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Mixing MT tyres (insurance claim problem)

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Ridgeback:

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Don't know of any insurance company that would ask for one disc to be changed. but there is no law against running different tyre tread patterns & if one tyre is no longer available they are only obliged to change that to the closest or just give you cash in lue for the price of the the damaged tyre, but you never know  :roll:, you can only keep on trying, is it your insurance that are repairing it or the other parties ?



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It was my understanding that the insurance company had to reinstate things back to the same point before the accident. On a normal car it might not be a big issue to have odd tyres per axle, however if I was selling my landrover, its got to be worth less if its running odd MT tyres ? Also different brands of MT tyres all perform very differently on the road under wet and dry conditions, it might not be against the law but is this safe?

They have started to be a bit more helpful now, I asked for a replacement landrover while mine was getting fixed, they sent me a new disco so I am not in to much of a rush if they want to drag things out. I also have other cars so I can wait if needed.

Range Rover Blues:
If they are paying for your hire car that works in your favour, they won'twant to leave you dangling in the hope you'll go away if they are paying for alternative wheels.

that said, I had a hire car whilst mine was in the workshop, I got a 'phone message left on my mobile to tell me my car had been fixed and that the insurance company was therefore no longer insuring the car I was driving!  I was out instructing in it at the time :evil:

I rang them back and told them the car had been left on the Manor estate in Sheffield and if they wanted it back, they'd beter be quick ;)

As for your Land Rover, just don't sign for it back with miss-matched tyres.

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