I just can't believe people cheap out on tyres it's the only thing that keeps you on the road I have potenzas 003 never had a problem with them but they are expensive but they are worth it
@Mathieu Morin I'm a mechanical engineer and I still wonder why people can't bring the car and for regular maintenance or do it themselves and shit like this wouldn't happen
garages shouldnt be selling them but it's also the drivers responsibility to check if the tyres are actually road worthy. People need to take responsibility for their cars.
@@mohammadeesa2910 That's due to a lack of care imo, there's plenty of information about it out there. And at least in my country it was mandatory to know that stuff to get a licence, it could be different in the UK but I doubt it.
yeah, I was expecting to see some chinese knockoff quality and what the difference between the real and fake is... very misleading title. And instead the video is telling me ''big cuts in the tyre are dangerous''... no shit, everyone knows that.
If that's what you think then it seems that you are unfamiliar with doing something for the greater good. All the traffic on the road making it take an hour just to get to work must give you some idea of how many people drive. Now, given how expensive cars are to run, a high percentage of this large number must be relying on part-worn tyres. I even used part-worn tyres after picking up two flat tyres thanks to a big pothole. Two weeks later one went flat. When me and my dad were changing it as a policeman surpervised (the officer said his presence was necessary because it happened on a busy dual carriageway at rush hour) , I noticed the tyre that went flat had a crack on the wall. After having seen this, I consider myself lucky it didn't turn as ugly as it could have.
It would appear the only fake thing here is this program. People are fitting faulty tyres not fake tyres. If I fit a starter motor that does not work the starter motor is faulty not fake. As with any used item it is either fit for purpose or not.
Indeed. Fake is when the tyre has Dunlop printed on the side, but it's not actually a Dunlop tyre. A real Dunlop tyre with a gash, is a faulty Dunlop tyre.
New Ling Long tires are like 240€ All 4 with that price. How is it expensive?😂 Like what? And even a blind wanker knows when tire is safe to use or too long gone..
@@Justpassingb1 You can tell a bold tyre from a legal one instantly. Even before ever getting in a car to drive for the first time.. If YOU pay attention..
i have to agree man its a tool people use EVERYDAY and your life is in it.....learn about the dangers, educate yourself!!! but they should not be selling them but thats business and i like PRIVATE groups getting together to oust them and get them out of business
Possibly if you buy right at the top end of the premium market and through somewhere like Kwikfit. My car wears 225/45 R18 (95(Y) and I can get Michelin / Dunlop / Conti etc for under £150 each.
I'm really sure the tyre might explode when I inflate it, i'll put it in this cage here and stay less then a meter away with no ear protection. Yep, i'm very concerned.
they're no longer here to "get it right" but to get as many viewers as possible. They are alass as fake as the subjects they present now. Pity they couldn't even fit 4 same tyres to the car that they said was using fake tyres... No bloody wonder it wouldn't drive correctly. Journalists ............
The problem is not so much the fact that these tyres are part worn, but the fact that the some of the people selling them are selling tyres with potentially dangerous faults. Properly checked part worn tyres should be fine to use. Providing the above is adhered to.
That makes a divers fault Not tyre fault New expensive tyre´s will be the best but who can pay and it is also a environment thing making cars and tyre´s and not use it
Nothing wrong with buying part worn tyres if you know what to check for, I can normally get full sets of toyo, Pirelli, Michelin and continental tyres from £40 - £80 a set with 6mm of tread, no repairs and good sidewalls. So much better than new budget tyres.
When you buy a secondhand car, it has part worn tyres. There's no problem if you use a reputable dealer. I've been buying part worns from a company in our town for twenty years. Sometimes it's hard to tell them apart from new tyres. Just be vigilant.
Fully agreed. If you buy used tires, inspect them first. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see cracks, holes, bulges, age tag, etc.... im running used bridgestones
There is nothing wrong with using part worn tyres. This is the BBC doing its consumer scaremongering best and in doing so supporting the tyre manufacturers who are interested only in profit. As for that woman she was the perfect stooge, turning on tears for the camera.
@@patwilliam543 Not particularly quality sports and performance tyres will wear out much faster then cheaper alternatives becuase they're made from a softer compound that gives extra grip at the expense of tyre life.
I find it hilarious how serious they make this sound, when in Asia and South America there's millions of cars/buses/trucks with Chinese tyres made of soft plastic, patched up 20 times with the strands showing.
@MachineGunIt lol assuming ur being serious here then women want to drive but don't want to learn how to maintain their car ! double standards are ok when its a woman still eh
People should be required to have much more knowledge about vehicles before driving. If you can't determine the condition of a tyre you shouldn't be driving. It's like a tradesman not knowing what different tools are and just using what they're given.
The amount of people ( including men) that can't do basic tasks such as filling the windscreen washer bottle , checking the oil and coolant levels or inflating tyres is ridiculous . As for changing a wiper blade they might as well have a go at brain surgery!.
@@Dwainpipe21 to be fair some wipers on new cars are like solving a Rubik's cube 😂 but in all seriousness I work in a garage and see all kinds of people that don't know the basics .
the test is a load of bollox . 1. it was wet. cheep new tyres wouldent handle eather. 2 a new or part worn tyre could lose air. bead or leaky valve. or pick up a nail first day. 3 the tyres that they used. probaly the wort tyres they could find. the only problem is that the sellers dident check the tyres. they are not fakes
Bbc in a nutshell ....... Natural selection in effect if a tyre costs 150£ each and you can get a 10£ replacement there shuld be a fucking thought going throu your own head
These two trading standards officers, don't know much about tyres, so they shouldn't be doing this job. The rim protector damage at 12:32 is only cosmetic, and does not make the tyre unsafe unless the sidewall cords are exposed. Steve, the tyre expert, is the only person who knows what he is doing in this video.
"I was devastated" Yeah sure, you knew what you were doing when you went to some dodgy garage to get some £10 part worn tires instead of paying £50 a corner for new ones
I only buy cheap part worn tyres and they are just fine. Remember we don't have the autobahn in UK. The motorway speed is around 40mph these days. Watch nails on the road.
