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Not a really interesting post but i just wanted to let all you other Porsche (996) owners know what happened to me last week.
I got a slow puncture (nail right in the middle of the tread) and had to got to the local tyre dealers (the one whose moto is "you cant get better than a...." & used to have mechanics on the adverts jumping round!). The reason, before you ask, why i went to them is that they did me a real good deal on 4 tyres last year & they are close.
Anyway they informed me this time that they couldn't simply just plug the tyre, as the back tyres were illegal on the inside due to the amount of wear. Now the only time i know when a tyre is illegal is when the centre is worn [8|]- but i took his word for it anyway. I was desperate to get my hands on 2 new conti's (as i was going away), which they could not get hold of for 2 days at a cost of £470. On the off chance i called my porsche independent who luckily had 2 tyres left and reserved them for me (£439). I crept up to the independent who actually took one look at the tyres and told me there is hardly any wear on the inside of them and plugged the tyre for £18. Major saving of £400+
So moral to this story is dont trust those tyre dealers as they are there to rip off anyone they can...who has a nice car. Maybe it was mostly my own fault but hey we live and learn! I have consequently put a compliant in and am expecting a call from their area manager, hopefully with an offer of 4 new tyres (not that their needed)! [
] If they do offer me them i will sell them onto you guys at a discounted rate.......any particular brand anyone wants!!
cheers
Not a really interesting post but i just wanted to let all you other Porsche (996) owners know what happened to me last week.
I got a slow puncture (nail right in the middle of the tread) and had to got to the local tyre dealers (the one whose moto is "you cant get better than a...." & used to have mechanics on the adverts jumping round!). The reason, before you ask, why i went to them is that they did me a real good deal on 4 tyres last year & they are close.
Anyway they informed me this time that they couldn't simply just plug the tyre, as the back tyres were illegal on the inside due to the amount of wear. Now the only time i know when a tyre is illegal is when the centre is worn [8|]- but i took his word for it anyway. I was desperate to get my hands on 2 new conti's (as i was going away), which they could not get hold of for 2 days at a cost of £470. On the off chance i called my porsche independent who luckily had 2 tyres left and reserved them for me (£439). I crept up to the independent who actually took one look at the tyres and told me there is hardly any wear on the inside of them and plugged the tyre for £18. Major saving of £400+
So moral to this story is dont trust those tyre dealers as they are there to rip off anyone they can...who has a nice car. Maybe it was mostly my own fault but hey we live and learn! I have consequently put a compliant in and am expecting a call from their area manager, hopefully with an offer of 4 new tyres (not that their needed)! [
] If they do offer me them i will sell them onto you guys at a discounted rate.......any particular brand anyone wants!!cheers
