Help needed – Dangerous tyres (Possible 2x sets of left tyres installed

ALL of the tyres have the same pattern as they should be on the left side of the car... I have 4x wheels that should be on the left. after mirroring the tyres you can see how they should be on the car left / right.
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You've had three garages say that this isn't the case. The arrows you're talking about, are they just the bit in the tread pattern? These are cheap tyres, I wouldn't expect them to have decent tread patterns where it matters which way round they are.

Look at the tyre down it's centre line (not what you've done above, I don't know what that is). Both halves of the tyres are the same (it looks like). If they are the same, then it doesn't matter which way round they are.
 
They don't look like directional arrows, they look like a pattern on the side wall. A directional arrow is quite obviously an arrow and usually says 'rotation' beside them I think?

The tread pattern doesn't look directional either?
 
It would be helpful if you posted a picture of the sidewall. As many people have said they dont look directional and directional arrows on sidewalls are blatently obvious, not small arrows you could miss.
 
You're trying to convince yourself they are directional when several people have told you they are not, some have told you they seem not to be and you seem unable to find any data that says they are. You seemingly need/want to convince yourself they so you can have a row with the manufacturer that you're highly unlikely to win. You bought crap tyres and they were crap, you keep telling up that isn't the issue but frankly it is as the rest of your argument, right now at least, seems beyond weak.

Clear?
 
You did agree to the deal when quoted with the price. Sell them on ebay and get on with life.

I don't understand why nobody has opened up a genuine reputable car tyre place which recommends good tyres and matching tyres on the same axle etc.

Every one I've experienced has suggested part worns, part worn winter tyres or budgets. It becomes an inconvenience to get something like an F1 AS2 in.

I'd rather use a local place but I'll go to black circles again and get the local place to fit them who I've had an average experience with. Bad tracking which I didn't go back for, bad tracking which I did go back to get fixed and waiting over 2 hours for two tyres + tracking to be done. At least they fitted all the wheel nuts which is more than can be said for the place I took my dads car.
 
New cars come with the good quality tyre from what I understand. They should make it some sort of requirement to fit a tyre in the region of what came as standard.

My mate who had the winter tyre from 2002 bought a newer shape used Astra, from a dealer, the other week and it has mismatched tyres with brands such as landsail or hifly...
 
£37 fitted for 205/55/16? and you're surprised they're awful? Take his offer of £15/tyre and think of it as an £88 lesson to be careful what you buy in future (and be glad it didn't end up as a more expensive lesson requiring a new car and a few days in hospital)
 
Father in law recently bought a car from a main dealer, and it came with three different types of tyres on it, and rear specced tyres on the front. They tried to tell him it was okay, and in the end he had to show them the manual where it explicitly states to match all tyres and refused to accept the car unless they put new tyres on it.
 
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