Faulty tyre - Right to a replacement

[allergictocheese]

herewego said:

Maybe you can email the pictures to Pirelli and see what they say?

In the opening post;

"Pirelli won't accept pictures they want the tyres back"

[herewego]

allergictocheese said:

herewego said:

Maybe you can email the pictures to Pirelli and see what they say?

In the opening post;

"Pirelli won't accept pictures they want the tyres back"

Sorry.

[XG332]

That's normal. I've changed all four eagle f1s on my clio cup, all four had the harder ridged centre piece.

[woodyTVR]

BobSaunders said:

You have done six thousand miles on the tyres since buying them and not thought to question the odd looking out of band stripe?

No I didn't how stupid of me, oh wait a minute I just re-read my original post and I mentioned it to the sales guy in December who said he'd sort it out!

allergictocheese said:

Unless you can convincingly demonstrate how that strip makes the tyre worse performing or less safe than it should be, what does the OP think is going to motivate the dealer or Pirelli to change the them at their expense?

The only way I can imagine is Pirelli doing so out of good will. I can't see a dealer swallowing the cost based upon a customer complaining without a valid reason to require replacements.

I guess I can't demonstrate it's the strip but the handling is not right. The car is an F30 M Sport, I previously had an E90 M Sport and my wife has an E93 M Sport (I've also had E46 and E36 M Sports). This car is by far the worse handling and is very remote and unpredictable.

I was hoping to send the photos and be told (as someone above has said) 'don't worry, it's a fuel efficiency band' instead the tyre specialist at the dealer (that's what BMW introduced him as) looked shocked when he saw the band. I was also hoping that if there is a problem as the car is still under manufactures warranty that it'd just be sorted without fuss.

I'm not going to waste my time on it as I think it will only annoy the hell out of me when Pirelli come back and say it's normal or nothing to worry about - Odd that they haven't just said 'it's fine, it's the fuel band' from looking at the photos. I am inclined to push BMW for a KDS alignment as a few tyre places have suggested it could be an alignment issue - I'm not convinced but surely worth a try.

Thanks for all the replies.