Tyre trouble

... the spec of the Landsail tyres are very good, in fact better than a lot of the top brands (fuel efficiency 'C' which is excellent, wet grip 'B' which is very good (but I always try to buy 'A' as I believe grip in the wet, and especially stopping distance in the wet is the most important test of a tyre as anything will be 'ok' in the dry) and the 68db for noise level is brilliant.
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I read / watch content on the tyre reviews website. This is a conglomeration of independent test results as well as comparison tests run at tyre manufacturers test facilities by the websites host.
The particular tyre model mentioned above has done particularly poorly. https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2021-UUHP-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm

If you think you don't need a high performing tyre, ask yourself whether you may ever need to make an emergency stop in the wet, and take a look at the results in the test above.

This post isn't intended as a dig at the OP's choice, but a well intentioned piece of consumer advice.

Edit: Apologies, just re-read that the tyres were on the car when bought.
 
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Apology accepted ?. In the past I've never bought budget tyres and only making the exception this time for obvious reasons. I usually go mid-range, though since this is the highest performance car I've ever owned i might aim higher on this occasion when the time comes
 
I read / watch content on the tyre reviews website. This is a conglomeration of independent test results as well as comparison tests run at tyre manufacturers test facilities by the websites host.
The particular tyre model mentioned above has done particularly poorly. https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2021-UUHP-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm

If you think you don't need a high performing tyre, ask yourself whether you may ever need to make an emergency stop in the wet, and take a look at the results in the test above.

This post isn't intended as a dig at the OP's choice, but a well intentioned piece of consumer advice.

Edit: Apologies, just re-read that the tyres were on the car when bought.
You certainly don't need to preach to me about budget tyres as I have never fitted them onto any car in my life and never would and have always condemned them as death traps whilst wondering how in these days of political correctness and scrutiny of everything how they could even be allowed on our roads in the first place, as many of the stopping distances of budget tyres, particularly in the wet, is just diabolical and totally unsafe.

That said, and unlike you I don't study tyre review websites but with regard to the o p and the situation in question, with having nearly new tyres that he has been satisfied with on the car already and not wishing to spend a substantial amount of money on replacing the other tyres then the only logical and correct procedure would be to replace the one damaged tyre with a matching tyre as the other one on that axle as anything else, no matter how premium, good or expensive would have a greater negative effect to that axle and the car in general than fitting the tyre in question that many people that have used them (including some members on here) have spoken quite highly of.

Also when going off the test ratings off the tyre label (that all tyres have to legally have now to help consumers know what they are buying) the Landsail tyre in question (again not something I would personally choose and fit myself) does score pretty highly on.

Edit, I've actually just clicked on and scanned your link which states that the tyres tested were in fact a size 265/35 20 and were ultra ultra high performance tyres on a high performance Mustang.

This is therefore no indication as to the rating and suitability of the actual tyre in question as tyre size alters the ratings of the tyres considerably even down to different load or speed ratings on the same size and make/model of tyre, so it's important when checking reviews to make sure they are the exact size and model of tyre that you are looking at buying ?
 
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Camskill are where I have bought my tyres from for years and always recommend them.

Personally, I despise budget tyres but the spec of the Landsail tyres are very good, in fact better than a lot of the top brands (fuel efficiency 'C' which is excellent, wet grip 'B' which is very good (but I always try to buy 'A' as I believe grip in the wet, and especially stopping distance in the wet is the most important test of a tyre as anything will be 'ok' in the dry) and the 68db for noise level is brilliant.

I know other members have used the Landsail's on their A2 before and rated them highly so I wouldn't be overly concerned about fitting one of those, especially as you already have them on your car so know what you're getting ?

You were right about Camskill. Very impressed with their service. The morning after ordering the tyre I had a brief panic and thought I might have ordered the wrong one, so phoned them up. The guy was quite helpful in answering my questions, as far as he could as he couldn’t see the tyre as it wasn’t ready for dispatch. But he then unexpectedly went above and beyond and called me back a couple of hours to tell me what was printed on the tyre itself, which is what I wanted to know as some reassurance that it was the right one.

My efforts to get a cheaper fitting quote failed miserably. Most wouldn’t do it at all, and only one gave me a quote, for £28 ?.
 