70 mph at night on the M4 and felt like i hit a small stone. car starts to veer left,as i compensate it just goes..... it was a front tyre blowing out. after 4 x 360 and a 180 degree spins i end up on the hard shoulder facing the wrong way,with brown trousers. 4 brand new £178 each tyres fitted 2 days earlier. the dangers are not just with part worns.
Whenever you buy a car you are buying 4 PART WORN TYRES! Each day people buy used cars. Are we all risking our lives by doing so?? Also consider that every time you sit in your car you are driving at least partly worn tyres. Should we all stop driving? How about this fact - when you buy part worn tyres you can personally inspect them inside and out and also have it looked over by a professional. Such assurances are totally absent when you buy a car privately or second hand. Even main dealerships do not remove each tyre and inspect it on their second hand cars. Thus logically we are all using part worn tyres equally. But those who have purchased part worn tyres know theirs have been checked over by a professional. I buy brand new online though ;-) it's worth it if you plan on driving the tyre to the end of its life. Extra tread means extra life for a tyre
The article doesn't say that it's only tyres from wrecks we're talking about. I think that 99% of people who watch this show will believe that it's about part worn tyres. There aren't enough wrecks to go around to give every car a set of Tyres by a very long shot
That's a fair point, but I would never CHOOSE to fit them. Yeah if the car comes with them I will use them. The only exception is if I buy a car and it's got a different tyre on every corner they get changed to 4 matching pretty sharpish.
my dad was an advanced driving instructor,always said..dont use part worn or remolds,,and dont hang stuff from your mirror you are not in your living room,all decorations do that,and keep your attention from outside,,,its now my 30th year with a clean driving licence :-)
Consumers are so naive, they're so weary of part worn tyres but happily: -buy budget tyres which have a very poor performance -mis match tyres (different brands, mix worn/new tyres, tyre sizes) which is very obviously dangerous but always ignored -fail to get the correct size of tyre (width, aspect ratio, speed rating, load index)
The idea that you must have all the same tyres is a complete fallacy under normal driving conditions used by companies to get people to buy more than one tyre, apart from when you mix and match winter and standard tyres.
@@patwilliam543 So you are one of those scumbags who has a different tyre on each wheel. You shouldn't be driving. The rear tyres should match each other as should the fronts. On an AWD or 4WD vehicle all tyres must be exactly the same.
Half the price of new tyres and no one will have to go for part worn .... if the safety of road users is a priority then stop the industry and government ripping every driver off
Best advice. Learn to protect your current tyres. Drive at constant speeds, use correct gear changes, reduce heavy braking, concentrate more on how you drive. These tips will give you thousands more miles with your tyres. Simples.
"If a tyre does not meet these safety standards, its a fake" Matt Allwright in this video. No its NOT a fake, ITS A DEFECTIVE TYRE. It does not matter that the tyre is used, it is not a fake, but it should come up to the legal standard for tyres being used on the Public Highway. Unfortunately, part worn tyres are at the bottom of the tyre trade, and the Part Worn industry attracts the type who think they can make money quickly, as its "just a tyre" The problem is, it still has to conform to regulations which these sellers disregard. There is no fake tyre just illegal ones.
I buy part worn tires, difference is i inspect every one i buy. Thread wear, date stamp, bulges, holes, nails but even more importantly cracks, they didn't even mention cracks in the rubber when the rubber vulcanizes and the thread can come right off
6:45 yes great test guys. Let’s drive a Volvo on a wet race track, turning at speed. We aren’t going to see any skidding are we 😂 Even with brand new tyres you would be all over the place
What always gets me are there are many people who own a car but can't afford to run it. My philosophy is if you can't afford to run a car, then you shouldn't have one.
the government arent bothered about safety, which is why you only get an on the spot fine and no points for no mot, yet for no insurance you get your car confiscated and points on your licence, obviously its money thats important, not peoples lives
I remember going for part worns frequently & I always used one garage as the tyres looked pretty much as new (some even still had the little pips on them) but twice they had screwed me over. One had a puncture & another was made of a strange compound which give no grip in any road condition. Even on a bright sunny day on an abrasive road (in my car which i know the limits of) I was still finding the car under steering when I turned against that tyre. I now use a more common size of tyre on my car (originally 135/80/R13 & now 155/70/R13) so new tyres cost pretty much the same as the part worns I used to buy
I nevery understood why people would pay for expensive huge aloy wheels and then buy second hand liw profile old tyre. I drive on 13' steel wheels and high profiles. Tyre is cheap.
Some people don't realise that once you increase your wheel size you increase the weight (also having the weight further from the hub worsens things). Not only bad for fuel consumption but also handling. Ultra low profile tyres have a smaller footprint even if they are wider than the originals because they don't squash out like tyres with decent side wall. No squash means they sit higher increasing the cars centre of gravity. Lots to think of if you want to do it right, the biggest wheel and lowest profile tyre will simply slow you down, burn more fuel, give an uncomfortable jittery ride and reduce handling ability... But when your 16 none of that matters.
I’ve bought second hand tyres all my life, never had a single problem. But you should always quickly check the tyre thread and condition before purchase for peace of mind.
Im an ex tyre fitter, done em all, car ,commercial, agricultural, plant, blah blah, I use pre owned tyres too, I do a visual on tyre before it's fitted, and afterwards, check for cuts, bulges ,etc. Also you can buy a brand new tyre, drive over glass, or bash a kerb ,and ruin your tyre in minutes. New or second hand, the road doesn't discriminate. And yes it's true, sometimes care are scrapped after new tyres were fitted, MOT failures, or fleet cars, where the driver simply wants brand new tyres fitted, seen it many times in the trade. A new tyre has around 8 millimetres of tread, I've seen em changed with 5-6 mm remaining, so they're good value second hand.
As soon as new tires gets used they are classed as part worn tires... Correct me if am wrong. Every driver is responsible for its own car. You supposed to do safety checks on your vehicle everytime you use it.
