Winter tyre time

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897sma

3,364 posts

145 months

Tuesday 6th November 2012
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Retman said:
Had a couple of tyres swapped at a non AM dealer and it went fine but definitely remember to tell them it has sensors before they start. I think the biggest risk is a gouged alloy when they start to lever off the old tyre. Don't think there is an issue with harming the tyres, though the whole process does look a bit brutal - I find it's best not to look whilst it's happening.
+1, it took three of them to lever off the 35 profiles on the back eek

Zod

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35,295 posts

259 months

Monday 19th November 2012
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Car reurned on Friday. Now, I'm certain I wasn't gettign any tyre pressure system alerts last year, so I must have had the sensors. There are none now and the system alerts me eveyr journey and leaves the bloody light on in the rev counter. confused

Anyway, the change is enormous - no more wheel spin on setting off from a red light and the rear end behaves as it would on a dry road in the summer, as opposed to stepping out if I so much as think about my big toe when going round a corner.