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Sir Tigger KC

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So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« on: 15 January 2018, 18:48:34 »
Following on from the Spare Wheel thread and in the interests of research I've started a poll to find out how often people have punctures.  :y

So we're talking a proper puncture where you had to change the wheel, use your can of goo or call out a breakdown service to get on your way again.  :)

Slow punctures which you live with for 6 months before getting it fixed don't count.  ::) 

My last 'proper puncture' was about 4 years ago in the Omega and the space saver got used for the first time.  ;)
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #1 on: 15 January 2018, 19:30:08 »
Not telling you  :P
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #2 on: 15 January 2018, 19:43:43 »
Got one now.  But suffering CBA.
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #3 on: 15 January 2018, 19:52:07 »
About three years ago in the van after some stupid dry liner had dropped some screws in the car park, must be five or six in a car.

They don`t seem to be as frequent these days.
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #4 on: 15 January 2018, 19:52:51 »
Well tempting fate I've voted,you watch now I'll probably get 4 tomorrow ;D
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #5 on: 15 January 2018, 19:54:25 »
Got one now, and yesterday, and the day before, and the day before that, yea ok, its the same one, just needs re filling once a day, as the spare wont physically come out of the Boot because some Frecking Idiot has bolted a LPG Tank in the way  >:(

Will get it fixed when I get fed up with pumping it up before I move off hopefully tomorrow.  ::)

 
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #6 on: 15 January 2018, 20:04:14 »
Can't remember several years ago, probably get one tomorrow now I've said this.
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #7 on: 15 January 2018, 20:24:25 »
I don’t want to tempt fate but I had about two years ago I had a Saab that I loved for it’s over engineered quality but it suffered several punctures in under a year.
If that wasn’t enough the omega then got one in a nice new Dunlop and has since had all four replaced due to wear 🙁
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #8 on: 15 January 2018, 23:04:37 »
1987 . Cant say the month but we recall the event.  I took our Carlton in to. kwik Fit on Charles st , Leicester after work as exhaust was a bit noisy.

Up on the ramp, the “ technician” had a scan over car. I was behind him. We both saw the shiny head of a screw in the back tyre. Quick as a flash he ripped it out with a pair of pliers he produced from his pocket. Oh and yes it was not in an area that could be repaired.

We comfortably exceeded the average mileage of say 10k a year so more than 300k and for quite a few years ran two cars so might have been nearer 500k miles.

I was a passenger a few times with family last week and it was interesting how many times theydrove off line e.g.in the crap near a kerb. Just the sort of place you might get a puncture.
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #9 on: 15 January 2018, 23:09:56 »
I got this  one  >:( doesn`t seem to be going down, but I can`t pull it out either.

I`ve got several spare CD pattern wheels with decent tyres, so once sorted I`ll get it back on the car

 
 
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Re: So When Did You Last Have A Puncture?
« Reply #10 on: 16 January 2018, 09:35:34 »
March last year, 1145pm, in the rain, running down into Bath. I heard a rumbling noise, then it became a bumping, so pulled up and investigated. Rear offside tyre was flat. I moved the car into a side road, on the level, changed the wheel, and was on my way within 10 minutes.

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