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STEMO

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I'm in for a sweaty week
« on: 16 January 2016, 20:22:44 »
Wifey's new car came with the dreaded bottle of glue and no spare. Ordered one off eBay but won't be here for a week. The spare on her old car was still brand new after five years....but, if you haven't got a spare, then Sod will surely intervene.  :-\
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2016, 20:35:50 »
What can possibly go wrong?  :D
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2016, 20:38:32 »
A few years ago BMW sold a model without a spare because they said the average interval for a puncture was 93k miles.

Years since I had a puncture.

AA?
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2016, 20:50:54 »
Quote from: Varche on 16 January 2016, 20:38:32
A few years ago BMW sold a model without a spare because they said the average interval for a puncture was 93k miles.

Years since I had a puncture.

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RAC......but if the goo doesn't work, it's off to the shop for a new tyre. A couple of hours at least, which will piss her off to say the least.
Plus...will RAC man leave her new car at the side of the road, or hoist it on to a truck? Neither will be stress free.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #4 on: 16 January 2016, 20:53:17 »
Oh......and if the goo does work....it's off to the shop for a new tyre.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #5 on: 16 January 2016, 20:53:51 »
Quote from: STEMO on 16 January 2016, 20:50:54
Quote from: Varche on 16 January 2016, 20:38:32
A few years ago BMW sold a model without a spare because they said the average interval for a puncture was 93k miles.

Years since I had a puncture.

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RAC......but if the goo doesn't work, it's off to the shop for a new tyre. A couple of hours at least, which will piss her off to say the least.
Plus...will RAC man leave her new car at the side of the road, or hoist it on to a truck? Neither will be stress free.

It won't with a blowout.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #6 on: 16 January 2016, 20:54:41 »
I say bring back the spare wheel.......and the tax disc.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #7 on: 16 January 2016, 20:58:35 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 16 January 2016, 20:53:51
Quote from: STEMO on 16 January 2016, 20:50:54
Quote from: Varche on 16 January 2016, 20:38:32
A few years ago BMW sold a model without a spare because they said the average interval for a puncture was 93k miles.

Years since I had a puncture.

AA?
RAC......but if the goo doesn't work, it's off to the shop for a new tyre. A couple of hours at least, which will piss her off to say the least.
Plus...will RAC man leave her new car at the side of the road, or hoist it on to a truck? Neither will be stress free.

It won't with a blowout.
It won't with any sidewall damage but, then again, no one will repair a tyre now unless the hole is in the centre two thirds of the tread.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #8 on: 16 January 2016, 21:01:39 »
And....while I'm blowing off steam, the car has tyre pressure sensors and, if you put air in the tyres, it has to 'learn' the new pressures. Sheesh...
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #9 on: 16 January 2016, 21:23:50 »
That just bears out what I think about new cars which will one day be someone's secondhand car.

I hired a Passat blue motion 2.0 . Lovely car but in ten years time? No thanks.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #10 on: 16 January 2016, 21:30:04 »
Quote from: STEMO on 16 January 2016, 21:01:39
And....while I'm blowing off steam, the car has tyre pressure sensors and, if you put air in the tyres, it has to 'learn' the new pressures. Sheesh...

You just tell my car to remember the set tyre pressure ......  though mine is the cheaper tyre deflation warning system ie it uses the ABS to monitor comparative wheel speeds. The direct system uses temp/pressure sensors in each wheel that are £100+ each!  ???
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #11 on: 16 January 2016, 21:34:24 »
Quote from: STEMO on 16 January 2016, 21:01:39
And....while I'm blowing off steam, the car has tyre pressure sensors and, if you put air in the tyres, it has to 'learn' the new pressures. Sheesh...

Probably it doesn't actually have any pressure sensors at all .. but "calculates" the pressures from the number of rotations of the wheel to cover a specified distance. If that then changes (ie more rotations for the distance) then it "assumes" the tyre is deflated.

IMHO should not be described as TPMS in any way as a true TPMS measures temperature and pressure .. interesting enough .. all 4 wheels gave low pressure errors this morning ... all 2 psi below set threshold .. it was -2.5 C !!! Once the tyres warmed up a tad (+2 C) the pressures were above threshold and the warnings ceased. It was interesting (to me ) that the rear right wheel took the longest to warm up, yet again .. always that one, and I've swapped the sensors a couple of times so I don't think its the sensor... I just wonder why back right is the "slowest" to warm up .. it does eventually reach the same as the others.

puzzled of R Wooty B  :)
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #12 on: 16 January 2016, 22:17:11 »
Quote from: Entwood on 16 January 2016, 21:34:24
Quote from: STEMO on 16 January 2016, 21:01:39
And....while I'm blowing off steam, the car has tyre pressure sensors and, if you put air in the tyres, it has to 'learn' the new pressures. Sheesh...

Probably it doesn't actually have any pressure sensors at all .. but "calculates" the pressures from the number of rotations of the wheel to cover a specified distance. If that then changes (ie more rotations for the distance) then it "assumes" the tyre is deflated.

IMHO should not be described as TPMS in any way as a true TPMS measures temperature and pressure .. interesting enough .. all 4 wheels gave low pressure errors this morning ... all 2 psi below set threshold .. it was -2.5 C !!! Once the tyres warmed up a tad (+2 C) the pressures were above threshold and the warnings ceased. It was interesting (to me ) that the rear right wheel took the longest to warm up, yet again .. always that one, and I've swapped the sensors a couple of times so I don't think its the sensor... I just wonder why back right is the "slowest" to warm up .. it does eventually reach the same as the others.

puzzled of R Wooty B  :)
I'm not sure enough to comment, Nigel, but the book says it has sensors in the tyre valve. Unnecessary....in my opinion.
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #13 on: 17 January 2016, 00:02:04 »
I expect you can replace the sensors with normal valves and get the system disabled if it bothers you.  ;) 
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Re: I'm in for a sweaty week
« Reply #14 on: 17 January 2016, 05:55:06 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger on 17 January 2016, 00:02:04
I expect you can replace the sensors with normal valves and get the system disabled if it bothers you.  ;)
Had another read this morning. Nigel was right and I was talking shite....again. It does it by measuring the speed of the wheel.
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