tyres

[cappy]

###last night i was taking the youngest grandaughter home after having 2 of them for a week half term.......i got a puncture and as the modern cars have no spare wheel...only a gunk to fill in the tyre i called the AA he was there in 10mins i have been a member since 1981 .....used them 4 times glad i did but has cost a lot more than i got ....that is the gamble any way a mate of mine told me they can now plug a puncture to get you home the AA was good and said i will pump it up see were the leak is it was pumped up and he said the pressure monitor is not going down......he stated had i gone over a large pothole ....my answer was you cannot drive now without deep potholes in the road ....his only explanation was the pothole shot the tyre out of shape and the air escaped ......but to make sure it was ok he would follow behind till i got home......the tyre was fine he followed for some 17 miles... this morning the tyre is fine.... has anyone else had this occurrence ....i have never heard of it before.regards cappy

[j.sabourn]

That's a new one on me Cappy putting gunk in to remedy a puncture. Don't thinks has copped on in Oz. Now that you have let on will probably see in the papers tomorrow out here. I thought all cars carried a spare. Cheers John S

[vic mcclymont]

John, on some new cars there is no space for a spare tyre, so they give you a can of expanding foam. If you have a puncture, fill the tyre with foam. The tyre is then a write off.
On some makes the spare is an optional extra.
Vic

[Captain Kong]

I saw a man with a Lorry on a building site, who had a puncture, he found the hole and got a screw and screwed it in, it was still there days later.

[Jim Brady]

I have often seen cars with a red or yellow wheel, I think these are supplied by the AA to get you home after a puncture.
Regards.
Jim.B.

[j.sabourn]

Vic as said is a new one on me. Unless the lads in other states know this, we must be the backward State in WA. As have said in other posts there seems to be a habit here that after political waffle we do on site a similar story or stories seem to have a habit of appearing in the Press out here. Maybe I am falling under the spell of Big Brother is watching you. However when you hear of the likes of China and such watching what people are saying on the internet and closing some sites down, it stands to reason all governments and others do this also. This is how they get their intelligence today I suppose. Also the newspapers and all the polls they do of who is leading in the political arena. However we are fortuanate we can say what we believe. Until of course the political scenario changes which it will with time, not in ours though I hope. I believe in calling a spade a spade. Cheers JS

[Keith Tindell]

All modern cars are scrimped down to the bare minimum, at best a get you home spare wheel, everything is down to weight, and improved use of fuel. thats why again a lot of modern cars when you stop at lights or traffic , the engine stops, touch the accelerator and the engine starts. To a lot of us older citizens that seems strange, we were bought up with engines that might or might not start first thing in the morning, all this now of course relies on electronics. takes all the excitement out of the days when we set out, hoping to get there, no sense of adventure these kids !!!!!, kt

[vic mcclymont]

The down side of the car stopping and starting is that you need a special battery matched to the car starting characteristics. It costs nearly £200 to replace the battery on this typeof car to replace the battery.
Filling the tyre with gunge is not new, been on cars in theUK for years.
Regards
vic

[Ron Kendall]

Dunlop had a system called Dunlop Denovo years ago. A strap holding a number of small cylinders was put on the wheel before the tyre was fitted, and if you got a blow out, they filled the tyre with black rubbery gunge,this would get you home, but was a bit messy to get rid of. Some modern car have a thin spare wheel with a narrow tyre, and you are not supposed to go above a certain speed, or do to many miles on it before getting a new tyre fitted

[Stan Carter]

back in 2002 I bought an ATV four wheeler which had all the tires filled with "slime" in case of a leak, would seal the hole and you could inflate it with a small 12 volt pump. also the auto parts stores are selling pressurized cans of air and gunk in case you get a flat. enough air to get you to a air pump.

Have just done a quick over to England, Southport, to housesit with my 99year old sister while her daughter is away in China for three weeks. it's been nearly three years since I was last here and notice quite a lot of changes already. going to be interesting during the next couple of weeks. Don't think I will be living it up, but i'm sure we will have fun catching up. But, today I picked up a rental car and during the inspection the agent showed me the trunk, no spare tire, he explained something to the effect there is a cord to plug inti the dash and inflate it. keeping my fingers crossed!
regards, stan