If they are being passed off as a genuine thing (white stamped part-worn tyres) and are not genuine they are fake. You cannot argue with a definition unless you are an idiot.
So, I live in east anglia, England. Nowhere does part worn tyres fitted for £10, I ALWAYS use Kirkley run service station, Lowestoft for tyres. Fantastic prices, good service, only downside is you may have to wait for a while, as no booking service available, just turn up & see how busy they are. As they are so good they are popular. My car has 225/45/18 & I got a quote for part worn locally, and it was a joke. Could get half decent budget new for £15 more.... YOUR TYRES ARE THE ONLY THING BETWEEN YOU AND THE ROAD, so skimp on car wash, skimp on dash shine... use furniture polish, skimp on coffee, etc but not your tyres....
There's a reason people dispose of them part worn. I'd also change the regs on tread depth from 1.6mm to 2mm. Minimum industry and legislative standards for tyres are far too low in this country. There are many tyres on the market which should NEVER be offered for sale. This would have the effect of bringing down the price of decent upper-mid segment and premium segment tyres. Thus everyone will be safer. And everyone gets to enjoy driving a car which handles properly.
Part worn tyres have been inspected inside and out before you use them. A second hand car has part worn tyres all around which have not been inspected when you buy it. Part worn is safer than a second hand car
Speak for yourself I would check the tyres of any car I'm looking to buy and if it had non premium tyres they'd be in the shop getting proper ones the following week.
@@gravemind6536 no one looks inside their tyres. No one removes the tyres from the rim and inspects them on the inside. Besides, every tyre is part worn after the first drive, yet no one panics. The myth that part worns are dangerous simply isnt true
If you don't know how to check if your tires are road worthy then you should probably not be driving a car. Need to know the basics before owning a car.
How many people refuse to buy a second-hand car, simply because it has second-hand tyres ? And how many people who bought a second-hand car, with it's second-hand tyres, swear that they'd never buy part-worn tyres?
every tyre on the road is a part worn tyre from the minute it has been fitted abd run on the road. Does that mean we all have unsafe tyres on our cars. Most part worn tyre dealers sell safe tyres which have been tested and are fit for selling and use on the roads.
Look at it this way Cat b cars unsafe to be reused on road have there tyres removed and sold in garages. Big difference between owning a new car and driving 5 miles in it thus making your tyre part worn .. Or having a head on Collison and rolling car because it was stolen and ragged at 100mph in Brum. Don't think part worns come of unsafe cars. And don't think they check them. Fuck do they..
denis mc keague So? There can be any number of reasons why someone has chopped in their tyres. Perhaps the car was scrapped, or they didn't like the ride or noise of their current tyres or maybe they just decided to change them all for convenience. Part worn tyres are not necessarily dangerous and certainly not fake.
Pakistan's tyre market is 99.99% selling part worn tyres. It is extremely rare to find a brand new tyre. Only Pakistan manufactured tyres are 100% new. The vendors never tell the customers that they are selling used tyres.
This program is such utter bullshit. Every word is a lie, they are twisting it every which way. Typical of stitch up Britain, now that would be a good name for a TV program. I have had new tyres put on that were really dodgy (Chinese shit) and had to replace in 6 months, they were falling apart. I have had plenty of part worn GOOD tyres like a Pirrelli last me for years.
Some tires made in china are made at the same factory as a brand name with exact spec's without the fancy name. Only a trusted tire shop can attest to this this so be careful and do your home work. Buying used tires is just too risky.
Dramatic journalistic crap, i have been buying part worn tyres for over 20 years no problem the best form of recycling. Just check no splits or holes on sidewalls, cracks perishing of tread and any repairs close to shoulders on tyres otherwise good to go. Tread depth on new tyres is 8mm so anything above 5mm good.Had a set of good years fitted on my CRV for £80 two years ago opposed to £400 new, no issues!!
that young lady still not give f... for kids as driving in the car without headrests as you can see the boy it is tall in case of rear collision to her car she asking for big trouble.
Part worn tyres for sale are legalised because the truth is there’s a back log of 10years worth waiting for disposal fact. That has come from the ministry of transport. They told me it’s only going to get worse, the true fact is ! If you can’t calculate the running cost of a vehicle for 12 months min then you shouldn’t be running it full stop. Yes you trust dealers in what you’re buying but ultimately it’s you’re responsibility on a DAILY basis to check the vehicle. None professional Drivers need educating regularly and will be coming into force soon. Thank god not quick enough, we need to move drivers out of the dark ages.
If you’re carrying your children in your car and their safety is such a concern, part-worn tyres should never be considered. A brand new top of the range tyre could fail on the first trip, there is always a risk, but fitting old tyres then crying is just ridiculous, don’t put your kids life at risk to save a few quid.
Yes. There's a reason people dispose of them part worn. I'd also change the regs on tread depth from 1.6mm to 2mm. Minimum industry and legislative standards for tyres are far too low in this country. There are many tyres on the market which should NEVER be offered for sale. This would have the effect of bringing down the price of decent upper-mid segment and premium segment tyres. Thus everyone will be safer. And everyone gets to enjoy driving a car which handles properly.
Len Holloway so you’d be happy with a member of your family or one of your friends who isn’t knowledgeable about these things, to buy tyres that are potentially dangerous ?
sportshatch true, but I bought my tyres brand new with a v good brand on them. I know they haven’t been accident damaged and I know the history of them.
Under inflated tyres is not the fault of the dealer. a)What if the tyre was damaged by the current driver who just carried on? b)How many people know what to look for on their own tyres? c)How many drivers habitually mount and scrape kerbs with impunity? It's about time people took responsibility for their own safety!
