(English version) The origin of second hand tire(tyre)

The day before, we discovered that some of the tires in front of our stores were missing.
Looking back the video, we found out that there was a guy wearing addidas shirt (covering his face) and sport shoes searching for second hand tires.

(Video shown on facebook page below)

https://www.facebook.com/tyrehood.hk/videos/2266362306817487/

Doing this at night searching for tires.... is it an understatement to say he stole the old tires / second hand tires for his use? Or maybe I am wrong, it's not stealing, it's picking up perhaps? But why covering his face?

Didn't he think that the tire may be unusable and burst if he used that?

At least I am now aware why people have a continuous source of second hand tire for his use... or maybe for selling.

https://www.facebook.com/tyrehood.hk/videos/377210039594385/

If you plan to cover your face and "steal", why drive a vehicle with a company name on it? Your boss should think twice of continuing the employment contract with you, knowing that you actually steal things.

Since the company name is in Chinese as shown in the video, it would be much easier to find out the person.

舊呔與它們的產地

前日冇啦啦發現左門口冇左啲呔, 番查原來有個人扯高件衫摭住塊瞼 

(video 可以禁下面個facebook page 到睇)

https://www.facebook.com/tyrehood.hk/videos/2266362306817487/

夜晚偷偷摸摸黎呔鋪搵呔, 好明顯想睇下會唔會偷到舊呔(舊胎)番去俾自己用.

呀, 唔係, 佢可能會覺得係執先岩. 但係執都要摭住塊瞼?

我驚您拎左唔用得既呔, 俾自己用或暫賣俾人用, 條呔突然爆炸, 害已害人

不過我終於知道點解有啲人一直都會拎到舊呔黎裝, 原來係去人地鋪頭偷番黎用. 呀, 唔係, Sorry, 可能係佢賣俾人用先岩.

https://www.facebook.com/tyrehood.hk/videos/377210039594385/

偷還偷, 偷得衰過人, 仲要渣部公司車黎偷. 如果您係打工既, 真係害死您老細. 估唔到原來自己員工係會偷野. 仲搞衰埋自己公司.

廣東....? 中東..... ?

金X運輸有限公司.....

金_運輸有限公司...

估下個X係咩先....

又似個 "八" 部首係下面個位, 唔知有咩字係咁既字呢?

都係直接去查有邊間公司有 "運輸有限公司" 就搞點.

How to differentiate authorized official tyre and parallel imported tyre

There is a Chinese version of this post, and I realize that I should have made the English version for this as well such that the English speaking Hong Kong residents are aware of the authorized official tyre as compared to parallel imported tyre (aka grey market products) in the current Hong Kong market.

There are more than 20 different brands in Hong Kong, and I will try to update with photos as much as possible.

I personally advise car owners / drivers to request a receipt, stating that the tyre is authorized official tyre to ensure the product information. Simply using the photos as depicted below where sole agent paste the label does not help a lot in the differentiation.

Michelin Tire

             

 Pictures depicting 

                              Authorized                                                                Parallel
                                 Official                                                                 Imported
                                   Tyre                                                                        Tyre
             

Hong Kong sole agent label is pasted on the tyre	There is no sole agent label on the tyre
If tyre is made in Europe, there is no EU label	If tyre is made in Europe, there will be EU label *

(Usually) More expensive than parallel imported goods

(Usually) Cheaper than authorized official goods

*The EU label on the tyre can be taken out. It's still better to look at the sole agent label for verification of authorized official tyre

Note: All Made in Europe tyres are not necessarily authorized official tyre

If you have doubt about your Michelin tyre, check out the following link to contact the staff.

https://www.michelin.com.hk/en/assistance

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Toyo Tyre

 Picture depicting authorized official tyre         

                                

                              Authorized                                                                Parallel 

                                 Official                                                                 Imported

                         Tyre                                                                        Tyre                               

                                                                      

Tyre specification label is normally pasted on the tyre	Some of the tyres may not have tyre speification label
Only Made in Japan tyre is available since.... (I forgot)	A varieties of manufacturing places

Price may be cheaper than parallel imported tyres, depending on the model and size

Maybe a little more expensive than authorized official tyre

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Continental Tyre

 Picture depicting authorized official tyre         

                                

                               Authorized                                                                  Parallel 

                                  Official                                                                   Imported

  Tyre                                                                        Tyre    

Sole agent label is pasted on the tyre	There is no sole agent label on the tyre
Some of the tyres may have the Continental tire label (that states CONTINENTAL SINCE 1871)	Not confirmed if the tyres may have the Continental tire label too

(Usually) More expensive than parallel imported tyre. Some tyres with older manufacturing date could be cheaper than parallel imported tyre (that's with the same year)

(Usually) Cheaper than authorized official tyre.

