The kindness of strangers
Jul 29, 2024 19:34:49 GMT
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Post by Alex on Jul 29, 2024 19:34:49 GMT
Driving my daughter over to Crawley yesterday morning for church I had the misfortune of getting a puncture on the rear left of the Octavia. With the size of the battery there's no space in the boot for a spare even if I wanted one so I'm back to being reliant on the bottle of gunk or, more likely, a recovery truck. Luckily as the tyre wasn't shredded and appeared to just be a small hole I thought the former option was worth a go.
It was whilst reading the instructions on the bottle that a VW Transporter pulled in ahead of me in the lay-by and the driver got out and asked if I needed a tyre repair. He had a proper repair kit in the back with rubber strips and petrol powered compressor. I'd not even been at the side of the road for 10mins when the tyre was fully inflated and I was back on the road. The Transporter driver wanted nothing for his help and I didn't even catch his name before he hopped back in and went on his way.
Given the likely uselessness of the tyre repair kit supplied with the car and the typical waiting time for recovery on Sunday mornings I suspect he saved me a good few hours of standing by the side of the road in the blazing sun. It's great to know there are still good samaritans out there and I'll definitely do my best to pay it forward when I can.
It was whilst reading the instructions on the bottle that a VW Transporter pulled in ahead of me in the lay-by and the driver got out and asked if I needed a tyre repair. He had a proper repair kit in the back with rubber strips and petrol powered compressor. I'd not even been at the side of the road for 10mins when the tyre was fully inflated and I was back on the road. The Transporter driver wanted nothing for his help and I didn't even catch his name before he hopped back in and went on his way.
Given the likely uselessness of the tyre repair kit supplied with the car and the typical waiting time for recovery on Sunday mornings I suspect he saved me a good few hours of standing by the side of the road in the blazing sun. It's great to know there are still good samaritans out there and I'll definitely do my best to pay it forward when I can.
