Urgent Tyre Help Needed

[Northernchimp]

Hundreds of miles away from home, and have a lot to do before Christmas... and I've just ripped a fking big hole in a tyre. It's a Michelin Alpin and will be hard to match at short notice as it's a stupid size.

My question is.. can I put another brand of winter on? Obviously it's not wise to mix winter and summer but if I put a decent winter tyre it'd be OK?

Or, does anybody in Yorkshire have a Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16 in stock/for sale?

Cheers

[P I Staker]

Of course you can, even if you can only get hold of a summer tyre it wouldn't be ideal but you should be fine.

[snapdragon69]

Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16????
do you mean Michelin Alpin in 215/45/16?

http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?s_p=Mich...

[ejenner]

I'd probably try phoning a few small tyre shops before giving up.

My local small tyre shop uses something like 5 different suppliers, has several deliveries a day and can get almost anything for the afternoon if you ring him in the morning.

He is particularly good though. In SE London so of no use to you. But if you can find someone like him where you are then you might get lucky.

The other option is to try National: http://www.national.co.uk

They sell your tyre and you can complete the transaction on the website. Good chance you'd be able to sort it out tomorrow. I wouldn't normally recommend a national chain, but in this case it might get you out of a hole.

[HertsBiker]

Any chance you can afford 2 alternative sized tyres? (and sell your old one)

[Northernchimp]

I'd pay whatever I needed to to sort this, it's come at a very bad time. Is it possible to fit other sizes to these wheels? And yes, sorry, it is 215/45/16. Absolutely ridiculous fking size, nobody stocks anything. Getting summers is a massive pain in the arse.

Thanks for the advice so far

[NiceCupOfTea]

ejenner said:

I'd probably try phoning a few small tyre shops before giving up.

My local small tyre shop uses something like 5 different suppliers, has several deliveries a day and can get almost anything for the afternoon if you ring him in the morning.

He is particularly good though. In SE London so of no use to you. But if you can find someone like him where you are then you might get lucky.

The other option is to try National: http://www.national.co.uk

They sell your tyre and you can complete the transaction on the website. Good chance you'd be able to sort it out tomorrow. I wouldn't normally recommend a national chain, but in this case it might get you out of a hole.

Which one's that Emmett?

[oldcynic]

www.event-tyres.co.uk are showing your size in the michelin but I don't know your postcode. Probably worth calling them direct as they've always been very helpful with me, and the online booking won't allow you to book tomorrow (probably)

[FactHunt]

Northernchimp said:

Hundreds of miles away from home, and have a lot to do before Christmas... and I've just ripped a fking big hole in a tyre. It's a Michelin Alpin and will be hard to match at short notice as it's a stupid size.

My question is.. can I put another brand of winter on? Obviously it's not wise to mix winter and summer but if I put a decent winter tyre it'd be OK?

Or, does anybody in Yorkshire have a Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16 in stock/for sale?

Cheers

Whereabouts are you currently?

[havoc]

Are you or do you know a CostCo member - they stock Michelin all the time, and had a whole pile of Alpins in a few weeks ago...

[Northernchimp]

FactHunt said:

Northernchimp said:

Hundreds of miles away from home, and have a lot to do before Christmas... and I've just ripped a fking big hole in a tyre. It's a Michelin Alpin and will be hard to match at short notice as it's a stupid size.

My question is.. can I put another brand of winter on? Obviously it's not wise to mix winter and summer but if I put a decent winter tyre it'd be OK?

Or, does anybody in Yorkshire have a Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16 in stock/for sale?

Cheers

Whereabouts are you currently?

Just outside Leeds.

CostCo member - tried Leeds but they have nothing in and no deliveries until the new year.

[davepoth]

Northernchimp said:

Hundreds of miles away from home, and have a lot to do before Christmas... and I've just ripped a fking big hole in a tyre. It's a Michelin Alpin and will be hard to match at short notice as it's a stupid size.

My question is.. can I put another brand of winter on? Obviously it's not wise to mix winter and summer but if I put a decent winter tyre it'd be OK?

Or, does anybody in Yorkshire have a Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16 in stock/for sale?

Cheers

Another brand of winter will be a lot better than a space saver, and people do that all the time. Obviously not quite ideal but it won't make your car explode by any means, especially if you aren't intending to drive on a frozen lake.

[FactHunt]

Northernchimp said:

FactHunt said:

Northernchimp said:

Hundreds of miles away from home, and have a lot to do before Christmas... and I've just ripped a fking big hole in a tyre. It's a Michelin Alpin and will be hard to match at short notice as it's a stupid size.

My question is.. can I put another brand of winter on? Obviously it's not wise to mix winter and summer but if I put a decent winter tyre it'd be OK?

Or, does anybody in Yorkshire have a Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16 in stock/for sale?

Cheers

Whereabouts are you currently?

Just outside Leeds.

i dont know which side of leeds you are but I know a good tyre place but they wont be open until tomorrow, they are called tyremarket,
142 Leeds Rd, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire WF16 9DQ
01924 402615.

if nothing else they should be able to get you something round that holds air to get you home.


CostCo member - tried Leeds but they have nothing in and no deliveries until the new year.

[TooMany2cvs]

Camskill are showing Pirelli (only 86 load, rather than 90 for the Mich - is this an issue?) in "2-day" stock - which usually means the importer's UK warehouse, so should be orderable by any tyre place. Michs are "no date" - so out of stock in the country, probably out of stock in the main European warehouse chain. They're the only two brands they've got listed.

http://www.camskill.co.uk/m96b0s5648p0/Winter_-_Sn...

Edited by TooMany2cvs on Sunday 22 December 17:49

[ejenner]

This is like Saabcentral on here.

fliptopbin - it's Wheel Power in Brockley.

[Vaud]

Try Alba Tyres. Been very helpful to me in the past.

http://www.albatyres.co.uk

[oldcynic]

Northernchimp said:

Just outside Leeds.

Any luck with Event?

They were showing fitting slots tomorrow when I tried a few minutes ago with a sample postcode from earlier in the thread.

[NiceCupOfTea]

ejenner said:

This is like Saabcentral on here.

fliptopbin - it's Wheel Power in Brockley.

Cheers!

Just been looking at getting tyres from event for our Qashqai and no fitting near us until 30th.

[TooMany2cvs]

ejenner said:

This is like Saabcentral on here.

Nah, you've not been banned yet... <grin>

[GC8]

Northernchimp said:

Hundreds of miles away from home, and have a lot to do before Christmas... and I've just ripped a fking big hole in a tyre. It's a Michelin Alpin and will be hard to match at short notice as it's a stupid size.

My question is.. can I put another brand of winter on? Obviously it's not wise to mix winter and summer but if I put a decent winter tyre it'd be OK?

Or, does anybody in Yorkshire have a Michelin Alpin in 214/45/16 in stock/for sale?

Cheers

I can recommend somewhere to mend it, if possible, in Rovrum. If you have cord damage then nothing can save it unfortunately, but if the carcass is undamaged then theyll be able to repair it properly.

Itll need an overnight in autoclave though, which may not be practical.