I don't believe it!!!

[justinc]

Just went to the shops, on the way back to the carpark, happened to look down at a poorly parked vehicles' front tyre (Turned at full lock) and there was NO tread. Nothing. it was even perished on the sidewalls. other front tyre and 1 rear were the same. It has been raining here all day, and this moronic idiot has driven this vehicle in this condition. It is a later model jap hatch, parked outside a fast food outlet where they are probably spending the price of at least 1 new 14" tyre on crap food:mad::mad::mad::mad:.

We are sharing the roads with fools like this.

JC

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

Just went to the shops, on the way back to the carpark, happened to look down at a poorly parked vehicles' front tyre (Turned at full lock) and there was NO tread. Nothing. it was even perished on the sidewalls. other front tyre and 1 rear were the same. It has been raining here all day, and this moronic idiot has driven this vehicle in this condition. It is a later model jap hatch, parked outside a fast food outlet where they are probably spending the price of at least 1 new 14" tyre on crap food:mad::mad::mad::mad:.

We are sharing the roads with fools like this.

JC
I bet he doesn't have insurance either!

[cewilson]

I like your title - but nothings changed since I left down there mate. It's always happened and it continues to. Hopefully the Darwin principle works without taking anyone else out......

[Bearman]

I like your title - but nothings changed since I left down there mate. It's always happened and it continues to. Hopefully the Darwin principle works without taking anyone else out......

Darwins theory on evolution does not apply to humans these days. We protect and nourish the weak and not so smart. Unfortunately there seems to be more of them around these days.

[Fusion]

It happens everywhere ! see the bronxy cars with 4 different colored panels getting around blowing smoke and have 4 bald tyres . And some how they are still on the road ...... sometimes i think the cops are to focused on the P platers .

[George130]

It happens everywhere ! see the bronxy cars with 4 different colored panels getting around blowing smoke and have 4 bald tyres . And some how they are still on the road ...... sometimes i think the cops are to focused on the P platers .

Hey my old cars used to have different colored panels. Tyres were always good though.
I would get pulled over all the time for a safety check and end up chatting about all the work I had done to get it from a shell to it's current state.
The last one I sold to a wrecker. 2 days later when they returned the mags I was told they went to strip it and discovered all my work and it now had a new engine and was the work car. So not all mismached bodied cars are bad.

[Rangier Rover]

I think alike as well. We see it here as well:(
Some think its a joke but is very wrong when spending coin on junk when they say they cant afford Tyres:mad::mad:
I'm very strict my self and flick them off well before they're worn out as they can be your life line.

Tony

[justinc]

I think alike as well. We see it here as well:(
Some think its a joke but is very wrong when spending coin on junk when they say they cant afford Tyres:mad::mad:
I'm very strict my self and flick them off well before they're worn out as they can be your life line.

Tony

Right you are Tony, a few hours down at the pokies and a few drinks and there is a set of good used tyres, or 2 or 3 new ones. Even 2 weeks worth of smokes will be enough. WAKE UP PEOPLE:mad::mad::mad:


JC

[Blknight.aus]

sounds like ipswich on dole night

[scarry]

Have noticed this for a long time,half the cars in the shopping centres have shot tyres,particularly on the front.Makes you wonder how many are serviced regularly.
It was always the joke at work when we pull up at the lights,we would look at the car beside us & see if it had slicks.You would be surprised how many were on slicks,often with steel or canvas coming out of them.

[alien]

Have noticed this for a long time,half the cars in the shopping centres have shot tyres,particularly on the front.Makes you wonder how many are serviced reguarly.
It was always the joke at work when we pull up at the lights,we would look at the car beside us & see if it had slicks.You would be surprised how many were on slicks,often with steel or canvas coming out of them.

This is the reason I road tested all cars booked in for road worthies 1st.
After puting them on the hoist and finding bald tyres, worn tie rod ends, movement in ball joints ect. I just didn't have the "guts" to drive them afterwards;)

Cheers.

[BigJon]

Earlier this year I bought a VQ Statesman off fleabay.

I drove it back from the Gold Coast to Horsham.

When I picked it up the front tyres were badly worn on the shoulders, so I got a pair of decent second hand tyres fitted for the trip. $75 each for 17 inch tyres. As a % that was an extra 10% on the purchase price of the vehicle, just to drive it 2000 km.

I wouldn't have contemplated driving it without buying the tyres, it just isn't worth it.

[d2dave]

In my younger years there used to be a car tyre available which had a very aggressive tread suitable for mud use.

People working on building sites or farmers etc would have a pair on the rear especially during winter.

These tyres were named "winter treads"

We often joked when someone had bald tyres we would call them "Summer Treads"

Dave.

[Disco_owner]

I spent $150 on a private show at a "Strip Club" on friday night , may be I should have saved the coins on a good spare for the Rangie .:angel:

[olbod]

I spent $150 on a private show at a "Strip Club" on friday night , may be I should have saved the coins on a good spare for the Rangie .:angel:

You know the rules.

Where's the pic's ?

[scarry]

Earlier this year I bought a VQ Statesman off fleabay.

I drove it back from the Gold Coast to Horsham.

When I picked it up the front tyres were badly worn on the shoulders, so I got a pair of decent second hand tyres fitted for the trip. $75 each for 17 inch tyres. As a % that was an extra 10% on the purchase price of the vehicle, just to drive it 2000 km.

