ariddell
30th July 2008, 09:46 AM
Ok, getting an RWC is turning into a complete farce for my D2 with every place i take it to seeming to invent their own particular picky annoying reason for not just passing the thing.
It's now at garage number three who have come back with the most reasonable list of other requirements to pass it so far. No problems with the extractors, no issues with the slightly worn steat bolster apparently being likely to snag you on exit and cause the world to stop spinning, and a perfectly reasonable list of small items to fix.
The only issue that these have flagged up that neither of the other two garages who wanted to replace pretty much the whole car came up with is that apparently although the tyres are brand new, they are not technically legal on the D2 as they don't quite meet the required load rating (104 and the minimum is apparently 105). Argghhhhh!
Has anyone else had this issue with the BFG A/T 235/70/16s? They seem like a common enough fitment so it just seems that wherever i take the car to they are just finding some way of trying to extract more cash. I can't help wondering if i was to do a little more work on my Aussie accent as opposed to wandering in with the Scottish one i seem to be lumped with presently then perhaps they might not be trying it on quite so much.....
Now since i am rapidly running out of energy to take the car anywhere else i'm looking at options:
1. Trying to convince them not to be such *#**!#*'s and just to leave the damn tyres alone.
2. Swap the wheels/tyres off my L322 onto the Discovery for a couple of hours to get it through if they will fit/be legal. It runs 19" and not sure if they are the same stud pattern/offset etc so this may not be an option.
3. Buy the cheapest set of wheels/legal tyres i can from a Discovery/P38/etc if they will fit to get it through then sell them again afterwards.
What do you think, I gather from a search that P38 wheels will be fine but does anyone know if L322 ones would do the job enough to get it passed?
Thanks
A very frustrated Al.
It's now at garage number three who have come back with the most reasonable list of other requirements to pass it so far. No problems with the extractors, no issues with the slightly worn steat bolster apparently being likely to snag you on exit and cause the world to stop spinning, and a perfectly reasonable list of small items to fix.
The only issue that these have flagged up that neither of the other two garages who wanted to replace pretty much the whole car came up with is that apparently although the tyres are brand new, they are not technically legal on the D2 as they don't quite meet the required load rating (104 and the minimum is apparently 105). Argghhhhh!
Has anyone else had this issue with the BFG A/T 235/70/16s? They seem like a common enough fitment so it just seems that wherever i take the car to they are just finding some way of trying to extract more cash. I can't help wondering if i was to do a little more work on my Aussie accent as opposed to wandering in with the Scottish one i seem to be lumped with presently then perhaps they might not be trying it on quite so much.....
Now since i am rapidly running out of energy to take the car anywhere else i'm looking at options:
1. Trying to convince them not to be such *#**!#*'s and just to leave the damn tyres alone.
2. Swap the wheels/tyres off my L322 onto the Discovery for a couple of hours to get it through if they will fit/be legal. It runs 19" and not sure if they are the same stud pattern/offset etc so this may not be an option.
3. Buy the cheapest set of wheels/legal tyres i can from a Discovery/P38/etc if they will fit to get it through then sell them again afterwards.
What do you think, I gather from a search that P38 wheels will be fine but does anyone know if L322 ones would do the job enough to get it passed?
Thanks
A very frustrated Al.