check your tyres!

R0Z4G · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:38

We had a X5 come said he "may need some new tyres" after a closer inspection there was 0mm on all the tyres, these were dunlop runflats, look at the hole on the sidewall he was still running the tyres like this! if it wasnt for run flats it would have blew out a long time ago it was lucky the whole thing did not blowout all together!

jamoor · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:40

Sweet Lord, I think tyres like that warrant the Kwik Fit approach of I can't let you leave like that.

Firestar_3x · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:41

Looks like Lordmikes tyres...........

k3wt · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:41

where do u work?

Stellios · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:43

Oh the coincedence is bloody daft on this. Just driving home I hit a pothole pretty hard and while driving home i felt the wheel going light. Pulled into my street as I was only 30 seconds away anyways and i had a puncture, was only 25% down when I got home so thats probably why I didnt notice right away, had to put the spare on.

RJC · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:43

Nice slicks, oh wait :eek:

daveydave · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:43

The police shouldn't be hunting down speeders, the need to stop the ***** running about on tyres like this! Think of the carnage a blow out (or double blow out) would cause on a busy motorway during these winter months.

Sin_Chase · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:43

What yah on about, another 500 miles out of them!

Kennysevenfold · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:45

Bloody hell

ZG002 · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:47

Shocking. How much did 4 tyres set him back?

[TW]Fox · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:48

He will have been driving along with a massive warning message on his iDrive screen telling him of a tyre defect :confused:

How old was the car?

L0rdMike · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:49

Whats wrong with them? :confused:

Coco · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:54

L0rdMike said:
Whats wrong with them?

Haha!

Ready for a track session if you ask me, oh, its an X5, oh deary me :eek:

Thomas. PLease. · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:57

jeez, i've seen some car tyres go to slicks like that, but how can you not know that your runflat is f'd. Surely the car would be vibrating and it would making a right racket!

Biohazard · 25 Nov 2009 at 22:02

Stupid owner. Although it did wear on the inside.. to nout!

Duke · 25 Nov 2009 at 22:06

L0rdMike said:
Whats wrong with them?

Barely run in

Jez · 25 Nov 2009 at 22:10

Thomas. PLease. said:
jeez, i've seen some car tyres go to slicks like that, but how can you not know that your runflat is f'd. Surely the car would be vibrating and it would making a right racket!

Ive had a blowout on a runflat before, can barely tell and that was at 70+mph....

Thomas. PLease. · 25 Nov 2009 at 22:25

Jez said:
Ive had a blowout on a runflat before, can barely tell and that was at 70+mph....

wow! I spose thats a testament to whoever makes them really. Would have thought you'd be able to tell fairly easily.

Biohazard · 25 Nov 2009 at 22:27

Not exactly a light vehicle either is it..

Scuzi · 25 Nov 2009 at 22:28

Thomas. PLease. said:
wow! I spose thats a testament to whoever makes them really. Would have thought you'd be able to tell fairly easily.

Nope, I had both rears blow out on me at motorway speeds and the first sign that they had blown out was the TPWS lighting up and beeping. Blow outs are a non-event with runflats.