popeye2755

Wish it was that easy. Basically, it's all about arse-covering, and I need to make sure that mines covered(!) I'll leave it up to my company to sort out, but IMO it's the bloody lease company being tight.

It gets worse.... Kwik fit mobile came and fitted two new bigger tyres to the front of the car. This was in contradiction to what the kwik fit call centre told me the day before. They said that it is illegal to have bigger tyres on the front than on the back. When I rang them back to point out that they had fitted the tyres to the front, they pointed out that actually it isn't illegal to have bigger tyres on the front as long as you have the same sized tyre on each axle. However, they were desperate to come out immediately and put the bigger tyres on the back! I rang Seat up to get their viewpoint, and they said the under no circumstances should the vehicle be driven with different size tyres, as it is dangerous. Fed up.

The saga continues... Spoke to ATS today, and was informed that it would be another 10 days before they would get the tyres. I then spoke to Seat, who were fully aware of the problem. Apparently, Bridgestone have stopped producing the tyre(!) Seat now have two official replacements, both of which are of a different size. Seat stated that this would need all 5 tyres changing, which seemed sensible to me. Over to the lease company then... they have a different take on it... they would replace the worn tyres with the new size, but not the ones which still had OK tread. They stated that they would put the bigger tyres on the back, and the smaller ones on the front, thus keeping the vehicle legal. WTF??? What about the spare? What size do I have fitted to that? or do I carry two spares? I'm going to hammer the lease company tomorrow and hopefully get them to change all 5 tyres. Ta

Thanks for all the replies. Gave up arguing in the end with the lease company, decided to wait ten days until ATS can get the original tyres. Never mind, it's a day off work while they get changed!

Thanks for the reply. Apparently it's the "c" that causes the problem, because this indicates a "commercial" (van) type tyre. The cars a lease car, and the lease company are very picky about which tyres can be fitted, due to cost.

Can anyone tell me if the only type of tyre that can be fitted to my Alhambra are the following: Bridgestone 205/55R16C According to National tyres and ATS, only Bridgestone do this tyre, no-one else. I've just been quoted 10 days delivery because no-one has any in stock! Cheers Alhambra SX TDI, 04, 130bhp

Didn't know that an ABS light was an MOT fail? My first Galaxy had an MOT approx 3 years ago, and passed, but with an advisory that the ABS light was on. Have the rules changed, and if so, when?