Part worn tyres are removed by the previous owner , because of some saftey issue with them , so i believe tyre fitting centres and outlets should be compelled by the sale of Goods commission , to make them not reusable by punching some sort of hole or mark on them and have them properly recycled , otherwise some innocent person is being sent to their grave too soon in life
I have had part worn Tyres fitted many times in the past when struggling to be fair I had no problems at all.the guy made sure they were excellent condition and I drove many miles on them..trick is check them yourself with your own eyes before fitted
Narrator: 98% of part worn tyres are unsafe
Trading standards: go round London and seize 3 tyres.
🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍
Ano i was taking the whole thing really seriously until i heard that bullshit statistic
Can you believe it, a car starting to lose grip on a water-soaked skidpan?!
John Smith ikr lol
While doing 70mph
I just can't believe people cheap out on tyres it's the only thing that keeps you on the road I have potenzas 003 never had a problem with them but they are expensive but they are worth it
@Mathieu Morin I'm a mechanical engineer and I still wonder why people can't bring the car and for regular maintenance or do it themselves and shit like this wouldn't happen
😂😂😂 i came to the comments and was not disappointed
garages shouldnt be selling them but it's also the drivers responsibility to check if the tyres are actually road worthy. People need to take responsibility for their cars.
elobiretv so true. So many people just expect the yearly mot & service to tell them every thing about their car.
You are right but some drivers don't know how to check air in tyres oil and water level so how can they check tyres they are safe to use or not
elobiretv. It’s all the EUs fault
elobiretv that's the problem nobody takes responsibility for anything anymore they've all become fucking morons
@@mohammadeesa2910 That's due to a lack of care imo, there's plenty of information about it out there. And at least in my country it was mandatory to know that stuff to get a licence, it could be different in the UK but I doubt it.
They are not fake, they are defective. Get your terminology right!
yeah, I was expecting to see some chinese knockoff quality and what the difference between the real and fake is... very misleading title.
And instead the video is telling me ''big cuts in the tyre are dangerous''... no shit, everyone knows that.
Its fake in the sense that they are not certified part-worns.
Exactly, Duke. If something is not a genuine part-worn then it's a fake part-worn...
no mate , its not fake , its utter bull shit to say they are ''Fake''
mastergx1 I guess they meant “faking the quality” and not knockoffs
She needs to get a grip(pun not intended). Yes it wasn’t the wisest thing but crying about it is just cringe.
The part worn tyre assaulted her. She's part of the #metoo movement.
30 years in testing tyres ? Steve has wasted his life
What's your job?
paul backhard Well Steve has possibly saved your life
aldwin villar Not everyone lives in Britain idiot.
If that's what you think then it seems that you are unfamiliar with doing something for the greater good. All the traffic on the road making it take an hour just to get to work must give you some idea of how many people drive. Now, given how expensive cars are to run, a high percentage of this large number must be relying on part-worn tyres. I even used part-worn tyres after picking up two flat tyres thanks to a big pothole. Two weeks later one went flat. When me and my dad were changing it as a policeman surpervised (the officer said his presence was necessary because it happened on a busy dual carriageway at rush hour) , I noticed the tyre that went flat had a crack on the wall. After having seen this, I consider myself lucky it didn't turn as ugly as it could have.
Hunt Guy well the OP spelt it as tYres so it's likely he is from UK... And aldwin said 'possibly' 🙄
Most of the stuff they saying is a load of poo
It would appear the only fake thing here is this program.
People are fitting faulty tyres not fake tyres.
If I fit a starter motor that does not work the starter motor is faulty not fake.
As with any used item it is either fit for purpose or not.
Indeed. Fake is when the tyre has Dunlop printed on the side, but it's not actually a Dunlop tyre. A real Dunlop tyre with a gash, is a faulty Dunlop tyre.
BBC language, to make the report look good. They do it so well.
When you buy a used car it will usually have part worn tyres on it.
Literally every tyre on the road right now is a part worn.
New Ling Long tires are like 240€
All 4 with that price.
How is it expensive?😂
Like what?
And even a blind wanker knows when tire is safe to use or too long gone..
@@0hjaa3.06 Would rather have part worn premium brand, than new cheap chinese ditch finders.
@@buzzbravado7591 lol those are tested.. they are not as good as 2000€ tires but good enough for nordic countries.
...does it means it's fake too?
Who puts £10 tyres on a car they drive their kids around in??
Poor.
In Serbia brand new tire 185/65R15, which is size for normal family car, costs about 45€ for winter tire and 40€ for summer one.
I pay 15 for part worns but they are always a good make and I've been buying them for 35 plus years. But I only do 4000 miles or less a year
Chavs who prefer to spend their benefits on drink and ciggies.
Someone who has 4 kids with a bloke, and refers to them as her “partner” and isn’t married to them…😂
i think the real trouble with rubber is in the bedroom
Yeah...As a joke...that's pretty pish.
Beat me to it.
It's like liking honey through glass.... without rubber you can enjoy weekends in a park with kids....👍
There's not a big market in part worn condoms to be honest obviously some slip through.
more like never uses the breaks
1:16 kid isn't even in a seatbelt and you're worried about a part worn tyre.
They are, go back another 10-15 and you will see the seatbelts are a weird design. This was also in the days of backless boosters.
Part worn premium tyres are unreal for the price. Can’t beat them
If you get lucky tho. Also for what reason are these being traded in?
@@leenevin8451 most are changed on a pre set contract basis for leased cars regardless of how badly they're worn or how much use they've had.
I would ask Boris Johnson and his gang to grow a pair.Put a total ban on the sale of all used tyres in the UK immediately!!
Why?
if you don't know what an illegal tire looks like then you shouldn't be driving a car 😂
apparently that lady just took the tyres and drove the car off without having one single look at them.
You look like shoe laces are a challenge mate.
Just passing by ? Irrelevant,knowing if tires are safe really are the basics of driving and something every driver should know
@@Justpassingb1 You can tell a bold tyre from a legal one instantly. Even before ever getting in a car to drive for the first time.. If YOU pay attention..
i have to agree man its a tool people use EVERYDAY and your life is in it.....learn about the dangers, educate yourself!!! but they should not be selling them but thats business and i like PRIVATE groups getting together to oust them and get them out of business
£100 per tyre for a Vauxhall Zafira? I don't fucking think so.
