvenient to that message.

That's not tinfoil hat territory, simply the established fact that marketeers are there to sell you their product over other peoples' and fear (they prefer to cast it positively as "safety") is one of their biggest tools.

AdrianC

The fact that car remoulds have died out almost completely is down to one fact, and one fact only - cheap far-eastern tyre imports have taken over that "never-mind-the-quality-look-at-how-cheap" end of the market. Exact same thing as has done for part-worns.

There are still specialist suppliers of remoulds (sorry - "remanufactured") tyres for competition use, especially rallying - https://maxsport.co.uk/ and others.

straggler

Joe_Horner wrote: »

WOW! I really didn't think one person could misunderstand my post so completely and utterly!

No, I have no tinfoil hat and, no, I don't believe for a moment that the government is out to get me (any more than any Tory government is out to "get" the less well off that is).

Governments set rules to tackle issues - whether that's safety or long distance coaches emptying their loos on the M25. If there was a safety issue with tyres correctly retreaded according to the relevant regulations then they would (rightly - no conspiracy needed) legislate against them.

The new tyre industry has plenty of reasons to warn against them, not least the fact that virtually all tyre marketing is fear based - "if you don't use our tyres you might fall off the road and die". the fact that millions of people throughout the world complete hundreds of millions of miles on remoulds without falling off the road and dying is inconvenient to that message.

That's not tinfoil hat territory, simply the established fact that marketeers are there to sell you their product over other peoples' and fear (they prefer to cast it positively as "safety") is one of their biggest tools.

Well, it appears that I'm talking to someone who knows everything there is to know about tyres. I suggest you contact Michelin, Bridgestone, Dunlop etc and offer them your services. You could copy your posts here in your application letter. I am sure they would be straight on the phone to you. No, really they would. I mean, why wouldn't they snap up someone who refuses to do any research on basic facts? That sort of attitude is what the tyre industry thrives on.

Joe_Horner

As most of the country recovers from its first icy patch of the year, it's a good time to reflect on the state of your tyres - just as important now as when this thread started 10 years ago!

Budget, premium, or even remould, none of them will do their job at this time of year if they're sporting a Kojak hairdo!