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Glad you had a good experience with Camskill, I have never had anything other.

£28 for fitting a tyre is ridiculous though and shouldn't be any more than £15, £20 max ?
 
You were right about Camskill. Very impressed with their service.

My efforts to get a cheaper fitting quote failed miserably. Most wouldn’t do it at all, and only one gave me a quote, for £28 ?.

Canskill are the best imo, used them for years now and can't complain at all.

To your second point, agree it's really annoying, tyre depots don't like fitting someone else's tyres, the argument they use is they can't guarantee the wheel, but they will fit but at an extortionate price. Its their way off saying sod you for not buying from them so we're going to sting you!!

I've been using Merrit tyres for a long time, they have a few depots in the south east. They've had plenty of money out of me over the years, they quoted me £800 for a quality set of tyres for my Audi S6 ( 255 x 40 / 17 ) i said "How much?! " ? They recommended Camskill to me which was good of the tyre fitter. The trouble is where we live especially surrounding areas are seen to be very affluent and they rip people of accordingly! Anyway they wanted to charge me £120 to fit the tyres so i said £80 max!!! Based on how much a puncture costs with them. They didn't like it and were quite snarky but thats what i paid! I've not been back since and found my old place that has obviously changed hands in the last 20 years , they used to be silly prices hence why i went to Merrits in Amersham in the first place. Bonus is Fairway tyres is less than 1 mile form me and only changed me £13 for a puncture on the fsi.

There is a way to get your tyres fitted for free, ;) it involves having your wheels refurbed, includes taking tyres of and replacing them back for most places except the extortionate few! You just pay £8.00 to have your old tyres recycled and they'll fit what you supply them.:D Win win!!
 
You were right about Camskill. Very impressed with their service. The morning after ordering the tyre I had a brief panic and thought I might have ordered the wrong one, so phoned them up. The guy was quite helpful in answering my questions, as far as he could as he couldn’t see the tyre as it wasn’t ready for dispatch. But he then unexpectedly went above and beyond and called me back a couple of hours to tell me what was printed on the tyre itself, which is what I wanted to know as some reassurance that it was the right one.

My efforts to get a cheaper fitting quote failed miserably. Most wouldn’t do it at all, and only one gave me a quote, for £28 ?.
Right, i think I may have a solution for you if you haven't paid the £28 and had the tyre fitted yet.

If you have a National tyre near to you, go onto their website Nationaltyre.co.uk and look at their special offers where you will find a voucher that you can print off for a free puncture repair.

What I would then do (and I say this hypothetically and at the risk of condemnation ?) is take the wheel with the punctured tyre on to them, (preferably in the car too if you have a spare now on the car or have one to put on) then let them take the tyre off the rim and tell you that unfortunately it is not repairable. Then mention to the fitter that you happen to have a new matching tyre in the boot (maybe it came with the car when you recently bought it and now you know why) and say you were hoping it could be repaired and are disappointed as the tyre is so new and has so much tread remaining.

I would then ask the fitter if he would mind popping your tyre on for you and offer him a drink £10? as a thank you (they will balance it by course because they always do) and worse case scenario I would have thought they would charge you sub £20 if they aren't very nice people or don't like you or both ?

If you have the car with you they would also fit the wheel with the new balanced tyre back on the car for you, saving you another job!

Just an idea ?
 
Right, i think I may have a solution for you if you haven't paid the £28 and had the tyre fitted yet.

If you have a National tyre near to you, go onto their website Nationaltyre.co.uk and look at their special offers where you will find a voucher that you can print off for a free puncture repair.

What I would then do (and I say this hypothetically and at the risk of condemnation ?) is take the wheel with the punctured tyre on to them, (preferably in the car too if you have a spare now on the car or have one to put on) then let them take the tyre off the rim and tell you that unfortunately it is not repairable, then mention to the fitter that you happen to have a new matching tyre in the boot (maybe it came with the car when you recently bought it and now you know why) and say you were hoping it could be repaired and are disappointed as the tyre is so new and has so much tread remaining, then I would ask the fitter if he would mind popping your tyre on for you and offer him a drink £10? as a thank you (they will balance it by course because they always do) and worse case scenario I would have thought they would charge you sub £20 if they aren't very nice people or don't like you or both ?

