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Is it legal to drive with 2 different tyres on the front?

  • 06-07-2020 7:17pm
    #1
    batman1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭batman1


    I got a hire car delivered this morning and only just noticed that the 2 front tyres are different, in both brand and age. One looks to be new and the other one is old, one is a premium, one is Chinese. One is an all season tyre also.
    Should I ring them up to get another car?

    I'd it even legal to drive it?


Comments

  • #2
    Jessie Tender Circle
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Jessie Tender Circle


    Perfectly legal.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,712 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It’s legal (if each one is legal in its own right), but very much not advised.


  • #4
    User1998
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,673 ✭✭✭User1998


    If you have one summer tyre and one winter tyre on the same axel you will fail the nct, but two summers and two winters will pass. Pretty sure its still legal tho to have one summer and one winter. Different brands are fine also


  • #5
    batman1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭batman1


    The new one is nankang sp7. I can't see an E marking on it or a manufacturing date . I'm guessing these should be easy to spot on the outside wall?


  • #6
    mikeecho
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭mikeecho


    batman1 wrote: »
    The new one is nankang sp7. I can't see an E marking on it or a manufacturing date . I'm guessing these should be easy to spot on the outside wall?

    Sometimes the E. Mark might be on the inside wall.


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  • #7
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Nanking would be at the top end of Chinese tyre brands.


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