On Friday, after a walk up Langdale Pikes I dropped my OH off with the kids back at the caravan site (park foot) and drove into Pooley Bridge for a pint. As I left the site I felt the nearside tyre a bit 'squishy'. Using 12v compressor I keep I pumped it up and went into village. After a pint I came out to find it completely flat. Compressor made to effect, indeed after switching off car and compressor I could hear air sissing out at a rate of knots. I had to leave in the street in Pooley Bridge.
I had no coat and the heavens had opened....big time...no phone....no torch....pitch black. I decided to sprint back, through the darkness hitting the hedge when a car came. Its only about a mile.
Anyway, car has no spare, just a compressor/gunk injector which I dodn't trust. Next morning I phoned VW who sent RAC. They took me into Penrith tyre shop. I had a spare tyre but no wheel. RAC man smirked and said you shouldn't need that, they have every tyre in stock. Sure enough when we arrived they did not and wouldn't get one until Monday afternoon. Also, they wanted £250 for it. That £40 part worn off the internet was well worth it.
Upon returning, a friend told me he has had 2 punctures in the lake district and this is my second in 12 months. He told me its something to do with slate at the roadside ripping the tyres. Now the two punctures I've had there have both been tears in the inside edge and so I'm now wondering if there's something in it. Anybody else experienced this?
Also, I really need to buy a spare 19" wheel. But I can't find one. Don't suppose it matters what style it is or make. As long as its 5 bolt I am assuming it will fit? Are all the bolt holes the same distance from the centrepoint of the wheel?
Can't find one on ebay.
I had no coat and the heavens had opened....big time...no phone....no torch....pitch black. I decided to sprint back, through the darkness hitting the hedge when a car came. Its only about a mile.
Anyway, car has no spare, just a compressor/gunk injector which I dodn't trust. Next morning I phoned VW who sent RAC. They took me into Penrith tyre shop. I had a spare tyre but no wheel. RAC man smirked and said you shouldn't need that, they have every tyre in stock. Sure enough when we arrived they did not and wouldn't get one until Monday afternoon. Also, they wanted £250 for it. That £40 part worn off the internet was well worth it.
Upon returning, a friend told me he has had 2 punctures in the lake district and this is my second in 12 months. He told me its something to do with slate at the roadside ripping the tyres. Now the two punctures I've had there have both been tears in the inside edge and so I'm now wondering if there's something in it. Anybody else experienced this?
Also, I really need to buy a spare 19" wheel. But I can't find one. Don't suppose it matters what style it is or make. As long as its 5 bolt I am assuming it will fit? Are all the bolt holes the same distance from the centrepoint of the wheel?
Can't find one on ebay.
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