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Wednesday, 15 August 2007
eBay shoppers looking for a bargain are being warned to steer clear of second-hand tyres being sold on the site, after independent testing revealed that half of the used tyres listed on eBay are unsafe. 

The warning follows research by Continental Tyres in the UK who commissioned technical specialists to check the safety of the thousands of cheap used tyres that are up for sale on eBay. Twenty used car tyres were purchased and tested. Alarmingly, one in five were over the recommended age limit for tyres, meaning that they could fail or ‘blow out’ on the road, two of the tyres were almost balding in places, and one tyre was found to have an illegal and dangerous repair. Another had been stuck back together with superglue.

Worryingly, eBayers only seem to be concerned with saving cash and have not considered the safety risks. A survey, also commissioned by Continental Tyres, found that more than one in eight motorists have already bought, or would consider buying second-hand tyres from eBay - rising to one in three among 18 to 24 year olds.
 


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