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@Marvic This morning, as I had to take the babies out for a walk in the huge pushchair I call the buggy, I decided to pay a visit to 1) Point S , specialist in tyres and exhausts, and 2) to Balma Gendarmerie.
Report from 1)
We can't sell one tyre. If a puncture,we are to put same tyres on a one axle by law.
We can put only one tyre on a one axle if the other one is quite new and under 7000kms. If we don't have the same kind than the remaining one , then we order the right one, and you can show the Gendarmes the invoice of the order.
Report from 2)
NO, they are not (garages/tyres sellers/whoever) obliged by law to sell 2 tyres at a time! You might not be able to pay for both.
We do not fine people having 2 different tyres on same axle as they might not be able to pay for 2 tyres at a time.
By all means, it is much better for your security and for the vehicle to have the same kind of tyres on one axle, and we do suggest that you do it asap.
Foreign vehicles are under the same laws (French ones) as soon as they drive on our territory.
Conclusion, you have to be cleverer than the sellers, and as the previous poster did, just say you want to have a spare tyre. You can ask to one garage to FIT your spare tyre, and then to another garage to buy a spare tyre!
The gendarme who answered me, call the others to give me the best answer so you would have the clearest possible information.
Hope this will really help
Report from 1)
We can't sell one tyre. If a puncture,we are to put same tyres on a one axle by law.
We can put only one tyre on a one axle if the other one is quite new and under 7000kms. If we don't have the same kind than the remaining one , then we order the right one, and you can show the Gendarmes the invoice of the order.
Report from 2)
NO, they are not (garages/tyres sellers/whoever) obliged by law to sell 2 tyres at a time! You might not be able to pay for both.
We do not fine people having 2 different tyres on same axle as they might not be able to pay for 2 tyres at a time.
By all means, it is much better for your security and for the vehicle to have the same kind of tyres on one axle, and we do suggest that you do it asap.
Foreign vehicles are under the same laws (French ones) as soon as they drive on our territory.
Conclusion, you have to be cleverer than the sellers, and as the previous poster did, just say you want to have a spare tyre. You can ask to one garage to FIT your spare tyre, and then to another garage to buy a spare tyre!
The gendarme who answered me, call the others to give me the best answer so you would have the clearest possible information.
Hope this will really help
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