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#81
11th September 2013, 06:20 AM
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Well done with the job buddy
 Oh and i can't believe you'd run a directional tyre the wrong way  just imagine being caught up in an accident and you get one of those accident investigator or vehicle safety jobs worths turn up and clock it on the car 
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#82
11th September 2013, 08:51 AM
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So what do you do, not carry a spare at all if you have rotational tyres?
 As noted earlier, I have a non-rotational spare anyway, but in an emergency driven carefully until you can get it sorted, it's fine. Same as with those strange thin "space-saver" spares some cars have. I recall asking my tame "tyre man" about this and he said if you do have a rotational spare mount it for nearside use as that's the commonest failure.
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#83
11th September 2013, 03:52 PM
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Like you my spare is not directional so i can put it anywhere i like, i do try if possible to get non directional or asemmetrical tyres so i can spin them on the rim as i had trouble a while ago with wear on the inside edges on the front, but that was before i had the tracking played with and had been alright since.
I was having a bit of a laugh as Adrian was / is in the car safty game and i was wondering what his take would be if 2 cars were involved in a accident, in the wet and one of the cars had a directonal tyre fitted to the wrong side, would that not go into the report?
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#84
11th September 2013, 04:09 PM
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If it played no part it'd be ignored If driver was being an idiot on a road with lots of surface water where the tread pattern matters in terms of clearing water at a sufficient rate then it might become a factor in deciding to prosecute If driven within sensible limits it won't matter
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