Second-hand tyres put lives at risk, councils warn

[Brilad]

Meanwhile in other news.

Tyre manufacturers and retailers have warned today that local councils are putting people at risk, with shoddy road maintenance, lack of enforcement of parking restrictions close to schools, cutbacks in social care for the elderly, corner-cutting on DBS checks for carers leading to potential financial abuse of older people, child safeguarding failures, inadequate refuse collections which increase the risk of respiratory disease and rat infestation especially over the summer months, and generally by being a bunch of incompetent, supercilious and thick fkers staffed by the kids who were on the 'slow table' by and large.

Local council leaders tried to comment: but couldn't work out how to use email.

[Fastpedeller]

rockin said:

Round my way the "third world" roads are a bigger issue than "second hand" tyres. I've already made a successful claim against the council for one of my tyres destroyed by one of their potholes...

How did you manage that??

[talksthetorque]

George111 said:

talksthetorque said:

The oil thing is a red herring. Tyres have a visible life indicator. The depth of the tread.

Nondense, that's not the only indicator of life of a tyre but you often won't be able to see the others.

Oil can be very easily tested and strained, nothing wrong with reusing oil is there, if you reuse tyres ?

I don't carry an oil tester with me but Right now I'm sat in a Thai in Brussels and I have the equipment needed to determine how worn a set of tyres are.
A pair of eyes and an ability to estimate size.
Both are also handy for driving too!

You won't be able to tell if the oil is the correct grade without further testing too.

Thanks for not calling me dense too

Edited by talksthetorque on Monday 23 January 19:27

[Emeye]

hora said:

Sorry it just reminded me. Not a dig. He didn't like her driving his cars either.

Haha. Don't worry about it. It made me laugh. Before we had more children than is sensible my wife used to drive around in our Golf GTi while I was rocking around in an old 1.8 Freelander. Now THAT was taking my life in my hands!

[George111]

talksthetorque said:

George111 said:

talksthetorque said:

The oil thing is a red herring. Tyres have a visible life indicator. The depth of the tread.

Nondense, that's not the only indicator of life of a tyre but you often won't be able to see the others.

Oil can be very easily tested and strained, nothing wrong with reusing oil is there, if you reuse tyres ?

I don't carry an oil tester with me but Right now I'm sat in a Thai in Brussels and I have the equipment needed to determine how worn a set of tyres are.
A pair of eyes and an ability to estimate size.
Both are also handy for driving too!

You won't be able to tell if the oil is the correct grade without further testing too.

Thanks for not calling me dense too

Edited by talksthetorque on Monday 23 January 19:27

I was taking the piss about the oil, nobody in their right mind would use used oil . . . and I was hoping the same would be true for tyres but obviously not.

[jeremyh1]

If you cant afford to run a car properly and safely and you can only afford part worns. Then why dont you get a bicycle or take the bus

[talksthetorque]

jeremyh1 said:

If you cant afford to run a car properly and safely and you can only afford part worns. Then why dont you get a bicycle or take the bus

Would that bus be on retreads by any chance?

[J4CKO]

battered said:

Fastpedeller said:

J4CKO said:

I know a family and they have had several accidents, they always buy aged french hatchbacks, do huge mileages on the cheapest nastiest tyres you can buy.

They clearly don't learn then!

New drivers, the last one put her car on its roof and apparently the Police said that it wasnt her fault it was the weather conditions (raining) which sounds like bks to me as cars dont throw themselves off the road at or below the speed limit, suspect it was a lack of talent and a surplus of speed, couple that with a shonky old bang one ditch finders that worked as per their name, too fast on an A road in the rain, aquaplane and run out of ideas very quickly, end up on roof, thankfully not injured, buy next old snotter on cheap tyres with no stability control which I suspect would have made the difference. Same person was on Facebook saying how proud she was she could put washer fluid in the car between her and her mate, which is a bit worrying but if nobody shows you, how do you know.

[battered]

jeremyh1 said:

If you cant afford to run a car properly and safely and you can only afford part worns. Then why dont you get a bicycle or take the bus

Perhaps for the same reason why people who can't punctuate or construct sentences properly don't refrain from posting idiotic comments.

[PoleDriver]

Brilad said:

Meanwhile in other news.

Tyre manufacturers and retailers have warned today that local councils are putting people at risk, with shoddy road maintenance, lack of enforcement of parking restrictions close to schools, cutbacks in social care for the elderly, corner-cutting on DBS checks for carers leading to potential financial abuse of older people, child safeguarding failures, inadequate refuse collections which increase the risk of respiratory disease and rat infestation especially over the summer months, and generally by being a bunch of incompetent, supercilious and thick fkers staffed by the kids who were on the 'slow table' by and large.

Local council leaders tried to comment: but couldn't work out how to use email.

[robinessex]

Funny how 'concerned' councils are re part worn tyres, yet don't give a fk about DANGEROUS pot hole ridden roads they don't bother to fix.

[hora]

I'm missing something, do you live in some sort of Somme roads whereas I live in a pristine area? There's potholes everywhere, specsavers helps.

[Mr2Mike]

Brilad said:

Meanwhile in other news.

Tyre manufacturers and retailers have warned today that local councils are putting people at risk, with shoddy road maintenance, lack of enforcement of parking restrictions close to schools, cutbacks in social care for the elderly, corner-cutting on DBS checks for carers leading to potential financial abuse of older people, child safeguarding failures, inadequate refuse collections which increase the risk of respiratory disease and rat infestation especially over the summer months, and generally by being a bunch of incompetent, supercilious and thick fkers staffed by the kids who were on the 'slow table' by and large.

Local council leaders tried to comment: but couldn't work out how to use email.

In the words of Homer J Simpson "It's funny because it's true".

[Total loss]

talksthetorque said:

jeremyh1 said:

If you cant afford to run a car properly and safely and you can only afford part worns. Then why dont you get a bicycle or take the bus

Would that bus be on retreads by any chance?

Yep, lots of buses & lorries use remoulds.
Hope none of you anti used tyre people fly, as most airliner tyres are remoulds, terrible isn't it that they don't fit new .......

[Barchettaman]

Just bought 4x Goodyear Efficient Grip, 7mm all round, DOT 11-15, 205/55 R16 for my E90. Picked them up from the next village over.

The price? €80/£68, for all four. £17/tyre. Add on €60 for fitting, balancing and desposal of the old summer tyres. That'll do me.