I wouldn't have contemplated driving it without buying the tyres, it just isn't worth it.



And i suppose it had a Safety Certificate:o

[V8Landy]

I spent $150 on a private show at a "Strip Club" on friday night , may be I should have saved the coins on a good spare for the Rangie .:angel:

:Rolling::Rolling::Rolling:

[BigJon]

And i suppose it had a Safety Certificate:o


Nope, I bought it unregistered.

Got a permit to drive and an insurance cover note.

No point doing anything more, I only bought it to pull apart.

[JDNSW]

Not just cheap old cars either - the other day I noted a BMW four wheel drive, couldn't be more than a couple of years old, if that - two bald front tyres, reasonable tread on the back.

This of course is one of the things that makes annual roadworthiness checks a joke - the most common dangerous unroadworthiness is tyres, and they can easily go from OK to bad in a month - and hands up those who have had mates borrow a set of tyres for roadworthiness?

John

PS - on the other hand, I remember during and just after the war, several layers of canvas showing was not uncommon, as tyres were almost unobtainable.

[Disco44]

sounds like ipswich on dole night

Now now Dave nothing wrong with Ipswich like all it depends on in which suburb you live. Only thing against it, gets too hot in summer and deathly in winter. But all in all a beautiful old heritage city.
Cheers,
John ( disco 44 )

[Bigbjorn]

- on the other hand, I remember during and just after the war, several layers of canvas showing was not uncommon, as tyres were almost unobtainable.

Yes indeed, JD. I remember that up into the sixties. Often if a retreader rejected a tyre as unfit for retreading, the owner would put it back on and "wear it out". A few even wore them right through "the canvas" and put a sleeve inside to get a few more miles. Home (and professional) regrooving was all the go too at that period of time. you could buy an attachment for a Birko soldering iron for regrooving.

[Fusion]

Hey my old cars used to have different colored panels. Tyres were always good though.
I would get pulled over all the time for a safety check and end up chatting about all the work I had done to get it from a shell to it's current state.
The last one I sold to a wrecker. 2 days later when they returned the mags I was told they went to strip it and discovered all my work and it now had a new engine and was the work car. So not all mismached bodied cars are bad.

Problem is they still look like a pile of crap on the road . Plus it doesn't take much to slap some paint on panels either . Even if it's just primer .

[Disco_owner]

You know the rules.

Where's the pic's ?


Couldn't take pictures , weren't allowed :D, plus I don't think the Mods would allow posting it :angel:

[El Duderino]

Not just cheap old cars either - the other day I noted a BMW four wheel drive, couldn't be more than a couple of years old, if that - two bald front tyres, reasonable tread on the back.

LOL! I recall working on a locally well-known real-estate agents car (a bmw also) when I'd 1st started at a new workshop. He'd complained about chattering from the front and rear wheels, and when I pulled the wheels off it was obvious...the discs were thin and the pads were down to raw steel. WAAAAY past the minimum. Turns out he'd said the same thing the last 2 services when they were borderline. :eek:

I obviously wrote on the worksheet that new discs n pads all around were needed, and the car was unsafe to drive, but the guys excuse for waiting to wait a while longer was horrific...owned 4 properties and couldn't afford to get the work done to his car! :eek:

I spoke with the service manager and showed him the problems, told him it was unsafe to drive, etc, but the owner was adament he was taking it home that day. I spat the dummy wanted no responsibility for anything that happened afterwards as I'd reported it, n so did my service manager. We wanted to hold the vehicle until it was safe to drive, but the law said we couldn't. We drafted a letter understanding the implications of our findings and the danger he presented to himself and others, let him sign it to avoid any legal responsibility, and had to watch it drive away while cringing. That was all we could do. The law is an ass at times...I'd not have given the keys if I had it my way! :S

[rovercare]

Problem is they still look like a pile of crap on the road . Plus it doesn't take much to slap some paint on panels either . Even if it's just primer .

Primer is porous, not a clever idea:)

[rockyroad]

As much as I hate paying for it, tools like that is the reason I make sure I have the best insurance I can find.

I would pay to watch an insurance companys lawyers rip them to pieces if they damaged their clients vehicle.

[BMKal]

Pulled in at the BP in Southern Cross on the way down to Perth last Thursday. As I pulled up, a near new "Telstra" Nissan Pootrol wagon reversed out of the undercover parking area in front of me, right rear tyre completely flat and making a lot of noise. He drove out the front of the roadhouse & pulled up behind a Telstra truck, chatted for a few seconds with the truck driver, and then they both proceeded to drive out of town heading for Perth. The tyre on the Pootrol was making such a racket that half the population of Southern Cross were watching this muppet and shaking their heads.

He got about a km - I passed him on the outskirts of town still trying to figure out what to do when I left about 10 minutes later - his mate in the truck nowhere to be seen.

Oh well - suppose it wasn't his car. Somebody else will foot the bill for the tyre and the stuffed wheel rim.

[Tombie]

I agree...

But, I'm hearing a lot of comments and not a lot of action...

When I see crap like that I snap a photo of the tyres, the vehicle and the rego...

Then a quick phone call and email to the local cop shop...


I'll be damned if I'm letting anyone drive dangerous vehicles like those with my family and friends around...