Retread tyres
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retreading tyres is quite an old fashioned thing to do, to be honest i didn't think you could even get them nowadays as i thought they wouldn't be safe.
The carcass of the tyre could be quite old so i wouldn't want to risk having a potentially quite old tyre fitted to my car then doing thousands of miles on it. Plus i guess there's a higher risk of it de-laminating at speed but dunno if that's founded in any fact or not.
The carcass of the tyre could be quite old so i wouldn't want to risk having a potentially quite old tyre fitted to my car then doing thousands of miles on it. Plus i guess there's a higher risk of it de-laminating at speed but dunno if that's founded in any fact or not.
Loads of opinions with littel to back them up with.
Im not some odd hippy tree hugger, but I dislike the monumental amount of waste we generate, the idea of reusing tyres seems a sensible responsible thing to do. As for stability of them and delaminating, I assume all tyres must adhere to certain British Standards to guarantee against such catastrophic failures?
Im not some odd hippy tree hugger, but I dislike the monumental amount of waste we generate, the idea of reusing tyres seems a sensible responsible thing to do. As for stability of them and delaminating, I assume all tyres must adhere to certain British Standards to guarantee against such catastrophic failures?
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I didn't even know they still did retreading on car tyres. I know they do it on trucks, but is it legal on cars?
If it's done properly there's no problem with it at all. Obviously not so good for a performance tyre, but I can't see a problem with it for 99.9% of the bog-stock povo hatches and blando saloons out there. Pretty sure they still do it a lot in America and you can get crossply 'lookalike' tyres for classic cars which are basically a radial tyre capped in a crossply shaped retread. Heavy but nobody seems to have any problems with them and they are legal over here as far as I know. My environmental head also likes the idea of retreads.
If it's done properly there's no problem with it at all. Obviously not so good for a performance tyre, but I can't see a problem with it for 99.9% of the bog-stock povo hatches and blando saloons out there. Pretty sure they still do it a lot in America and you can get crossply 'lookalike' tyres for classic cars which are basically a radial tyre capped in a crossply shaped retread. Heavy but nobody seems to have any problems with them and they are legal over here as far as I know. My environmental head also likes the idea of retreads.
Was that response entirely proportionate or justified? Or are you just another OcUK motoring berk whos opinion is concrete solid fact?
Now this bit of your post I am interested in, what was dangerous about them?
Bearing in mind its only a 1.6fsi and, whilst being a brown 26 year old male from Bradford, I do not drive it around like its stolen.
If they're dangerous why would trucks use them?
Much worse could happen when an artic blows a tyre than if a car did.
Reminds me, Lorry blew a tyre behind us in a motorway tunnel the other week. Bloody loud.
Apparently it wasn't a critical tyre since he seemed able to pull it over to the hard shoulder ok afterwards but it would have been exceptionally uncool if it was, an articulated lorry going unstable in a motorway tunnel would be a nightmare.
Much worse could happen when an artic blows a tyre than if a car did.
Reminds me, Lorry blew a tyre behind us in a motorway tunnel the other week. Bloody loud.
Apparently it wasn't a critical tyre since he seemed able to pull it over to the hard shoulder ok afterwards but it would have been exceptionally uncool if it was, an articulated lorry going unstable in a motorway tunnel would be a nightmare.
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Because truck tyres are completely different to car tyres.
Trucks also blow tyres all the time - but as you've found yourself it isn't an issue as the rear axles, including trailer axles, are double tyred each side so if a tyre blows out, there is no loss of control. Often the driver wont even notice.
This is why the motorway network is literred with so many tyre carcasses - they are from trucks.
you are super gluing tread to a worn out tyre and asking where the issue is?
seriously unless you will never ever exceed 30mph don't remotely consider this as an option
berate the motors crew as much as you like but don't discount all of the people telling you to run a mile from re-treads
seriously unless you will never ever exceed 30mph don't remotely consider this as an option
berate the motors crew as much as you like but don't discount all of the people telling you to run a mile from re-treads
Years & years ago i had a retread blow out on the rear while going around a corner ............
Sure wasn't any fun,
There is simply no need to even take the risk. Having just checked tyres in your size are bonkers cheap. For only 20 quid a tyre more you could fit decent premium tyres such as the Continental ContiPremiumContact 2.
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b0s418...CONTIPREMIUMCONTACT_2_ECO_-_195_65R15_91H_TL_
If the £20 a tyre saving really is worth it then perhaps a bus pass is a safer option if you've got limited money to spend on keeping your car safe?
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b0s418...CONTIPREMIUMCONTACT_2_ECO_-_195_65R15_91H_TL_
If the £20 a tyre saving really is worth it then perhaps a bus pass is a safer option if you've got limited money to spend on keeping your car safe?
Berate the motoring crew, oh come on now.
Opinions are all good and well, but they are just that! I would like something from someone to substantiate either side of the argument as I haven't been able to find out much myself.