Possibly if you buy right at the top end of the premium market and through somewhere like Kwikfit. My car wears 225/45 R18 (95(Y) and I can get Michelin / Dunlop / Conti etc for under £150 each.
@@paulanderson79just changed my L322 Range Rover tyres .. Goodyear A/T’s £920 a set!
@@carsandstuff365 Ouch! That's more than 50% more than a set on my car. RR's have large rims though.
I'm really sure the tyre might explode when I inflate it, i'll put it in this cage here and stay less then a meter away with no ear protection. Yep, i'm very concerned.
Those cages save lives, your ears stop ringing after a few days.
The UK government hasn't charged "road" tax in decades. Come on BBC! Get it right!!!
they're no longer here to "get it right" but to get as many viewers as possible. They are alass as fake as the subjects they present now. Pity they couldn't even fit 4 same tyres to the car that they said was using fake tyres... No bloody wonder it wouldn't drive correctly.
Journalists ............
The problem is not so much the fact that these tyres are part worn, but the fact that the some of the people selling them are selling tyres with potentially dangerous faults.
Properly checked part worn tyres should be fine to use. Providing the above is adhered to.
Simply answer is, don't cheap out buying tires. Not a difficult concept, especially of seeing how they're the only contact point with the road.
'Cause everyone goes around a sharp bend in the rain at full speed and expects to get round it with no problems
prolly in the UK bunch of mongs
That makes a divers fault Not tyre fault
New expensive tyre´s will be the best but who can pay and it is also a environment thing
making cars and tyre´s and not use it
in uk rain is 295 days a year mate.
With quattro? Absolutely!
What did she expect for £10 per tyre???
Cheapskate..
irk, 2nd hand shit tyres ain't gonna last long compared to some new contis or other good brand
Well atleast here where I live you can get decent used tires for about 10€ each
Foolish woman couldn't see the big hole in the tyre.
It would be really hard, if not impossible to see it if the tire was attached to the car and she was paying attention to her children
Nothing wrong with buying part worn tyres if you know what to check for, I can normally get full sets of toyo, Pirelli, Michelin and continental tyres from £40 - £80 a set with 6mm of tread, no repairs and good sidewalls. So much better than new budget tyres.
When you buy a secondhand car, it has part worn tyres. There's no problem if you use a reputable dealer. I've been buying part worns from a company in our town for twenty years. Sometimes it's hard to tell them apart from new tyres. Just be vigilant.
I would sooner have a worn out Pirrelli than a brand new DingBangWho from China.
cucking funt u made me laugh
They sell a Chinese brand called linglong in Australia, I shit you not.
Super_Slav got them here in England too mate
Fully agreed. If you buy used tires, inspect them first. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to see cracks, holes, bulges, age tag, etc.... im running used bridgestones
Last set of asian tyres i got lasted 50,000km. Never got a puncher and were perfect.
There is nothing wrong with using part worn tyres. This is the BBC doing its consumer scaremongering best and in doing so supporting the tyre manufacturers who are interested only in profit. As for that woman she was the perfect stooge, turning on tears for the camera.
A part worn michelin or goodyear ect will last longer and perform better than sumitomo ect, however the cheaper tyres are growing in quality
@@patwilliam543 Not particularly quality sports and performance tyres will wear out much faster then cheaper alternatives becuase they're made from a softer compound that gives extra grip at the expense of tyre life.
@@wetlettuce4768 but in the case of standard road tyres designed for economy and long life they will
I know right? They always pull that crap.
Okay, so if your tyres had big bulges on them, would you deem them safe to use or would you book an emergency trip to Kwik-Fit?
I find it hilarious how serious they make this sound, when in Asia and South America there's millions of cars/buses/trucks with Chinese tyres made of soft plastic, patched up 20 times with the strands showing.
Your partner should have took the car to get the tired change.
starbwoi1 he was to busy earning money, to buy food for the 4 children
He prob wanted her dead😂lol
THEGIZS : I can’t think of a reason might he might want the mother of his 4 children dead. Can you ?
@MachineGunIt lol assuming ur being serious here then women want to drive but don't want to learn how to maintain their car ! double standards are ok when its a woman still eh
The 1950s just called, they want your opinion back.
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Nothing wrong with part worn tyres. All used cars have secondhand/part worn tyres.Upshot is look after your tyres, check pressures regularly.
People should be required to have much more knowledge about vehicles before driving. If you can't determine the condition of a tyre you shouldn't be driving. It's like a tradesman not knowing what different tools are and just using what they're given.
The amount of people ( including men) that can't do basic tasks such as filling the windscreen washer bottle , checking the oil and coolant levels or inflating tyres is ridiculous . As for changing a wiper blade they might as well have a go at brain surgery!.
@@Dwainpipe21 to be fair some wipers on new cars are like solving a Rubik's cube 😂 but in all seriousness I work in a garage and see all kinds of people that don't know the basics .
the test is a load of bollox .
1. it was wet. cheep new tyres wouldent handle eather.
2 a new or part worn tyre could lose air. bead or leaky valve. or pick up a nail first day.
3 the tyres that they used. probaly the wort tyres they could find.
the only problem is that the sellers dident check the tyres. they are not fakes
This program is utter crype.
Learn to spell
matthew m iin
Bbc in a nutshell .......
Natural selection in effect if a tyre costs 150£ each and you can get a 10£ replacement there shuld be a fucking thought going throu your own head
well just so you know, partworn places are idiots. they mix winter/summer/directional on the same car. it would handle like a dog.
Part worn tires are too good that they actually have to let air out of them to simulate a SLOW PUNCTURE 🤣🤣.
Sounds like something a dodgy tyre dealer would say
the miscellaneous machine channel 🖕🖕🤣🤣
👍 exactly!
These two trading standards officers, don't know much about tyres, so they shouldn't be doing this job. The rim protector damage at 12:32 is only cosmetic, and does not make the tyre unsafe unless the sidewall cords are exposed. Steve, the tyre expert, is the only person who knows what he is doing in this video.
