FS: Tyres four 225/45/17 HiFly HF805 cheap!

[Olaf 3249]

Fellow Bimmersporters

Here's a bargain for those of you needing some rubber in 225/45/17 without impacting your beer budget. Yes, a set (FOUR ONLY) of HiFly's finest HF805, pre-loved. They're tyres, don't you know.

They've been run on a staggered set, so two have crowned a little in the middle. WYSIWYG.

Condition:
No punctures: I've had a look around the inside of each; no puncture repairs! And they held air for me sunday/monday until removed from rims this morning.

Tread Depths:
from left to right in the image below:

Left: 5mm (ranges from 6 to 5.1)

Centre Left: 4.4mm (ranges from 5.1 to 4.4)

Centre Right: 3.9mm (ranges from 3.9 to 6)

Right: 3.5mm (ranges 3.5 to 5.9)

General:

honest used tyres. No warranty implied or expressed.

Where?

They're in Wellington.

How much, Olaf?

Before I put them on TradeMe, I thought I'd offer to Bimmersporters: $125 the lot (including GST). These cost about $115 each when new (according to the ads I've seen), so I figure that's a fair price including delivery in wellington. I'll deliver them to you for that price, as far north as Paraparumu, or Upper Hutt. Very happy to meet you in central Wellington!


Oh, and for your entertainment (these are not my words)

"HIFLY HF805 225/45/17/94/W.

HiFly HF805 is a high performance, low noise tyre. The Unique assymetrical tread meets ultra high handling and traction requirements.

Features include:

• Superb stability
• Low road noise
• Reliability

Right, and in case your curiosity is getting the better of you, some pictures!!

Fig 1: here's the identity parade photo from this afternoon:

FIg 2: you were wondering if they were round, eh!? Here's the mug shot.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Olaf

[Olaf 3249]

I should point out: I'm not a tyre specialist, not in the motor trade; I'm just joe blogs selling them out of my company as they're not required. I don't have more to sell.

thanks for looking!

[Ahmedsinc 414]

Olaf, do the rest of the country a favour and have these bloody things shredded. Hell, I'll even pass the hat around so you get your $125 bucks back

[Jibs05 86]

they kinda look like black lions haha maybe keen for some skid tires...

[Olaf 3249]

now that's exactly what I figured they'd be attractive for: doing some skidz on #8 ) so Ahmed, these could, ultimately, be shredded... on the end of somebody's diff.

And hey, if you were in a hole and just needed some llantas negras that hold air and pass a WoF until you can afford some real tyres, these are them. My tyre guy described them as being a fine tyre if all you're doing is punting around town... and added something like "until it rains", so they could be useful for skidpan training too! When you're done, you can add them to that retaining wall you've been building, or make a few tyre swings! How 'green' is that? Reduce, reuse, recycle... our dingbat mayor would be pleased

I guess if you out--of-towners are keen, if you arranged it with Andy's Bimmersport Freight Services (™), I'd happily drop these out to Seaview.

They is going on TradeMe tonight at $150, so snag yourself a cheap tyre bargain today. Hell, these are cheaper than a bottle of good Japanese 18YO Single Malt.

You know it makes sense.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Olaf

[Olaf 3249]

PS - they're the 94W rating, not the wimpy 91 load-rated version. This no doubt makes them more useful for, well, keeping your rims off the road?

[Olaf 3249]

Trailer tyres?

[M M 250]

Give the man some credit, that description is pretty good.

[Herbmiester 909]

Thanks Ron I will pass on them, my Herbs are actual Herbs, Thyme Rosemary etc, all thanks to Mrs Herb and her green thumb. Plus we have enough spare tyres around the place for planting potatoes, retaining walls horse jumps etc.

[Olaf 3249]

damn, they might have made a part-exchange for your springs! #; )

[Olaf 3249]

SOLD - pending payment.

[Olaf 3249]

"SOLD SOLD SOLD!" (as they say on those American shows featuring the noisy and verbose auctioneers).

Thankfully these are not Sagitars or Effiplus.

[Ahmedsinc 414]

"SOLD SOLD SOLD!" (as they say on those American shows featuring the noisy and verbose auctioneers).

Thankfully these are not Sagitars or Effiplus.

And with any luck they'll be cremated as offerings to the gods of speed in a 'controlled' environment far away from the three huggers

In all seriousness though, well done - I assumed you'd be struggling to give those things away! Are you in sales, perchance?

[Olaf 3249]

Sales? No mate, I do sell ideas, though. I work in IT. Please don't think any less of me, I do it to feed my family.

Everyone needs tyres, it's not like ice to eskimos.

Thinking about it, there are a few fields in which there is constant demand, rtegardless of economic circumstance.

Haircuts (short of being bald or shaving your head/going hippie, all need haircut)

Tyres (we wear them out, they build roads with chip seal)

Funeral directors (the ritual of death never goes out of fashion)

Doctor (people will usually try to remain here as long as possible before meeting the above)

Bad news (the media)

The oldest profession (I have read that there is always business)

Fuel sales (at least for a few more decades, people will drive and need gas to do it)

and, (if one was to believe the wheel magician website), mag wheel repairs

Less-than constant demand:

Clothes - there are always options when times are tight (mend what you have, thrift stores)

Food - massive diversity, no guarentee you can sell food

Coffee - contrary to popular belief, people without income will live without that $4.50 latte

Dentistry (people put that off)

Optician (supermarket or internet specs)

So it's not too tough a sale, selling used tyres. One needs to find a market, and apply simple guidelines.

Shhhh! Don't tell everyone! My views on "how to win at TradeMe".

• Write a good ad, break it down, make it simple. If you were looking to buy, what would you want to know about the item?
• display good images. Folks want to see what you're offering
• research your price and competition. no point trying to get a top-end price when there's ten of the same thing, cheaper. Make your market.
• answer questions promptly and politely (eliminate objections, as a salesman would say)
• be straightforward and easy to deal with.

Folks fail at trademe because they're too bloody difficult to deal with, or write a lazy or poorly-worded advert with fuzzy poorly-lit photos, and make it difficult to understand what they're selling.

Anyway, thanks for the positive comments. Nothing more to see here. Stinky black rubber bands have gone.

Now to figure out if I should sell my Style 45s when this mini-project is complete.

Olaf