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Offline mike.

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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #20 on: 29 July 2010, 14:05 »
They are a good tyre but you would be lucky to see 10000 miles on one set..]
Maybe if you do a lot of Motorway driving.
My driving is 95% A and B roads, the B roads being pothole hell at the moment  :sick:
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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #21 on: 29 July 2010, 14:18 »

It's about time the roads over here were all tidied up!

Sorry to hear what happened. I buckled a wheel earlier in the year but the tyre survived.

On a separate note, I drove on a run-flat on the last car I had. This was the result -



It happened 200 miles from home with no spare wheel so I had to just drive on. I might not have stuck to the 50mph limit though  :embarassed:
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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #22 on: 29 July 2010, 14:43 »
From what i remember... TT did have anything nice to say about the P Zero's. He ran them on his RS4 and said they were the worst tyres he had used.  :undecided:

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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #23 on: 29 July 2010, 15:27 »
From what i remember... TT did have anything nice to say about the P Zero's. He ran them on his RS4 and said they were the worst tyres he had used.  :undecided:

Unfortunately, as I only do approximately 6000 miles per year, I am stuck with the noisy Bridgestones for the life of the car!
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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #24 on: 29 July 2010, 17:12 »
From what i remember... TT did have anything nice to say about the P Zero's. He ran them on his RS4 and said they were the worst tyres he had used.  :undecided:

Unfortunately, as I only do approximately 6000 miles per year, I am stuck with the noisy Bridgestones for the life of the car!

Seriously I have not had any road noise with my Bridgestones, mind you I am not running at 6000 miles on them yet.
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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #25 on: 29 July 2010, 19:05 »
I would suggest you take your wheel off and check the inside edge of the Alloy as thats the weak spot due to lack of support.
You may but probably have flattened the edge slightly.
You may not be able to see it yourself but if you can get the car on a two post wheels free ramp and you spin the wheel round it shows up well then. The amount i have seen like that in the past 5 years is why im not a huge fan of low profile tyres and massive wheels.
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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #26 on: 29 July 2010, 19:58 »
Got the tyres fitted today and checked the rims, no damage on inside either  :grin:

They told me I should get the alignment checked as well
Now they have adjusted it the car is pulling to the left and the steering wheel isn't straight, it was fine before..  :rolleyes:
Why did I let them near it..

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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #27 on: 29 July 2010, 20:04 »
Got the tyres fitted today and checked the rims, no damage on inside either  :grin:

They told me I should get the alignment checked as well
Now they have adjusted it the car is pulling to the left and the steering wheel isn't straight, it was fine before..  :rolleyes:
Why did I let them near it..



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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #28 on: 29 July 2010, 20:04 »
Got the tyres fitted today and checked the rims, no damage on inside either  :grin:
They told me I should get the alignment checked as well
Now they have adjusted it the car is pulling to the left and the steering wheel isn't straight, it was fine before..  :rolleyes:
Why did I let them near it..

None of these tyre companies have a clue how to do tracking. They are worse than useless. I had endless problems with Kwikfit when I had a Focus. Bunch of baboons. Took it back 8 times and they made it progressively worse. Eventually, the Ford dealership sorted it in 30 minutes.
Hope you get it sorted. Must be driving you nuts. Sometimes, less is more fortunately or unfortunately. :undecided:
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Re: Hit a pothole...............
« Reply #29 on: 29 July 2010, 20:10 »
That's what worries me, if I take it back will they be able to sort it.

I have three options.

1. Take it back until they sort it out (if possible)
2. Go back tomorrow say they have made a hash of the car and get a refund.
3. Take it to the dealer I bought the car from and hopefully they can sort it.

I know on my MK5 the dealer had to replace the steering rack under warranty, the car needed a full alignment afterwards and they left it perfect.

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