One odd tyre especially if it's a cheap low quality would send off alarm bells to me, especially on a 3 litre, admittedly it might have been a distress purchase knowing the car was to be sold but the selling price of the car would have to allow for the purchase of a decent tyre to replace it.

 

One of my wife's relative's bought his old MX-5 round to us, three Chinese tyres of one make and model and fourth another Chines tyre of another make and model and this was on the rear of a lightweight(-ish) RWD sportscar, I suggested he swapped it over with a front tyre at least.  He also had all four tyres at different pressures.  He obviously never drove it as it could be driven, well not with those tyres on.

 

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22 minutes ago, nta16 said:

One odd tyre especially if it's a cheap low quality would send off alarm bells to me, especially on a 3 litre, admittedly it might have been a distress purchase know the car was to be sold

My mate never looked at the tyres when he bought the car (I know). The Woosung was replaced next weekend, but the DarkSpin name survives 30 years later.

Ok so I’ve now swapped in the 215/40 18 Goodyear eagle F1 sport so all tyres match size again. 
 

Body control has returned. No rebound. 
 

I even put the dampers in sport mode and chucked it quickly around some tight B roads. Full confidence at limits again. While it’s no sports car it grips and holds a corner better than an economy compact car really should… and not as far off my partner’s Mk7.5 GTI as you might think.

 

lesson to self and anyone reading this… never have different diameter tyres, even if slightly so and even if the axles match. 
 

I just dusted $800 replacing the 215/45 front set which had been on for less than two weeks. A pricey lesson. 
 

happy driving!

4 hours ago, Mikey_au said:

I just dusted $800 replacing the 215/45 front set which had been on for less than two weeks. A pricey lesson. 

A very, very cheap lesson to what I've wasted more than once on a lot, lot less important items on a car (often thanks to the dishonest and lazy motor trade we have in England).

 

Could you not offer them up for sale to get some return on them, some tyre places in England would love to have such tyres just left with them to sell on.

 

I thought about selling them but I’d might get $50 each and just didn’t want the hassle of lugging them around. I’m out of town till next week. 
 

I’m intrigued by your wasteful spending?

7 hours ago, Mikey_au said:

I’m intrigued by your wasteful spending?

 

I know you're asking Nigel, but twelve years ago I spent $2114 (£1100) having the gearbox fixed on my Saab 9-5, only to write the car off six weeks later 😳 (Gearbox was a joy for the six weeks though).

 

Replacement for the Saab was my first Skoda - every cloud.... 

 

Gaz

 

12 hours ago, Mikey_au said:

I’m intrigued by your wasteful spending?

Well first would be I live in England where many members of the motor trade are literally villains, some convicted many not, also lots lazy mechanics, con-men, those with bad attitude towards customers and their vehicles, they think customers are something they trod in on the way to work (shi1T) - but not all are like this there are some good uns but they always have waiting lists to get them or leave the industry.

 

And until a couple of years ago I ran various "classics" (over-priced) and over-valued old cars) for 30+ years as dailies, for commuting and work, holidays in the UK and parts of Europe, club events and runs.  All but one of them were British (English) made, so loads of maintenance and this was during the parts coming from China and being often of poor / ****-poor / abysmal quality as "classic" car owners over here are generally very tight fisted and demand the cheapest of cheap (not me)  I also had expensive specialist English made parts let me down.  I also had a few brand new and second hand English sports cars where product development is done by the customers.  The few new and second hand Japanese cars I had never let me down and needed no more than servicing but still the English Dealerships treated their customers like idiots (I let them dig their own holes before I let them know I wasn't a total idiot.  By personal choice I would give a set of tyres up to 1,000 miles to see if they suited me and the car and if not change the set, particularly important on a sports car but also any car particularly if you want to drive it in a spirited way.

 

We have lived in the same very small rabbit hutch semi-detached bungalow, without garage, for 42 years if I'd have not had the cars we'd have a big detached house now (well that and being a hi-fi nut for a good few decades).  Now I don't own any cars or hi-fi. 😁

  

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