Used car with MOT warning on tyres

[anonymous-user]

I'm buying a 23' polestar hopefully at the weekend. The company (carsa) seems to get good reviews. The car was mot'd in March and had warnings on the tyres. I haven't seen the car yet but would you expect them to change the tyres. Their website states anything under 2mm will be changed. Do you measure a tyre in the centre only?

Thanks

[paul_c123]

Don't assume anything.

Measure the tread in the middle, outer edge and inner edge.

[Belle427]

Probably no obligation if they are legal but will likely need changing asap so bear that in mind.

[davek_964]

A car you haven't seen yet or bought had a warning two months ago about tyres.

I'd probably just call them and check that as per their own rules, they have / will change the tyres............

[ChrisH72]

Interesting that it's one front and one rear tyre rather than both on the same axle.

My guess is that they will have replaced them with some Linglong ditch finders. Most garages put the cheapest budgets on that they can source.

[ilikejam]

I was looking at P2s a couple of months ago and Cinch had a decent selection of 3 year old ones with up to 60k miles for surprisingly competitive prices. It was only after checking the MOT history of a few of them that I noticed they had about 20 of them all starting with the same first 2 letter location code on the reg plates. Seemed obvious that they must be ex-fleet or rental cars and most had similar MOT advisories (and would no doubt not have been fixed).

There was also loads of cheap Tesla Model 3s with Wimbledon area codes where Zipcar had shut down about a month or two before.

Worth keeping an eye out for things like this with big car supermarkets / online retailers

[alscar]

I’d certainly be factoring in the replacement of front tyres into any negotiations on price and perhaps at least looking at the rear ones too.

[ARH]

They will not be replacing them before it is sold, for obvious reasons. But surely if you make it a condition of sale they are changed they will either say yes or no, you then decide if the overall cost is doable.

[66HFM]

alscar said:

I d certainly be factoring in the replacement of front tyres into any negotiations on price and perhaps at least looking at the rear ones too.

As alscar says, price up how much a cost of replacing the tyres with a decent brand are and use that as your negotiation start point

[valiant]

They may replace them but it’ll be the cheapest Chinese tyres they can find.

Better to negotiate with them if you’re a bit premium with your tyres. If they were going to spend, say, £60 on a tyre, ask them to put your preferred make on and offer to pay the difference.

[skyebear]

Have you read their 1 star reviews? Lots of people complaining about the shoddy prep of their cars including illegal tyres.

[ZX10R NIN]

If they need changing then just negotiate the cost of replacing (that way you get the tyres you want on the car) the them off of the price of the car.

[sixor8]

At MoT test, the tyres require minimum tread depth across the central 3/4 of the tyre. If the edges are worn right down (bad tracking etc) but not showing any carcass through the rubber, they'd advise as in your caption.

[Dogwatch]

Has the steering had a whack?

[Jamescrs]

Saw a video on Calvins Car Diary about this dealership, in fairness they came across pretty well in person but they did have a weird policy of taking car mats out of all the cars before sale and stating as a policy car mats are not supplied, they have since changed I believe but the suggestion was they are now supplying their own branded car mats rather than the OEM mats. It's a bit weird but it would bug me

[Deadlysub]

ilikejam said:

I was looking at P2s a couple of months ago and Cinch had a decent selection of 3 year old ones with up to 60k miles for surprisingly competitive prices. It was only after checking the MOT history of a few of them that I noticed they had about 20 of them all starting with the same first 2 letter location code on the reg plates. Seemed obvious that they must be ex-fleet or rental cars and most had similar MOT advisories (and would no doubt not have been fixed).

There was also loads of cheap Tesla Model 3s with Wimbledon area codes where Zipcar had shut down about a month or two before.

Worth keeping an eye out for things like this with big car supermarkets / online retailers

All Polestars start with a ‘O’ prefix as they do not run convential dealer networks. It’s nothing to worry about.

[ilikejam]

Deadlysub said:

ilikejam said:

I was looking at P2s a couple of months ago and Cinch had a decent selection of 3 year old ones with up to 60k miles for surprisingly competitive prices. It was only after checking the MOT history of a few of them that I noticed they had about 20 of them all starting with the same first 2 letter location code on the reg plates. Seemed obvious that they must be ex-fleet or rental cars and most had similar MOT advisories (and would no doubt not have been fixed).

There was also loads of cheap Tesla Model 3s with Wimbledon area codes where Zipcar had shut down about a month or two before.

Worth keeping an eye out for things like this with big car supermarkets / online retailers

All Polestars start with a O prefix as they do not run convential dealer networks. It s nothing to worry about.

Good info that. Cheers

[Pica-Pica]

ZX10R NIN said:

If they need changing then just negotiate the cost of replacing (that way you get the tyres you want on the car) the them off of the price of the car.

This is what I would do. I would want my own choice of new tyres on - not what they decide are best.