By the rim protector you mean bead and by sidewall cords you mean radial plies looks like you don't know what you're talking about either
@@user-dt5ro no pal you ain't got a clue
"I was devastated"
Yeah sure, you knew what you were doing when you went to some dodgy garage to get some £10 part worn tires instead of paying £50 a corner for new ones
I only buy cheap part worn tyres and they are just fine. Remember we don't have the autobahn in UK. The motorway speed is around 40mph these days. Watch nails on the road.
70 mph at night on the M4 and felt like i hit a small stone.
car starts to veer left,as i compensate it just goes.....
it was a front tyre blowing out.
after 4 x 360 and a 180 degree spins i end up on the hard shoulder facing the wrong way,with brown trousers.
4 brand new £178 each tyres fitted 2 days earlier.
the dangers are not just with part worns.
Whenever you buy a car you are buying 4 PART WORN TYRES! Each day people buy used cars. Are we all risking our lives by doing so?? Also consider that every time you sit in your car you are driving at least partly worn tyres. Should we all stop driving? How about this fact - when you buy part worn tyres you can personally inspect them inside and out and also have it looked over by a professional. Such assurances are totally absent when you buy a car privately or second hand. Even main dealerships do not remove each tyre and inspect it on their second hand cars. Thus logically we are all using part worn tyres equally. But those who have purchased part worn tyres know theirs have been checked over by a professional.
I buy brand new online though ;-) it's worth it if you plan on driving the tyre to the end of its life. Extra tread means extra life for a tyre
Marcus T Good point..... but I guess part worn tyres that have been removed from a car have probably been removed for a reason....
The article doesn't say that it's only tyres from wrecks we're talking about. I think that 99% of people who watch this show will believe that it's about part worn tyres. There aren't enough wrecks to go around to give every car a set of Tyres by a very long shot
Most part worns are imported from Europe, mainly Germany where they have to change their tires seasonally by law.
fake britain is largely propaganda
That's a fair point, but I would never CHOOSE to fit them. Yeah if the car comes with them I will use them. The only exception is if I buy a car and it's got a different tyre on every corner they get changed to 4 matching pretty sharpish.
my dad was an advanced driving instructor,always said..dont use part worn or remolds,,and dont hang stuff from your mirror you are not in your living room,all decorations do that,and keep your attention from outside,,,its now my 30th year with a clean driving licence :-)
they fixed a nail in tyre without taking wheel off the car.with a bit of rubber. screwdriver. and a lighter. lasted for 10,000s of miles
Consumers are so naive, they're so weary of part worn tyres but happily:
-buy budget tyres which have a very poor performance
-mis match tyres (different brands, mix worn/new tyres, tyre sizes) which is very obviously dangerous but always ignored
-fail to get the correct size of tyre (width, aspect ratio, speed rating, load index)
The idea that you must have all the same tyres is a complete fallacy under normal driving conditions used by companies to get people to buy more than one tyre, apart from when you mix and match winter and standard tyres.
@@patwilliam543 Imo if you have FWD the front 2 should be the same and if you have RWD the back 2 should be the same
@@MrRohanThomas if you're driving aggressively or a performance car yes, but for everyday town driving 98% of people wont notice any issues
Patrick Dixon so basically 4 performance tyres for motorway driving and actually being able to around corners
@@patwilliam543 So you are one of those scumbags who has a different tyre on each wheel. You shouldn't be driving. The rear tyres should match each other as should the fronts. On an AWD or 4WD vehicle all tyres must be exactly the same.
Half the price of new tyres and no one will have to go for part worn .... if the safety of road users is a priority then stop the industry and government ripping every driver off
What a beat up. The nanny state is built up on so many lies.
As a professional driver. I'd never use part worn. Brand new all the way.
So you fit new tyres every time you use a car?
@@lenholloway4390 touche
What kind of professional driver ??
Best advice. Learn to protect your current tyres. Drive at constant speeds, use correct gear changes, reduce heavy braking, concentrate more on how you drive. These tips will give you thousands more miles with your tyres. Simples.
John Anderson heavy breaking and hard acceleration. Mine don't last me long haha
ThatGuyNamedScott. C and burnouts 😂😂
John Anderson True
I've tried driving like a retired anal retentive driving instructor and found that it's not very enjoyable. Right back too having some heel toe fun
“complete spinout” while turning the car
i did not see a single "FAKE Tire"
Exactly, no such thing as a fake tyre. This program is fake though, full of mis informed shit..
Really,you want to have this shit on your car ?!
cause they call it part worn when it's not, its a fake part worn tire.
they are simply used tires that are unfit for the road.
Ben D it cal have a fake tred in too where they glue extra rubber
All Part wore tyres should be BANNED
"If a tyre does not meet these safety standards, its a fake" Matt Allwright in this video. No its NOT a fake, ITS A DEFECTIVE TYRE. It does not matter that the tyre is used, it is not a fake, but it should come up to the legal standard for tyres being used on the Public Highway. Unfortunately, part worn tyres are at the bottom of the tyre trade, and the Part Worn industry attracts the type who think they can make money quickly, as its "just a tyre" The problem is, it still has to conform to regulations which these sellers disregard. There is no fake tyre just illegal ones.
I buy part worn tires, difference is i inspect every one i buy. Thread wear, date stamp, bulges, holes, nails but even more importantly cracks, they didn't even mention cracks in the rubber when the rubber vulcanizes and the thread can come right off
Thread? :D The problem is that you are in a very tiny minority who actually checks them. Most people don't tyres at all. Premium, budget whatever.
Konrad C how can you check for bulges? In my experience, most don’t show up until inflated. Would love to know though.
6:45 yes great test guys. Let’s drive a Volvo on a wet race track, turning at speed. We aren’t going to see any skidding are we 😂 Even with brand new tyres you would be all over the place
Over £100 per new tyre for a Zafira? Yeah right.
