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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 15, 2019 9:47:00 GMT
Tuesday evening, 11pm after work, pouring with rain, TPMS warning comes up. I was only a few hundred metres from work so returned and tried to use the work air compressor in the garage. The hole, in the inner shoulder of the front nearside tyre, was so large that air was coming out as fast as it was going in. Clearly the tyre gunk wasn't going to cut it and the tyre was obviously done for, which was annoying as it was only about 50% worn. Problem was, I don't have a spare, only the gunk.
That resulted in the car being stranded at work for 2 days, I couldn't get a mobile fitting the very next day, so borrowed a spare wheen from a colleague's VRS 245 and then booked a fitting at a tyre place half a mile from work. I did consider driving it on the flat but didn't want to bugger the wheel as well.
Now, I can't get on with one new tyre and one part worn so I ended up buying two more Potenza S001s, which the tyre place put on the rear, rotating the rears to the front.
£165 fitted for the two S001s through Asda Tyres wasn't too bad overall, plus an additional tenner to rotate the tyres. However, I will now be buying a spare and toolkit from Ebay. And the week before I'd thought to myself, "I really should buy a spare wheel!"
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Post by Martin on Jun 15, 2019 10:21:21 GMT
That’s a proper pain, but the silver lining is the tyres were really cheap. About 3mm left on my S001 rears, will be £500 to replace the pair, but at least I will have had the full life and they’ve lasted longer than I expected / budgeted.
Is there space under the boot floor for a full size spare?
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 15, 2019 11:24:49 GMT
Yes, a spare wheel and toolkit was a 100 quid option, which lucky for me my colleague ordered when he got his VRS in March. Mine has a different style polystyrene tray but that comes out and the wheel, along with a different polystyrene insert, goes in its place.
Black Circles were 4 quid more expensive than Asda Tyres but had I opted for the tyres with delivery and no fitting, they were only charging £68-odd for S001s. Amazing VFM! The 19s are a fair bit more expensive so I'm glad mine has 18s, which has the added benefit of better ride quality, too.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2019 18:14:26 GMT
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Post by Alex on Jun 19, 2019 8:15:21 GMT
All our company cars are now ordered with the optional spare. We’ve never had anyone actually use the tyre gunk to my knowledge.
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Post by rodge on Jun 24, 2019 3:54:34 GMT
I got one 2 weeks ago.
Nice 2” screw in that part of the tyre that can’t be repaired.
So my Michelin needed to be replaced.
Thankfully, the place we got them through does free repairs and when they saw the tyre, said it couldn’t be repaired and they’d do a replacement pro rata.
As the thre has about 18000 miles on it and they’re rated for 50000, I got a new one for $60 instead of $170.
Also, the space saver is crap but still better than a tube of goo!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 10:42:05 GMT
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Post by Tim on Jun 24, 2019 12:12:48 GMT
50,000 miles? What are they made of? Solid nylon?! It's the joy of modern compounds. You either get something super sticky that last 10k at the most or something with a long life. A colleague has done over 40k miles so far on a set of tyres in an Evoque, with plenty more tread left. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2019 14:25:12 GMT
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jun 25, 2019 9:35:30 GMT
I once bought some American tyres and they felt like they were made of solid PTFE they were so slippy slidey. Still looked brand new after about 15,000 miles! Always went proper European premium after that. American roads are straight. All of them. Not a single curve anywhere. Mostly. Tyres don't need to be able to grip in corners. |
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Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jun 25, 2019 10:06:43 GMT
I once bought some American tyres and they felt like they were made of solid PTFE they were so slippy slidey. Still looked brand new after about 15,000 miles! Always went proper European premium after that. American roads are straight. All of them. Not a single curve anywhere. Mostly. Tyres don't need to be able to grip in corners. What about all the traffic light drag races though? |
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Post by Tim on Jun 25, 2019 13:16:22 GMT
I once bought some American tyres and they felt like they were made of solid PTFE they were so slippy slidey. Still looked brand new after about 15,000 miles! Always went proper European premium after that. Do you remember Michelin XVX (?) tyres? A mate had them on an Alfasud Sprint in the early 90s and they wouldn't wear despite his best efforts, even on the driven wheels. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jul 2, 2019 9:04:30 GMT
I've now got a spare wheel and toolkit, in the polystyrene holder, for 44 quid plus a return trip to Corby. The peace of mind is palpable!
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Post by Alex on Jul 2, 2019 12:02:07 GMT
I've now got a spare wheel and toolkit, in the polystyrene holder, for 44 quid plus a return trip to Corby. The peace of mind is palpable! Safe in the knowledge that now you’ve bought it you’ll end up never needing it! |
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