Unicorn hooves, also known as F50 tyres
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If anyone is in need
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333843736447?ssPageName...
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333843736447?ssPageName...
Edited by PAUL500 on Friday 1st January 16:52
Turbo cab said:
Who in there right mind would pay £5000 for a set of tyres that will be well past there sell by date, and other than for the sake of a static display car, pretty much unusable due to being unsafe?
Someone who will use them for a static display car, as to which there are a few 
WCZ said:
Turbo cab said:
Who in there right mind would pay £5000 for a set of tyres that will be well past there sell by date, and other than for the sake of a static display car, pretty much unusable due to being unsafe?
Someone who will use them for a static display car, as to which there are a few Wouldn't one expect a static display car to be low mileage example already fitted with these anyway
.No doubt these were removed from such an F50 when they were actually being used quite regularly, and simply replaced with modern rubber back in the late 90s/ early 2000s when F50s were being sold for a few hundred grand, not multi millions like today.
However that owner will now be kicking himself silly that he did not keep them when he put those Diablo tyres on instead, as every man and his dog will be telling him now at car shows that they are the wrong tyres, and he devalued his F50 by way way more than £5k as a result of his actions.
Its nothing to do with old rubber, its all to do with collectability, where originality is king.
However that owner will now be kicking himself silly that he did not keep them when he put those Diablo tyres on instead, as every man and his dog will be telling him now at car shows that they are the wrong tyres, and he devalued his F50 by way way more than £5k as a result of his actions.
Its nothing to do with old rubber, its all to do with collectability, where originality is king.
Trouble is your Unicorn F50 can’t be sold to all markets with out of date tyres in it. My local tyre fitter does a lot of work for DK, when I was in there a year or so ago they were trying to source a set of tyres for a Zonda which was going abroad and couldn’t be imported into whichever country it was going to with the out of date tyres on it. First world problem clearly...
PAUL500 said:
No doubt these were removed from such an F50 when they were actually being used quite regularly, and simply replaced with modern rubber back in the late 90s/ early 2000s when F50s were being sold for a few hundred grand, not multi millions like today.
However that owner will now be kicking himself silly that he did not keep them when he put those Diablo tyres on instead, as every man and his dog will be telling him now at car shows that they are the wrong tyres, and he devalued his F50 by way way more than £5k as a result of his actions.
Its nothing to do with old rubber, its all to do with collectability, where originality is king.
I appreciate your trying to get the best possible price for your tyres but anyone with half a brain will see through your sales pitch, they maybe original but they are unusable (safely). However that owner will now be kicking himself silly that he did not keep them when he put those Diablo tyres on instead, as every man and his dog will be telling him now at car shows that they are the wrong tyres, and he devalued his F50 by way way more than £5k as a result of his actions.
Its nothing to do with old rubber, its all to do with collectability, where originality is king.
They could even blow out as soon as you inflate them and I'm not sure that would be a good look at the car show you mention.
I'm also fairly confident that if you try and chip the price on any dealer stocked F50 due to the incorrect (in date, safe and useable) tyres being fitted, they would most likely laugh in your face and kindly tell you to Foxtrot Oscar, ironically none of the three cars listed for sale on classic driver have any mention of "original tyres" and neither have any of the cars I've managed to find that have sold previously. Original paint and weave however is a big deal. It would appear that every man and his dog either have no idea about the originality of the tyres you speak of or clearly don't care...
Weave is easy to replicate, its not even carbon fibre, its cheap old glass. Experts like mototechnique show how its done online.
Would I pay £5k plus for a set of original F50 tyres?, nope, as I don't have an f50 that needs them!
If any of those cars above had the original, correct spec tyres fitted, it would most definitely be mentioned in the advert, the reason it is not, is that you never say whats missing. Promote the positives, hide the negatives.
Ask yourself this, why do they not say "the old original spec tyres have been ditched for a nice new set of Diablo tyres" instead?
Would I pay £5k plus for a set of original F50 tyres?, nope, as I don't have an f50 that needs them!
If any of those cars above had the original, correct spec tyres fitted, it would most definitely be mentioned in the advert, the reason it is not, is that you never say whats missing. Promote the positives, hide the negatives.
Ask yourself this, why do they not say "the old original spec tyres have been ditched for a nice new set of Diablo tyres" instead?
Cheib said:
Trouble is your Unicorn F50 can’t be sold to all markets with out of date tyres in it. My local tyre fitter does a lot of work for DK, when I was in there a year or so ago they were trying to source a set of tyres for a Zonda which was going abroad and couldn’t be imported into whichever country it was going to with the out of date tyres on it. First world problem clearly...
Any car can be sold anywhere, its the registration for road use, not the import that will stipulate brand new tyres. Most of these cars don't go beyond the nice heated garage anyway. they only have the dust covers taken off to show the dinner party guests, in between admiring the Monet and the Picasso.You can guarantee if those tyres were unique to the Zonda, and no longer available new, that they would be going in a box with it, to be refitted once the incorrect spec ones had got the car through rego. DK know their stuff, last thing they would do it bin anything important to that car.
Driver101 said:
I wouldn't buy part worn tyres for a Ford Fiesta nevermind a Ferrari.
I can't say I see any value in tyres fit for the bin in the quest for originality.
Agreed. The original Goodyears are now so beyond their use date, they would be taken off any F50 that's intended for driving. I can't say I see any value in tyres fit for the bin in the quest for originality.
Besides, insiders say they were crap on the car when brand new. I wouldn't even keep the Goodyears as mementos. More Nag than Unicorn.
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