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How bad is bad?
On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:43:39 +0100, Sacha wrote:
We have had tyres slashed too. Our new car has no spare wheel just a sophisticated puncture outfit made for holes less than 3mm. I spotted this after I had bought the car. The salesman said a survey had shown that customers didn't need a spare wheel anymore! !! What utter madness. When I picked up a horseshoe nail in one tyre, I certainly needed a spare. Most customers are townies, shed horseshoe nails are bit rare in towns... Also most people these days wouldn't even know how to change a wheel, assuming they know where the spare and/or the jack is located. Chatting to the AA man who came out to me the other week (failed injector, so real breakdown) he said that changing wheels kept him in a job. I've had 3 puncture altogether with this car, having never had one in my life before! That seems a bit odd. All in the same make/model of tyre? Some tread patterns seem worse at picking things up than others. A soft compound or less than ideal steel belting may let things in, "budget" tyres? -- Cheers Dave. |