Suspected tyre theft - advice please!

Suspected tyre theft - advice please!

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Rewe

1,016 posts

93 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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ferg1986 said:
I'll pop up to the garage this week for a gentle chat.
What did they say?

TarquinMX5

1,964 posts

81 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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Monkeylegend said:
ferg1986 said:
Good news is my brother is a barrister so they've done it to the wrong chap
I can't for the life of me think why, if your brother really is a barrister, you have asked for help on here. We are only amateur legal bods on here, whereas bro is the real life mccoy.

What does he say?
Barrister? That'll 'Costa'


Edited by TarquinMX5 on Monday 15th April 21:34

Some Gump

12,712 posts

187 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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Matt_E_Mulsion said:
So if this allegation is true someone happened to have a pair of the exact make, style and size of tyres worn down to the canvas as you had bought and paid for and were fitted to your car. That would have to be one hell of a coincidence.


"The exact size and model tyre"

jamoor

14,506 posts

216 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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ferg1986 said:
Yeah they’re pretty standard off the shelf continental rears on an M3 that BM fitted.

It’s not really that much of a coincidence for some putrid foreskin of a scrote to spot a set of rears that fitted their car and swap them over.

My old man took the car in and it was there for a few days in a garage with a ramp and everything needed to swap it.

On the balance of probably someone is more likely to have swapped
Ok just getting this out there
I had continental tyres on an E39 M5 they literally lasted 3000 miles and I wasn't thrashing it everywhere.


Never again.

LarsG

991 posts

76 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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If they had been swapped did they balance them? It's unlikely they would have bothered so go check.

Also check the date of tyre manufacture, there is a small oval with two numbers in on the tyres.

Example 5210 or 1102 or 0617 or 0415.
This relates to the week number and year they were made.

If all four were changed at the same time they will probably be off the same batch. If there is a discrepancy in the dates front and rear....

Edited by LarsG on Monday 15th April 23:24

Davie_GLA

6,528 posts

200 months

Monday 15th April 2019
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FERG! Where you at man?

i've been watching the news in support of you, bruh!

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Some Gump said:
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"The exact size and model tyre"
Brilliant :-). (and the op has a "cousin", for added relevancy)

niggtv

118 posts

96 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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This is a made up story....

832ark

1,226 posts

157 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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niggtv said:
This is a made up story....
Could be based on a true story, just somewhat inflated

Condi

17,271 posts

172 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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832ark said:
niggtv said:
This is a made up story....
Could be based on a true story, just somewhat inflated
Having spoken to his barrister brother, maybe he's now feeling a bit flat.



Olivergt

1,345 posts

82 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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This is getting tiresome, can we roll on to the next one please. But tread carefully or it might skid into touch like this one.

832ark

1,226 posts

157 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Olivergt said:
This is getting tiresome, can we roll on to the next one please. But tread carefully or it might skid into touch like this one.
Get a grip

ferg1986

Original Poster:

67 posts

142 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Brilliant to have the full range of opinions including the Brains Trust and helps me get some traction on what to do next. We're popping in this week after work one day and will take it from there

Roman Moroni

1,004 posts

124 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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832ark said:
niggtv said:
This is a made up story....
Could be based on a true story, just somewhat inflated
Or the OP isn't having a Goodyear

Kewy

1,462 posts

95 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Roman Moroni said:
832ark said:
niggtv said:
This is a made up story....
Could be based on a true story, just somewhat inflated
Or the OP isn't having a Goodyear
I'd have probably kept it low profile rather than posting all over PH.

And then she

4,399 posts

126 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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Kewy said:
Roman Moroni said:
832ark said:
niggtv said:
This is a made up story....
Could be based on a true story, just somewhat inflated
Or the OP isn't having a Goodyear
I'd have probably kept it low profile rather than posting all over PH.
We should probably forget about this thread now, and move on to the Nexen.

AC43

11,502 posts

209 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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ferg1986 said:
Brilliant to have the full range of opinions including the Brains Trust and helps me get some traction on what to do next. We're popping in this week after work one day and will take it from there
......but have you checked the DOT codes??

(as many people are suggesting you do).

Seems like a very sensible thing to do to quickly ascertain if (i) the fronts and rears match or (ii) are wildly out.

If (i) then you may have accidentally shredded them yourself, your bushes may be crocked or the garage may have been doing burnouts.

If (ii) then they might have been swapped.

LuS1fer

41,153 posts

246 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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I'm a barrister and I'd read this thread but I'm two tyred.

And then she

4,399 posts

126 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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LuS1fer said:
I'm a barrister and I'd read this thread but I'm two tyred.
Surely you can quickly cycle through the various posts?

LuS1fer

41,153 posts

246 months

Tuesday 16th April 2019
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And then she said:
Surely you can quickly cycle through the various posts?
I'd have to be some sort of crank.