Drove on a flat tyre...

[cw13666]

Cheers for all the help guys, i'm gonna head for a second opinion today just to be sure and take it from there

 

[CJRamze]

They took the tyre off the rim for me and showed me all the chewed up fine bits of rubber inside.
Yea probably a new tyre.

To be honest .
Tyres and brakes are not something I'd skimp on. Just get a new tyre just incase.

 

[rik_t]

My wife did this once on her old Mondeo ST and we thought the tyre was fine, turned out sidewalls were damaged and these started to fail in the end.

 

[Seatmann]

£75 to repair a puncture?

A lot of places will repair a puncture for free if you leave it with them to do when they're not busy.

£10-£15 normally.

*puncher* FLOL.

He's maybe talking about vulcanising, the technique they use to repair punctures near the edge. That's usually £40 and up.

 

[Nath.]

He's maybe talking about vulcanising, the technique they use to repair punctures near the edge. That's usually £40 and up.

Am I missing something? vulcanisation is the process of turning sticky liquid rubber into solid durable rubber.

I know that you can get sidewall punctures repaired at special places but I have no idea how they do it.

 

[Seatmann]

Am I missing something? vulcanisation is the process of turning sticky liquid rubber into solid durable rubber.

I know that you can get sidewall punctures repaired at special places but I have no idea how they do it.

What can I say, all these other posts jumped in while I was typing so my post ended up completely out of context lol, anyway fixed it now.

 

[Seatmann]

They took the tyre off the rim for me and showed me all the chewed up fine bits of rubber inside.
Yea probably a new tyre.

To be honest .
Tyres and brakes are not something I'd skimp on. Just get a new tyre just incase.

Good man, I get fed up of people trying to save money in some of the most important areas, especially parents.

 

[NickCupraR]

I was going to say. Dont skimp just get a new a set of tyres bud! better to be safe than sorry.

 

[matt_s]

I've had punctures repaired for ~£10 but it's only been for a slow puncture.

Last time was at kwik fit where they claimed it had to be off the books as it was company policy not to repair a tyre with less than 5mm of tread. For the miles I do that tyre had up to a year left on it. Their website says the tread just has to be legal.

 

[Jarre]

Good man, I get fed up of people trying to save money in some of the most important areas, especially parents.

I agree. Personally I think budget tyres should be illegal, some of them are just completely dangerous in anything other than dry weather.

 

[Mark D]

Got to consider the old granny that does 20mph everywhere and 1k a year who wouldnt need anything special/afford it.

Personal opinion i test drive customers cars all day and find premium shine a long way above budgets.
some mid range are surprising though eg hankooks. Dependant on driving style

 

[Seatmann]

Yeh there are some cracking budget tyres around these days, not the best but there's certainly no need for budgets like sunnies! Talk about crap tyres.

 

[cw13666]

New tires it is

 

[CyborgCupraJQ]

I drove mine for miles with a flat tyre and I didnt even notice then i repaired it without removing the tyre from the alloy. Few months later when i changed my alloy wheels for some 17" Seat Sport ones they said i needed a new tyre, left wheel on the back.

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[Seatmann]

That's the problem with Cyborgs, they lack that bit of common sense