Formula one Auto centres, BEWARE

Glass man said:
I have an hydraulic Jack levelling system ( made by E&P, )
This has proved very useful for tyre changes as I can lift the vehicle off the ground myself, well at the touch of a button.
In rural France and again in Portugal I could not have had punctures repaired as the garage could not lift my vehicle with their jacks. Both times I had a nail in the tyre so could safely drive a short distance.
Last time I had new tyres the garage in the UK was not prepared to lift the vehicle as due to the height they could not get it through the doors onto the concrete floor and didn't want to use the the trolley jack on their tarmac.
I always watch the work they do. In France the garage was the most untidy one I have ever seen but the person who did the repair was excellent, he even checked the date on the tyre solution he used.
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I used to live in France and found that most people doing the kind of job that required skill were properly trained.
 
I have used Bromley Tyres in Warrington for the last 30 years and still use them even though it is now a 90 mile round trip. The fitter, who initially comes across as a little odd measures on some mental health spectrum or other but he is extremely good at his job. He insists on polishing the wheel after the tyre is fitted, it looks a little odd compared to the 3 filthy wheels!
Top marks to the company owner for taking the fitter on, he obviously saw beyond the chaps mental disability.
 
izwozral said:
I have used Bromley Tyres in Warrington for the last 30 years and still use them even though it is now a 90 mile round trip. The fitter, who initially comes across as a little odd measures on some mental health spectrum or other but he is extremely good at his job. He insists on polishing the wheel after the tyre is fitted, it looks a little odd compared to the 3 filthy wheels!
Top marks to the company owner for taking the fitter on, he obviously saw beyond the chaps mental disability.
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I use Newlife Tyres Edinburgh (or Redpath tyres Duns, same owner) for all my and my families rubber. From reception to fitters they all know their stuff. They are professional tyre fitters who know how to work the top end kit they use. I don’t have any connections to this company but would highly recommend them. Been a customer for over 40years.
So not all tyre company employees are poorly trained low paid overworked kids.
 
Tyres On The Drive mobile fitter told me it was illegal so he wasn`t allowed " by law " to put anything else on the motorhome except Camping tyres and it was an automatic MOT failure.

He was at my house putting 4 Goodyear tyres on the car which i`d got for a cracking deal so whilst he was there i asked for a quote on a particular tyre brand i use on the motorhome.

Bullocks i said to him, so long as the load rating and speed are correct you can put any tyre you want onto a motorhome, he didn`t answer that and left.
 
Not sure if van tyres have them or not but most car tyres have painted dots on the sidewall to denote the lightest part of the tyre this should be aligned to the valve stem on the rim when fitted as this is the heaviest part of the rim.
This ensures minimal balance weights have to be used, otherwise you’ll end up with great wodges of them….
 
Wooie1958 said:
Tyres On The Drive mobile fitter told me it was illegal so he wasn`t allowed " by law " to put anything else on the motorhome except Camping tyres and it was an automatic MOT failure.

He was at my house putting 4 Goodyear tyres on the car which i`d got for a cracking deal so whilst he was there i asked for a quote on a particular tyre brand i use on the motorhome.

Bullocks i said to him, so long as the load rating and speed are correct you can put any tyre you want onto a motorhome, he didn`t answer that and left.
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I'm sure that for a motorhome a "C" commercial tyre rating is a minimum. "CP" is for motorhomes, and is a higher rating. I guess this is because many motorhome owners are not as aware of overloading as van drivers and likely to overload them. That said I don't think it's a legal requirement as long as they are at least "C" rated.
 
SquirrellCook said:
I'm sure that for a motorhome a "C" commercial tyre rating is a minimum. "CP" is for motorhomes, and is a higher rating. I guess this is because many motorhome owners are not as aware of overloading as van drivers and likely to overload them. That said I don't think it's a legal requirement as long as they are at least "C" rated.
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I've posted this many a time.
Our van came with 'C' tyres, this is because 'CP' tyres cannot meet the load rating in the size of tyres fitted to our van, fitting a 'CP' tyre of the correct size would be dangerous.
 
colinm said:
I've posted this many a time.
Our van came with 'C' tyres, this is because 'CP' tyres cannot meet the load rating in the size of tyres fitted to our van, fitting a 'CP' tyre of the correct size would be dangerous.
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Campervan tyres

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Campervan tyres have the "CP" mark on their sidewalls. They are specially designed to resist heavy loads and last longer than conventional tyres.
Make sure that you drive with the correct tyre pressure. The lower the tyre pressure, the lower their loading capacities. On heavy vehicles such as campervans, this can cause irreversible damage to the tread.

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SquirrellCook said:
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Campervan tyres

BUY CAMPERVAN TYRES​

Campervan tyres have the "CP" mark on their sidewalls. They are specially designed to resist heavy loads and last longer than conventional tyres.
Make sure that you drive with the correct tyre pressure. The lower the tyre pressure, the lower their loading capacities. On heavy vehicles such as campervans, this can cause irreversible damage to the tread.

Don't shoot the messenger!
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For the given load index there may be some increase in capacity for CP tyres, although they don't give one, but there are limits in the regs on CP tyres which mean higher load tyres within some sizes can't be given a CP rating. This means that for some tyres such as those used on my van you cannot have a CP tyre with the correct load capacity, had a chat with Michelin technical about this, their answer was they cannot recommend a tyre for our van, as it's a x250 Ducato that is a joke. Continental however will sell tyres which are not CP rated but are suitable for the load.
 
colinm said:
For the given load index there may be some increase in capacity for CP tyres, although they don't give one, but there are limits in the regs on CP tyres which mean higher load tyres within some sizes can't be given a CP rating. This means that for some tyres such as those used on my van you cannot have a CP tyre with the correct load capacity, had a chat with Michelin technical about this, their answer was they cannot recommend a tyre for our van, as it's a x250 Ducato that is a joke. Continental however will sell tyres which are not CP rated but are suitable for the load.
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Sounds a bit like mine except the only camper tyre I can get is from Conti but they only did two variant. If Conti stop doing the 115N rating I will need either find a 15” commercial that will do or make some drastic/costly changes
 
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