Press on regardless?

My father in law has been thinking about the cost of new tyres for his 2015 Vauxhall Antara, when i looked last weekend the front ones were down to the canvas on the inside.
He says at the moment he just cant justify the cost.......

Maybe go put a knife through the sidewalls for everyone's sake.

It's a lot more expensive getting 6 points and the fine that goes with it (best case)

It's £40 for a pair of partworns fitted

There is that issue, maybe go take the wheels off lol.

Dangerous brakes and tyres are my biggest annoyance with people running car's on the cheap.

Yes mate, 
only noticed his tyres the weekend due his car being parked uphill on the drive backwards instead of forwards 
told him to get them sorted ASAP, 
he moaned about cost wont get pulled etc,
I told him not to use it till it was sorted.


Its his car, he is an adult  and we live 30 miles from them so only visit at weekends, Thank God i noticed the tyres when i did, mate 

I've driven a few times with dodgy bit (exhaust back box taken off as blown, significant drip drip drip from broken thermo switch, 2nd and 4th gear completely gone). These are nearly always because the parts are a PITA to get hold of and it can take a few days for them to arrive/check/find out they're the wrong ones, and I'm reliant on the car to get around. However dodgy brakes, knackered tires etc I certainly would't risk.

I like the knife in sidewall option for this tires though, preferably on the inside so he can't see it's knifed. No way that could be driven!

The amount of times I’ve had conversations about tyres. I just don’t do cheap tyres and honestly don’t see the point in part worn. Are these really safe? The beading being stretched 3 times! My mom would gladly pay £10 for nasty tyres 🙈 I tell her no chance. I fitted 4 new Bridgestones on the stag last May, with tracking it was £279, I don’t think that’s bad for such a prominent safety item. Just fit new good tyres peeps.

Rant over

1.6mm of tread is the legal limit has been for a long time, when I was an MOT tester id look at tyres and think “jeez that’s a fail” then get the old depth gauge out and it would be just legal, nothing I could do pass and advise. MOT standards are pretty pants

I always used to use the cheapest part worn tyres due to budget. However that all changed early one saturday morning, after having the OSR tyre keep going flat it finally gave up the ghost where the M11 meets the A406.

Happily rolling along at around the limit I felt the back of the car start twitching. Next thing I know I was facing the wall to the left, then the cars that were following me, then the crash barriers. You can guess the rest.

The car (a mk5 Cortina for those interested) went from the fifth lane to the first in a shower of rubber and sparks and screaming metal.

One of the scariest parts was hearing the tyres of other cars screeching around me and thinking they were going to collide.

Something was smiling on me that morning. I avoided anything solid and no one else was involved or hurt. My car only suffered some damage to the sill and underside. Could have been so much worse.

Since that day I have been almost obsessive about tyres. I'd rather just put the cost on my credit card than take a chance.

Four squares of rubber is all that keep you on the ground.

ive seen cars like your observation, the regulars with their little ongoing faults. i think the worst was a mitsubishi delica 4x4 with the gearbox which sounded like someone shoulder barging a hammer drill through a breeze block. it was like it all the time i knew the person.

i don't know if its for economic reasons, shoe string no effs given type thing. i think allot of cases its just pure ignorance (they don't know any better)