Since June, 2018, all continental tires (for private vehicle) will have 180 days warranty*

No Warranty

*Terms and conditions apply. Please enquire Tyrehood or the sole agent for more information

The following link directs you to the post where I talked about the 180 days warranty

http://tyrehood.blogspot.com/2018/06/180.html

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Falken tire

 Picture depicting authorized official tyre         

                                

                               Authorized                                                                  Parallel 

                                  Official                                                                   Imported

  Tyre                                                                        Tyre  

                                                                   

Sole agent label is pasted on the tyre

there is no sole agent label

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Pirelli tire

I will upload the photos again

        

                               Authorized                                                                  Parallel 

                                  Official                                                                   Imported

  Tyre                                                                        Tyre 

Sole agent label is pasted on the tyre	there is no sole agent label
Most of the tyres' manufacturing places are made in Europe	All the tires are made in Europe*

Tyres that are made in europe will have the EU label pasted on the tyre**

Some of the tires may not have EU label***

*I think so... 

**All pirelli authorized official tyres have the EU label pasted (so far that we have sold off)

*** There is no EU label on the tire for those that we have sold (so far)

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Dunlop

呢個牌子係目前我分唔出到底行貨定係水貨. 因為行貨冇總代理標籤, 而水貨又有車呔規格標籤. 呢個就自己問呔鋪啦. 不過就算問左, 都可以俾水貨而自己唔知.

                               Authorized                                                                  Parallel 

                                  Official                                                                   Imported

  Tyre                                                                        Tyre 

Sole agent label is pasted on the tire

There is no sole agent label on the tire

12 months warranty (if I remembered correctly)

No warranty

*The warranty calculation is actually the same as those oversea (such as Australia and U.S). It's base on the kilometer that you have used the tire, and pay the partial amount of fees to purchase a new Dunlop tire if the old one accidentally torn apart. There is a distinct difference between Dunlop warranty and Continental warranty

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Yokohama tire

I can't actually pinpoint the difference between the two. It seems like the tyre specification label is different. I will update this section again if I know.

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Bridgestone tire

                               Authorized                                                                  Parallel 

                                  Official                                                                   Imported

  Tyre                                                                        Tyre 

Sole agent label is pasted on the tire

there is no sole agent label on the tire

all tires have the specification label

some may not have specification label

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All listed products in our official webpage,  https://www.tyrehood.com/en are authorized official tyres. If you are interested in purchasing parallel imported tyre, please enquire for information.

Parallel imported tyres price are not available (for the moment perhaps)

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How about other brands such as Kenda, Federal? I don't think there will be parallel imported tyres for these brands. But I will keep myself updated and update the post.

戥呔要拆走舊鉛? 係想戥得準定係為左靚

曾經有人話, 戥呔幫佢整走晒的鉛先戥

我原先唔知個戥呔既原理個陣, 都會覺得係整走晒的舊鉛先岩.

但係當我再研究, 同實驗左之後, 我就係到諗, 到底係咪必需, 定係車主只係為左個靚?

戥呔作用係為左將車呔既重量分佈平均番

部機會轉條呔, 再計算邊個位需要加番的鉛落去

如果舊既鉛仲係條鈴到, 會唔會影響到戥呔?

Theory 係會 (我唔否認). 但實際做左個實驗後發現係唔會. 個總共用既重量 既鉛, (拆左舊既鉛, 同冇拆到 -- 當然係要做的手腳, 而去貼上新既鉛), 係冇分別, 都係一樣重量.

(得閒想黎鋪頭搵我傾計可以問我個實驗結果)

如果因為想戥呔戥得準而拆晒的舊鉛既話, 做既野唔止係拆舊鉛, 仲需要洗埋呔鈴入面的塵, 因為塵都有重量, 有的呔鈴的塵仲多到真係要鏟好耐先可以清到個位出黎去貼鉛.

要戥得好準 (100%準), 唔止係新舊鉛既問題, 仲有其他因素, 而花費既時間相對一定多.

而我assume 每條呔都要 50g (有的仲去到150g) 既鉛去戥呔的話, 換4條呔就要拆 200g 鉛, 即您就掉左至少200g 鉛落堆填區到. 

積累埋其他車, 如果10幾萬車, 加埋都係20,000,000g 既鉛掉去堆填區, 

無野既, 都係冇咁環保. 

我呀哥話睇落會靚的, 我自己就唔係好明啦. 行左一排, 連的鉛都會鋪晒塵, 您又會唔會洗車個陣連埋鈴既鉛都洗乾淨? (當然我係唔排除有呢的咁既車主)

會既真係交流下, 因為有的真係好難洗下, 可以教下我

Otherwise, 如果您係只係為左戥得準而想去拆晒所有舊鉛, 或者係為左裝新呔, 所有野都要新所以連鉛都要新 (就算其實唔影響車既運作時), 會唔會再三考慮一下, 為左環保出一分力, 唔再要求拆舊鉛呢?

