Puncture - Unlucky ?
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Had my 718 Cayman just 2 weeks, this morning, nice day, thought I'd take it for a spin down to Goodwood. Jumped in the car, got to end of driveway & tyre pressure warnings went off...............Puncture !
Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
alanshaw said:
Had my 718 Cayman just 2 weeks, this morning, nice day, thought I'd take it for a spin down to Goodwood. Jumped in the car, got to end of driveway & tyre pressure warnings went off...............Puncture !
Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
Your were unlucky, normally only 195/55/15 get punctured.Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
Haha (at reply not OP)
Sometimes tradesmen are knuckle draggers and let screws and nails fall out of the back of their vans onto your drive. It's quite common if you've had work done to suddenly find you get a puncture.
No idea if this is the case for you, but it might be worth having a sweep up of the driveway if you've had work done.
Sometimes tradesmen are knuckle draggers and let screws and nails fall out of the back of their vans onto your drive. It's quite common if you've had work done to suddenly find you get a puncture.
No idea if this is the case for you, but it might be worth having a sweep up of the driveway if you've had work done.
You've got a good point re screws on driveway...take care in B & Q carparks too ...these slack tradesmen open the back doors of the van and all the screws floating about on the floor fall out onto the tarmack. My last two punctures were after a visit to DIY stores...take care and look around where you park.
Edited by Polome on Tuesday 11th April 21:00
JayK12 said:
alanshaw said:
Had my 718 Cayman just 2 weeks, this morning, nice day, thought I'd take it for a spin down to Goodwood. Jumped in the car, got to end of driveway & tyre pressure warnings went off...............Puncture !
Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
Your were unlucky, normally only 195/55/15 get punctured.Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
For a moment I thought it was an April fool from the OP
alanshaw said:
Had my 718 Cayman just 2 weeks, this morning, nice day, thought I'd take it for a spin down to Goodwood. Jumped in the car, got to end of driveway & tyre pressure warnings went off...............Puncture !
Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
Unlucky. Real unlucky, actually. My experience over the years is a puncture in a new tire is rather rare. New tires are more immune to punctures. You want a puncture take the car on a longish road trip with the rear tires just shy of the wear bars.Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
I'm pretty mindful of the amount of trash on the roads and shoulders and parking lots. On road trips I just avoid pulling over for a picture. When driving on a parking lot, even pulling into and out of one, I drive very slow around 5mph or a bit less. What often happens is the front tire kicks up a nail or screw and the rear tire runs over it and gets the puncture.
Thus if you drive slow while the front tire may still kick up the object it will have fallen over again before the rear tire runs over it and thus you probably avoid a puncture.
just luck of the draw
last Panamera had 3 punctures in the space of 6 months !
and all of them 100 + miles from home
Luckily car under OPC warranty, so easy recovery each time & I also had tyre insurance, so just £10 per go.
Had the GT3 for coming up to 2 years now - not a single puncture.
last Panamera had 3 punctures in the space of 6 months !
and all of them 100 + miles from home
Luckily car under OPC warranty, so easy recovery each time & I also had tyre insurance, so just £10 per go.
Had the GT3 for coming up to 2 years now - not a single puncture.
I've done some statistical studies on this actually and your particular tyre size is statistically 2.7x more likely to get a puncture than a 195/45/16 tyre.
Anyway..... how much did people pay for tyre insurance out of interest?
I think our OPC packages it up with alloy insurance too (so includes repairs for kerbing etc.) so I recall it being pretty hefty over a 3 year period (c£600 sticks in my mind but can't quite remember).
ikonic said:
I've done some statistical studies on this actually and your particular tyre size is statistically 2.7x more likely to get a puncture than a 195/45/16 tyre.
Anyway..... how much did people pay for tyre insurance out of interest?
I think our OPC packages it up with alloy insurance too (so includes repairs for kerbing etc.) so I recall it being pretty hefty over a 3 year period (c£600 sticks in my mind but can't quite remember).
I paid £300 for 3yrs for alloy & tyre combined, with 4 claims per yearAnyway..... how much did people pay for tyre insurance out of interest?
I think our OPC packages it up with alloy insurance too (so includes repairs for kerbing etc.) so I recall it being pretty hefty over a 3 year period (c£600 sticks in my mind but can't quite remember).
alanshaw said:
ikonic said:
I've done some statistical studies on this actually and your particular tyre size is statistically 2.7x more likely to get a puncture than a 195/45/16 tyre.
Anyway..... how much did people pay for tyre insurance out of interest?
I think our OPC packages it up with alloy insurance too (so includes repairs for kerbing etc.) so I recall it being pretty hefty over a 3 year period (c£600 sticks in my mind but can't quite remember).
I paid £300 for 3yrs for alloy & tyre combined, with 4 claims per yearAnyway..... how much did people pay for tyre insurance out of interest?
I think our OPC packages it up with alloy insurance too (so includes repairs for kerbing etc.) so I recall it being pretty hefty over a 3 year period (c£600 sticks in my mind but can't quite remember).
HoHoHo said:
4 claims per year or 4 claims over the life of the policy?
policy says " max 12 claims in 36mnth policy, no more than 4 in any 12mnth period" did not get thru opc as they only offered gap £899/3yr I got £189/3yr with 1yr deferred. I went to a Sainsbury's car park, close to B&Q, could be rogue tradesman or jealous car cleaner as was hovering near car asking how much ! not that looks great !!
i took out the tyre and alloy ins , when i got my spyder last march , 400quid for 3 years.
on the road i park my staion car on for the train there are always 2 to 3 extensions on the go , and the amount of nails & screws i see in the kerb side is unreal. i am always doing the decent thing and picking them up. karma i hope....
on the road i park my staion car on for the train there are always 2 to 3 extensions on the go , and the amount of nails & screws i see in the kerb side is unreal. i am always doing the decent thing and picking them up. karma i hope....
alanshaw said:
Had my 718 Cayman just 2 weeks, this morning, nice day, thought I'd take it for a spin down to Goodwood. Jumped in the car, got to end of driveway & tyre pressure warnings went off...............Puncture !
Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
The same happen to me, a week old car and 10mm bolt (?) in the tyre... unfortunately no tyre insurance. A lesson learnt.Porsche assistance to the rescue, taken to local OPC for new tyre...........lucky had Full wheel/tyre insurance - excess £10, so got my money back after just one claim !
A screw was to blame................
Was I Unlucky or is this normal for 20inch 265/35 R20 ( 95Y) tyre to get punctured ??
Just some questions on the alloy and tyre insurance
Re turbo wheels ..... Are they classified as alloys
With these bolts and screws going in tyres and it being in repairable is that because the damage was to the side wall as on my old cat ( not Porsche and small tyres) provided the nail was in the tread the tyre was repairable . Is a 20" tyre repairable if damage is in the tread ? Thanks
Also at 189 for insurance who was tgat with
Re turbo wheels ..... Are they classified as alloys
With these bolts and screws going in tyres and it being in repairable is that because the damage was to the side wall as on my old cat ( not Porsche and small tyres) provided the nail was in the tread the tyre was repairable . Is a 20" tyre repairable if damage is in the tread ? Thanks
Also at 189 for insurance who was tgat with
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