Picked my new car up today, very happy, drove home, did normal stuff around town, took the wife out in it and got a tyre pressure warning ! , Screw/nail right on the shoulder of a rear tyre, Had to use the tyre sealant to get me back home, its still up a few hours later at 39 psi.
Looking at the tyre id say it cant be repaired, checked online for new tyre , £178 !! ... Michelin are steep 🙁
As I've used the sealant, looked at the car branded replacement sealant £40 .... Think i'll get some tyre weld instead to keep in the boot !
Not the best first day of ownership
Michelin are steep
It's the inflated prices.
It’s the inflated prices.
It's not been a Goodyear.
Tell us all about the new car. It’ll be more interesting than the tyre story.
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Tell us all about the new car. It’ll be more interesting than the tyre story.
Only if you want to, no pressure
unfitgeezer
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Tell us all about the new car. It’ll be more interesting than the tyre story.Brand
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Well that’s a let down. I bet you feel pretty deflated OP.
We are all unsympathetic bunch on here.
Just tyred if all these sob stories
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Did you go for the Flux Capacitor upgrade option?
This thread is just tired and treading water.
I've no idea what the going rate is for such things, but,
Screwed and went down on you before you filled the rubber with gloop, £178 sounds reasonable.
^^ Particularly in today's economy.
Could have been worse Cougar, he didn't ask for a rim as well
Black circles under your eyes?
Might not be suitable for a simple tyre repair which is what most places offer, but it might be suitable for a complex tyre repair. Worth looking into, and cheaper than £178.
Lots of places say that a tyre can't be repaired when what they really mean is, it can't be repaired by us and we sell new tyres.
Get a worm kit. Same as bike ones but bigger worms. Better than using the can of gunk as can be driven on, permanently if in a suitable position. Much cheaper too.
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I feel ashamed for not coming up with a pun.
Worms are not designed for use on the sidewall or shoulder unfortunately.
I feel ashamed for not coming up with a pun.
Not really in the spirit of thos thread. We might as well all just jack it in.
Although, to be fair you did offer useful advice which would help the OP, this problem must be driving him spare
At least it was your car.
Last time I had a flat was on the car i hired to go up to do a fell race, ripped the sidewall on a lump of drystone wall in the road. No spare obvs, can of spaff won’t fix it. Easter Sunday, so race was long over by the time recovery arrived. Towed to a kwik fit for a new 150 quid+ tyre as guess what, I’d declined insurance 🙃
Proper crap day out…
As onzadog says, they usually can be repaired. It just needs a specialist not the big chain places. It's classed as a major repair so you can't use a worm. Might be trickier as you have used sealant though. Our car came with a can of sealant and a compressor that sat in the spare wheel well. I've bought a spare and a jack (for less than the £40 price for sealant!)
How does a Hyundai tyre cost 180 quid??! Last year the eagle f1s on my boxster cost significantly less than that.
Also..39 psi...any car I've ever run has the tyres about 35 psi. Am I doing it wrong?
Also..39 psi…any car I’ve ever run has the tyres about 35 psi. Am I doing it wrong?
Depends on the car and the tyre. Our little car is 29 psi, the big one is 40
This reminds me. I really must buy a space saver for my car!
Tyres for electric cars are more expensive due to their construction as they have to withstand greater loads.
I feel ashamed for not coming up with a pun.
Get a grip
Tyres for electric cars are more expensive due to their construction as they have to withstand greater loads.
Eh? Pretty sure tyre specifications deal with all manner of weights, sizes, speed and power ratings. Not saying the market isn’t expanding to cater for the subtle variations of an emerging market but we ain’t starting from scratch…
I work in the industry. Tyre loads on EVs are higher than on an internal combustion engine car and as a result they cost more. Nothing to do with the design as that has already been done, it is down to manufacturing and materials. Longer process time, more steel etc.
The tyres on that Concord will cost more than 90 quid a corner too.
Right Harry,you have me curious now.
