Range rover autobiography Tyre issue

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Alexamery

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Please advise. Having a complete disaster of a Christmas. Bought a brand new range rover autobiography 9 months and threw a puncture just before Christmas. Got the spare on and as I tightened the security nut it split...anyway...Got to my local garage and they said they cannot reorder key..just 4 new bolts and new key...ok £100 . That's not an issue..simple repair of tyre and we are sorted. Nope! Although puncture is on driving surface (they showed me) they are now saying tyre cannot be repaired as they have a special liner to suppress road noise.
I need to know if this garage is taking me for a ride as they have quoted £300 inc vat for a new tyre! Going to be an expensive repair!
Tyre is a Scorpion Verde 275/40/R22. Can anyone advise me if this lining explanation is correct and if they are looking at my car and thinking this guy can afford it or can these tyres be repaired? Thanks in advance
 
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Welcome to the forum. This is the intro section.
Autobiography is just a trim finish mate. What Range Rover model is it?
Post in that sub-forum and you might get an answer.
 
DanClarke said:
Welcome to the forum. This is the intro section.
Autobiography is just a trim finish mate. What Range Rover model is it?
Post in that sub-forum and you might get an answer.
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The car is a Land Rover Range Rover autobiography T2017 LWB...thats what's on the description on the DVLA reg
 
OK. Mine is a Year 2000 Vogue. But actually its a P38a 4.6Ltr V8 Petrol Thor Engined model.
The Vogue bit, is just the trim level.
There is no such thing as a Vogue. Its just a TRIM level. My previous P38a 4.6Ltr with the same engine and everything else was an HSE.
Autobiography is just a finish, not a model.

Good Luck.
 
2 minutes of web searching, found the pirelli website and find those tyres have some kind of lining which will seal a nail puncture itself provided you leave the nail in. A well known tyre fitting company advertises your size for just under £300 each. Theres also lots of reviews for those tyres on the internet. Just do a bit of searching and you will find a lot of info out there.
 
Let me try.....

HELLO.............IS.... IT...THE..SPORT... OR...THE...TOP ...DRAWER... ONE?

DID ...YOU ...PART.... WITH.... OVER ....100K ....FOR.... IT?
 
I stand corrected.
Its an "Autobiography". Not anything else. Nothing else matters except the "Autobiography" tag.
Not the Engine, the wheel size or profile, just that its (whisper it) an "Autobiography". Wow!
 
Wimblowdriver said:
2 minutes of web searching, found the pirelli website and find those tyres have some kind of lining which will seal a nail puncture itself provided you leave the nail in. A well known tyre fitting company advertises your size for just under £300 each. Theres also lots of reviews for those tyres on the internet. Just do a bit of searching and you will find a lot of info out there.
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Ok thanks..
DanClarke said:
I stand corrected.
Its an "Autobiography". Not anything else. Nothing else matters except the "Autobiography" tag.
Not the Engine, the wheel size or profile, just that its (whisper it) an "Autobiography". Wow!
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Seriously? I am talking about a tyre issue not the model of the car. I put the tyre size and make quite clearly on the description
 
Alexamery said:
Ok thanks..



Seriously? I am talking about a tyre issue not the model of the car. I put the tyre size and make quite clearly on the description
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Sorry mate. It's a slow Friday. Its late, festive season....and you are seriously worrying about a £300 pound boot on a £100K motor?
However, I am being both rude and unkind. But it just tickled me.
Welcome to the forum, and yes, you cannot maintain champagne cars on Coca-Cola money. End-of.

Good Luck.
 
some tyre manufacturers say their runflats can be repaired some not.

its kind of ironic in that the run flat allows the removal of a spare to save weight for environmental reasons, yet relts in thousands of tyre being binned because they cannot be repaired.

personally, I would look for a part worn and at your next tyre change ditch the runflats for a tyre that can be repaired.
 
DanClarke said:
Sorry mate. It's a slow Friday. Its late, festive season....and you are seriously worrying about a £300 pound boot on a £100K motor?
However, I am being both rude and unkind. But it just tickled me.
Welcome to the forum, and yes, you cannot maintain champagne cars on Coca-Cola money. End-of.

Good Luck.
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Thanks for the help
I am just checking that this garage is not taking advantage of me. I am not a mechanic and know very little about tyres.
 
ukadamwest said:
some tyre manufacturers say their runflats can be repaired some not.

its kind of ironic in that the run flat allows the removal of a spare to save weight for environmental reasons, yet relts in thousands of tyre being binned because they cannot be repaired.

personally, I would look for a part worn and at your next tyre change ditch the runflats for a tyre that can be repaired.
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So these scorpion Verde 275/40R22 are run flat tyres then ?
 
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