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From: John on 3 Aug 2010 08:45
Adrian wrote:
> "John" <go(a)way.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>>>> The manufacturer of my car specified Michelin Pilot Primacy tyres
>>>> as the OEM so I thought I'd replace like for like. Unfortunately
>>>> though, I needed all four replacing and just could not afford it
>>>> all at once. Yesterday I had three brand new ones put on - the two
>>>> fronts (it's a front-wheel drive car) and the nearside rear. The
>>>> spare has approximately 3.5 to 4.0mm tread and is in good
>>>> condition so I got them to take that off the steel rim and put it
>>>> on the alloy at offside rear. This means I've got a brand new one
>>>> and a part-worn one on the rear axle - is this OK until I can
>>>> afford another new one?
>
>>> How old is the car? Is it one of those where the spare is hung under
>>> the boot floor exposed to the elements?
>
>> The car is 8 years old, we bought it two years ago with 28,000 miles
>> on the clock (currently 59,600). The spare was kept in the spare
>> wheel well in the boot, so not exposed to the elements. Within a
>> month of buying the car we had it converted to LPG, so there's now a
>> torroidal LPG tank in the spare wheel well and the spare wheel/tyre
>> has been kept in my garage for the last two years.
>
> Should be fine, but if that tyre's the thick end of a decade old. I'd
> be keeping it as a spare, rather than using it.

Yeah, that's why I needed new tyres anyway. They were getting fairly close
tread-wise (still legal though) but they were perishing and cracking on the
side walls. This one though, presumably because of being stored in the boot
and then the garage, shows none of that - but I do take your point. Having
spent �252 on renewing my warranty cover that expired 10 days ago, �350 on a
new exhaust last week (which is when we discovered how bad the tyres were),
and �390 on the tyres I did get yesterday, I just could not run to that
fourth tyre. This is just to give me a bit of breathing space until next
month then I'll get it.


From: The Peeler on 3 Aug 2010 11:50
On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:49:57 +0100, "John" <go(a)way.com> wrote:

>The manufacturer of my car specified Michelin Pilot Primacy tyres as the OEM
>so I thought I'd replace like for like. Unfortunately though, I needed all
>four replacing and just could not afford it all at once. Yesterday I had
>three brand new ones put on - the two fronts (it's a front-wheel drive car)
>and the nearside rear. The spare has approximately 3.5 to 4.0mm tread and is
>in good condition so I got them to take that off the steel rim and put it on
>the alloy at offside rear. This means I've got a brand new one and a
>part-worn one on the rear axle - is this OK until I can afford another new
>one?
>
>Thanks

On an eight year-old car, I wouldn't even worry about using the
manufacturer-specified tyres. As long as they're all the same size
and type (not necessarily make) you can use any legal tyres you like.
From: John on 3 Aug 2010 16:30
The Peeler wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 10:49:57 +0100, "John" <go(a)way.com> wrote:
>
>> The manufacturer of my car specified Michelin Pilot Primacy tyres as
>> the OEM so I thought I'd replace like for like. Unfortunately
>> though, I needed all four replacing and just could not afford it all
>> at once. Yesterday I had three brand new ones put on - the two
>> fronts (it's a front-wheel drive car) and the nearside rear. The
>> spare has approximately 3.5 to 4.0mm tread and is in good condition
>> so I got them to take that off the steel rim and put it on the alloy
>> at offside rear. This means I've got a brand new one and a part-worn
>> one on the rear axle - is this OK until I can afford another new one?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> On an eight year-old car, I wouldn't even worry about using the
> manufacturer-specified tyres. As long as they're all the same size
> and type (not necessarily make) you can use any legal tyres you like.

I'd agree with you if it was something like a Fiesta 1.1 or a Peugeot 106 or
something pottering round town but this is a 3.0 V6 barge that I often drive
to the Czech Republic/Poland/Slovakia. On the german autobahns I often do
around 120mph - not that I'll be doing that until I get that fourth brand
new tyre, of course - so I prefer to stick with the Michelins.


From: ARWadsworth on 3 Aug 2010 16:54
Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> "John" <go(a)way.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
> saying:
>
>> The manufacturer of my car specified Michelin Pilot Primacy tyres as
>> the OEM so I thought I'd replace like for like. Unfortunately
>> though, I needed all four replacing and just could not afford it all
>> at once. Yesterday I had three brand new ones put on - the two
>> fronts (it's a front-wheel drive car) and the nearside rear. The
>> spare has approximately 3.5 to 4.0mm tread and is in good condition
>> so I got them to take that off the steel rim and put it on the alloy
>> at offside rear. This means I've got a brand new one and a part-worn
>> one on the rear axle - is this OK until I can afford another new one?
>
> How old is the car? Is it one of those where the spare is hung under
> the boot floor exposed to the elements?

How does having a spare wheel hung under the car change things? That all my
vans have ever had.

--
Adam


From: Adrian on 3 Aug 2010 16:59
"ARWadsworth" <adamwadsworth(a)blueyonder.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

>> How old is the car? Is it one of those where the spare is hung under
>> the boot floor exposed to the elements?

> How does having a spare wheel hung under the car change things? That all
> my vans have ever had.

I've taken some out to find utterly horrible tyres that I wouldn't trust
as a swing. On cars less than a decade old, too.
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