Nice car, crap tyres......
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Nice car, crap tyres......
Why???
Just been to look at a second hand Golf R, locally, 13k, 15 plate.
Nice, but the front tyres have been changed for some unknown tyres, Lassa or something, and the rears are down to the wear bars.
Why would they do that?? On a car capable of 155 mph.
Just been to look at a second hand Golf R, locally, 13k, 15 plate.
Nice, but the front tyres have been changed for some unknown tyres, Lassa or something, and the rears are down to the wear bars.
Why would they do that?? On a car capable of 155 mph.
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Reminds me of the time I went with my father to look at a one year old Corsa he was thinking of buying. Only 8K on the clock but all four tyres were different brands and well worn. I told him to walk away which fortunately he did.
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+1 it's the first thing I look at aswell but surprisingly not many check
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You've got to love car salesman haven't you. I had one try to convince me that they couldn't knock any money off the price beause the new girl had made a mistake and advertised it as the ex VAT priice, so i was already getting a good deal. Only problem being the difference between what there 'job card' (so fresh the ink was still wet) said and what it was advertised as didn't equate to the value of the VAT 'missing'.
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Had that with my Golf R32; Main dealer (Listers). Saw the advert and looked at the full size photos which had pics of all four wheels and I could clearly see they were all Michelins.
When I went to see the car, they mysteriously changed to Kumhos. Brand new, but I'd rather have worn Michelins over enduring 10,000+ miles on a set of Kumhos.
Salesman's face was a treat when I dropped the bomb on him (said the car was perfect which got pound signs in his eyes, then I said apart from some stupid muppet has put on budget tyres on a 160mph car when the ad showed it had the OEM Michelins ).
Needless to say they were swapped for Pirellis, not my first choice as I prefer Michelin, but an acceptable compromise.
When I went to see the car, they mysteriously changed to Kumhos. Brand new, but I'd rather have worn Michelins over enduring 10,000+ miles on a set of Kumhos.
Salesman's face was a treat when I dropped the bomb on him (said the car was perfect which got pound signs in his eyes, then I said apart from some stupid muppet has put on budget tyres on a 160mph car when the ad showed it had the OEM Michelins ).
Needless to say they were swapped for Pirellis, not my first choice as I prefer Michelin, but an acceptable compromise.
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Edit I was wrong ; Michelin PS3s all round. Thumbs up from me
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+1 That seems a perfect description for my scoob
Had that with my Golf R32; Main dealer (Listers). Saw the advert and looked at the full size photos which had pics of all four wheels and I could clearly see they were all Michelins.
When I went to see the car, they mysteriously changed to Kumhos. Brand new, but I'd rather have worn Michelins over enduring 10,000+ miles on a set of Kumhos.
Salesman's face was a treat when I dropped the bomb on him (said the car was perfect which got pound signs in his eyes, then I said apart from some stupid muppet has put on budget tyres on a 160mph car when the ad showed it had the OEM Michelins ).
Needless to say they were swapped for Pirellis, not my first choice as I prefer Michelin, but an acceptable compromise.
When I went to see the car, they mysteriously changed to Kumhos. Brand new, but I'd rather have worn Michelins over enduring 10,000+ miles on a set of Kumhos.
Salesman's face was a treat when I dropped the bomb on him (said the car was perfect which got pound signs in his eyes, then I said apart from some stupid muppet has put on budget tyres on a 160mph car when the ad showed it had the OEM Michelins ).
Needless to say they were swapped for Pirellis, not my first choice as I prefer Michelin, but an acceptable compromise.
+1 That seems a perfect description for my scoob
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A couple of months ago I went with my daughter to a Mazda main dealer to look at a 3 year old car.I think it had 18,000 miles on the clock.The car was in very good condition with very little signs of wear & tear.However, every single wheel was very badly kerbed & alloy corroded & peeling.It looked like they had been through a few rally gravel stages & obviously not original!!
When confronted the dealer denied everything.Needless to say we walked away.
Not to tar all Mazda dealers with the same brush we found another dealer who had the car she wanted,did a great deal & was a top geezer.
When confronted the dealer denied everything.Needless to say we walked away.
Not to tar all Mazda dealers with the same brush we found another dealer who had the car she wanted,did a great deal & was a top geezer.
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LOL, I rarely speed now, might stray over a limit occasionally, but am usually very careful not to. As for speeding in France, never. Just not worth it. Their cops are 200% more sneaky even than ours. And you pay on the spot...quite a lot if you are acting daft.
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It's difficult to make salesmen have any enthusiasm once they know you aren't going to buy that day, plus my usual appearance of jeans and a top doesn't give them loads of confidence, LOL
Still, there were a few who made that same mistake when I bought the Scoob...ordered in January, delivered in September, which was the earliest they could do.
Looking at Focus RS, Golf R, Audi S3 for a few, but living in sticksville, the first problem is that we only have a VW dealer from that list, nearest Audi is 25 miles, nearest RS Ford is the same, but different direction.
And now Mrs Alcazar says she might like to start caravaning again...so those three are out straight away
Dacia Duster anyone? Kia Sportage? LOL
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My mates Golf R got sent to auction last week when it got sent back VW had nothing to do with it, even the inspector come out and was from the auctions and then on pick up 2 young lads turned up and said that they where taking it to the auction tomorrow morning, can kind of guess how it was going to be driven before it made it to its destination!!!