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[empip]

Blimey .. some trawling going down...
http://www.etyres.co.uk/customer-praise?term=060519-diynot-empip

 

[Steve]

how did you find that?

 

[empip]

I popped to e-tyres for a nose around .. I had used them and posted about it.. Just surprised, but they did reference Diynot.

 

[hermes]

Good site that. I always have a local mobile fitter change my tyres at work and I thought he was the cheapest around but the prices that website are about £20/tyre cheaper!

 

[2scoops0406]

Double discount for our illustrious Sou'westerner then !

 

[empip]

At the rate I am currently using tyres the present set will be past their use by date before I require new.

..Do tires need a use-by date, like the milk in your refrigerator? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is being asked to require tire makers to provide expiration dates. Strategic Safety LLC, a safety research firm, submitted comments to NHTSA in September 2003, saying it has identified 20 cases in which tires six or more years old failed, resulting in nine deaths.
NHTSA expects to complete a two-year study in March that will gauge how tires actually age, whether lab tests can mimic aging, and whether a tire-endurance and aging test can be developed. The study may show whether a use-by date is feasible, says a NHTSA spokesman...
The bottom line. We believe that most consumers will wear out tires before age becomes an issue.

Ok, a suggestion, 12 months from fitment to scrap .. 35 year shelf life
4 mm min tread on the road -- 7 mm (or less) new condition..
Surcharge 100% to cover reclamation of tyre (chucking on scrap pile)
Now can you barstewards make more money?
Have a word with Presscoat he's up for any crazy deal.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I read an article once about a Brabus E V12 to which the owner had fitted some particularly soft and sticky tyres.

IIRC if you turned the ESP off and gave it plenty of welly all the time your rear tyres would be costing you about 50p/mile...

 

[keyplayer]

Well I know someone who tried etyres and we worked out that it would have been far cheaper if they had diy'ed. etyres would sooner have sold them a new tyre than patched the old, slightly knackered but good for a thousand miles or so one. Although it would have involved spending a short time out of bed.

 

[Bendo]

A thousand miles or so? Wouldn't really have been worth bothering with then?

 

[keyplayer]

A thousand miles or so? Wouldn't really have been worth bothering with then?

Really? Why's that? Let's say for sake of argument that the vehicle in question is used only for a short commute. 2 miles each way. 4 miles a day for a 5 day week. That's twenty miles a week. So if you only get a fortnight off a year then you can postpone that tyres replacement for that year. That's worth bothering about, especially if money's tight.

 

[Steve]

A thousand miles or so? Wouldn't really have been worth bothering with then?

Really? Why's that? Let's say for sake of argument that the vehicle in question is used only for a short commute. 2 miles each way. 4 miles a day for a 5 day week. That's twenty miles a week. So if you only get a fortnight off a year then you can postpone that tyres replacement for that year. That's worth bothering about, especially if money's tight.

is it worth owning a car for 20 miles a week? I mean, you could walk to work for nothing. think about the cost of owning a car for 20 miles a week, must be astronomical cost per mile.

 

[keyplayer]

And what if you don't have any legs?

 

[WoodYouLike]

And what if you don't have any legs?

use your arms!

 

[Steve]

And what if you don't have any legs?

my point is, if i worked 2 miles from home, i'd WALK. because i'm not lazy. If you're disabled, fair enough, use the car.

 

[keyplayer]

Whatever. Being lazy is no reason to throw money at etyres. And let's face it, with your track record there's a good chance of you totalling your car shortly after getting a new, very expensive set of tyres. lol