Ikr.
Probably has 15 inch wheels, so no more than £60 a tyre on black circles
They can't blame tyre suppliers for accidents caused by under inflated tyres, it's the drivers responsibility to check the tyre pressure
Part worn tyres are perfectly fine for tractors and farm trailers
Yes cause farmers have eyes and common sense 👌👌👌👌
What always gets me are there are many people who own a car but can't afford to run it. My philosophy is if you can't afford to run a car, then you shouldn't have one.
the government arent bothered about safety, which is why you only get an on the spot fine and no points for no mot, yet for no insurance you get your car confiscated and points on your licence, obviously its money thats important, not peoples lives
I bought 2 Goodyear ultra grips for £60. Not lost any pressure in a month but I'm scared mumma!
Her eyebrows looks like bird wings 😂
My 4 year boy draws them perfectly
Funny how she can afford 4 kids at her age but not tyres on the car she transports them in, kids are not cheap !
I remember going for part worns frequently & I always used one garage as the tyres looked pretty much as new (some even still had the little pips on them) but twice they had screwed me over. One had a puncture & another was made of a strange compound which give no grip in any road condition. Even on a bright sunny day on an abrasive road (in my car which i know the limits of) I was still finding the car under steering when I turned against that tyre. I now use a more common size of tyre on my car (originally 135/80/R13 & now 155/70/R13) so new tyres cost pretty much the same as the part worns I used to buy
Richie Roo Mk2 Fiesta 1.1 Pop Plus
I nevery understood why people would pay for expensive huge aloy wheels and then buy second hand liw profile old tyre.
I drive on 13' steel wheels and high profiles. Tyre is cheap.
+ you get more comfortable ride because of the higher sidewall of the tire
Some people don't realise that once you increase your wheel size you increase the weight (also having the weight further from the hub worsens things). Not only bad for fuel consumption but also handling. Ultra low profile tyres have a smaller footprint even if they are wider than the originals because they don't squash out like tyres with decent side wall. No squash means they sit higher increasing the cars centre of gravity. Lots to think of if you want to do it right, the biggest wheel and lowest profile tyre will simply slow you down, burn more fuel, give an uncomfortable jittery ride and reduce handling ability... But when your 16 none of that matters.
I’ve bought second hand tyres all my life, never had a single problem. But you should always quickly check the tyre thread and condition before purchase for peace of mind.
Im an ex tyre fitter, done em all, car ,commercial, agricultural, plant, blah blah, I use pre owned tyres too, I do a visual on tyre before it's fitted, and afterwards, check for cuts, bulges ,etc. Also you can buy a brand new tyre, drive over glass, or bash a kerb ,and ruin your tyre in minutes. New or second hand, the road doesn't discriminate. And yes it's true, sometimes care are scrapped after new tyres were fitted, MOT failures, or fleet cars, where the driver simply wants brand new tyres fitted, seen it many times in the trade. A new tyre has around 8 millimetres of tread, I've seen em changed with 5-6 mm remaining, so they're good value second hand.
Programs for the hard of thinking
If you can’t afford decent tyres don’t buy the car it’s that simple
It's not like tyres are even expensive lmao. A set of 4 Michelins will last the average driver years... so why buy shit?
As soon as new tires gets used they are classed as part worn tires...
Correct me if am wrong.
Every driver is responsible for its own car. You supposed to do safety checks on your vehicle everytime you use it.
Of course the part worn have less grip in the wet, they have less tread.
4 new tyres fitted last month and part worn now what should I do are they safe?
Do you know what fake means? These are not fake tyres, they are illegal/unsafe.
If they are being passed off as a genuine thing (white stamped part-worn tyres) and are not genuine they are fake. You cannot argue with a definition unless you are an idiot.
It's a Fake Britain video. Everything here must be fake ;)
So basically when you have driven your brand new tyres for 10 to 20000 miles they are dangerous, yes, I think not.
Hi I think this needs to be shown on TV again, this is the first time I've seen this.
This is so over-reacted imo
So, I live in east anglia, England. Nowhere does part worn tyres fitted for £10, I ALWAYS use Kirkley run service station, Lowestoft for tyres. Fantastic prices, good service, only downside is you may have to wait for a while, as no booking service available, just turn up & see how busy they are. As they are so good they are popular. My car has 225/45/18 & I got a quote for part worn locally, and it was a joke. Could get half decent budget new for £15 more.... YOUR TYRES ARE THE ONLY THING BETWEEN YOU AND THE ROAD, so skimp on car wash, skimp on dash shine... use furniture polish, skimp on coffee, etc but not your tyres....
Did anyone else catch when he said "when under pressure conditions" the guy doesn't know wtf he's on about 3:32
Some of the cheapest new tyre's on the market are absolute death traps, I'd rather have a top make part worn properly checked.
yEP NEVER BUY A JINTONG WANLI OR OTHER CHINESE MADE TYRES YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, THEY ARE LIKE NAILING JELLY TO A WALL
Simple answer - lower the price of new tyres and ban all re-treads and part worns from sale in the UK.
There's a well known saying - anything that makes contact between you and the ground - don't cheap out on.
There's a reason people dispose of them part worn. I'd also change the regs on tread depth from 1.6mm to 2mm. Minimum industry and legislative standards for tyres are far too low in this country. There are many tyres on the market which should NEVER be offered for sale. This would have the effect of bringing down the price of decent upper-mid segment and premium segment tyres. Thus everyone will be safer. And everyone gets to enjoy driving a car which handles properly.
paulanderson79 I
Part worn tyres have been inspected inside and out before you use them.
A second hand car has part worn tyres all around which have not been inspected when you buy it.
Part worn is safer than a second hand car
Speak for yourself I would check the tyres of any car I'm looking to buy and if it had non premium tyres they'd be in the shop getting proper ones the following week.
@@gravemind6536 no one looks inside their tyres. No one removes the tyres from the rim and inspects them on the inside. Besides, every tyre is part worn after the first drive, yet no one panics. The myth that part worns are dangerous simply isnt true
Just make sure tyre got 'worn' stamps. That makes me much confident... genius.
