How often do you check your tyres?
Poll: How often do you check your tyres?
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Check mine regularly after getting a (100% justified) fine and points for a tyre in my misspent youth. It made me take notice of other cars. The Police stopped me on that occasion as I was driving an old shed, but once I started paying attention, I was amazed at how many much newer and more expensive cars have terrible tyres.
There's a chav plated white Q7 that regularly parks in our local co-op - it has illegal tyres all round, and has for months, must be local gangsters I imagine.
There's a chav plated white Q7 that regularly parks in our local co-op - it has illegal tyres all round, and has for months, must be local gangsters I imagine.
A glance at all 4 before I jump in. Trying to do this without looking like the anally retentive t
t I am is quite a skill.
I like feigning a need to go to the passenger side only to "realise" I don't need to once I've seen the tyres aren't flat.
Often I just walk the long way round to the drivers door, slyly glancing at the tyres and bodywork.
How's that for sad. It's never been worthwhile yet but one day, one day it'll all be worth it lol
Actually one time it was almost worthwhile, I saw some twunt had scraped down my wing reversing out. Of course I couldn't do anything about that so all it did was make me really cross for the journey home lol
t I am is quite a skill.I like feigning a need to go to the passenger side only to "realise" I don't need to once I've seen the tyres aren't flat.
Often I just walk the long way round to the drivers door, slyly glancing at the tyres and bodywork.
How's that for sad. It's never been worthwhile yet but one day, one day it'll all be worth it lol
Actually one time it was almost worthwhile, I saw some twunt had scraped down my wing reversing out. Of course I couldn't do anything about that so all it did was make me really cross for the journey home lol
At the moment every morning that I'm using the car. This is predominantly because three of them seem to be losing pressure at random. Had a new set of tyres fitted, still doing it. Have had it back to the fitters a few times and they can't find why they're losing pressure!
Always check the condition of the side-walls / tread every day and every time I drive a different vehicle - I jump in a few different ones over the week, and you never quite know what someone else may have done with them!
Always check the condition of the side-walls / tread every day and every time I drive a different vehicle - I jump in a few different ones over the week, and you never quite know what someone else may have done with them!
Edited by SebastienClement on Sunday 7th September 17:52
Lobsta said:
Check our cars every week for wear and tear and air pressure ,I strongly believe older cars with alloys tend to deflate as the alloys degrade, so worth checking.
It is usually the corrosion on the aluminium that will leak air. A good tyre shop should take the corrosion off before they fit new tyres. Mine lose no air at all but I check them on Sunday evenings after work. As for condition every day basically. Tyres are the most important safety aspect of the car, so look after them. No handling or braking without them so good rubber is crucial to me.JakeT said:
Lobsta said:
Check our cars every week for wear and tear and air pressure ,I strongly believe older cars with alloys tend to deflate as the alloys degrade, so worth checking.
It is usually the corrosion on the aluminium that will leak air. A good tyre shop should take the corrosion off before they fit new tyres. Mine lose no air at all but I check them on Sunday evenings after work. As for condition every day basically. Tyres are the most important safety aspect of the car, so look after them. No handling or braking without them so good rubber is crucial to me.
Edited by DKS on Sunday 7th September 18:19
I keep an eye on pressures and tread wear every month or two or in the unlikely event I hit a kerb/pothole.
I usually use a set of tyres every 18 months so they don't get chance to degrade and I always have a good idea of the current tread remaining.
It's a modern vehicle with good quality wheels/tyres so the pressure barely changes. It also has TPMS to alert me of anything I don't spot.
I usually use a set of tyres every 18 months so they don't get chance to degrade and I always have a good idea of the current tread remaining.
It's a modern vehicle with good quality wheels/tyres so the pressure barely changes. It also has TPMS to alert me of anything I don't spot.
Morningside said:
Wandering round the supermarket carpark today I was quite shocked at the state of peoples tyres. Half flat, bald, badly scuffed and some should not even been on the road.
I check ours once a week and check pressures/condition and again if we are going on a long journey.
On my walk to work, I notice a lot of cars that have very low, dodgy or just damn right illegal balding tyres on their cars. I really dont get how these people drive there cars with tyres like this as surely in the rain it has zero grip and understeers/oversteers like a pig even when driving slowly?!I check ours once a week and check pressures/condition and again if we are going on a long journey.
............and yes it normally is expensive cars where people don't seem to do the maths and work out running costs of the car before purchasing.
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