Courtesy car sidewall damage

[24lemons]

I’ve just picked this car up which I’ll be using for the next week. I noticed this damage at pick up and the photo was taken at the garage. Is it safe to drive on? I have a 100 mile drive up the m6 tonight.

[itcaptainslow]

Are the cords exposed under the “flaps”?

[24lemons]

I don’t think so

[danielbrooks8807]

That is exactly why I take photos of every wheel before I drive a courtesy or rental car away now. A quick walk around with time stamps has saved me an argument once already. If she really did not clip anything, I would be polite but firm and ask them to show the inspection notes and photos from before she took it. Tyres are easy to miss on a rushed handover, especially if the damage was already there and not very clean.

[BertBert]

I think it's useable. I would.

[24lemons]

I decided not to risk it. I was driving my family 100 miles up and down the motorway and I didn’t feel comfortable with it. If it was just me in the car driving to and from work I probably would just put up with it.

[Fred Smith]

24lemons said:

I decided not to risk it. I was driving my family 100 miles up and down the motorway and I didn t feel comfortable with it. If it was just me in the car driving to and from work I probably would just put up with it.

If there are no exposed cords you are probably being over-cautious... but given it's you and your families lives, and other people's for that matter, that you are being cautious about you probably did the right thing too.

[Wish]

Absolutely not.

The repairer would be the first to change a tyre with just a brush mark.
I won’t chance that tyre on any car.