If i had a FWD shopping trolley then mis-matched tyres wouldn't bother me as long as they had good tread left. But a 240 Bhp RWD sports car is going to be far more sensitive to mis matched tyres.

And as for part worns, I'd rather have a quiet month and put decent new rubber on.

 

Not a simple answer I'm afraid.
Although, more Yes than No.

On my S I checked them and got them replaced.
On my Audi the car was used but only 6 months old and still had the OeM tyres.
On my Old Surf I didn't and destroyed half the car.
On the new Surf I checked the tyres, saw some sidewall wear and changed all 5.

As and when I buy and other used car it will be the first thing I check.
If I can't verify that the tyres are 'good' tyres then I will change them all.


A lot of the companies that offer extremely cheap new tyres can do it because the tyres are several years old and they may not have been stored sensibly.

 

Fair play fella, but as you are the only one so far to pipe up i guess the answer for most is a no.

But a point people were making is that you cant tell just by looking at a tyre. So in that respect you'd leave tyres on if the look ok, even though as they agument goes the car may have been bounced up n down curbs and the tyres ruined.

What do you do when you get a taxi?

What do you do if you get a hire car?

What do you do if you borrow someones car?

What do you do if you get a lift of someone?

 

A fair few people have answered the question.

As for the other scenarios, in most of them I'm not responsible for the car and the consequences of having poor tyres fitted.

As for the borrowing someone else's car, I'd only borrow one from someone I trusted to maintain it properly.

 

Steve
You mean you don't wrap yourself up in cotton wool - like the rest of us??


Seriously - All you can do is make informed choices about your own standards.

Everything else is out of our hands.
You have to hope and trust that everyone else has the same standards as onesself. ( and we know that isn't the case )

A bit like having ensuring having insurance, not driving while drunk, etc etc


At least some countries have it right - that part worns are illegal.

 

I'm all for getting the max tyre life out of tyres to a point.

I buy new tyres when they get down to around ~3mm, I've had them down to about 2mm but things start to get a bit lairy IME.

I adjust my driving esp in this current wet weather when the tyres get to the above point, they are not as effective gripping/dispersing weather IME.

But buying old tyres, i wouldnt unless they was near to new tyre life.

I bought some alloy wheels with 'nearly' new tyres on and they were fine.

 

I think I posted up that the Czech police automatically change at 5mm.
They had some evidence on lives saved between 5mm and 3mm.

Would be interesting to see the stopping distances/ water displacement between cars at 5mm 3mm 2mm 1.6mm

Might be a bit of an eye opener.

 

Just seem most people were saying flat out point blank that an unknow tyre was out of the question.

All im saying is that every time you get in a car thats not yours the tyres are unknow, yet i'd bet most of you never even look at the tyres, i know i dont.

I accept that if you can see a problem with a tyre then it should be changed but what peeps were saying is that even if you cant see a problem you should change them. Just seems a little to extreme to me.

 

I don't think that's what anyone was saying.

People were saying they wouldn't put one (or more) part worn tyre(s) on their S2000, given the car's relative sensitivity to tyres and their pressures, the LSD and geometry.

They've also largely said that they'd inspect the tyres (as well as everything else) if they were buying a new car and, if necessary, get them changed.

Ths especially needs to be considered with the relatively small difference in cost of part worns and new tyres, as well as the potential cost of repairs.

 

Not just the S2000 - any car that I own, and I wouldn't buy a car that I couldn't afford to put new tyres on when they were needed.

There are some aspects of life you can control (like making sure your own car is properly shod with new tyres) and aspects that you can't (like getting in somebody's car with defective tyres). It is not about reducing the chances of accidents to zero it is about controlling the risk where possible/appropriate. Of course, this is not just about reducing the risk to me but we have a duty of care to other road users

I don't travel in other people's cars that often and when I do it tends to be with people I know and trust, outside of that is minimal...

The thing is, as stated, I wouldn't put part worn tyres on my car - when I purchase a used car I tend to make sure it has new tyres either as part of the deal or as a priority afterwards. What you guys choose to do is up to you...

Recommendations were sought and recommendations were given. If you don't like them don't use them - I don't mind