0ldCh0d Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I was going to post this in the Ebay Tat thread, but decided that this needs it's own thread. Tonight, whilst looking at Mercedes on the bay of E, I happened to see this..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MERCEDES-CKL55-AMG-V-REG-/152622813748?hash=item2389075234:g:IjYAAOSwWdZZZ6sS Bit overpriced, More likely than not had the shit ragged out of it etc... But, it is a genuine W208 CLK 55 AMG. Anyway, upon looking at the pictures, this one stood out like a sore thumb......No not the rusty bits.....Check out the state of the Tyre...!!! I mean......That is surely blow out material? alcyonecorporation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Hard to tell if it's showing cords or not. I bet Barum is just what the AMG boys had in mind when it was on the drawing board though eh. mk2_craig, barefoot, Dave_Q and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 The amount of older cars I've looked at that are on really old (older than 10yr) tyres always surprises me. Often when I point it out the response is "Its only done 3k on them!". Which is fine, but when they're breaking up and degrading it's not. 0ldCh0d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi paul Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 This I'd the same seller I got my celica from. He is a decent old chap and it as his wife's car . I think he said she has had it eleven years. Anyway he has a brand new Mercedes parked next to it what he has just bought his wife. He got offered £500 off mercedes in part ex for the new one. So has shoved this on ebay. An offer may not be too quickly dismissed. To be fair the inside looked nicer than the outside. 0ldCh0d 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierraman Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Not a fail unless the cords are showing I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mally Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Surprising how strong a tyre is, many race with gashes zipped together with cable ties. Not us though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeRover Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Surprising how strong a tyre is, many race with gashes zipped together with cable ties. Not us though.We've done that with a tractor tyre after it split, it was meant to be temporary.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Therefore , as long as the cable ties are tight , and you can't see the cords , it'll pass an mot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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