Tyres

[Audichap]

Hi, I recently bought 4 Pirelli P6000's for my A4 and I had the miss fortune to have a puncture on the rear left whilst going round a right hand bend at 60 MPH on a country road, did a 360 and fortunately didn't hit anything, trees, sheep etc. I took the shredded tyre to where I bought them and they are saying this wasn't a tyre failure but the alloy rubbing on the tyre? I can't make any sense out of there explanation as the alloy sit's on the tyre. :confused:

Just wanted to know if anyone else has had any problems with Pirelli’s?

PS. the car's fine but I did need to change my Boxers after the spin..
:beerchug:

[Jose]

wasn't a tyre failure but the alloy rubbing on the tyre?

Bl**dy hell... never heard that before!! Was everything else ok with the car, balance, etc... well so far I only heard good things about the Pirelli P6000's because the compound is harder than the usual, and they are designed for long life and fuel economy over performance... despite this, I still prefer the F1 GSD3 specially with this kind of weather.

Anyway if it was me, I would go there again and ask them what did they meant.



PS. the car's fine but I did need to change my Boxers after the spin..
:beerchug:


:biglaugh: :biglaugh: :biglaugh:

I bet you did!! :P

[Sam]

I ran with 15" P6000s for a few years with no problems at all. Sounds like you either got a defective tyre or a defective fitter.

Please say it wasn't Kwik Farce?

[Audichap]

It was a local dealer in Skipdale (North Yorkshire) Took the tyre in this morning and they are sending it off to Pirelli for futher investigation. If the tyre was at fault I will get some of the money back. I aked would I get more money as I ruined a nice pair of boxers. The fitter didn't even smile. I'll not be going there again!

I'll keep you posted if I get to hear anything back that is!

I'm not going to hold my breath on this one.. :(