Let's play a game of tyres...

[The AV Tech]

One of these tyres failed an mot & one of them passed with an advisory. Can you guess which? Incidentally I had asked the garage to change them both before the mot, which they didn't

 

[Boringfrog]

Old one = failed
Perished one = advisory ?

 

[The AV Tech]

Sorry, should have mentioned, both same age!

 

[Figaro]

Both look equally deadly

 

[Lenny HB]

Jesus, 20 years old but age is not a failure so I say the 2nd one.

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[The AV Tech]

Somebody tried throwing the 10 year rule at me... told them that was specific to front wheels only of commercial vehicles & all wheels of minibuses/ buses! (these were at the back btw)

 

[EuroTrotters]

I thought the answer was "Michelin"?

But I would not have taken them for an MOT in the first instance

 

[chatteris]

2nd one misshaped due to failure of the structure

 

[The AV Tech]

And we have a winner! Spot on Chatteris. Fair play to Lenny HB too!

As said in the first post, I asked the garage to change them pre mot, I'm shocked that any tyres in these conditions could pass mot.

 

[Lenny HB]

I got it right as well, you didn't ask us to state why.

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[jumar]

I look at tyre walls before tread depth.... experience of two blowouts in motorhome...sun is a tyre killer here in Spain...

 

[uzsnowdrop]

Sidewall cracks on a previous moho... the wide range of opinion on the forum is so interesting ranging from ‘ thats fine’ to ‘ omg’ , but I worry that if a tyre went on me I might lose control of the vehicle.
I’ve seen an hgv tyre go west in front of me, the driver just calmly controlled the lorry to the hard shoulder but it was pretty terrifying for everyone,
I suppose five years is a not bad investment, mine are that old now with almost new tread 17000 miles but I am thinking of changing them . They are van tyres that take a lower psi than the ‘camper’ versions and they came with the van, so not my choice but they are much more forgiving than my previous experience with hard wall camper tyres. Imho of course...

 

[The AV Tech]

I got it right as well, you didn't ask us to state why.

Sorry Lenny, I did realise that & edited my last post

 

[The AV Tech]

I look at tyre walls before tread depth.... experience of two blowouts in motorhome...sun is a tyre killer here in Spain...

We had one go out on the front, at low speed on a left turn. Went out with a whimper! It's quite saddening that testers have to pass/ give the benefit of the doubt with these, the 10 year rule having only come about because of campaigning following a death...

 

[uzsnowdrop]

We had one go out on the front, at low speed on a left turn. Went out with a whimper! It's quite saddening that testers have to pass/ give the benefit of the doubt with these, the 10 year rule having only come about because of campaigning following a death...

Glad you were going slow and all ok, phew, just want us all to arrive safely/ alive to enjoy the mohos

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[Vipar]

£500 life insurance

5 new tyres every 5 years irrelevant of condition = £500 approx
Therefore £100 pa. £2 per week cheap life insurance for you and family