Jul 10, 2010 7:40:07 PM
- easy_rider911
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- Loc: London , United Kingdom
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- Registered on: Nov 8, 2004
Multiple punctures: new tyres for my car
What a cr*ppy day I went to my car this morning to go grocery shopping. The right rear tyre on my car was totally flat. The last time I drove the car was last Sunday so I thought that I must have picked up a nail or screw then And then the tyre deflated fully afterwards during the weekdays
Anyway, Porsche Assistance arranged for a RAC mechanic to come over. After an hour's wait, the RAC man came, plugged the puncture temporarily, pumped up the tyre and accompanied me to a garage where we thought the puncture could be repaired since the screw had been in the middle of the tyre tread.
Sadly, there was a second nail in the edge of the tyre. Upon closer inspection, there were also 5 slow punctures
Just couldn't believe how this happened The other 3 tyres are all normal.
Since the punctured tyre certainly couldn't be repaired, I had to change it plus I had to replace the other tyre on the same rear axle. I decided to replace the front tyres too. The garage offered a great deal. But I hadn't been expecting to have to shell out so much money on tyres
Anyway, I decided to get these tyres:
Michelin Pilot Sport PS2
Front: 235/35 ZR 19 N2 (Porsche spec) 87Y
Rear: 295/30 ZR 19 N2 (Porsche spec) 100Y XL
My car has the N1 spec tyres at present but I understand that N2 spec tyres recently became available.
I ended up spending hours waiting while the garage phoned around trying to locate stock of the required tyres.
They tried really hard - but the tyres won't be available till Tuesday at the earliest. It's hard to get stock delivered on a weekend. (They had 3 tyres delivered - some N1 tyres and a non Porsche N-spec tyre within 2 hours but they just couldn't get any N2s).
So they pumped up the tyre, I drove home slowly and they gave me an air compressor in case to help me return for getting the tyres fitted.
Reached home 4 hours later, hot, sweaty (since it was 32C here) & thoroughly p*ssed off that the problem still wasn't resolved.
I am really angry that PAG doesn't provide a space-saver spare wheel for situations like this.
I knew I would have to change the tyres later this year before my MOT in November but it's a pity I had to change them now. However, maybe it's a blessing in disguise. I have a Nordschleife trip planned for the weekend of 7-8 August 2010 so this is a sensible precaution - my tyres were already very worn
The especially sad aspect was that I was supposed to meet Aviator and his wife today for afternoon tea at Sketch. They are in London visiting from Athens. Sadly, I had to cancel. If you are reading this Aviator, once again, my deepest apologies for having to cancel.
http://www.sketch.uk.com/
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