Just a quick point i would like to put forward. Sometimes the make of tyre recommended by the manufacturer is recommended for a reason.
I learnt the lesson the hard way on our X300 jaguar. The tyre size is 225/55/R16. When i needed two rears, i went to our local Merityre, where the fitter told me to fit only the recommended Perilli P6000J (Z) 225/55/R16, and that he would not fit any others on the car. At £125 a shot (even though a lower price than any other outfit for the same tyre) I thought he was trying to scam me, so i went elsewhere and got two Continental sportcontacts 225/55 R16W's. From then for 2 months the car started to tramline from the back end on motorways, making for very scary driving. I went to make sure balancing was fine, and it was, so i went back to Merityre where the bloke took one look, tuttuted and scolded me for not putting P6000's on the car. He told me that the Perillies were designed specifically for the Jaguar (hence the J marking next to P6000 on the sidewall), and that they were different from other tyres as they had re-enforced sidewalls, on a car with a weight and power such as this, at motorway speeds the sidewalls start to deform slightly, leading to tramlining, which can be very dangerous.
The cost of the whole incident was 2 (refurb alloys from our local specialist at 50 pounds a shot, since the tyres were almost new and 80 pounds each, and thus could be used as a spare instead of the space saver), and two new perilli 6000's from the tut tutting gent, who i must say has been fab. Which immediately returned the car's handling back to the original handling.
Sid
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Ineresting - i had no idea about this.I don't blame you for thinking this was a scam he was trying to pull. Many would think the same.
Just goes to show that not all these places are rip off merchants.
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I put these 225 55 16 P6000J on my diesel Omega, as there were some on ebay for £89 each a year or so ago. The only difference I can see, are the listed materials for construction on them.. ie. sidewall, casing, tread, rayon nylon, steel etc... is different from the non-J P6000s I had. It said on the Pirelli site they could be used on other makes, but not vice-versa.
When I went to have them fitted locally, the young boy said the existing tyres were rubbing on the struts, I laughed and looked, and said, no they aren't it's impossible, then he went in the back and looked on his PC, and came out with a smug face and said that my new tyres were for jaguars and couldn't be fitted. So I informed him it said they were fine on the Pirelli website, to which he said, just warning you as they cause fish-tailing on other cars, to which I said, "er they're on the front" then he sodded off to luch!
So no wonder you think it's a scam! They are thick and think they are experts!
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A good indication of how thick some of these experts are is how many of them continue to advocate fitting a new pair of tyres on the front, leaving the part worns on the rear. This despite the advice given out by tyre companies and OEMs alike.
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Did Mr. Tut Tut not explain the reason why he would only fit the P6000Js to your car in the first instance? Presumably he did not, because you chose to take the car elsewhere (as I would have).
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All he said was that it was what he had had customers return with poor handling when he fitted other tyres to the Jags so wouldn't fit anything but manufacturer's recommended. Now I am in an area with a high proportion of luxury cars, very wealthy owners, and thus in my opinion garages and dealers more used to a blank signed cheque mentality of car sales and after sales, which is why i assumed that he was trying it on. In fact when we came back, he couldn't be beaten anywhere on price for those tyres. P.S. This outfit arn't cowboys, they do seem to take care when putting new tyres on the car i.e.using the correct jacking points with their trolley jack, and using a torque wrench to tighten the wheels as opposed to the air wrench. They do use the godforsaken lead weights on the rims though, as opposed to weights stuck inside the alloy, which leads to alloy corrosion but so does everyone else.
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Actaully my local Just Tyres use the weights that go inside the alloy wheel.
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Do you have to pay extra for this/can your car actually have weights on the rims (my Fiesta Mk6 alloys are rimless, and so only can have weights stuck inside)
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