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14th March 2018, 14:07 | #11 | |
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They look like they've sat in the sun for a decade - very poor for a tyre that young. I wouldn't be confident driving on those - most likely result is shedding tread and a blowout - It doesn't really matter how slow you're going when that happens. Get them changed and pursue a claim for them. ** I am assuming that they are correctly sized and rated (no reason to believe otherwise)
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14th March 2018, 14:07 | #12 | |
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14th March 2018, 14:57 | #13 | |
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14th March 2018, 15:26 | #14 | |
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14th March 2018, 15:54 | #15 |
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Sadly not unheard of for Dunlops to go after such a short time.
A family member had a pair perish in a similar manner after 3 years (tyres 4 years from manufacture) and around 11,000 miles. |
14th March 2018, 16:28 | #16 | |
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I have known much older tyres than that be absolutely fine, show no signs of perishing.
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15th March 2018, 02:12 | #17 | |
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The tyres have no business degrading to that extent in our generally temperate climate. Be polite but firm, when you take the car back to wherever you bought the tyres from & complain about the state they're in. |
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15th March 2018, 15:48 | #18 |
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That's disgraceful that tyres of that age are degrading already, especially from a "premium" brand! For safety's sake get them removed as their performance will also be diminished and they're only going to get worse, and very quickly by the look of things.
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16th March 2018, 18:29 | #19 | |
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16th March 2018, 19:19 | #20 | |
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You're in Bulgaria - one thing you don't have control over is shipment and storage so although the tyres were 'new' the handling could be questionable i.e. sat around somewhere in a container for 3-5 months - in summer that could cause no end of problems for the rubber mix. If you can get back to the original seller they might do a trace and be sympathetic but as it's now getting on for 3 years ago don't hold your breath. |
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