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Odd tale.

I bought a used Boxster about 6 months ago. Had a full service, new Michelin Pilots all round, all pads and discs replaced and a new battery all done by the previous owner just before I bought it from a Porsche specialist, and have the receipts. (He was an old man and had to give up driving which is why he sold the car suddenly ;-))

Naturally with a new to me used car I checked the tyre pressures each week or so to check they were holding air. Which they were, so didn't check them again so often.

Car went back to the dealer three times for niggles to be sorted.

Went on a very long journey a couple of weeks ago, so checked the tyre pressures before.

One of the wheels now had an obviously old valve. And the tyre over 50% worn. All the others are nearly as new.

Looks like one of the wheels had been swapped while it was at the dealer. It doesn't have a spare, so not that.

I'm rather miffed - but don't see what I can do as it would have happened months ago.

Reply to
Dave Plowman (News)
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Bits getting swapped at dealers is something I have often heard of. There is a possibility it had a damaged wheel or tyre and a secondhand one was put on to bring the car back to safe at lowest cost.

Reply to
MrCheerful

I would be inclined to have a conversation with them in any case, especially if you have any evidence of it having come to you with new tyres.

Chris

Reply to
Chris Whelan

Does it have a spare? Any damage to that one wheel?

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Chris Bartram

Is it the same brand of tyre? If not, you can presumably prove what you bought, and that it doesn't match?

If it came to court, I think you could swing it 'on the balance of probabilities' - if you buy a new tyre you would expect to keep the tyre for some years, and the story that the garage swapped it is more plausible than you removing the slightly-used tyre and replacing it with a very-used one, for some unfathomed purpose.

Theo

Reply to
Theo

You might want to contact trading standards. Does the odd tyre have a different manufacturing date but the other 3 match ?

Reply to
Nick Finnigan

Does the wheel have a locking nut, and was the key kept in the car? That would strengthen the argument that only the dealer could have swapped the tyre.

Reply to
johannes

They do and yes - in the tool kit. The tyres are all the same brand and type. What drew my attention when checking the tyres was the one obviously old valve once the caps were removed. The rest all had shiny brass threads. Only then did I check the tread depths. And I don't see how one tyre could be half worn with all the rest reading near new. Unless I'd been burning rubber on standing starts, which I haven't.

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Dave Plowman (News)

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