replacement tyres

I wouldnt worry about it. All you will get is a harsher ride. They use these on caravans as well. Basically they are commercial tyres. If you dont use car much, what diference does it make. However, you could always ring and say you are not happy that you have had Ford Transit tyres fitted to your car and are pissed off. They might change them, but if they are now used and 6 months has passed, then you are not in a particularly strong position. Depends how far you want to go. If you had realised a day or so after, then fine, but I think you'll struggle.

In future just fit 195/70/14s as they have same rolling road as the original. If you are desperate for originals, the Vintage tyre company up Gaydon way do them .... but they are fortunes. I would just do loads of peel outs, doughnuts and hand brake skids with the van tyres ... they will wear out quickly and youll have a laugh .. then buy the right ones. On a serious note, dont worry about it ... just learn for the future. Think about it, look at the weight Transits carry and fly up motorways at 80mp no troubles. All you will get, is a harsher ride.
 
TwinPlenum3500S said:
In future just fit 195/70/14s as they have same rolling road as the original.
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Originals have a radius of just about 650mm (although I have found a mention of 651.59)

195/70 14's are only 632mm so are nearly 3% smaller.

205/70 14's are only 644mm but will be close enough if you can them under the arches.

My 15" vitesse alloys need a 205/65 15 to give 647mm
 
I have been running 205/70 R 14 tyres for a good 18 years and are excellent. No problems at all.

For the last few years, Michelin XM1 have been the ones, and I find these to be excellent. They do wear quicker than some, but the grip in all conditions is outstanding, and tyre noise is the lowest I have so far encountered.

Ron.
 
Hi all i am thinking of getting new tyres for my v8 and so far its got the 185/14 the hight profile but i want a lower profile so what is the best size to go for i know if i get lower profile the speedo will be out but it dont make a difference as i got the 5 speed out and my speedo is out about 20 mph
Gareth
 
I could be wrong but I think speed rating to the original manufacturers spec for the car is essential to be legally on the road. Any reputable tyre supplier should only fit the correct tyres. Do you belong to the AA or something similar. I believe the AA still offer free legal advice over the phone to members (you will need to check) and will put the advice in writing if requested. The RAC may well have a similar service. I do not think the fact that you have not discovered the problem for many months matters as you couldm not reasonably be expected to #know any better. More important is that having discovered the problem you should act quickly least you waive your legal rights by not taking action once the problem has been discovered. Good Luck. You seem to have discovered new friends through the forum who also live on the Isle of Wight. Hopefully they will be able to help you. Most importyantly we should thank Mr Taylor, our webmaster, for making all this excellent communication possible.

Best Wishes

Tony Bunting
 
No, it is not illegal (or unlawful, to use the correct term). Con and Use regs in the UK specify that the tyres must be rated for the maximum speed for which the vehicle is legally entitled to travel, in this case 70mph, and are able to carry the car with its max payload at that speed. Regulation 25 of Con and Use deals with speed and load ratings, although 90% of it applies to commercial vehicles so you'll have to scan through loads of irrelevant stuff to find it.

You won't invalidate your insurance either, unless it can be demonstrated that the tyres in some way contributed towards the claim.

Until about 2 years ago I was driving a poverty spec MKIV Golf, which used 185/14s. I had no difficulty getting tyres, and IIRC the last set that went on were Contis.
 
SydneyRoverP6B said:
I have been running 205/70 R 14 tyres for a good 18 years and are excellent. No problems at all.

For the last few years, Michelin XM1 have been the ones, and I find these to be excellent. They do wear quicker than some, but the grip in all conditions is outstanding, and tyre noise is the lowest I have so far encountered.

Ron.
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2nd the Michelins, which I've always found superb, but expensive. "You pay for what you get" with these

Graham
 
Vredestein apparently do a 185HR-14 tyre in their 'Sprint Classic' range.
Probably not the cheapest option, but they seem to have a good reputation.
 
PeterB76 said:
Vredestein apparently do a 185HR-14 tyre in their 'Sprint Classic' range.
Probably not the cheapest option, but they seem to have a good reputation.
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Tell a lie, £76 ea. delivered from mytyres.co.uk.
You'd have to add fitting to that obviously (prob about £10ea) but that's not bad in my book. 8)
 
Hi guys

I've just put four 185/80x14 tyres on my car for £42.50 each at my local tyre place. The tyres are Falken SN807 91T.

Dave
 
Hi all,
Here I am to possibly add to all the confusion. I'm 99.9% sure that the insurance would be void in the event of a claim and further to that you then could be prosecuted for driving without insurance, (It's happened to me on a motorcycle, got six points for it too :evil: ) I was running a metric size tyre on a bike originally fitted with imperial sizes even though they were an equivalent size. Also the guy's in Oz have a very different climate to us so what works in Oz may not work here due to the compounds used etc, a colleague came across some cheap pirelli's a few years ago in a job lot which he bought as they were the latest sticky tyre of the time and they turned out to be spanish market tyres which appeared to be made from granite compound and didn't get warm enough to give any grip and the water dispersal qualities were different to those of the UK spec tyres. So we should bear that in mind.
As far as your purchase is concerned, I think everything has been said already, but I will say a phonecall to your trading standards or consumerdirect as they're now called probably coud help to make things clearer. You can explain the details of the sale and explain any personal circumstances that may have affected/contributed to the situation as a whole. I'm in the trade myself and I don't think it does anyone any good to mis sell or at least be inflexible in a mistaken purchase, especially on a small island. It's one thing in London where the mentality can be "There's a thousand mug's to take his/her place" and until word get's around will carry on that way until the thousand mugs wise up and the company changes it's name, but I think with the right approach your future service from this company can be improved and hopefully lead on to a better customer relationship.
I wish you all the best
 
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