why just before christmas
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Crappy morning really as left home to drop the wife off at work, with a plan of popping to the shops for last minute bits and bobs for crimbo., so first bit OK as wife now at work, zip down 1 junction of the M42 to get to my local supermarket, and suddenly the car in front jolts to one side clearly trying to avoid something in the road, unfortunately I see it too late in the dark and run over what I thought was a rock in the middle lane at 70mph (honest) ....think WTF! And then feel the rumble and drone of an obvious flat ...
Pull over luckily to a SOS phone and ring the highways authority, then realise that the car that I've only had since Tuesday is no longer on its original runflats (mini jcw) therefore does not have a spare fitted, and to bugger that idea anyway its ripped both front and rear ns tyres to bits ....
So phone call to AA to join and get recovered and two new tyres later I hit the shops which are f
king rammed!!
Bloody Christmas
But on the upside no real damage to either myself or the car just a bit colder, wetter, and poorer than I'd want to be.
Pull over luckily to a SOS phone and ring the highways authority, then realise that the car that I've only had since Tuesday is no longer on its original runflats (mini jcw) therefore does not have a spare fitted, and to bugger that idea anyway its ripped both front and rear ns tyres to bits ....
So phone call to AA to join and get recovered and two new tyres later I hit the shops which are f
king rammed!!Bloody Christmas
But on the upside no real damage to either myself or the car just a bit colder, wetter, and poorer than I'd want to be.
Yes, I came out to my car after work the other night to find I had a flat. So £350 on a pair of new tyres a week before Christmas.
To be honest though, the old ones were about finished anyway and the car drives a lot better now.
The tyre had a nail through the middle of the tread. It actually looked like it had been there for some time and only now started leaking.
To be honest though, the old ones were about finished anyway and the car drives a lot better now.
The tyre had a nail through the middle of the tread. It actually looked like it had been there for some time and only now started leaking.
Jacked the car up today to inspect the underside, and aside from a small flap hanging loose in front of the nsf wheel there is no damage, wheel gaps are the same and the car drives fine. Could have been a whole lot worse having two tyres blow at 70mph in the middle lane, and aside from the financial impact and standing in the cold morning air for a bit its OK.
Will say though having to sit in the passenger seat in order to be able to talk and hear someone on the phone was one of the most nerve wracking experience of my life, and I couldn't wait to get out of there to the embankment, truely frightening the way the traffic thunders by so fast and SO close.
Will say though having to sit in the passenger seat in order to be able to talk and hear someone on the phone was one of the most nerve wracking experience of my life, and I couldn't wait to get out of there to the embankment, truely frightening the way the traffic thunders by so fast and SO close.
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