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Michelin checking tyre pressures
Tyres 

Survey finds 40% of motorists have dangerously flat tyres

January 12, 2018 Roland 0 Comments Michelin, pressure, tyres

A survey by Michelin and Kwik Fit has found that nearly 40% of UK motorists are driving around with at least one dangerously underinflated tyre.

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Mechanic checking a car's tyres
Tyres 

Drivers are willing to spend £2,500 to avoid checking tyres

August 2, 2017 Roland 0 Comments safety, tyres

A new survey has found that 68% of UK motorists don’t know the legal miniumum tread depth for car tyres.

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Mechanic checking a car's tyres
Tyres 

UK motorists ignore faulty tyres until MOT failure

April 4, 2017 Roland 0 Comments MOT, tyres, Tyresafe

Tyre defects account for 27% of all MoT failures, including 5% of failures for car’s taking their first MoT. There are clear signs that UK motorists just don’t bother checking the tyres and wait for them to fail an MoT before replacing them.

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Michelin CrossClimate tyre
Tyres 

First impressions: Michelin CrossClimate tyres

January 5, 2017November 29, 2018 Roland 17 Comments CrossClimate, Michelin, tyres

My first impressions of Michelin CrossClimate tyres, after a couple of thousand miles in varied winter conditions.

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Falken Euroall all-season tyre
Tyres 

Signs suggest that the UK market may convert to all-season tyres

November 21, 2014March 9, 2016 Roland 1 Comment tyres

Kudos to tyre manufacturer Falken for breaking ranks and admitting that all-season tyres — rather than seperate winter and summer tyres — are a more appropriate choice for many UK drivers.

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Part worn tyre mark (courtesy of Micheldever Tyre Services)
Tyres 

600,000 reasons not to buy part-worn tyres

October 24, 2014 Roland 0 Comments partworn, tyres

The part-worn tyre scandal continues: sharp operators selling overpriced junk tyres to cash-strapped motorists. A new survey found that 34% of part-worn tyres sold are illegal.

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TyreSafe 20p tyre check
Tyres 

UK drivers run winter rain risk, says TyreSafe

October 6, 2014 Roland 0 Comments roadsafety, tyres

October is Tyre Safety Month, but a new survey by TyreSafe has found that only 27% of drivers had checked their tyre tread depth in the last month, while more than a quarter thought the minimum legal tread depth was less than the legal limit of 1.6mm.

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Image of a lady changing a car wheel
Tyres 

54% of young drivers can’t change a wheel

May 23, 2014August 29, 2014 Roland 0 Comments tyres

Can you change a wheel? If you’re over 24, could you when you were younger? A new survey has found

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