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Part worn tyres
08. Apr 2011 at 21:53

I bought 4 part worn Continental tyres today.....

They let me have a good look at them before they were fitted and they all have 4 - 5 mm of tread left, and are generally in good condition... Thumbs Up!

The 4 tyres cost £120 fitted and balanced which I'm pretty pleased with, and I'm hoping being a good brand that they'll last nearly as long as a cheapo set!!

What do you think Guy's and Gals?? Huh

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Marks DTM Calib Administrator Offline Ex Member Posts: 25671 Northern Hemisphere Gender: Drives: Astra J, Mum Bus, Dexta Tractor, 108 DMU wip	Re: Part worn tyres Reply #1 - 08. Apr 2011 at 21:59 I have major concerns about them, mainly becuase they dont require testing before being sold and many come from accident damaged cars. Now of course, the accident may have been little more than a shunt but, what if it wasn't and caused unseen internal damage.
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Part worn tyres Reply #2 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:03 check the production date.. a tire older than 6 years old must never be used.. ps: which my experience says 5 years..
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Reply #3 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:08

I suppose by nature of a tyre being fitted to a car it is immediately a part worn. I know quite a few of these tyres come from Germany where you have to replace both tyres on the same axle in the event of one being damaged etc but as Mark says, you really don't know the history.

I have a couple of cheap tyres fitted to the front of my DTi that came with a set of wheels I bought a while ago. I only fitted them as a stop gap when the wishbones were worn out and eating tyres. Really trying hard to wear them out (not easy now the Geo has been done!) and will pop some Kumho KU31's on as per the rear wheels, seem to be a good balance of performance / cost.

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TiggerHayes Senior Member Offline Posts: 540 West Dorset Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5 V6 CDX AUTO LPG	Re: Part worn tyres Reply #4 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:10 Yep, that's a fair comment Mark. The guy at the tyre place reckons that they get them from Germany where lots of people just fit new ones rather than hang on to the old ones when they swap winter tyres for summer... It might be good story though and I can see your point of view! Thanks
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Reply #5 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:10

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 21:59:

I have major concerns about them, mainly becuase they dont require testing before being sold and many come from accident damaged cars.

Now of course, the accident may have been little more than a shunt but, what if it wasn't and caused unseen internal damage.

but at least you can check the inside of the tyre for damage, which is more than you can on the tyres of any second hand car you might buy. Wink

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geoff Senior Member Offline Posts: 935 thornaby,stockton on tees Gender: Drives: r reg 2.5 v6 reflection	Re: Part worn tyres Reply #6 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:12 in the past i have used part worn tyres and can not complain have had some good tyres,but each to their own,just put new on now,but as i said have had some really good part worn ones can not see a problem with it
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Reply #7 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:19

My personal view ..... the only thing that keeps 2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should .... Sad

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Reply #8 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:23

Entwood wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:19:

My personal view ..... the only thing that keeps 2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should .... Sad

so you changed the rubber on all four corners when you bought it from Roger B ......

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Reply #9 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:24

TiggerHayes wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:10:

Yep, that's a fair comment Mark.

The guy at the tyre place reckons that they get them from Germany where lots of people just fit new ones rather than hang on to the old ones when they swap winter tyres for summer... Roll Eyes

It might be good story though and I can see your point of view! Thanks Thumbs Up!

TBH I would have no issues with them if they were subjected to a basic run test (as per new tyres).

They must have PART WORN marked on them in at least 4mm writing to be sold in the uk (which might give some indication of the honesty of the seller)

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Reply #10 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:26

Andy B wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:23:

Entwood wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:19:

My personal view ..... the only thing that keeps 2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should .... Sad

so you changed the rubber on all four corners when you bought it from Roger B ......

Argueably lower risk TBH as you cna see the condition of the car and rims they are fitted to.....of course they could be part worn ones........ Grin

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Reply #11 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:27

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:24:

TiggerHayes wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:10:

Yep, that's a fair comment Mark.

The guy at the tyre place reckons that they get them from Germany where lots of people just fit new ones rather than hang on to the old ones when they swap winter tyres for summer... Roll Eyes

It might be good story though and I can see your point of view! Thanks Thumbs Up!

TBH I would have no issues with them if they were subjected to a basic run test (as per new tyres).

They must have PART WORN marked on them in at least 4mm writing to be sold in the uk (which might give some indication of the honesty of the seller)

They have/had to have a rubber label on them.

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Reply #12 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:28

That's also a very fair point Entwood! Thumbs Up!

My last set were also part worns, Pirellis and Michelens and they lasted longer than the cheap brands I had bought before... I thought it might be a contentious subject here...

As I said they did let me examine them and they seemed in vey good shape, although I do take Mark's point... I don't know whats happened to them and maybe there's internal damage to the structure... Undecided

Every time we buy a second hand car though, we are also buying secondhand tyres and how many people go out and buy new tyres just because they don't know the history? Roll Eyes

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Reply #13 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:30

Marks DTM Calib wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:26:

Andy B wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:23:

Entwood wrote on 08. Apr 2011 at 22:19:

My personal view ..... the only thing that keeps 2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should .... Sad

so you changed the rubber on all four corners when you bought it from Roger B ......

Argueably lower risk TBH as you cna see the condition of the car and rims they are fitted to.....of course they could be part worn ones........ Grin

True, but as I say, all my cars have had 4 part worn tyres on them when I bought. I have bought part worns in the past when I was younger, ....

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TiggerHayes Senior Member Offline Posts: 540 West Dorset Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5 V6 CDX AUTO LPG	Re: Part worn tyres Reply #14 - 08. Apr 2011 at 22:35 There you go..... I'm still young ..... ish!
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