Whilst waiting to pay for tracking in our local tyre place recently I heard one half of a telecon. Someone seemed to have been told by the main dealer his Porsche tyres were in need of replacement.
“No there isn’t a budget option in Porsche tyre sizes, we can only give you a premium cost.
If you bring the car to us we can take a look and tell you if you need tyres”
I actually laughed aloud when I heard this. Porsche and “budget tyres” seems to me diametrically opposed.
It seems Mr Porsche was now afraid to drive his Porsche in case he got pulled for tyres.
“Obviously no guarantees but the chances of getting stopped for ANYTHING whilst you driving sensibly around here is Zero”
He was given a price for 4 tyres at just over £1000.00. This was 2 different brands due to diffent front rear sizes and Mr Porsche wanting count the pennies.
My thought was I’m running a 25/26 year old car ( or 2 ) and try to keep it on tyres I feel comfortable with whilst on a tight budget and still keep ‘em all the same , if I had a Porsche she would definitely have 4 same brands.
Some punters will believe anything the main dealers tells them. I’ve heard SO many conversations.
Car booked in for pads. “ You need discs too” I’d give firkin good money they don’t.
And there in lies the problem, alas our privileged society has reached the stage where 90% of the drivers don’t have a clue about the box they are sitting in.
One of the local dealers has a used manual Cayman on his forecourt for £15K, it’s forking gorgeous and very tempting. BUT, can I keep it in Tyres ? However that’s a little off thread.
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