Ebay part worn tyres
Discussion
Anyone ever bought part worns off ebay? I realise the last thing you want to compromise on is the car's tyres but savings are pretty big and do appeal if you don't plan on keeping the car too long.
Example I seen was 2 x runflats with over 5mm for £132 delivered as opposed to £300+ new.
Example I seen was 2 x runflats with over 5mm for £132 delivered as opposed to £300+ new.
I have bought a part worn run flat before, 3 on my car had 5mm on and I didnt want a brand new one on as I like to buy new in pairs. So I got a used one with 5mm on to match. It was perfect without any scuffling and arrived next day. Just choose your seller carefully, try to get them from a tyre dealer.
E30M3SE said:
If you buy a used car you are buying part worn tyres, so unless you are the sort of person who buys a used car and then buy new tyres for it is there really any difference?
Actually YES,but in a good way ! as you can see inside partworn tyres before they are mounted, you cant on a secondhand car so can't tell if they have had puncture repairs or internal kerb damage etc.
I have said what E30M3SE said to many people who have questioned me putting partworns on my cars, but all have said they would never automatically put new tyres on a secondhand car,so ...........
E30M3SE said:
If you buy a used car you are buying part worn tyres, so unless you are the sort of person who buys a used car and then buy new tyres for it is there really any difference?
Buying a used car with used tyres on it and buying part worn tyres are not the same thing because of the one crucial question that makes many of us avoid part worns.'Why are these tyres for sale?'
You know exactly why the tyres on your used car are used. Because they were once fitted as new tyres, and then driven, on the car you are buying.
But you don't know where the used tyres have come from. Who are these people throwing away perfectly good tyres? All you'll get is a bunch of assumption and suggestions as to where they are from. 'Oh they come from Germany where they throw away cars with 6mm left'. 'Oh people trade tyres in'. etc etc.
Fox- said:
Who are these people throwing away perfectly good tyres?
I've just bought a set of used alloys onto which I've fitted winter tyres.Wheels are 16" and my normal wheels are 17", so I'll be selling the perfectly good used tyres that came with the used wheels and somebody will get a bargain...
mybrainhurts said:
I've just bought a set of used alloys onto which I've fitted winter tyres.
Wheels are 16" and my normal wheels are 17", so I'll be selling the perfectly good used tyres that came with the used wheels and somebody will get a bargain...
I didnt say there were not legitimate reasons for the existence of part worn tyres but there also exists a plethora of reasons you'd want to avoid them for and you've no way of really telling. My point remains the same.Wheels are 16" and my normal wheels are 17", so I'll be selling the perfectly good used tyres that came with the used wheels and somebody will get a bargain...
Fox- said:
mybrainhurts said:
I've just bought a set of used alloys onto which I've fitted winter tyres.
Wheels are 16" and my normal wheels are 17", so I'll be selling the perfectly good used tyres that came with the used wheels and somebody will get a bargain...
I didnt say there were not legitimate reasons for the existence of part worn tyres but there also exists a plethora of reasons you'd want to avoid them for and you've no way of really telling. My point remains the same.Wheels are 16" and my normal wheels are 17", so I'll be selling the perfectly good used tyres that came with the used wheels and somebody will get a bargain...
Total loss said:
Fox- said:
You know exactly why the tyres on your used car are used. Because they were once fitted as new tyres, and then driven, on the car you are buying.
Really ? how do you know that they weren't fitted as part worns ? 
I guess some part worn tyres will become available if the owner is super anal about changing them early, or if a lease company changes them early, or if a car's scrapped or written on without the tyres having been damaged then they may become available as part worns.
If anyone else has ideas of where part worn tyres come from, I'd be interested to know!
Loads of people ditch their run flats when the rears or fronts go, and move to proper tyres, so you will always get loads of part worns.
I have sold around 6 sets of run flats on ebay now all with 5-7mm on them.
Good tyres, good price.
I have also bought loads of part worns off people, always been great apart from one tyre trader on ebay.
Someone from Cromer, Norfolk, and his were terrible, said 6mm and it was 4mm and wouldn't take them back.
You have to remember with winters loads of people buy a set, use them for 3 months and then next winter they have swapped the car. So makes sense to sell the winter tyres that no longer fit your new car.
All tyres have a manufacture date, so ask for this and if a year old or so then go for it.
I have sold around 6 sets of run flats on ebay now all with 5-7mm on them.
Good tyres, good price.
I have also bought loads of part worns off people, always been great apart from one tyre trader on ebay.
Someone from Cromer, Norfolk, and his were terrible, said 6mm and it was 4mm and wouldn't take them back.
You have to remember with winters loads of people buy a set, use them for 3 months and then next winter they have swapped the car. So makes sense to sell the winter tyres that no longer fit your new car.
All tyres have a manufacture date, so ask for this and if a year old or so then go for it.
Fox- said:
Buying a used car with used tyres on it and buying part worn tyres are not the same thing because of the one crucial question that makes many of us avoid part worns.
'Why are these tyres for sale?'
You know exactly why the tyres on your used car are used. Because they were once fitted as new tyres, and then driven, on the car you are buying.
But you don't know where the used tyres have come from. Who are these people throwing away perfectly good tyres? All you'll get is a bunch of assumption and suggestions as to where they are from. 'Oh they come from Germany where they throw away cars with 6mm left'. 'Oh people trade tyres in'. etc etc.
You don't know where the used tyres on a used car have come from either, or what they have been through, have they ever been run flat, bounced up and down kerbs at speed at every opportunity....? Fact is you do not know.'Why are these tyres for sale?'
You know exactly why the tyres on your used car are used. Because they were once fitted as new tyres, and then driven, on the car you are buying.
But you don't know where the used tyres have come from. Who are these people throwing away perfectly good tyres? All you'll get is a bunch of assumption and suggestions as to where they are from. 'Oh they come from Germany where they throw away cars with 6mm left'. 'Oh people trade tyres in'. etc etc.
No one is throwing away perfectly good tyres, they are selling them..................
There are all sorts of legitimate reasons people sell tyres, last time I did was a 4.5mm Goodyear F1 GSD3 due to a unrepaiable puncture on a 'matched' pair and I did not want to run 4.5mm on one side and 8mm on the other.
If you're sensible about the things there should not be any issues.
But each to their own.
Edited by E30M3SE on Monday 28th November 12:30
Only ever bought one part-worn off eBay; that was a couple of months ago when one of the rear tyres was down to the wear bars and by sheer coincidence I managed to find one of the same make and exactly the same tread depth, as the remaining rear!
Having done the maths for the front tyres, though, I don't really think it's worth the bother. Once I've paid for the carriage, and for my local tyre fitters to put the things on, it's not much extra to buy a pair of reasonable-quality new ones. And at least I know they've never been kerbed, or punctured and repaired.
Having done the maths for the front tyres, though, I don't really think it's worth the bother. Once I've paid for the carriage, and for my local tyre fitters to put the things on, it's not much extra to buy a pair of reasonable-quality new ones. And at least I know they've never been kerbed, or punctured and repaired.
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