On a bit of an impulse and for the hell of it I thumped in the opening bid on an auction on Saturday afternoon. It had 5 mins to go, I had barely had that long to look at the ad, but I thought, what the hell.
What did I buy, 4 x 16" Camaro wheels with tyres. The ad was primarily selling the wheels though as the tyres had about 3-4mm of tread left and the centre caps were a bit manky. However they were both still part of the deal.
How much for this bundle of joy, £125. Sounds too go to be true, 4 usable wheels and tyres for less than the price of a new BFG on my current car. So where's the catch, well there is one, and it wasn't a small one. It was a 270 mile trip one. The wheels were located in South Shields.
Now the original plan after buying them and think 'oh no, what have I done!' Was to drag a buddy along for the road trip next weekend. Except if forgotten that next weekend I'm out both days, so instead I'd have to make the trip the next day (yesterday).
Left at a crisp 6am for the 4 1/2 hour car journey. Paid for the wheels via paypal so no money issues with handing money over. Met up with the guy as he was tinkering with his '91 RS in the front garden. Lovely bloke, had a good chat and completely under sold the wheels.
Each one was immaculate, loads of life left in the tyres (at least 5000miles), refurbed a year or two ago when they were sprayed white. These won't be living on my car or at least I don't think they will. I bought them to use at the strip for something a bit more grippy than my 215 section BF's.
Will see how they improve my cars get up and go, but I thought a very good spur of the moment purchase. It also helps to have a company van with cruise control, making the journey just that little but less tedious.
