New tyres when selling a car?
Discussion
What's the general consensus. I'm selling an 8 year old car, one virtually brand new uni royal rain sport 3 on. 3 well worn toyo proxy T1Rs, with between 2-3mm and well worn shoulders.
Would you replace the 3 worn tyres before selling, so you can advertise it as having New tyres all round.
Is it important to you as a buyer?
Cost me £250ish for 3 tyres on. £4.5k car, will I get a return?
I'm leaning towards doing it.
Would you replace the 3 worn tyres before selling, so you can advertise it as having New tyres all round.
Is it important to you as a buyer?
Cost me £250ish for 3 tyres on. £4.5k car, will I get a return?
I'm leaning towards doing it.
I would wonder if there is some issue with allinement or poor accident repair being hidden by new tyres if I was looking at it as a buyer!!!! would say its better to let someone use the worn tyres as bargaining tool ,most canny buyers look for something and tyres are a nice simple issue...
No.
My strategy being that you can then afford to be knocked down a bit on the selling price and the new owner thinks they're getting a bargain.
ie. you selling for 4500. You don't put new tyres on and let the car go for 4100 after a haggle.
Or you put new tyres on and sell for 4200 after haggling.
You'll never make that money back.
My strategy being that you can then afford to be knocked down a bit on the selling price and the new owner thinks they're getting a bargain.
ie. you selling for 4500. You don't put new tyres on and let the car go for 4100 after a haggle.
Or you put new tyres on and sell for 4200 after haggling.
You'll never make that money back.
Dog Star said:
No.
My strategy being that you can then afford to be knocked down a bit on the selling price and the new owner thinks they're getting a bargain.
ie. you selling for 4500. You don't put new tyres on and let the car go for 4100 after a haggle.
Or you put new tyres on and sell for 4200 after haggling.
You'll never make that money back.
This.My strategy being that you can then afford to be knocked down a bit on the selling price and the new owner thinks they're getting a bargain.
ie. you selling for 4500. You don't put new tyres on and let the car go for 4100 after a haggle.
Or you put new tyres on and sell for 4200 after haggling.
You'll never make that money back.
I don't expect a 2nd hand car to come with new or nearly new tyres on it, I expect the opposite in fact, and would prefer it NOT to have new tyres, as I'd want to fit my preferred choice
ImpossiblyDaft said:
In that situation I'd buy another Uniroyal so it's matched on that axle. Otherwise, looks a bit cheap and suspect. No point replacing the lot, though, you'd never see the money back.
This at least.. ^^^As said, even if you dont get "all" the money back, you could well sell the car quicker
ImpossiblyDaft said:
In that situation I'd buy another Uniroyal so it's matched on that axle. Otherwise, looks a bit cheap and suspect. No point replacing the lot, though, you'd never see the money back.
Same here. A car that has had just one tyre replaced would worry me a bit. I hate having mismatched tyres in the same axle.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff