Would You Use Part Worn Tyres?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43960381
False economy if you ask me, not to mention dangerous.

[gingejbee]

Do you mean BUY part-worn tyres? The tyres on all cars are part-worn, aren't they?

[Islay]

I have done in the past when I needed tyres but could not afford the news ones. - did me 15 months and I was happy with that!

[Khandro]

If you go to a scrap-yard you will see some good, sometimes nearly new cars which have had to be written off because accident damage. The tyres were legal and good for the car at the time, so no reason to believe they wouldn't be safe to use now.

[Kidas]

The danger with part-worn tyres is that there are very few checks on the origins of the tires, or the reason why they were removed from the previous vehicle.

In the UK, the lobby group Tyresafe has called for a ban on these things:
https://www.tyresafe.org/media-centre/latest-news/vast-majority-part-worn-tyres-continue-sold-illegally/


The UK National Tyre Dealers' Association is against them:
https://www.ntda.co.uk/useful-links/part-worn-tyres/

Internationally, the Spanish police intercepted a ring of dealers who smuggle these things and sell them without any checks:

http://www.guardiacivil.es/es/prensa/noticias/6573.html

The Ohio State legislature has banned them
https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-SB-223

The US tire safety body (and industry lobby group) warns against their use:
https://www.ustires.org/system/files/TISB_45_USTMA.pdf

in the end, it is often less dangerous to buy a cheap tyre made in China or elsewhere that is new (you can get them for £40 or less) with 7mm - 8mm of tread, than to buy a used tyre for which you do not know the provenance for £20 with just 3mm of tread, bearing in mind that the minimum legal tread depth is 1.6mm

[Old_Geezer]

With the majority found faulty the system seems to be failing. I'm all for not throwing away and recklessly squandering resources, but that disregard for safety and customer rights, needs changing.

[Baldric]

No way would I even consider using second hand tyres on any vehicle driven by myself or any member of my family.

[Ryzen]

No I would not.The history of such tyres could be very worrying ...however even more disturbing is the amount of drivers with tyres that only get a check over at MOT time.

[bhg481]

I can understand people on a tight budget who only potter about locally buying these tyres as a way to get through an Mot, but I work on the principle that there's only the tyres and brakes between you and the undertaker, so not for me, even when money was tight. It's very annoying when your car won't go; it's a major problem when it won't stop.

[bhg481]

Khandro // The tyres were legal and good for the car at the time, so no reason to believe they wouldn't be safe to use now. //
The tyres went through a great trauma at the time of the accident so you can't make any assumptions about them being safe afterwards.