"My partner told me where to go!" And she still didn't listen!
If you don't know how to check if your tires are road worthy then you should probably not be driving a car. Need to know the basics before owning a car.
How many people refuse to buy a second-hand car, simply because it has second-hand tyres ? And how many people who bought a second-hand car, with it's second-hand tyres, swear that they'd never buy part-worn tyres?
every tyre on the road is a part worn tyre from the minute it has been fitted abd run on the road. Does that mean we all have unsafe tyres on our cars. Most part worn tyre dealers sell safe tyres which have been tested and are fit for selling and use on the roads.
If it was up to the manufacturers ( sponsors of this program) we would have to fit new tires every 6 months.
I do anyway mine are always worn out within six months
Well someone took them off there car for a reason
Look at it this way
Cat b cars unsafe to be reused on road have there tyres removed and sold in garages.
Big difference between owning a new car and driving 5 miles in it thus making your tyre part worn ..
Or having a head on Collison and rolling car because it was stolen and ragged at 100mph in Brum.
Don't think part worns come of unsafe cars. And don't think they check them. Fuck do they..
denis mc keague
So? There can be any number of reasons why someone has chopped in their tyres. Perhaps the car was scrapped, or they didn't like the ride or noise of their current tyres or maybe they just decided to change them all for convenience. Part worn tyres are not necessarily dangerous and certainly not fake.
Am i the only one who thought that repaired tyre was perfectly fine? If it is 225/45/18 let me put myself in danger and have that tyre please
Repaired tyres are fine provided the repair is done according to legislation.
She could even killed this program, with the speed and the vehicle she is driving.
Pakistan's tyre market is 99.99% selling part worn tyres. It is extremely rare to find a brand new tyre. Only Pakistan manufactured tyres are 100% new. The vendors never tell the customers that they are selling used tyres.
This program is such utter bullshit. Every word is a lie, they are twisting it every which way. Typical of stitch up Britain, now that would be a good name for a TV program.
I have had new tyres put on that were really dodgy (Chinese shit) and had to replace in 6 months, they were falling apart. I have had plenty of part worn GOOD tyres like a Pirrelli last me for years.
trudgians
cucking funt sounds like your a part worn tyre dealer.
Fine for non motorway driving.You get what you pay for.
Some tires made in china are made at the same factory as a brand name with exact spec's without the fancy name. Only a trusted tire shop can attest to this this so be careful and do your home work. Buying used tires is just too risky.
you have a fucking Mercedes C class and you've have bought used tires? What kinda of wanna be are you?
Dramatic journalistic crap, i have been buying part worn tyres for over 20 years no problem the best form of recycling. Just check no splits or holes on sidewalls, cracks perishing of tread and any repairs close to shoulders on tyres otherwise good to go. Tread depth on new tyres is 8mm so anything above 5mm good.Had a set of good years fitted on my CRV for £80 two years ago opposed to £400 new, no issues!!
when it comes to tyres . never ever buy other peoples cast offs
that young lady still not give f... for kids as driving in the car without headrests as you can see the boy it is tall in case of rear collision to her car she asking for big trouble.
My name is Caitlin and the guy who got the tyre (Andy Faulkner) is my uncle Andy! Recently him and his wife had a babyyyy
The average driver won't be driving 80mph around a race track, come on 😂 joke
No the average driver will be doing 120 mph round the racetraCK !!!
Part worn tyres for sale are legalised because the truth is there’s a back log of 10years worth waiting for disposal fact. That has come from the ministry of transport. They told me it’s only going to get worse, the true fact is ! If you can’t calculate the running cost of a vehicle for 12 months min then you shouldn’t be running it full stop. Yes you trust dealers in what you’re buying but ultimately it’s you’re responsibility on a DAILY basis to check the vehicle. None professional Drivers need educating regularly and will be coming into force soon. Thank god not quick enough, we need to move drivers out of the dark ages.
Part worn or Completely worn?
If you’re carrying your children in your car and their safety is such a concern, part-worn tyres should never be considered. A brand new top of the range tyre could fail on the first trip, there is always a risk, but fitting old tyres then crying is just ridiculous, don’t put your kids life at risk to save a few quid.
"Part worn" tyres should be scrapped and made illiegal to sell!!!
Yes. There's a reason people dispose of them part worn. I'd also change the regs on tread depth from 1.6mm to 2mm. Minimum industry and legislative standards for tyres are far too low in this country. There are many tyres on the market which should NEVER be offered for sale. This would have the effect of bringing down the price of decent upper-mid segment and premium segment tyres. Thus everyone will be safer. And everyone gets to enjoy driving a car which handles properly.
So everybody that buys a used car must replace all the tyres before they use it? STOP TALKING SHIT
Len Holloway so you’d be happy with a member of your family or one of your friends who isn’t knowledgeable about these things, to buy tyres that are potentially dangerous ?
Will Palmer
You are driving on part worn tyres.
sportshatch true, but I bought my tyres brand new with a v good brand on them. I know they haven’t been accident damaged and I know the history of them.
Under inflated tyres is not the fault of the dealer.
a)What if the tyre was damaged by the current driver who just carried on?
b)How many people know what to look for on their own tyres?
c)How many drivers habitually mount and scrape kerbs with impunity?
It's about time people took responsibility for their own safety!
Part worn tyres are removed by the previous owner , because of some saftey issue with them , so i believe tyre fitting centres and outlets should be compelled by the sale of Goods commission , to make them not reusable by punching some sort of hole or mark on them and have them properly recycled , otherwise some innocent person is being sent to their grave too soon in life
If we put that in statistics comparison: drivers mistakes vs. technical failure. Driver defeat 1:99 If buy suspicious must check it.
I have had part worn Tyres fitted many times in the past when struggling to be fair I had no problems at all.the guy made sure they were excellent condition and I drove many miles on them..trick is check them yourself with your own eyes before fitted