Just an idea ?

Hmm it’s a very clever idea, however I already made an appointment tomorrow morning with the place that quoted £25 and I don‘t feel it’s right to back out. That’s my moral code.
 
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TBH £25 for removing the old tyre, cleaning the rim, fitting new tyre, balancing the assembly and disposing the old tyre is not that unrealistic
 
There is a way to get your tyres fitted for free, ;) it involves having your wheels refurbed, includes taking tyres of and replacing them back for most places except the extortionate few! You just pay £8.00 to have your old tyres recycled and they'll fit what you supply them.:D Win win!!

You know what, I wish I’d thought of this one sooner, because it was on my to-do list to get all the wheels properly refurbed. When I bought the car it was in really good condition everywhere except the alloys and got a decent discount to to cover getting them done. But with one thing and another that job got pushed down the list. Never mind….
 
A postscript to this little episode. Got the tyre fitted this morning. You may be horrified or amused (if you have a sick sense of humour) to see the inside of the old tyre. I think it might have been slightly trashed. I’m thanking my lucky stars I didn’t have a nasty accident on it…
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At least one good thing has come out of this. I think I’ve found a decent local independent tyre fitter, who knows A2s and their particular jacking requirements, so think I’ll be taking Gracie there when the time comes. Hopefully that won’t be for a while as this afternoon I’ll be fitting her new pepperpots which have a set of Uniroyals with very little wear on them.
 
A postscript to this little episode. Got the tyre fitted this morning. You may be horrified or amused (if you have a sick sense of humour) to see the inside of the old tyre. I think it might have been slightly trashed. I’m thanking my lucky stars I didn’t have a nasty accident on it…View attachment 88163

At least one good thing has come out of this. I think I’ve found a decent local independent tyre fitter, who knows A2s and their particular jacking requirements, so think I’ll be taking Gracie there when the time comes. Hopefully that won’t be for a while as this afternoon I’ll be fitting her new pepperpots which have a set of Uniroyals with very little wear on them.
Yep, exactly as expected and a lesson to others in what happens when a tyre is run flat or very low on air.

I was also thinking about how I and other's were referring to and condemning 'budget' tyres and how that could make you feel a little concerned about driving your car now but I just wanted to say rest assured as the specs of your tyres are very much 'mid-range' quality or better and not the dreadful 'ditch finder' quality that I was referring to that some are and you have nothing at all to be concerned about.

Very glad you're all sorted now ?
 
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Yep, exactly as expected and a lesson to others in what happens when a tyre is run flat or very low on air.

I was also thinking about how I and other's were referring to and condemning 'budget' tyres and how that could make you feel a little concerned about driving your car now but I just wanted to say rest assured as the specs of your tyres are very much 'mid-range' quality or better and not the dreadful quality 'ditch finders' that some are and you have nothing at all to be concerned about.

Very glad you're all sorted now ?

Funny you should mention “ditch finders” as there’s a YouTube channel I follow, whose latest video I watched yesterday included a mention of Landsails and called them exactly that, mind you I think he was just trying to provoke a reaction…
 
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Funny you should mention “ditch finders” as there’s a YouTube channel I follow, whose latest video I watched yesterday included a mention of Landsails and called them exactly that, mind you I think he was just trying to provoke a reaction…
Well, on a positive at least the Uniroyals on the A2 are really good tyres, not the quietest but brilliant in the wet ?
 
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A postscript to this little episode. Got the tyre fitted this morning. You may be horrified or amused (if you have a sick sense of humour) to see the inside of the old tyre. I think it might have been slightly trashed. I’m thanking my lucky stars I didn’t have a nasty accident on it…View attachment 88163

At least one good thing has come out of this. I think I’ve found a decent local independent tyre fitter, who knows A2s and their particular jacking requirements, so think I’ll be taking Gracie there when the time comes. Hopefully that won’t be for a while as this afternoon I’ll be fitting her new pepperpots which have a set of Uniroyals with very little wear on them.
Just out of interest was the cut you photographed the actual cause of the puncture?
 
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