TroyO
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I'd rather have the spare than have to be towed back when I am a 100+km from the city.
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:nutter: Are you being serious, your telling me that you would much rather sit at the side of the road looking like a total **** waiting for the AA, than just carry a spare wheel. You'll look like a complete :tosser: when the AA bloke asks you what the problem is and you say "i've got a flat tyre".
You'll look like a complete :tosser: when the AA bloke asks you what the problem is and you say "i've got a flat tyre".
Just wait until you get a flat tyre, you are miles away from home and all you have is that foam in your boot.
lol yeah but i now have a spare tyre all be it only a 15" wheel
Do you have a jack and carry a brace?
I have a new steely for mine with new tyre.
I like keeping the weight down but I stick it in for long journeys
I have a new steely for mine with new tyre.
I like keeping the weight down but I stick it in for long journeys
Yeah i got a kit the other week, in a nice fancy box too. I only carry mine for long journeys too, no point if i'm just going 2 miles to work.
Rather save the weight Plus free AA cover if anything does happen....although I don't knwow hat it includes
Plus free AA cover if anything does happen....although I don't knwow hat it includes
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I would only carry mine for long journeys too but I do so many more of them than short journeys that I really can't be arsed to keep pullin it out and putting it back in...and to be fair if i pulled it out I'd forget to put it back and then i'd be one of those :tosser: sitting at the side of the road for hours with no spare!!
Rather save the weight
Save the weight. I've took out the full package, including a ride home (or selected destination for myself and up to seven people) anywhere in the uk.
It also counts for cars that i'm a passenger in aswell!
Weight reduction is free bhp. Remember that...
Hmmmmm i must just have standard cover? How much you pay for that? Seven passangers is ridic. If you are going somewhere far away and possibly thinking of renting a mini bus....pretend your car is fooked and get a lift lol
I'm not sure how much it is, its a family policy so i just chuck a few quid my mums way every month for my part of the policy
koksy
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The one time I tried to change a wheel on my car (not the GP) I was unable to do so because the wheel bolts were too tight to undo. Now, before you mock, let me just say I go to the gym 3 times a week at least and i'm certainly no weed!
The AA guy said it was a common problem. The nuts tend to seize up if the grease monkeys overtighten them and dont put enough grease (?) on them when they replace the wheel after having new tyres fitted.
I always wondered why you see so many people waiting for the AA with flat tyres... always assumed they were just too lazy to do it themselves!
The AA guy said it was a common problem. The nuts tend to seize up if the grease monkeys overtighten them and dont put enough grease (?) on them when they replace the wheel after having new tyres fitted.
I always wondered why you see so many people waiting for the AA with flat tyres... always assumed they were just too lazy to do it themselves!
TroyO
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Thats the problem with tyre places that use rattle guns to do up the bolts. If I get a tyre place to change a tyre, I always make a point to undo and retension the bolts when I get home. At least then I stand a chance of undoing them with the wheel brace later on.
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When I used the airgun in my garage last weekend it did them up pretty tight!
Imagine if your are a woman at the side of the road, like you said no wonder you see people waiting with flat tyres.
When I came to take my wheels off last weekend, It took some turning of the bolts to get them off, the compressor couldn't do it. It took a bit of force from myself to get themk off.
The grease you talk of is copper grease, it stops parts like bolts rusting and seizing.
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:nutter: Are you being serious, your telling me that you would much rather sit at the side of the road looking like a total **** waiting for the AA, than just carry a spare wheel. You'll look like a complete :tosser: when the AA bloke asks you what the problem is and you say "i've got a flat tyre".
If you say so
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That's true but so is not carrying passengers =]]
This is also true...so then imagine how ****ed off the AA guy is gonna be when he goes to all that trouble breaking his arm to get your wheel off and then finds you're not actually carrying a spare wheel to replace it with...
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That's true but so is not carrying passengers =]]
This is also true...so then imagine how ****ed off the AA guy is gonna be when he goes to all that trouble breaking his arm to get your wheel off and then finds you're not actually carrying a spare wheel to replace it with...
the weight reduction of my GP means I don't actually have to carry passengers.
Surely you tell the AA guy you haven't got a spare before you let him try and take the wheel off!
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Now there's a thought...i mite build on that and remove all seats and just mount the drivers seat centrally...Grande Punto F1...now there's a mod lol
Well i dunno...it would be interesting to see his reaction and at the end of the day he shoulda checked...its what you pay for...least it'd keep you entertained whilst being stranded at the side of the motorway!
You SHOULD NOT put grease on your wheel bolts as it leads to Over torquing
Only on large amounts
