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Technical How much should it cost me for 4 new tyres 165/70R 14
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It dont surprise me....
It reminds me of the tyres you always find on road sides from wagons....
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what are avon like for a make? I have 4 nearly new and no punto anymore 
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A Remounded tyre - Ie they sand off the old worn out tread - stick a new one ontop
Tractors (lorries) and buses are often remounds
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In defence of remolds, usually they're OK. But, yeah, if done badly the new tread will seperate from the carcass.
Hopefully -- as with any tyre failure -- you have time to slow down, pull off the road, and put the spare on.
Hopefully -- as with any tyre failure -- you have time to slow down, pull off the road, and put the spare on.
Probably more like a Pritt stick....
You really don't want to know the answer to that question....
I once saw it happen on the M5, in front of me, very early one morning. If there'd been more traffic, the guy wouldn't have been so lucky (he walked -- just...) -- nor would the traffic surrounding him....
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he hit something on the road, cant rly see if the tire blew
people who skimp on tyres are often the same ones who don't check pressures or use a home pump with a very inaccurate gauge, causes over heating, that makes remould fail more than an under inflated normal tyre imo
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Bloody hell, i think the lorry driving into it might have saved him flipping over the central barrier and into oncoming traffic
Theoretically remoulds are ok. A wise man told me to ignore the marked speed and load ratings and take them to be one or two levels lower. Queer things happen in tyre or any factories , I know ,I used to make tyres. Human nature being what it is you would wonder about what goes on when tyres of all things are built down to a price. I reckon by the time a good remould is done proper you're not far off a new tyre and why take the risk. True they are done for trucks , buses and aircraft but odds on the carcasses are not as old as car tyres when they are being remoulded.
