Embarrassing m.o.t fail.

[Bozzy]

Had a ride over to see our tame m.o.t tester this morning ( @t-tony ) as my zed was due for it's test.
I knew the rear tyres had worn on the inside edge as they do and Tony had recommended swapping them round on the rims to prolong the service life last time we met.
But when Tony inspected them today they were past it,with the thread material showing on the near side tyre.
I felt a tad embarrassed that I hadn't noticed this .

Here's the main man hard at it.....

Everything else though was all ok and the emissions were very good .
I must say this is probably the first time I've seen an m.o.t carried out and was surprised how much there is to it so I'll never moan about how much it costs again,infact for what go's into it you'd think it would cost more than it does.
Any way another visit over there next Saturday for new tyres and a retest should see it all sorted for another 12 months.
Thanks for making a thorough job of it Tony .

Steve

 

[Grumps]

Steven Steven Steven! That's neglect is that! If your shoes had worn out you'd replace them wouldn't you? Honestly I'm disappointed in you!

 

[hard top]

I'll never moan about how much it costs again,infact for what go's into it you'd think it would cost more than it does.

Nah, Big Ears told me he was going to fail it the other day, gotta sell some tyres ain't he?.....

 

[Low Rider]

Bloody hell your tyres must have been bad.
But fair play I take my hat off to you for your honesty by posting it on here.
Any ideas as to which make and model of tyre your going for.

 

[Bozzy]

Steven Steven Steven! That's neglect is that! If your shoes had worn out you'd replace them wouldn't you? Honestly I'm disappointed in you!

I know,I know happy feet I don't know how I'll ever redeem myself ..........and they're budget tyres that have 20k miles .

Steve

 

[Bozzy]

Bloody hell your tyres must have been bad.
But fair play I take my hat off to you for your honesty by posting it on here.
Any ideas as to which make and model of tyre your going for.

Going for Hankook Steve as I have them on the front and are very grippy with loads of feed back through the steering.
The present ones are Accelera and are quite good for unexpected side ways action .

Steve

 

[andyglym]

That's not gone well mate, what makes them wear on the inside?

 

[mrscalex]

Embarrassing fails? I had a Mk II 1600 Sport Escort in Signal Orange when I was lad. It had faded a little and did look a bit off colour if still a smart car.

The MOT tester put it down as pink and said he was failing it on the awful colour alone... it did need some welding too

 

[t-tony]

Nah, Big Ears told me he was going to fail it the other day, gotta sell some tyres ain't he.....

You T**t! Happy New Year Noddy.

Tony.

 

[t-tony]

That's not gone well mate, what makes them wear on the inside?

Andy, all the Z3's suffer from negative camber on the rear and this does affect tyre life. To be fair Steve has had good mileage out of a pair of cheaper end of the range budget tyres. If we had turned them on the rims 5,000 miles ago they would have passed today. However the n/s/r one had only 2.6mm left on the outer edge anyway so was ready for changing.

Tony.

ps. I was more surprised that his o/s/r side light was out

 

[andyglym]

Andy, all the Z3's suffer from negative camber on the rear and this does affect tyre life. To be fair Steve has had good mileage out of a pair of cheaper end of the range budget tyres. If we had turned them on the rims 5,000 miles ago they would have passed today. However the n/s/r one had only 2.6mm left on the outer edge anyway so was ready for changing.

Tony.

ps. I was more surprised that his o/s/r side light was out

Thanks for that Tony, I'll keep an eye on mine.

 

[Bozzy]

Andy, all the Z3's suffer from negative camber on the rear and this does affect tyre life. To be fair Steve has had good mileage out of a pair of cheaper end of the range budget tyres. If we had turned them on the rims 5,000 miles ago they would have passed today. However the n/s/r one had only 2.6mm left on the outer edge anyway so was ready for changing.

Tony.

ps. I was more surprised that his o/s/r side light was out

I didn't mind the rear light not working,saves on electric .

Steve

 

[t-tony]

Mr. Scrooge, your time of year is gone

Tony.

 

[Brian4]

Not another one for the rouges gallery @t-tony

 

[t-tony]

Not another one for the rouges gallery @t-tony

No Brian, I'd have to give the big lad a pass on that. I was just happy to see excellent brake test results!

Tony.

 

[Bozzy]

Not another one for the rouges gallery @t-tony

That's what went through my mind Brian,all those pics that Tony put on here of neglected tyres and me joining in with the "how dare they" and I'm as bad ........so I didn't take any close up pics .

 

[t-tony]

That's what went through my mind Brian,all those pics that Tony put on here of neglected tyres and me joining in with the "how dare they" and I'm as bad ........so I didn't take any close up pics .

It was no where near as bad as the ones I've posted on here Steve only in two well seperate spots was a little split about 4-5mm long through the last bit of rubber.

Tony.

 

[Grumps]

It was no where near as bad as the ones I've posted on here Steve only in two well seperate spots was a little split about 4-5mm long through the last bit of rubber.

Tony.

Don't go sticking up for him! He's a wrong un and you know it!!!

 

[Bozzy]

Don't go sticking up for him! He's a wrong un and you know it!!!

what's that saying from H.T and Tony ?...... Begins with T and ends with T .

Steve

 

[Nodzed]

20k from a set of rears you lucky sod Steve. looks as though I'm going to be lucky to get 10k out of mine its following @mid life crisis all year that's done it