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From: Gordon H on 28 May 2010 09:50
In message <70OLn.2042$8g7.1807(a)hurricane>, Mrcheerful
<nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> writes
>Gordon H wrote:
>> In message <op.vdctiktnhaghkf(a)lucy.cable.virginmedia.net>, Duncan Wood
>> <nntpnews(a)dmx512.co.uk> writes
>>> On Wed, 26 May 2010 19:36:12 +0100, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Very true. But at least you can make a decision based upon the
>>>> general condition of the car, and on the owner himself.
>>>
>>> I'm failing to see how that's an improvement on looking at the inside
>>> of the tyres.
>>
>> I did buy one or two part worn tyres a few years ago, and in each
>> case I was able to examine the insides. They had what seemed to
>> be well galvanised puncture pairs, and the side walls were in good
>> condition.
>
>'vulcanised puncture repairs'
>
ROTFL! Maybe I was thinking steel radials.
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From: AstraVanMann on 29 May 2010 02:39
"Mrcheerful" <nbkm57(a)hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> For a start, why've they come off a car before being worn out?
>
> many secondhand tyres come from abroad, where the minimum tread limit is
> deeper than we have (so I was told) many good tyres come from mot
> failure/insurance write offs (which may only have cosmetic damage to be a
> write off), many good tyres come from places that do special deals if you
> buy four new ones at one one time. many good ones come from places that
> refuse to fit one or two tyres and will only fit 4 at a time on vehicles
> with full time four wheel drive, etc. etc.

And some car dealers (including supermarkets) will get a set of brand new
tyres put on to help sell a car, and the rest may well get flogged as
part-worns.

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From: AstraVanMann on 29 May 2010 02:40
"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> *Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy *

How many quotes have you got that end up in your sigs? I remember nicking
that one about 10 years ago for a sig on my emails.....

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From: Dave Plowman (News) on 29 May 2010 05:09
In article <kvWdnbPgWOb2K53RnZ2dnUVZ8qadnZ2d(a)bt.com>,
AstraVanMann <peter(a)swerveweb.com> wrote:
> "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave(a)davenoise.co.uk> wrote:
> > *Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy *

> How many quotes have you got that end up in your sigs? I remember
> nicking that one about 10 years ago for a sig on my emails.....

My text editor says 586 lines...

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