Replacing tyres due to sidewall cut

[JKD]

Hi all.

Noticed the sidewall damage to my tyres as I rotated the front to rears last week. I've done 23k on this set of tyres, but there's still a couple of mm on this set before I hit the markers.

It's not a big cut, but there's also a couple of smaller cuts surrounding it (bet I've hit a pothole when the tyres were on the front). I can also stick my keys in maybe 3mm to the cut, so it's reasonably deep.

I'm having them replaced tomorrow because of this cut, just for peace of mind. I'm off with a fully loaded car and my kids down to Chamonix in a fortnight. Have I wasted my money having them replaced do you think?


Sidewall damage by steelfish, on Flickr

 

[JKD]

I suppose the 200 quid it's cost me is better than having it at the back of my mind for the 1000 mile round trip.

Thanks for the sanity check!

 

[JKD]

Thanks all, I'm feeling better about the unexpected expenditure now. Yes I was surprised I got 23k out of them as we'll. Then again it's all motorway miles. Before my present job when my commute was only 9 miles to work, I'd only get 12k.