Tying a car down

[normspanners]

....wait... so are you saying that you as a consumer, or your consumer's wife and children, would be happy to ride at 80MPH, maybe with a trailer or caravan behind (ignore the legalities for a sec and concentrate on reality) with four (not one, or two) tyres that look like this:

Yep coz it is normal !!
Also I would travel at 150 mph if they where rated for it (and have done) some of the higher rated tyres have even more indents .
Mind you I have travelled regularly at over 80 mph and 110+ MPH on forrest tracks on remoulds with no issues ever.

I'm sorry, but there is no argument that can excuse the scenario that the OP finds himself in.

Yes there is, the scenario is----- normal tyre construction, please read the info it is how they are made Continental which they are I believe, by the look of them, they would not state it was perfectly safe, if it were not true.
Its not been damaged in anyway IMO, damage would cause bulges out---- they are the rogues---- not inward marks---- they are being held in by the internal cords like a string round a balloon.

 

[hunter27]

What about voicing your concerns to the dealer and put the onus on him to decide if they are safe, he will want to cover his back and if he says it normal get it in writing.

 

[graffian]

Straps are for girls.

 

[Screwdriver]

If you know for a fact that that deformation was caused by strapping the tyre down, then I'd be worried. If you don't and they are an artefact of the construction, I wouldn't.