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TTR · Powermonger!!

Wanted - Runway Enduro 656 - 215/65 R15 100H TL tyre!

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen · Devon's Best

Hi Brian.
As long as the replacement tyre is not rotational nor asymmetrical, then you can mix brands.
Good luck with the mot.

shack · Clubman A

No bongo owners out there who can let you have one for the mot? I know a few that don't have them as daily transport so not as much of an inconvenience. Hope you get it sorted.

chrisoncbr · Expert

Enduro 816 any good Brian? £60 fitted.

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen · Devon's Best

shack wrote:
No bongo owners out there who can let you have one for the mot? I know a few that don't have them as daily transport so not as much of an inconvenience. Hope you get it sorted.

Ours is in daily use, but I run commercial van tyres

TTR · Powermonger!!

Thank you for the replies guys - much appreciated wink

Things came to a bit of a head yesterday when a bloke reversed into the Bongo on Holne Bridge and the damage is bad enough for it to go through the insurers. No structural damage but the big front plastic and imitation bull bars are dust cry

I am keen to get the Bongo MOTd before it gets lost for a few weeks in the repair shop (whilst they probably have to wait for parts to come in from the land of the rising sun) so I just got a pair of budget tyres from Save on Tyres - £100 in total fitted and balanced which wasn't too bad. At least they are done now ready for MOT on Tuesday.

Fingers crossed!

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen · Devon's Best

TTR wrote:
whilst they probably have to wait for parts to come in from the land of the rising sun

When we had ours repaired, the insurers tried to use 2nd hand parts (cheaper hire car bill), which they are allowed to do, unless you state otherwise... I did, and whilst they weren't happy, they did buy genuine Mazda panels from Mazda.

New parts from Japan are cheaper than 2nd parts here, but we waited 9 weeks for ours to be fixed.

TTR · Powermonger!!

KronreifTrunkenpolzMattighofen wrote:
TTR wrote:
whilst they probably have to wait for parts to come in from the land of the rising sun
When we had ours repaired, the insurers tried to use 2nd hand parts (cheaper hire car bill), which they are allowed to do, unless you state otherwise... I did, and whilst they weren't happy, they did buy genuine Mazda panels from Mazda.
New parts from Japan are cheaper than 2nd parts here, but we waited 9 weeks for ours to be fixed.

Thanks for the heads up! I had no idea.....