Used car with MOT warning on tyres

[dba3087108]

I'm buying a 23' polestar hopefully at the weekend. The company (carsa) seems to get good reviews. The car was mot'd in March and had warnings on the tyres. I haven't seen the car yet but would you expect them to change the tyres. Their website states anything under 2mm will be changed. Do you measure a tyre in the centre only?

Thanks

[paul_c123]

Don't assume anything.

Measure the tread in the middle, outer edge and inner edge.

[Belle427]

Probably no obligation if they are legal but will likely need changing asap so bear that in mind.

[davek_964]

A car you haven't seen yet or bought had a warning two months ago about tyres.

I'd probably just call them and check that as per their own rules, they have / will change the tyres............

[ChrisH72]

Interesting that it's one front and one rear tyre rather than both on the same axle.

My guess is that they will have replaced them with some Linglong ditch finders. Most garages put the cheapest budgets on that they can source.

[ilikejam]

I was looking at P2s a couple of months ago and Cinch had a decent selection of 3 year old ones with up to 60k miles for surprisingly competitive prices. It was only after checking the MOT history of a few of them that I noticed they had about 20 of them all starting with the same first 2 letter location code on the reg plates. Seemed obvious that they must be ex-fleet or rental cars and most had similar MOT advisories (and would no doubt not have been fixed).

There was also loads of cheap Tesla Model 3s with Wimbledon area codes where Zipcar had shut down about a month or two before.

Worth keeping an eye out for things like this with big car supermarkets / online retailers

[alscar]

I’d certainly be factoring in the replacement of front tyres into any negotiations on price and perhaps at least looking at the rear ones too.

[ARH]

They will not be replacing them before it is sold, for obvious reasons. But surely if you make it a condition of sale they are changed they will either say yes or no, you then decide if the overall cost is doable.

[66HFM]

alscar said:

I d certainly be factoring in the replacement of front tyres into any negotiations on price and perhaps at least looking at the rear ones too.

As alscar says, price up how much a cost of replacing the tyres with a decent brand are and use that as your negotiation start point

[valiant]

They may replace them but it’ll be the cheapest Chinese tyres they can find.

Better to negotiate with them if you’re a bit premium with your tyres. If they were going to spend, say, £60 on a tyre, ask them to put your preferred make on and offer to pay the difference.