Dang, nail in my tire

I hope you don't have to go this butt-ugly route!

 

Every time I see that picture I crack up laughing. What WERE they thinking?

Ever thought of painting it? I think the nearest hardware store would be my first destination!

 

It is most likely the law that the space saver spare must be yellow. I know in Australia it is a requirement under the national vehicle standards. The idea is that anyone who drives the car will know the space saver spare is in use so will adjust their driving to suit. It also ensures you get right to it and get that tyre fixed. What do you do with a full sized wheel when you use the space saver?

Evan, sorry to see your car is a lemon, I hope this doesn't happen to me. If I knew the Prius was so unreliable I would never have bought one. This will wipe thousands off the trade in value, oh my, whoa is me.

There, someone had to do the sky is falling routine, how did I go?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Neicy @ Oct 31 2007, 05:41 PM) [snapback]533143[/snapback]</div>

There are some that don't take the TEMPORARY seriously and use the spare as if it is a normal tire. The choice of using a loud color obviously gets the message across.

As for the puncture, it's probably just fine. I haven't given mine from last spring a second thought. The patch seems to be doing the trick. Of course my previous puncture did provide an excuse to upgrade...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(JimboK @ Oct 31 2007, 04:28 PM) [snapback]533118[/snapback]</div>

One down, three to go. <grins>

I've long wondered what MPG one would get with four of them. Of course you'd need a cylinder of helium-oxygen mix with a nasal cannula to talk your way out of ticket if stopped.

"Yes Officer?" he squeeked.

Bob Wilson

 

In less than 4 months I have had 2 tires pick up nails. I have been accused of off-roading with Fiona, but I guess I'm just (un)lucky. Every new car I have had has picked up at least one nail in the first year I owned it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Grandma Judy @ Nov 1 2007, 10:22 AM) [snapback]533188[/snapback]</div>

Do you live near new housing or near a carpenter or plumber? Carpenters and plumbers vans and trucks are a prime source of nails and tek screws.

 

double puncture? ay, that's bad news. hopefully they can patch it but usually the doubles screw you over.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Oct 31 2007, 10:38 PM) [snapback]533224[/snapback]</div>

sorry blame the nails. or the staple. or whatever it was.

 

I picked up a screw in the local hardware store parking lot the first
year I had the car, right before heading off for its first great
southern odyssey... the hardware store people got a minor earful
about "you sell lots of BROOMS here too, right?" since there's often
crap strewn everywhere around their lot.. but a local place did a
perfectly serviceable plug/patch job the same afternoon for all of
$15 and I rode it at 45-ish psi till I swapped out the Integrities.
.
That incident was sort of what spurred the TPMS project, though, so
it's all good.
.
_H*

 

I have a nail in one of my tires too. It sucks because it is one that is not repairable. I only have 15,000 miles on the car, so I'm figuring if I want to get a new tire or not. I've been looking for a good used tire, but haven't found one yet. I've been filling it with air every 4-5 days. I hate nails too. I've definitely gotten my share of nails in tires.

 

what, you mean you don't LIKE stopping somewhere after a long night of work to do something that should have been done correctly in the first place?

hope they get this right... it's a damn tire patch. geez.

 

Did they in fact patch it, or just plug it? I don't trust a plug by itself, but unfortunately that's all many shops do.