Why are EV car loads higher than combustion engined ones?
Why are EV car loads higher than combustion engined ones?
Probably because the equivalent sized EV will be substantially heavier than a IC vehicle
E.g VW Golf from 1200kg, VW ID3 from 1800kg
So probably a higher load rating which makes them less common. Even with IC vehicles, if the tyres are unusual they cost more due to supply and demand. My partner’s 1.2 TSi Polo has an unusual 16” tyre which cost more than the higher speed rated 18” tyres on my golf, by at least £20 a tyre for the same tyre brand and model.
tpbiker
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How does a Hyundai tyre cost 180 quid??! Last year the eagle f1s on my boxster cost significantly less than that.Also..39 psi…any car I’ve ever run has the tyres about 35 psi. Am I doing it wrong?
Nothing to do with it being a Hyundai etc , Just a Michelin primacy 4, 18 inch ,national tyres £178 , found them at kwik fit for £144 on special
as for tyre pressure, they all had 39 psi when I picked the car up , reading the book it says 36 psi and so dropped them a bit
Why are EV car loads higher than combustion engined ones?
The "Insane" mode on the Tesla, or whatever it is called. The engines have more torque so the tyres are under a greater load during acceleration.
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Cheers Harry,so it's purely around an increased torque/force delivered through the drive,interesting.
Couldn’t resist the random question - how much does a Concorde or similar tyre actually cost?
Turns out it’s a lot less than I guesses - $US 1,5000 a corner for a 737 tyre.
Now look at the price per mile (on the ground)
Cheers Harry,so it’s purely around an increased torque/force delivered through the drive,interesting.
And the added weight. Have a look at the tyres on a Model X. They are huge.
Screwed and went down on you before you filled the rubber with gloop, £178 sounds reasonable.
😂😂😂😂
I've irreparably punctured a tyre in under 1 mile of having it fitted.
Kwik Fit to my parking place is 0.7 miles and the tyre cost £79, small bolt (well, M12) through the inner sidewall and flat within a minute. Had to fit the spare and drive back to have another tyre fitted later that afternoon. What was even more annoying was that I'd had all 4 changed the first time and they didn't have another Goodyear to match the other 3 so for ages I had a mismatched Uniroyal on the rear, really messed with my OCD!
Goodyear to match the other 3 so for ages I had a mismatched Uniroyal on the rear, really messed with my OCD!
I'm like that. Had the SMax for 24,000 miles on the tyres that it came with , but I drive like a nun. 3 x Michelin, 1 x Nexen.
Over here tyre shops wont patch or repair sidewall punctures. Legally anyway.
Pressure is more about weight surely, My 750kg westfield ran 18psi in 205/50/15 rubber, my 2700kg van calls for 80psi in the 245/75/16 10ply rears (I run 60rear as its not often fully laden anymore)
Pretty sure concorde tyres are also not set at around 35psi
For some reason I think 135psi is nearer the actual
Bet you felt let down by the new car experience
I’ve always understood that a puncture on the border of tread and sidewall can’t be safely fixed, and requires a new tyre - we can fix and replace tyres where I work, and any tyre with a puncture at that point gets replaced. And we have lots of cars with flat tyres - I spent much of a day recently going around the storage area I look after, checking the tyres of every car, (that’s roughly 800-odd cars, possibly more, I can’t be arsed to work out how many), and I found eighteen, which I logged with their location. We used to get a lot more, the site was a former concrete fabrication company, and it was littered with sheet metal screws, bits of welding rod, and random bits of sharp scrap metal. During quiet periods, I’d walk around picking up anything I could find, and I’d end up with several kilos of scrap in a bag. Even after nearly four years, a big portion of the site being broken up and new concrete laid, I still find odd screws lying around! Bloody nuisance when someone comes to collect a car, and it has to go and have a tyre fixed, which is why I’m trying to pre-empt it happening.
I'll tread lightly with the one, but, no spare tyre in the boot?
