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Have used them a few times in the past. Ok prices usually and they fit at home/work, so relatively hassle free. So booked 2 tyres for this Sat in advance of MOT next Thursday. Because I am in Leeds this weekend, I booked a fitting at friends house.

8am they turn up, start fitting. New tyre 1 goes on and as old tyre 2 is about to be removed, I look at new tyre 1 and it is not the one I ordered. ie I paid for Hankook Optimo 4s and they fitted the icept winter tyres. So told the fitter there was an issue and he looks at me as though I am mad. Looks through paperwork and I am not mad, I did place the order correctly.

Main office cannot help till Monday. I need to be back in London Monday 9am. To make things worse, one of the tyres has a chunk of rubber missing as well (only identified today as it was on the inner edge), so the tyre change really needed to happen today. The other wheel now has the old tyre back on but is not balanced. What a mess.

To say I am not impressed is an understatement. Don't think I will be using them in a hurry again.

Now my options are to go to somewhere like the dreaded Kwik fit to get a new but unrelated set of tyres. Or a set of part worn's to tide me over till I get back to London. I have never used part worns before and I really don't know what to do. Not sure I want to drive all the way back to London on one unbalanced tyre and another with a bit of rubber missing. 

[Rods2]

Safety has to come first, so do what you need to do so you can safely return to London. With a 70mph blowout you are just a passenger to the outcome. 

[05omegav6]

Try Blackcircles.com next time they either deliver the tyre to you unfitted or deliver it to one of their garages with fitting included

[D]

I have used black circles previously, but they do not stock the Optimo 4s. As I no longer have a winter set, I decided to use an all season tyre.

Kwik-fit (shudder) has a few premium brands for £130 a corner, so not bad, but the front tyres are 4s tyres. so I am keen to try and not mix tyres if at all possible. Looks like my options are severely limited at this point of time.

[cem_devecioglu]

I have used black circles previously, but they do not stock the Optimo 4s. As I no longer have a winter set, I decided to use an all season tyre.

Kwik-fit (shudder) has a few premium brands for £130 a corner, so not bad, but the front tyres are 4s tyres. so I am keen to try and not mix tyres if at all possible. Looks like my options are severely limited at this point of time.

logical..