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[Sir Tigger KC]

I bought 4 part worn Continental tyres today.....

They let me have a good look at them before they were fitted and they all have 4 - 5 mm of tread left, and are generally in good condition...

The 4 tyres cost £120 fitted and balanced which I'm pretty pleased with, and I'm hoping being a good brand that they'll last nearly as long as a cheapo set!!

What do you think Guy's and Gals??  :-?

[Marks DTM Calib]

I have major concerns about them, mainly becuase they dont require testing before being sold and many come from accident damaged cars.

Now of course, the accident may have been little more than a shunt but, what if it wasn't and caused unseen internal damage.

[cem_devecioglu]

check the production date.. a tire older than 6 years old must never be used..

ps: which my experience says 5 years..

[VXL V6]

I suppose by nature of a tyre being fitted to a car it is immediately a part worn. I know quite a few of these tyres come from Germany where you have to replace both tyres on the same axle in the event of one being damaged etc but as Mark says, you really don't know the history.

I have a couple of cheap tyres fitted to the front of my DTi that came with a set of wheels I bought a while ago. I only fitted them as a stop gap when the wishbones were worn out and eating tyres. Really trying hard to wear them out (not easy now the Geo has been done!) and will pop some Kumho KU31's on as per the rear wheels, seem to be a good balance of performance / cost.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yep, that's a fair comment Mark.

The guy at the tyre place reckons that they get them from Germany where lots of people just fit new ones rather than hang on to the old ones when they swap winter tyres for summer... 

It might be good story though and I can see your point of view! Thanks

[Andy B]

I have major concerns about them, mainly becuase they dont require testing before being sold and many come from accident damaged cars.

Now of course, the accident may have been little more than a shunt but, what if it wasn't and caused unseen internal damage.

but at least you can check the inside of the tyre for damage, which is more than you can on the tyres of any second hand car you might buy. 

[geoff]

in the past i have used part worn tyres and can not complain have had some good tyres,but each to their own,just put new on now,but as i said have had some really good part worn ones can not see a problem with it

[Entwood]

My personal view .....  the only thing that keeps  2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should ....

[Andy B]

My personal view .....  the only thing that keeps  2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should ....

so you changed the rubber on all four corners when you bought it from Roger B ......

[Marks DTM Calib]

Yep, that's a fair comment Mark.

The guy at the tyre place reckons that they get them from Germany where lots of people just fit new ones rather than hang on to the old ones when they swap winter tyres for summer... 

It might be good story though and I can see your point of view! Thanks

TBH I would have no issues with them if they were subjected to a basic run test (as per new tyres).

They must have PART WORN marked on them in at least 4mm writing to be sold in the uk (which might give some indication of the honesty of the seller)

[Marks DTM Calib]

My personal view .....  the only thing that keeps  2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should ....

so you changed the rubber on all four corners when you bought it from Roger B ......

Argueably lower risk TBH as you cna see the condition of the car and rims they are fitted to.....of course they could be part worn ones........

[Andy B]

Yep, that's a fair comment Mark.

The guy at the tyre place reckons that they get them from Germany where lots of people just fit new ones rather than hang on to the old ones when they swap winter tyres for summer... 

It might be good story though and I can see your point of view! Thanks

TBH I would have no issues with them if they were subjected to a basic run test (as per new tyres).

They must have PART WORN marked on them in at least 4mm writing to be sold in the uk (which might give some indication of the honesty of the seller)

They have/had to have a rubber label on them.

[Sir Tigger KC]

That's also a very fair point Entwood! 

My last set were also part worns, Pirellis and Michelens and they lasted longer than the cheap brands I had bought before...   I thought it might be a contentious subject here... 

As I said they did let me examine them and they seemed in vey good shape, although I do take Mark's point... I don't know whats happened to them and maybe there's internal damage to the structure...  :-/

Every time we buy a second hand car though, we are also buying secondhand tyres and how many people go out and buy new tyres just because they don't know the history? 

[Andy B]

My personal view .....  the only thing that keeps  2 tonne of metal being propeller by 217 Hp on the road are 4 very small patches of rubber.

Even when skint I will not put suspect tyres on. And I include cheap / part worn under suspect. If I can't put something at least half decent on .. I won't drive it.

My life, and my wife and kids lives, might depend on those 4 little patches of rubber some dark and wet night ...... and I don't want to think about the consequences of them not doing what they should ....

so you changed the rubber on all four corners when you bought it from Roger B ......

Argueably lower risk TBH as you cna see the condition of the car and rims they are fitted to.....of course they could be part worn ones........

True, but as I say, all my cars have had 4 part worn tyres on them when I bought. I have bought part worns in the past when I was younger, ....

[Sir Tigger KC]

There you go..... I'm still young  ..... ish!