Punctures!

[philmh]

So yesterday evening I realised I have a flat tyre, and thankfully it'll repair. Not bad considering this is only my second puncture in 16 years of driving, last one being 13 years ago. A trip down to Kwik fit shortly ( no one else is open Sundays around here )

How many punctures has everyone else had in their years of driving?

[Riley Blue]

Two in thirty years. The second one I had repaired, it wasn't worth it as it then became a slow puncture so I replaced the tyre, just as I did with the first one.

[Allyc85]

I think ive had 5 in 9 years of driving. Ive had countless punctures on my mountain bike.

But then if I drove in a straight line over a 100 mile square area I would be certain to drive over the only sharp nail in that area...

[r1ch]

Probably 2 in 10 years. One was a nail, the other was an issue with my alloy wheel.

[barker22]

Only been driving 5 and a half years. 2 punctures in that time within a couple of weeks of each other. 1 was a brand spanking new michelin pilot sport 3 aswell . ouch.

[cagedmini]

Due to work for a tyre specialist ive repaired so many i cant count them! but only had one in my own car (been driving 4 and a bit years)

[NiceCupOfTea]

2 in 20 years of driving and 12 years of running my own cars.

[Eighteeteewhy]

I've been driving about 15years and never had a puncture. <touches wood>

I did have a sort of blow out once when the suspension collapsed on my 635csi and wore through the inside wall of the tyre!

[Codswallop]

I've had 3 punctures in 7 years of driving. All 3 punctures came during a one year period however.

Two were repairable, and one puncture resulted in a large gash in the sidewall that resulted in instant loss of tyre pressure.

[Vetch]

I've had three punctures in approx 19 months with my current car.

And two alloy wheel repairs.

Previous to my current car I'd had 2 punctures in 10 years.

[Mr Sparkle]

Only one in 8 years, wasn't so much the tyre being at fault but the alloy cracking after going over a pothole.

[Beartato]

Having had no punctures in the previous 9 years of driving I had 5 punctures in 6 months last year. It was quite annoying.

[Frances The Mute]

I bet you've all had a lot more than you think. Plenty of punctures go unnoticed.

I've had about 10 that I know of in the 20 years of having a license - 6 of which have been in the last 3 years.

[Meoricin]

Just the one (on a brand new tyre), which I still need to get repaired - there's a nail in the middle of the tread. Picked it up while towing the car back home after the bottom end went.

[bazking69]

One in twelve years.

[Roadrunner23]

1 in 16 years of driving.

[lexusboy]

[tercelgold]

1 puncture, which was replaced with a new tyre; the air loss turned out to be caused by a cracked alloy so the new tyre ran low and was shredded internally and was replaced by a new alloy and a new tyre.

so zero in all but three tyres.

[Ki3r]

I think I've had three.

One no idea how it happened.
Second I tried to miss a accident on a roundabout and drove straight into the curb, huge gash in the side.
Third was a nail, 95% sure it was done on purpose, women didn't like that I parked outside her house, come back and I have a flat tyre.

Don't think I've had any others.

[nicanary]

I think it depends where you live. Round my way all the builders sweep out their vans into the road, cos they're lazy bast**ds. I have about 3 a year, and I've been doing about 25k p.a. for the last 18 years on fast-food delivery. So that's a lot of punctures, all at £10 a pop as long as they're repairable.

The local council tip charges business users £50 a time to unload waste - that's why they use the street.