Have you ever worn out the tread on your tyres?

[alan]

Sorry Pete I was Misinformed :-(

Alan

[ohgrandma]

Hi Jon, Thankyou so much for all the information and advice you have given me. I have used the same garage where it was bought for a service every year, plus, the mot when it was 3 years old and since then. I have always left everything to them and trusted them, but, I can understand where you are coming from. As I usually have the car colllected I will have a word with the mechanic on this. I was thinking exactly the same as you, to use the new tyre on the spare, just in an emergancy. until the puncture was repaired. It makes sense as you say to rotate the the wheels. My brother in law used to do exactly that. Thanks again, for explaining it so well, much appreciated.

 

Regards Ria.

[bazooka]

Hi dave i was told by a very experienced tyre fitter that it's not a good thing to rotate tyres.I Used to but don' t bother now ,its better on the wallet to wear the front one's out and just pay out for two.,or better still buy one and if the spare's new put that on .How many people forget about the spare and maybe at six years old scrap it,£100 up the creek!!

bas :'(

[Mickydripin]

I brought a van that had been used in france for a few years but had stood for a long time the tread was about six mil and they looked OK it was my first van and I was not very experianced we went on a trip to cornwall some 300 miles all was well untill on the return I had a blowout on the M5 I had the wife my two grandchildren and my daughter with me and the shock when it blew at 60mph was somthing that I did not want to repeat ever again as it took me all my strength and experiance to get it on to the hard shoulder

 

The AA came out to me and was going to put on the spare as it looked new and it was but when he removed it from the engine compartment it was split all the way around and had about 7 or eight mil on it he then checked all other tyres and found the other side at the back was split as well.

he put the spare on and escorted me slowley in to Bridgwater to have new tyres fitted when they looked at the tyres they were eight years old.

 

Not only did I need new tyres but when the Tyre blew it ripped the floor out under the wheel arch and right above that was the water heater and it damaged that so all in all we had a very lucky escape and one that we will never forget. Mike.

[neilmac]

Brambles - Hi Ria. Usually when you get two new tyres they should go on the rear and the part worn rear on the front. This is so you always have the better tyres on the rear to improve rear end grip and prevent rear slide out when cornering or braking. When the rear slides out or breaks away(rear end skid) it is very difficult to control if at all in some circumstances.

 

In slippery conditions I would much rather be controlling a rear end skid rather than lose grip at the front (!) New tyres on the FRONT for me *-)

[Brambles]

neilmac - 2010-01-29 5:20 PM

 

Brambles - Hi Ria. Usually when you get two new tyres they should go on the rear and the part worn rear on the front. This is so you always have the better tyres on the rear to improve rear end grip and prevent rear slide out when cornering or braking. When the rear slides out or breaks away(rear end skid) it is very difficult to control if at all in some circumstances.

 

In slippery conditions I would much rather be controlling a rear end skid rather than lose grip at the front (!) New tyres on the FRONT for me *-)

 

Your entitled to your opinion, but this is actually a very serious safety issue.

NEW TYRES should go on the REAR.

 

I think the best thing rather than explain is to give you a link to a video explaining why NEW tyres MUST go on the REAR.

http://www.etyres.co.uk/flashmovies/new-tyres-rear-etyres.htm

 

[mike 202]

Agree good tyres on the rear.

 

I always thought good on the front, but having seen a TV Motoring programme + Video and explanations it must be good on the rear.

[duffers]

W3526602 - 2010-01-27 4:53 PM

 

Hi,

 

In my days as an impoverished "erk" in the RAF (1962ish) I used to buy remould tyres for my 1959 Minivan ..... on the drip. I think the tyres were £7 each (about my weekly wage - all found), and two tyres were costing me 15 shilling a week each. I was wearing them out faster than I was paying for them. 8-)

 

Eventualy, I bit the bullet, and bought a set of Michelin X (excellent Mitches), ran them a lot harder than the makers recomended ..... and they never wore our while I had the car.

 

I wiped the tyres off rear of my Reliant Scimitar GTE in 18,000 miles, but the fronts lasted a further 6000 miles. Mind you, that car could burn rubber from the traffic lights, but I seldom had to brake hard.

 

I got about three years out of my Land Rover tyres, say 25 - 30,000 miles, but scarcely ever use the brakes until the last few feet.

 

602

 

 

 

good old remoulds - the days of total penury

remember it well >:-)

[duffers]

W3526602 - 2010-01-27 4:53 PM

 

Hi,

 

In my days as an impoverished "erk" in the RAF (1962ish) I used to buy remould tyres for my 1959 Minivan ..... on the drip. I think the tyres were £7 each (about my weekly wage - all found), and two tyres were costing me 15 shilling a week each. I was wearing them out faster than I was paying for them. 8-)

 

Eventualy, I bit the bullet, and bought a set of Michelin X (excellent Mitches), ran them a lot harder than the makers recomended ..... and they never wore our while I had the car.

 

I wiped the tyres off rear of my Reliant Scimitar GTE in 18,000 miles, but the fronts lasted a further 6000 miles. Mind you, that car could burn rubber from the traffic lights, but I seldom had to brake hard.

 

I got about three years out of my Land Rover tyres, say 25 - 30,000 miles, but scarcely ever use the brakes until the last few feet.

 

602

 

 

 

good old remoulds - the days of total penury

remember it well >:-)

[Mel B]

Brambles - thanks for the video link, very informative and something to remember for the future. :-S