Reply to: AA flat tyre - no spare

[d000hg]

We know.

I was just about to post that link too

[moggy]

Have to get a new tyre after all as I fecked it driving with if flat. £120 for a continental replaced and fitted.

I hate to say it.. but told ya..

Mine was £200 a mitchelin ones!

[SupremeSpod]

Yes.

Remoulds can be quite exciting.

The thunk as the tread falls off on the motorway can really make your day.

Before I had my XJ6 rebuilt, in fact, not long after I bought it, I discovered that all 5 of my tyres were remoulds, at 95mph on the M6 on my way back from RAF Cosford.

Interesting indeed.

The AA man and tyre replacement chappy were very helpful.

[louie]

Have to get a new tyre after all as I fecked it driving with if flat. £120 for a continental replaced and fitted.

[psychocandy]

Put the foam in the tyre it doesn't ruin it. If you call the AA they'll just tell you to use the foam.

FWIW get one of these. I've got one and I've put a decent plug in many a tyre. You don't have to take it off. I've done 20,000 miles on the last plug I put in.

Not saying some of the donuts who work in tyre places are the sharpest tools in the shed but I'd be a bit worried about this and doing it wrong and the thing coming apart at 80mph. After all your tyres are not the best bits to go wrong at speed!

[BoredBloke]

Only a couple of quid as long as the puncture is in the middle of the tyre. If it's too close to the shoulder then it's new tyre time

And would one of these plug things fix a puncture there? My guess is that this too would require a new tyre. The difference being if you are doing a DIY fix you might attempt to fix a tyre that you really should have binned.

[louie]

and it will be a completely new tyre now as you drove on it and used the foam i'd guess.

Get your cash card ready..

£50 foam, £200 tyre

Not buying the foam again it's useless, plus guy at tyre place said they usually can fix them.

[Sockpuppet]

My thought also. I wouldn't like to be pegging down the motorway and the plug let go. I'd much rather take it to a garage and have it fixed as its only a couple of quid. Since tyres are that tiny bit of rubber that sticks your car to the road its not worth the risk farting about with them.

It's not farting about when you know what you're doing.

Its the remoulds you want to be worried about

[Sockpuppet]

You did have it repaired properly after you got home, I trust?

Er. No. It's still in the wheel. Its the same sort of plug they'll put in at the garage. It's not going anywhere.

[moggy]

There coming to take me to the nearest tyre joint.

and it will be a completely new tyre now as you drove on it and used the foam i'd guess.

Get your cash card ready..

£50 foam, £200 tyre

[louie]

There coming to take me to the nearest tyre joint.

[louie]

Went out and tried the liquid pump thing, it pumped it into the tyre then just stayed flat after 10 mins. Time to get the AA involved.

[moggy]

Only a couple of quid as long as the puncture is in the middle of the tyre. If it's too close to the shoulder then it's new tyre time

exactly and as he drove it home with the flat, i bet it was new tyre time.. prob £200 with all the add ons.

[Troll]

Slightly off topic but a top tip - used the RAC membership to get a very good deal on new tyres through Black Circles - does the AA do anything similar?

[Spacecadet]

My thought also. I wouldn't like to be pegging down the motorway and the plug let go. I'd much rather take it to a garage and have it fixed as its only a couple of quid. Since tyres are that tiny bit of rubber that sticks your car to the road its not worth the risk farting about with them.

Only a couple of quid as long as the puncture is in the middle of the tyre. If it's too close to the shoulder then it's new tyre time