Accuphaseman
Now Lux man
And no dipstick?
No that’s behind the wheel in some cars.
And no dipstick?
I don't know, but punctures used to be a regular occurrence. I remember helping my dad with a few as a kid in the 70s and several when I started driving. Some cars were worse than others, I remember my mum had a Skoda Estelle for a b out 3 years, it had more punctures than soft Mick. Always on the rear. I was a student and driving it in the holidays, one day it had 2 punctures, I kid you not. One in the morning, fitted the spare, bought a new tyre, another one, other side, that afternoon. Both were decent brands with reasonable tread but low enough to not be worth repairing, Firestone I remember for some reason was a bit cheaper than most but better than the awful Stomils and so on coming out of Poland, and that's what it used. But that car had 2 or 3 punctures a year.Mentioned a few times now - things along the lines "tyres are good now", implying that some fairy dust is now ued to resist punctures.
Steel radials used to be the norm - now, they ought to be more resistant than fabric, but things like rubber hardness are linked to grip/friction, so I doubt that that has changed much for road tyres.
Anyone want to suggest why current tyres should be or are more resistant to punctures?
Profile? Better roads? Better driving/drivers?
I am unconvinced. Having been driving for 45 years, I do not see any likely change in puncture rates; uncommon then, uncommon now, as big a PITA then as now.
I don't think you can beat a proper old fashioned one...anyone recommend an accurate tyre pressure gauge?
my tyre blower has one but it is woefully inaccurate compared to the car measurements, but the car cannot dial cannot be seen whilst pumping the tyres up....
I don't think you can beat a proper old fashioned one...
https://www.halfords.com/tools/gara...s5kAD-uplsj1MfVrHcbMv2n4chfwigGMaAnGDEALw_wcB
Big LCD?got one of them can't read it
anyone recommend an accurate tyre pressure gauge?
my tyre blower has one but it is woefully inaccurate compared to the car measurements, but the car cannot dial cannot be seen whilst pumping the tyres up....
anyone recommend an accurate tyre pressure gauge?
my tyre blower has one but it is woefully inaccurate compared to the car measurements, but the car cannot dial cannot be seen whilst pumping the tyres up....
The advice that I had years ago was to use the same gauge each time. Whether ultra accurate or not, at least that way it is more consistent.
I don't want another tyre inflater. I have two one with a gauge and the pork one without
I don’t get it either, I’ve had cars with run-flats and I detest them.Does anyone know the reason for the lunatic wholesale move to not providing a spare in current cars?
In the overall scheme of things I cannot beleive that it is cost - on the scale of car manufacture, providing one would cost peanuts.
Run-flats are OK, but only if the puncture is very modest - hit something that puts even a small slice in the tyre and you are going nowhere.
My Megane came with a can of puncture repair fluid and a battery-operated pump, but it also has a spare wheel well in the boot, originally filled with a foam insert. I fitted a spare PDQ after buying it - the fact that no spare was normal was news to me then and it amazed me.
This has got to be one of the looniest moves in car design/provision/whatever, ever, especially for lone lady drivers - provided with a long-handled wheel nut spanner, or even a standard one and a length of steel pipe, and some very basic education, any lady can change any car wheel, if they have a spare. Maybe the asumption is that ALL ladies who habitually drive alone have some kind of rescue cover?
Buy a Ring pressure gauge in that case, their stuff works IME.
Yep, one of my incidents was a pothole on the A14 near Market Harborough, I managed to limp off at the next junction but the tyre was literally shredded, I think being a fat bloke in the driver’s seat saved the day (it was the nearside rear tyre that failed and although it was twitchy, it was controllable at low speed).Me. Side of the road, but I pulled off to a quiet entry to an office block.
I’ve also had to wait on the motorway for recovery after hitting a pothole at 60-odd and trashing tyre.
You're lucky we've had 11 punctures in the last 2 yearsSorry to hear that.
I guess my thinking is that punctures are fairly rare, spare wheels are heavy, and 80% of the population are incapable of safely changing one.
Probably only half of the remaining 20% would do so in preference to calling out the AA/RAC!