It's not a unique situation - some business lease companies wont replace tyres until they're down to 1.6mm.

The sooner we change to a 3mm minimum tread depth the better - but getting global agrement is painfully slow.

Act asap - Why is it tied to Kwik Fit ? After personal experience I would NEVER go there.

Kwik Fit are probably following the instructions of their customer who is not the user of the car but, the motability company.

I can honestly say for buying tyres, Kwik fit have been very good to me and I got very competitive prices buying online.

Kwik Fit comments are irellevant, it's the lease company's attittude. Had a company car for13 years through lease company mainly Mondeos 24k a year business miles plus 10k private use.

One winter service I knew the front tyres were low and told them. 2mm 'we're not allowed to change them' . Went to KF same story as lease company said they're legal. Even rang office to complain but no joy. Couple of weeks later went back to K-F, Don't have the specifed brand (Dunlop I think from memory) Had to go to a branch of K-F in Huddersfield who had them.

Another problem believe it or not was wiper blades. Ran the car through winter one year sometimes having to fill up the washers two or three time a week. in for service said new wiper blades needed. Lease company said 'just clean them' . Service manager even apologised. Rang lease company and the 'Service Advisor' admitted she didn't even drive 'but they were changed at last service'. Bought new ones one expenses and had to explain why they weren't replaced at the service.

Get involved in leasing or any of these service schemes it all comes down to the pennies.

I am not surprised that Kwik Fit (and other chains) have a ready supply of customers.

My local independent tells me of customers who roll up with cars making expensive noises, 500ml of engine oil/coolant,

Its called dumbing down or the race to the bottom and we can't be far from the finish line, a drastic rethink of the whole education system is needed and mass sackings of those who have led us down this road, stop teaching youngster to become good little pc consumer drones and start teaching them to think for themselves once again with common sense once again championed with a healthy distrust of politicians and other undesirables bearings gifts the recipient is paying for themselves.

Instilling independent thinking was something proper old grammar schools were good at, and why despite it being aired to please the disaffected tory and ukippers they aint coming back in the form we know them, teach youngsters to question rewritten history etc?, i should cocoa.

Galileo, if you think your KF mate has seen it all, my very good mate of more years than i care to mention rings me thismorning, he'd just got into a 65 plate Scania artic, and the very first job any proper driver does before doing anything else is to dip the oil, what oil?, not a drop to be found on the dipstick (which it still has), i know from having one long term that 5 litres takes it from min to max...min to end of stick is about half distance of min to max...there is no hope the race is over.

For the record i once had to use another car transporter when mine was off the road and the regular driver of this unfortunate vehicle on holiday, that was the same nothing on the stick, it took 4 gallons to bring it up to the mark!!

Edited by gordonbennet on 11/11/2016 at 20:06