Buying used wheels with tyre on.

[freddiemercurystwin]

Is there some kind of pandemic where the
thousands and thousands of secondhand wheels and tyres combos bought and sold each year are causing people to come off the road?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Is there some kind of pandemic where the
thousands and thousands of secondhand wheels and tyres combos bought and sold each year are causing people to come off the road?

It don't bother me, buying good used tyres. Earlier this year, I bought a pair of near new £200 each tyres, fitted for £35 each.

 

[Avocet]

I thought it started with buying secondhand tyres to be fitted on rims but that morphed into buying a car with secondhand wheels and other parts on.

One has to assume these are not 2nd hand wheels with brand new tyres on them...

 

[Mottie]

Is there some kind of pandemic where the
thousands and thousands of secondhand wheels and tyres combos bought and sold each year are causing people to come off the road?

No, and I’m not talking about secondhand wheel and tyre combos or tyres already fitted to a car bought secondhand as that would be impractical. I’m talking about secondhand tyres that need fitting to rims. There are standards for part worn tyres but If it’s just too much inconvenience for you to check inside the casing of an unchecked second hand tyre before it is fitted to a rim then you are a tight fisted idiot. I’d rather buy a cheap, unbranded new tyre that has passed some kind of quality standard than a secondhand top branded tyre that hasn’t but if saving less than the cost of half a tank of fuel on a safety critical item that will be on your car for months if not years is that important to you, just carry on. I wish you luck. You of all people on here should know just how important tyres are and what can happen if you suffer a tyre failure - and that was just on your pushbike!

"Drivers are warned they could be putting lives at risk by buying unsafe second-hand tyres. The Local Government Association (LGA) says some part-worn tyres are being sold despite having serious safety defects that could easily cause breakdowns or collisions on the roads. The organisation, which represents councils across England and Wales, has urged drivers to buy from reputable retailers and check for the required “part-worn” stamp. Tyres without this stamp are unlikely to have been safety checked, and retailers found selling them face prosecution. Unsafe tyres can cause significant danger on the road, leaving drivers unable to accelerate, steer or brake properly. Department for Transport figures for 2017 show 17 people were killed on the road and a further 147 seriously injured in collisions where tyre defect was a contributing factor".

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

The organisation, which represents councils across England and Wales, has urged drivers to buy from reputable retailers and check for the required “part-worn” stamp.

I've never heard of that, where/what is it?

 

[Mottie]

I've never heard of that, where/what is it?

Is Google down? Here:

You might have heard of these.

Buying part worn tyres – what operators need to know – Moving On

It's important to know what to look for when buying part-worn tyres including those on a used car. This blog post explains more and about the role of DVSA's Market Surveillance Unit making sure any sold comply with the relevant

movingon.blog.gov.uk

Lethal used tyres are being sold with defects

www.rac.co.uk

 

[johnny2007]

I’d rather buy a cheap, unbranded new tyre that has passed some kind of quality standard than a secondhand top branded tyre

Don't know about that.
I had 2 brand new cheap tyres fitted on my focus a few months ago.
The old worn branded tyres were gripping a lot better.
With these ones i can make them skid even in third gear on a roundabout.
Total rubbish.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

How on earth does one "check" an airbag?!

Find some dummy.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

I must admit, I admire the tremendous ingenuity they show in those videos.

I saw a programme years ago, might even have been Top Gear when it was still watchable (long ago). They were in Cuba showing how they keep those old 50s Yank cars on the road. Showed someone start off with a sheet of steel and beat it into shape to make a wing with basic hand tools. Another they had to improvise brake fluid as they couldn't get any. Can't remember all the ingredients, but one of them was shampoo. Many of the old cars had their engines replaced with small Lada engines as that's all they could get when the originals were unrepairable.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

While buying a 2nd hand car can be a minefield, the risk can be substantially reduced by buying from a known and locally trusted dealer with a name and reputation to protect. My family owns such a business and although I say this, I know that all vehicles sold by them are of good quality and major defects rectified within an acceptable time or another vehicle offered. That was how I started the business over twenty years ago and how it is still run today by two of my grandchildren. I ran it originally on the old saying that I was raised to by my paternal grandparents -->Do as you would be done by

Nice little earner, Mr Daley!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Mottie you seem quite angry today, is it the heat? When you find some statistics that refer to secondhand tyres then we might get somewhere, otherwise your post is merely conjecture. Besides everyone driving around on a tyre over a day old who doesn't inspect their tyres on a daily basis could be driving around on defective tyres.

BTW I've never bought secondhand tyres, when did I say that? Oh and it was it the inner tube that went not the tyre.

 

[Mottie]

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[freddiemercurystwin]

So angry.

 

[Scally-Ho]

Nice little earner, Mr Daley!

One has to keep the wolves from the door and of course in front of most people's front door can be found a car which will need replacing one day in the future if not tomorrow. My philosophy always was, find a market that is easily filled and the fill it. That's how it was way back then and still is today, but now it's my grandchildren watching the various markets for obvious openings .. .. that's it lovely boy, shoulders back and chest out, one step forward. Who can remember Sgt Major Williams from It Aint Half Hot Mum?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

.. .. that's it lovely boy, shoulders back and chest out, one step forward. Who can remember Sgt Major Williams from It Aint Half Hot Mum?

One of my favourites. From my user name and avatar, you may be able to tell that The 70s is my era. Unfortunately the killjoys wouldn't allow it these days.