Would you replace this?
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GinG15 said:
there arent any "laws" or regulations necessary telling an expierienced automotive engineer or technician that THIS tyre is a fail and DANGEROUS!!!
a reputable workshop would have even confiscated your keys unless you would have changed the tyre.
unbeliveable that people are asking such a non-sense here....and even start discussing about such a SAFETY -relevant issue!!
you should be reported to the police driving around with a ticking timbe-bomb!!
There are a number of regulations laid out in the MOT, and they would all say this tyre is perfectly OK. No cords exposed, no bulging, pass. The rim protector (non structural) has been damaged. That’s it. a reputable workshop would have even confiscated your keys unless you would have changed the tyre.
unbeliveable that people are asking such a non-sense here....and even start discussing about such a SAFETY -relevant issue!!
you should be reported to the police driving around with a ticking timbe-bomb!!
From the photo it looks to me like 100% rim protector, so other than the loss of a bit of rim protection it is fine.
People get so paranoid about tyres, I think they get into this self reinforcing cycle of spending a lot of money on top branded tyres, then throwing them away before they're fully worn out and because nothing went wrong it was money well spent, it's not a particularly informed opinion, just an invested one.
People get so paranoid about tyres, I think they get into this self reinforcing cycle of spending a lot of money on top branded tyres, then throwing them away before they're fully worn out and because nothing went wrong it was money well spent, it's not a particularly informed opinion, just an invested one.
GinG15 said:
there arent any "laws" or regulations necessary telling an expierienced automotive engineer or technician that THIS tyre is a fail and DANGEROUS!!!
a reputable workshop would have even confiscated your keys unless you would have changed the tyre.
unbeliveable that people are asking such a non-sense here....and even start discussing about such a SAFETY -relevant issue!!
you should be reported to the police driving around with a ticking timbe-bomb!!
What are you, twelve? Get a shagging grip of yourself.a reputable workshop would have even confiscated your keys unless you would have changed the tyre.
unbeliveable that people are asking such a non-sense here....and even start discussing about such a SAFETY -relevant issue!!
you should be reported to the police driving around with a ticking timbe-bomb!!
GinG15 said:
there arent any "laws" or regulations necessary telling an expierienced automotive engineer or technician that THIS tyre is a fail and DANGEROUS!!!
a reputable workshop would have even confiscated your keys unless you would have changed the tyre.
unbeliveable that people are asking such a non-sense here....and even start discussing about such a SAFETY -relevant issue!!
you should be reported to the police driving around with a ticking timbe-bomb!!
If you knew tyre legality in aviation you would never fly again. a reputable workshop would have even confiscated your keys unless you would have changed the tyre.
unbeliveable that people are asking such a non-sense here....and even start discussing about such a SAFETY -relevant issue!!
you should be reported to the police driving around with a ticking timbe-bomb!!
ging84 said:
From the photo it looks to me like 100% rim protector, so other than the loss of a bit of rim protection it is fine.
People get so paranoid about tyres, I think they get into this self reinforcing cycle of spending a lot of money on top branded tyres, then throwing them away before they're fully worn out and because nothing went wrong it was money well spent, it's not a particularly informed opinion, just an invested one.
This. People get so paranoid about tyres, I think they get into this self reinforcing cycle of spending a lot of money on top branded tyres, then throwing them away before they're fully worn out and because nothing went wrong it was money well spent, it's not a particularly informed opinion, just an invested one.
Ok people saying they wouldn’t drive on it.
What is worse. This tyre which is correctly inflated, I check them weekly always have.
Or
The lady I saw in the petrol station the other day. Told her about her tyre being almost flat.
I helped her pump it up as she didn’t know how to. It was at 12psi. She thanked me and said the car had been beeping at her for a couple of weeks.
Probably loads driving around with wrongly inflated tyres.
What is worse. This tyre which is correctly inflated, I check them weekly always have.
Or
The lady I saw in the petrol station the other day. Told her about her tyre being almost flat.
I helped her pump it up as she didn’t know how to. It was at 12psi. She thanked me and said the car had been beeping at her for a couple of weeks.
Probably loads driving around with wrongly inflated tyres.
I’m sure if you really boil it down, the people on here who say they’d replace a tyre unnecessarily at the drop of a hat are probably just attempting to demonstrate some financial superiority by conveying the impression that the cost of a new tyre is so insignificant to them that it’s an irrelevance.
Cupramax said:
GC8 said:
Cupramax said:
Can’t be as deep as it looks then, I’m amazed that passed an MOT, or the tester had been out on the lash the night before 
What would the reason for refusal be?
king great chunk out of it, you might be happy driving it like that, I wouldn’t.Aiminghigh123 said:
The lady I saw in the petrol station the other day. Told her about her tyre being almost flat.
I helped her pump it up as she didn’t know how to. It was at 12psi. She thanked me and said the car had been beeping at her for a couple of weeks.
Probably loads driving around with wrongly inflated tyres.
Now, that tyre is finished!I helped her pump it up as she didn’t know how to. It was at 12psi. She thanked me and said the car had been beeping at her for a couple of weeks.
Probably loads driving around with wrongly inflated tyres.
sasha320 said:
Aiminghigh123 said:
If you knew tyre legality in aviation you would never fly again.
I believe you, out of interest what are the relevant headlines on aviation tyre legality?ging84 said:
From the photo it looks to me like 100% rim protector, so other than the loss of a bit of rim protection it is fine.
People get so paranoid about tyres, I think they get into this self reinforcing cycle of spending a lot of money on top branded tyres, then throwing them away before they're fully worn out and because nothing went wrong it was money well spent, it's not a particularly informed opinion, just an invested one.
Agreed.People get so paranoid about tyres, I think they get into this self reinforcing cycle of spending a lot of money on top branded tyres, then throwing them away before they're fully worn out and because nothing went wrong it was money well spent, it's not a particularly informed opinion, just an invested one.
The rim-protector is designed to be sacrificial and while it doesn't look pretty the OP's picture is a sign of it doing its job. For every tyre like this that has had one unfortunate meeting with a kerb there are probably thousands of others have have been kerbed or clumped through potholes regularly and have no obvious visual sign because they have no rim protection.
No bulge = no weakness of the carcass.
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