Poor Service tyre fitted on wrong way round
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Hello, maybe being a bit o.t.t here, but my wife had two tyres done on her car last week, thread was too low for the MOT.
She took it down for the cars MOT, the chap at the garage told her one of the tyres had been put on back to front. The tyre is marked "inside" in capital letters underneath the make of the tyre, as well "outside" on the outer.
She phoned our local tyre fitting centre and was told it was not a problem, just a school boy error and that she had been in no danger.
However, this is not what the MOT garage had told her, they said it was dangeous, and even more so when wet. Obviously the tyre would wear differently to the others, but why would she be told two different things by two independant garages.
On phoning the tyre fitting centre's customer services, they did not want to help either on this matter.
(edited to remove name and shame)
She took it down for the cars MOT, the chap at the garage told her one of the tyres had been put on back to front. The tyre is marked "inside" in capital letters underneath the make of the tyre, as well "outside" on the outer.
She phoned our local tyre fitting centre and was told it was not a problem, just a school boy error and that she had been in no danger.
However, this is not what the MOT garage had told her, they said it was dangeous, and even more so when wet. Obviously the tyre would wear differently to the others, but why would she be told two different things by two independant garages.
On phoning the tyre fitting centre's customer services, they did not want to help either on this matter.
(edited to remove name and shame)
Edited by TonyHetherington on Monday 18th October 15:47
If it's a directional tyre, and most are these days, then I wouldn't want to be driving at motorway speeds in the wet. Basically the tyre would be channeling water in to the centre of the tyre, rather than outwards, vastly increasing the chance of aquaplaning.
Basically, don't use **** ***.
Basically, don't use **** ***.
Edited by mnkiboy on Monday 18th October 15:51
TonyHetherington said:
Please be aware of the name and shame rules, ta 
Sorry whatever the name poor service is poor service.Plus it is true about the tyre.
Maybe I should have said the blue and white logo company did it.
After all they speak so many languages HA!!!!! Plus BS now as well.
SEE YA said:
TonyHetherington said:
Please be aware of the name and shame rules, ta
Sorry whatever the name poor service is poor service.Plus it is true about the tyre.
Maybe I should have said the blue and white logo company did it.
After all they speak so many languages HA!!!!! Plus BS now as well.
k around, please; doing stuff like that is just the same and simply makes us mods more work to do. Thanks Edited by TonyHetherington on Monday 18th October 16:18
SEE YA said:
TonyHetherington said:
Please be aware of the name and shame rules, ta
Sorry whatever the name poor service is poor service.Plus it is true about the tyre.
Maybe I should have said the blue and white logo company did it.
After all they speak so many languages HA!!!!! Plus BS now as well.
k around, please; doing stuff like that is just the same and simply makes us mods more work to do. Thanks Edited by TonyHetherington on Monday 18th October 16:18
doogz said:
skilly1 said:
doogz said:
oOTomOo said:
Was it one of those asymmetric tyre jobbies?
They have an inside, outside AND direction of travel.
Really? So if you order 4 tyres, you actually have to get 2 pairs, since the ones that go on the nearside, are different to the ones that go on the offside?They have an inside, outside AND direction of travel.
http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=P...
Tyres come marked up with either Left or Right have inside and outside clearly marked on the tyre
Edited by B'stard Child on Monday 18th October 16:34
doogz said:
skilly1 said:
doogz said:
oOTomOo said:
Was it one of those asymmetric tyre jobbies?
They have an inside, outside AND direction of travel.
Really? So if you order 4 tyres, you actually have to get 2 pairs, since the ones that go on the nearside, are different to the ones that go on the offside?They have an inside, outside AND direction of travel.
I have had this happen more than once.
The first time it was immediately noticable, the car felt very strange and changed it back the next day.
Most recently I was surprised how little effect it had on the car, it was a powerfull fwd car with one front (directional) tyre the wrong way round, but it made very little difference to it and I did a few hundred miles before i noticed. It was my own fault for putting it on the wrong side after a track day, er, so had no one to blame except myself!
The first time it was immediately noticable, the car felt very strange and changed it back the next day.
Most recently I was surprised how little effect it had on the car, it was a powerfull fwd car with one front (directional) tyre the wrong way round, but it made very little difference to it and I did a few hundred miles before i noticed. It was my own fault for putting it on the wrong side after a track day, er, so had no one to blame except myself!
doogz said:
Which ones do you have? A quick google shows they make an asymmetric model, and a directional model?
If you are directing that question towards me - I've added a link and some picturesI would add that as a road tyre they aren't very good in the wet (on track in the wet they aren't bad just not good on the road)
doogz said:
B'stard Child said:
doogz said:
Which ones do you have? A quick google shows they make an asymmetric model, and a directional model?
If you are directing that question towards me - I've added a link and some picturesI would add that as a road tyre they aren't very good in the wet (on track in the wet they aren't bad just not good on the road)
In car video from track day in France earlier this year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPahX8tAWXU
Edited by B'stard Child on Monday 18th October 16:44
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