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Title: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 18:30:49
And you would never guess in a million years what was the fail....if i didnt give you a clue...

Theres four of them and one of them failed......
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: TheBoy on 13 June 2014, 18:39:42
Tyre?
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 18:40:43
Tyre?

Correct  :y But the big question is why?
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: TheBoy on 13 June 2014, 18:41:26
Because you drive like a, err, Taxi Driver ;D

Runflat with a puncture?
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 18:44:56
Because you drive like a, err, Taxi Driver ;D

Runflat with a puncture?

Nope.....and a taxi driver would never fit run flats....think budgets....but that wasnt the reason for the fail  ::) ;D
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: TheBoy on 13 June 2014, 18:55:08
Well, a tyre can fail on ( I believe )

Visible damage
Insufficient tread, enough to make it not road legal
flat

Can't think of ought else?


I though Passats were RFT
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 18:58:39
Well, a tyre can fail on ( I believe )

Visible damage
Insufficient tread, enough to make it not road legal
flat

Can't think of ought else?



I though Passats were RFT

Nope, Nope and Nope......and im sure you can .....  :)
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: TheBoy on 13 June 2014, 18:59:50
Wrong  size?
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: VXL V6 on 13 June 2014, 19:03:12
Directional tyre fitted the wrong way round?
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 13 June 2014, 19:11:56
Wrong  size?

You got it  :y

Three tyres are 205, fourth was 215  :(

Which i had put on 3 months ago, because of a nail too close to side wall.....but why it was a 215 is beyond me....i dug out the invoice for the tyre, that says i bought a 205.....so either tyre fitter was a complete idiot and blind or they didnt have any 205's in stock and put a 215 on it on purpose ..... either way 3 months down the line i carnt go back and complain  >:(

I could have put the spare on to get it thro the MOT (which got an advisable) and swapped them back over later ..... but as its up for sale i would rather have all its tyres 'ok' than stitch a buyer up.....so it got a new 205 budget  :y
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: dbug on 13 June 2014, 21:53:22
Wrong  size?

You got it  :y

Three tyres are 205, fourth was 215  :(

Which i had put on 3 months ago, because of a nail too close to side wall.....but why it was a 215 is beyond me....i dug out the invoice for the tyre, that says i bought a 205.....so either tyre fitter was a complete idiot and blind or they didnt have any 205's in stock and put a 215 on it on purpose ..... either way 3 months down the line i carnt go back and complain >:(

I could have put the spare on to get it thro the MOT (which got an advisable) and swapped them back over later ..... but as its up for sale i would rather have all its tyres 'ok' than stitch a buyer up.....so it got a new 205 budget  :y

Why not? - you have an invoice for a 205 and a 215 fitted - do they not want ongoing business from you and possibly lots of other taxi drivers? ;)
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Andy B on 13 June 2014, 21:58:48
Wrong  size?

You got it  :y

Three tyres are 205, fourth was 215  :(

Which i had put on 3 months ago, because of a nail too close to side wall.....but why it was a 215 is beyond me....i dug out the invoice for the tyre, that says i bought a 205.....so either tyre fitter was a complete idiot and blind or they didnt have any 205's in stock and put a 215 on it on purpose ..... either way 3 months down the line i carnt go back and complain >:(

I could have put the spare on to get it thro the MOT (which got an advisable) and swapped them back over later ..... but as its up for sale i would rather have all its tyres 'ok' than stitch a buyer up.....so it got a new 205 budget  :y

Why not? - you have an invoice for a 205 and a 215 fitted - do they not want ongoing business from you and possibly lots of other taxi drivers? ;)

Agreed!  :y
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: plym ian on 13 June 2014, 22:09:13
I was going to say a remould with part of tread missing ;D
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Vamps on 13 June 2014, 22:40:13
I was going to say a remould with part of tread missing ;D

Can you still get remould's?......... :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 14 June 2014, 05:50:59
Wrong  size?

You got it  :y

Three tyres are 205, fourth was 215  :(

Which i had put on 3 months ago, because of a nail too close to side wall.....but why it was a 215 is beyond me....i dug out the invoice for the tyre, that says i bought a 205.....so either tyre fitter was a complete idiot and blind or they didnt have any 205's in stock and put a 215 on it on purpose ..... either way 3 months down the line i carnt go back and complain >:(

I could have put the spare on to get it thro the MOT (which got an advisable) and swapped them back over later ..... but as its up for sale i would rather have all its tyres 'ok' than stitch a buyer up.....so it got a new 205 budget  :y

Why not? - you have an invoice for a 205 and a 215 fitted - do they not want ongoing business from you and possibly lots of other taxi drivers? ;)

If i'd have spotted it within a few days, then yes i would go back......but 3 months later....they could say its another tyre.....and not fitted by them....
Title: Re: Passat failed it MOT yesterday.....fixed today tho..
Post by: plym ian on 14 June 2014, 07:27:50
I was going to say a remould with part of tread missing ;D

Can you still get remould's?......... :-\ :-\
Not sure actually, I only remember them why I used to fit tyres and how many we had back due to tread falling off :o