建大 Kenda 台灣制造既呔打入香港市場

(打手報告, 擺明係____ sell 您呢款呔)

最近係到研究緊, 如果新呔打入市場, 除左價錢之外, 其實仲有冇咩可以sell 到新呔. 大家都對於未聽過既牌子比較難接受啲.

所以, 小弟睇過, 其實除左睇下人網上講的咩, 都有方法可以睇睇係咪值得一試既. 不過先講 supplier sell 下佢推出既款先:

KR400

 KR400 為建大在美國OHIO STATE的研發中心設計新一款超高性能輪胎.....

唔打咁多字, 重點係, 高性能呔, America Engineer Technology, 同埋體驗價都底於 $1300/條.

 用價錢去睇, 的確好_平.

KR30 為建大研發出之底噪音, 底油耗並具備高濕地抓地力的安全節能環保輪胎.... 

都係 summary 俾您,

Low noise, Fuel efficient, 同埋耐用 

體驗價都係幾百去到幾百, 我冇打錯字, 唔過千就得

KR20A

呢個就冇乜點講關於佢既野, 暫時得兩個尺寸既 R18 有貨. 睇下有冇人肯試下玩呢隻

其實個個人都唔想用新野等comment. 咁我研究到啲咩? 

就係如果您係用緊: 東洋 Toyo CF2, Nexen Nfera SU1 (可能仲有, 暫時要再睇睇), 咁您可以一試建大 KR30. 換兩條試下佢.

注, 呢個唔係有人評論的, 係小弟研究緊啲野, 咁到底係咩研究呢, 恕小弟唔想講出黎. 同埋我都係再多口講句 載個頭盔, 係可以試下, 唔係代表一定好過.

至於KR400, 暫時未對比到, 搵到比較就再post 上黎

其實我唔係真係hardsell的... 信小弟

換迫力皮

最近有個熟客想換迫力皮, 我同佢講, 不如過黎我到, 一齊搞啦. 反正我自己又學過, 學完唔用會好快唔記得的

最後我地換左對雜廠既迫力皮, 聽佢話一對前既迫力皮 $320 (H1 van 仔)
雖說佢想俾番 $100 我, 但我最後都冇收到佢錢, 因為熟客.

所以, 我就一諗, 如果大家都需要需要換迫力皮的話, 可以帶埋黎換呔個陣換埋.
至於收費,  如果您自己搞埋的話, 我都唔會收您錢的.

但係如果要借用具去搞的話, 除非係熟客 (定義為買及更換新呔4條以上), 否則小弟都係要收番小小錢的.

如果要搵我自己一個搞的話, 咁就要睇下咩車款啦. 雖然多數都係大同小異, 但係好似有部 Tesla, 佢係用兩對迫力皮的, 咁呢的我就唔搞啦. 至於收費, 如果係熟客好多時我都唔收的.


如果要睇迫力皮, 通常都睇上面既厚度, 不妨都睇埋下面, 有啲車可能會好似相咁, 下面其實wear off 左

買石橋 Bridgestone T005A 送 Esso 入油券

最近出完個 Dunlop Sport Maxx 050+ 個優惠之後 (可惜太遲知, 唔係都仲可以做長啲), 石橋原來係最近都出左個優惠, 不過唔係價錢, 而係送Esso 入油券

呢款新出既 T005A, 係為左取代GR100 已推出.

睇一睇T005A 係咩款先

據了解, T005A, 除左一樣野同 GR100 係一樣之外, 其他既性能如耐用性, 濕地性能等都提升左.

仲有話, 香港既水貨, 係有款叫 T005, 同呢款既 T005A係有唔同嫁. T005係歐洲制的.

而家, 買T005A 行貨呔 R16或以下, 換4條就會有 $100 Esso 入油券. R17或以上換4條就會有 $200  Esso 入油券

係呢的情況下, 我都會好細心睇多樣野, 就係, 買呔送入油券有冇條款及細則約束呢?

(我以前打工既職業病又黎啦)

石橋網站寫話:

"現由即日起到2018年9月15日的推廣期內*，凡購買兩條14-16吋全新T005A，即送價值港幣50元的油劵；而每購買兩條17-19吋全新T005A，即送價值港幣100元油劵，多買多送，欲購從速。"

[* 此優惠只適用於行貨輪胎，請於購買時留意行貨標籤，方為正貨。]

那, 佢明明係寫住話 "多買多送，欲購從速。", 佢係冇寫到 ---- 送完即止嫁 !!!!!
即係話, 由當日佢開個post , 到9月15日, 無論車主買幾多, 都會有入油券送.