What happens if I need to replace one? You can't put different tyres on the same axle, so I could end up having to buy two tyres instead. That's why I don't want to get new tyres which are likely to become hard to get hold of in the near future.
Andy
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Son has just bought Bridgestone RE88's which have been available since his car was fitted with them as standard in 1988!.
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You can't put different tyres on the same axle,
Gone are the days of mixing radial and cross ply. The only time I've never mixed tyres on the same axle is when one of them is a directional tyre and the other isn't.
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Then you should really get 5 if you're worried (one for the spare). In fact, I read somewhere [1] that the average motorist in UK gets a puncture once every 5 years these days. And most of those punctures will not require replacement of the tyre.
If I were you [1], I would worry more about how good these tyres are on your car than whether or not you can get hold of another one in a year's time (unless you are prone to damaging your tyres).
Billy
[1] classic phrase that.
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"If I were you [1], I would worry more about how good these tyres are on your car than whether or not you can get hold of another one in a year's time (unless you are prone to damaging your tyres)."
I agree with Billy but it is infuriating when manufacturers change them so often. My C70 came with a type of Pilots which Michelin no longer make, so as soon as I needed to replace the fronts I can't match them.
Wouldn't be so bad if the new ones looked anything like the others but they (of course) look nothing like them!
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My C70 came with a type of Pilots which Michelin no longer make, so as soon as I needed to replace the fronts I can't match them.
>>Wouldn't be so bad if the new ones looked anything like the others but they (of course) look nothing like them!
Are the new ones not circular and made out of black rubber like the old ones were then...?
Or are you seriously trying to kid us that you think your car is inferior now, because your front tyres don't have the same tread pattern as the rear ones...?
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"Are the new ones not circular and made out of black rubber like the old ones were then...?"
Exactly. Err, so why change them?
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What happens if I need to replace one? You can't put different tyres on the same axle, so I could end up having to buy two tyres instead. That's why I don't want to get new tyres which are likely to become hard to get hold of in the near future. Andy
Don't understand your problem. Keep a low-tread spare. (In other words, replace 3 not 4 if you can get tyres to match your current spare and the spare is new).
Therefore you have 4 matching and a low-tread spare.
If you lose one tyre, replace the damaged one and the spare, keeping the part-used one from the other side.
Repeat as required.
And you save the cost of one tyre now, instead of saving the cost of buying two in the future.
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