Grippa
New Member
I know this might seem obvious to most on this site, but I thought I was relatively intelligent (can it, Slob!), but I narrowly avoided a serious, potential disaster this week.
N.B: Tyres can perish before they wear out. Especially when they have oodles of knobbly tread to wear through & are on a (previously) low mileage vehicle like mine.
If your tyres are getting on a bit or you suspect them to be, check them. Or better still, get a reputable tyre dealer to check them for you (thankyou Tyreland in Bournemouth - didn't try to sell me stuff I didn't need. Just gave me an honest opinion, pointed out things to look out for that I'd never have spotted & fitted a couple of wicked A/T's from stock in 20 minutes or so for £114 all in. Oh, another good sign: A landy was just leaving as I arrived & another pulled up whilst I was there, you don't see that at Kwikfit!)
Anyways, I had another of those days (usually once or twice a week at the mo') when I couldn't find a good enough reason not to drive my III the 130 mile round trip to work. On the last few miles home (thank God!) I was sure I heard a slight kind of "whump, whump" sound coming from a tyre. Stopped, checked, all seemed fine & I got home without incident. It wasn't until I started up & went to pull away on Saturday that I realised I had a total flatty.
Thank "someone" again that my sparkly new farm jack had turned up on Thursday otherwise I would have had to utilise my "I've just bought a III so I'd better join the AA" membership & looked a bit of a tw*t into the bargain!
When I'd removed the wheel I found a really bloody scarey, jagged, total failure tear that followed the tread pattern around the wheel for about 6"! Had the tyre & subsequently the inner tube "gone" on the M3 or M27 slightly earlier I dread to think what the consequences for me & anyone around me could've been (c'mon, keeping a series in a single lane at speed with four good "boots" on takes a modicum of concentration, imagine a fast(ish!), total deflation at motorway(ish!) speeds during rush hour?
Sorry if I might sound to a lot of you's in here like I'm tring to teach any elderly relative the art of egg sucking, but thinking of the potential of what might have been fair sh*t me up!
If someone reads this, has a shufty at their tyres & avoids what could so easily have happened to me, then as far as I'm concerned, that's a result.
Phew!
Marcus.
N.B: Tyres can perish before they wear out. Especially when they have oodles of knobbly tread to wear through & are on a (previously) low mileage vehicle like mine.
If your tyres are getting on a bit or you suspect them to be, check them. Or better still, get a reputable tyre dealer to check them for you (thankyou Tyreland in Bournemouth - didn't try to sell me stuff I didn't need. Just gave me an honest opinion, pointed out things to look out for that I'd never have spotted & fitted a couple of wicked A/T's from stock in 20 minutes or so for £114 all in. Oh, another good sign: A landy was just leaving as I arrived & another pulled up whilst I was there, you don't see that at Kwikfit!)
Anyways, I had another of those days (usually once or twice a week at the mo') when I couldn't find a good enough reason not to drive my III the 130 mile round trip to work. On the last few miles home (thank God!) I was sure I heard a slight kind of "whump, whump" sound coming from a tyre. Stopped, checked, all seemed fine & I got home without incident. It wasn't until I started up & went to pull away on Saturday that I realised I had a total flatty.
Thank "someone" again that my sparkly new farm jack had turned up on Thursday otherwise I would have had to utilise my "I've just bought a III so I'd better join the AA" membership & looked a bit of a tw*t into the bargain!
When I'd removed the wheel I found a really bloody scarey, jagged, total failure tear that followed the tread pattern around the wheel for about 6"! Had the tyre & subsequently the inner tube "gone" on the M3 or M27 slightly earlier I dread to think what the consequences for me & anyone around me could've been (c'mon, keeping a series in a single lane at speed with four good "boots" on takes a modicum of concentration, imagine a fast(ish!), total deflation at motorway(ish!) speeds during rush hour?
Sorry if I might sound to a lot of you's in here like I'm tring to teach any elderly relative the art of egg sucking, but thinking of the potential of what might have been fair sh*t me up!
If someone reads this, has a shufty at their tyres & avoids what could so easily have happened to me, then as far as I'm concerned, that's a result.
Phew!
Marcus.