Black Circles confirm they aim for tyres within 2 years of manutacture.. but can supply up to 5 years
I wont use them again
I wont use them again
Apparently depending on storage conditions shelved tyres can be kept for up to 10 years before fitting.Black Circles confirm they aim for tyres within 2 years of manutacture.. but can supply up to 5 years
I wont use them again
EXPENSIVE car. Our Seat is worth less than 1 tyre!Apparently depending on storage conditions shelved tyres can be kept for up to 10 years before fitting.
But I would still wonder if once exposed to air and weather if they would all react the same. Would a tyre stored 5 years be the same as one made weeks before?
I suppose one of the advantages of getting a common tyre size is this sort of thing is unlikely to happen as stock turnover should be high.
Could be worse, my Dad has recently contacted me about the Focus tyres...(It needs to be towed out to sea and sunk with gunfire at this point) so last time I saw I read the date codes off the tyres. Newest one is 2017...oldest 2015 all showing signs of cracking. But 4 tyres is about 50% of total vehicle value at this point.
Always Good when you devalue nice new parts by combining them with the rest of the carEXPENSIVE car. Our Seat is worth less than 1 tyre!
Sorry for being late picking up on this but we've been "busy" of late what with our trip down south and other family stuff.Apparently depending on storage conditions shelved tyres can be kept for up to 10 years before fitting.
But I would still wonder if once exposed to air and weather if they would all react the same. Would a tyre stored 5 years be the same as one made weeks before?
I suppose one of the advantages of getting a common tyre size is this sort of thing is unlikely to happen as stock turnover should be high.
Could be worse, my Dad has recently contacted me about the Focus tyres...(It needs to be towed out to sea and sunk with gunfire at this point) so last time I saw I read the date codes off the tyres. Newest one is 2017...oldest 2015 all showing signs of cracking. But 4 tyres is about 50% of total vehicle value at this point.
Look on the bright side - his car may be appreciating in value if it has a full tank of fuel.Always Good when you devalue nice new parts by combining them with the rest of the car
Indeed devalued my car significantly with a trip out todayLook on the bright side - his car may be appreciating in value if it has a full tank of fuel.
Absolutely regarding having a car with a very common size of tyre. Back in my younger days (1960's/70's) cross ply construction had largely disappeared and 145, 155 and 165 by 13 radials (all with an aspect ratio around 80 to 85% whereas the old cross plies were 100% ) were very common and fitted to a great number of manufacturer's models. Today it seems that nearly every car has a unique tyre size! (I'm exaggerating of course) but the range of sizes now is vast compared to when I was young and I find myself questioning if we really need such a wide range with such small differences in size for common everyday cars? The most common size today is, apparently, 205/55R 16 which, luckily, is what fits my boy's Astra! I've noticed when we buy tyres for it that they are always virtually straight out the factory door.
It really is now getting all a bit "silly" isn't it? I could make a lot of comments, especially about the conservatives - who I could never vote for, but it's pointless because the problem is I can't see anyone out there who can do any better. Sadly, above all else, what it's done for me now is to completely destroy any faith or ability to believe anything which is said by those in political office. I've never been a "political animal" and avoided contact with such wherever possible. I think now I shall spend the rest of my life disengaged from politicians and trying simply to negotiate my way through their mayhem to the best advantage of me and mine.Is there a world record for the number of times and reasons a sitting Prime minister has ruled out his own resignation?
If not...there is now surely, and it'll stand for all time, hopefully as warning.
It really is now getting all a bit "silly" isn't it? I could make a lot of comments, especially about the conservatives - who I could never vote for, but it's pointless because the problem is I can't see anyone out there who can do any better. Sadly, above all else, what it's done for me now is to completely destroy any faith or ability to believe anything which is said by those in political office. I've never been a "political animal" and avoided contact with such wherever possible. I think now I shall spend the rest of my life disengaged from politicians and trying simply to negotiate my way through their mayhem to the best advantage of me and mine.
My trailer too and I think it will be cheaper to change mudguards, hubs, bearings wheels and tyres if any more are required. I bought some a couple of years ago and I think they were then about £65 each.This set me to thinking about cars with unusual size tyres I've owned and my old Citroen Dyane immediately came to mind. It was one of the cheapest cars to run I've ever owned and, once you got your mindset right, it was a hoot to drive! Just looked up the tyre prices 135R15 - glad I'm not running it now! https://www.longstonetyres.co.uk/classic-car-tyres/citroen/dyane.html. My wee lightweight trailer runs on 145R10 tyres - same size as the "original" Mini and I got a bit of a shock when i came across some the other day - luckily I don't need any right now but it looks like they are becoming more difficult to find - mind you I suppose there can't be that many Minis/Reliant Robins (or Kittens)/ Bond Bugs around now?
'Morning PB. I've mentioned elsewhere that my youngest boy has, for some time, had a slow leak in his O/S/R tyre - on the Astra. He recently, within the last year anyway, got a "too good to refuse" offer on a set of 4 very nearly new Michelins through a friend who works at one of the local large tyre fitting stores. I'm not keen on part worns but these really do look "the biz" and we know this lad well as he's a follower of my boy's you tube rapping songs (can you call them songs?) so I don't think he would "stitch" him up. This tyre has slowly deflated since fitting. He took it back a few months ago and I though it had been fixed but about a week ago I caught him pumping it up with the electric inflator I recently gave him and he then told me hes had it in to two other garages, including his local wee garage who are usually very good, to try to get it fixed but it's still going down - only looses a pound or two per day. Then he went on to say it seems to vary, sometimes it looses almost nothing and others it can be 5 psi per day. When he'd finished pumping it up I put some spit on the valve and it blew bubbles at me! I think he's got the same problem as you and I've got my box of valve cores in the boot of my car ready to fit a new one next time I get the chance. What you're saying above I find very interesting because it's likely that the garages are pumping the tyre up to quite a high pressure when looking for the leak - maybe this is enough to "seat" the valve so that it's not leaking but when reduced again to "running pressure" perhaps it's then leaking again?Checked the pressure again, noted, and left it. The sun got it, so 3 hours later, pressure was up 0.1bar. No leak? Best guess, is the valve core was leaking, and inflating it to 4bar from big compressor sealed it. Changed the core, set it on 3.0bar. 3 hours later, still at 3.0bar. Could be a winner. Will check again tomorrow morning. Hopefully no tears.
Best guess, is the valve core was leaking, and inflating it to 4bar from big compressor sealed it. Changed the core, set it on 3.0bar. 3 hours later, still at 3.0bar. Could be a winner. Will check again tomorrow morning.
I left it Friday evening at 3.0bar. Ignored it all day yesterday, and most of today. Arouond 3pm I checked it again. Now reading 2.96bar. (A quite expensive digital gauge)What you're saying above I find very interesting because it's likely that the garages are pumping the tyre up to quite a high pressure when looking for the leak - maybe this is enough to "seat" the valve so that it's not leaking but when reduced again to "running pressure" perhaps it's then leaking again?
Monday 3pm, still at 2.96. New valve core sorted. Crisis averted.I left it Friday evening at 3.0bar. Ignored it all day yesterday, and most of today. Arouond 3pm I checked it again. Now reading 2.96bar. (A quite expensive digital gauge)
Obviusly the loss is very slight, and a significantly lower rate than before. That slight drop could be down to ambient temperature. For now it appears 'fixed'. I'll check again tomorrow around midday.