Hillbilly Raider Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Had to take the company car to Quick Fit today (i know!!!! but the company has an account there) As String had managed to completely muller a tyre. Guess how long it took them??? ONE AND A HALF HOURS!!!! ........QUICK????? YEAH RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggy Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Quite often we'll take a works vehicle into them to have a tyre replaced......place is completely empty and yet they tell us leave it (the tyre) with us we're busy at the moment I always tell them I won't leave the vehicle without a spare so I'll leave the vehicle as well That normally speeds them up and it still takes a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 wouldnt let me leave just the tyre, had to leave the car as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siggy Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Can't even change 7.50x16 tyres they can't dunno what size that is one of the muppets told me then the manager told me I needed the middle figure as tyres were measure 205/80 x16 so I told them if they were to ring up a supplier and ask for 7.50x16 I'm sure the supplier would know it and the middle figure is 100% and therefore not mentioned i.e 7.50" wide and 7.50" tall on a 16 " rim they stared blankly at me and pointed to the door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyplugger Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I asked them to fit a tyre that I had, onto my rim, the reply "nah mate, we don't fit customers own tyres, EU regs" When I asked which regulation this equated to, his relpy, "dunno, we just got an email about it, sorry, no-one can fit customers own tyres now, its the law" Odd, when I went further down the road to a much friendlier large chain, a young lad fitted in 10 mins and the price?, "just buy the lad a pint"!! Opinion = 'You can get better! a lot lot better!' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Member Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 i.e 7.50" wide and 7.50" tall on a 16 " rim That is not really true. According to BS AU 50, 1, 2.1, 1991 (British Standard for Tyres and Wheels), I love the fact that your standards are called "BS"....... Anywho according to that standard a 7.5x16 tyre is 8.3" wide and 31.7" tall. That makes it a 210/95R16..... I think the intent was that the tread is 7.5" wide, whereas the metric specs use widest crosssection. Didn't you know I have a web page for every stupid little fact!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minivin Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I love the fact that your standards are called "BS"....... that'll be because we set the "standard" for the industrialised world, such as the Whitworth form, absorbtion of metric/imperial hybrids (BA threadform), standardisation of practices (Design symbology, notations), et cetera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02GF74 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Can't even change 7.50x16 tyres they can'tdunno what size that is one of the muppets told me then the manager told me I needed the middle figure as tyres were measure 205/80 x16 so I told them if they were to ring up a supplier and ask for 7.50x16 I'm sure the supplier would know it and the middle figure is 100% and therefore not mentioned i.e 7.50" wide and 7.50" tall on a 16 " rim they stared blankly at me and pointed to the door pointing? You must have been served by one who'd been on the advance training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonk Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 took a set of 5 new 33*12.5's and new rims to a tyre place last weekend, they wanted 15 quid per tyre to put them on, when i asked why it was so expensive his reply was cos its insurance purposes incase they damage one when fitting, does this mean they'd buy me a new one if they damaged one?!?!?! took them to my local tyre place and they fitted the lot for a drink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landi41 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 That is not really true. According to BS AU 50, 1, 2.1, 1991 (British Standard for Tyres and Wheels), I love the fact that your standards are called "BS".......Anywho according to that standard a 7.5x16 tyre is 8.3" wide and 31.7" tall. That makes it a 210/95R16..... I think the intent was that the tread is 7.5" wide, whereas the metric specs use widest crosssection. Didn't you know I have a web page for every stupid little fact!!! Now that is interesting....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillbilly Raider Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 should have waited until after dinner............. Stringy could have used "his spare" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 I once bought some 750x16's from a small tyre firm. I watched in horror as they fastened the wheel to the balancing machine, about 2 inches off centre! I managed to stop them in time, fortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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