- Flat tire repair in a can? - 3 Updates
- Auto roadside service insurance - 3 Updates
| KenK <invalid@invalid.com>: Dec 26 04:19PM Long ago I was with a friend when he had a flat tire while we were eating lunch. He used one of the flat tire repair cans to repair and reinflate the tire. Worked like a charm. However, I've heard that once this is used the tire is very difficult to repair, if required, in the future. If you've tried it, what has been your experience? I'm too old at 80 to mount the spare if I can possibly avoid it. AAA and other insurance is rather expensive for such a seldom occurance. TIA -- You know it's time to clean the refrigerator when something closes the door from the inside. |
| 21blackswan@gmail.com: Dec 26 11:11AM -0800 it may depend on the type of leak whether it's a nail run over, or a sidewall leak, etc it's worth a try if the can can inflate it, great but I would go directly to have it fixed I keep one in my trunk one experience, with a run over nail sticking out of a tire, not flat yet; used the can contents, pulled the nail, and was able to make it to the tire shop, but this wasn't yet totally flat marc |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Dec 26 03:57PM -0800 > not flat yet; used the can contents, pulled the nail, > and was able to make it to the tire shop, > but this wasn't yet totally flat If you use this stuff make sure you drive for a while (not sure how far, but a few miles isn't enough -- if it doesn't have time to distribute itself evenly within the tire the huge glob will forever throw it out of balance and you'll have to replace the tire. Or so I was told by the friend it happened to. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to gouge the blob out and re-balance the tire, but still... Basic AAA is pretty cheap. -- Cheers, Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Non illegitimi carborundum. |
| "john james" <jj9801@nospam.com>: Dec 26 05:15PM +1100 "The Real Bev" <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in message news:m7d7t6$2hd$1@dont-email.me... > drivers (maybe 5 years ago) it was $7/mile. I had to have it towed a > little over a year ago when a sidewall blew out and I couldn't find the > wheel locks. I got it towed to the tire place who broke off the locks. Lot cheaper to ensure that you don't lose the wheel locks. |
| The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com>: Dec 25 11:10PM -0800 On 12/25/2014 10:15 PM, john james wrote: >> little over a year ago when a sidewall blew out and I couldn't find the >> wheel locks. I got it towed to the tire place who broke off the locks. > Lot cheaper to ensure that you don't lose the wheel locks. I found them much later in a place I thought I had searched. I keep meaning to give them to the tire store in case they can be used on some other hapless soul's wheels. I KNEW I'd seen the damn 'key', I just couldn't remember where. The car is a 1988 and has a few issues -- like the computer that tries to kill me every once in a while. It's worth the relatively small price to know that I can get a tow home (or to the one reliable repairguy I know) from anywhere I'm likely to be -- including skiing. >> My mom had her wheels stolen even WITH the locks. Useless things. What kind of idiot steals the wheels (or wheel covers) from a 10-year-old Eldorado? -- Cheers, Bev =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SAVE GAS, FART IN A JAR |
| "john james" <jj9801@nospam.com>: Dec 27 05:04AM +1100 "The Real Bev" <bashley101@gmail.com> wrote in message news:m7j1k4$2sh$1@dont-email.me... >>> My mom had her wheels stolen even WITH the locks. > Useless things. What kind of idiot steals the wheels (or wheel covers) > from a 10-year-old Eldorado? Presumably someone who has one. |
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