wellsey 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Cant believe My bad luck...Car broke down at work yesterday and cant for the life of me work out what it is. But I thought to Myself Its not a big problem I can commute the twenty mile trip on My bike so last night when i finished work after getting the train home. I thought Ill fill it with fuel.onl to find a bloody great nail in the rear tyre. Now Ive got a car stuck at work and a bike stuck at home And a new tyre is needed with a price tag of 140 quid and as for the car 80 quid to get it home and whatever the bill is going to be to fix it...And to make it worse dont get paid till the end of the month and Ive already maxed my credit card.....WHY ME? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
XS1100 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Hi what car and what happerns when you turn the key apart from the fact it dont start dose the engine turn over? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
always1more 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Yeah I'm with XS....give us some clues and we may be able to help and save you some pennies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dick65 0 Posted March 7, 2011 thats a bad start to the week,hope you get it fettled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smilinjack 0 Posted March 7, 2011 @wellsey wrote:Cant believe My bad luck...Car broke down at work yesterday and cant for the life of me work out what it is. But I thought to Myself Its not a big problem I can commute the twenty mile trip on My bike so last night when i finished work after getting the train home. I thought Ill fill it with fuel.onl to find a bloody great nail in the rear tyre. Now Ive got a car stuck at work and a bike stuck at home And a new tyre is needed with a price tag of 140 quid and as for the car 80 quid to get it home and whatever the bill is going to be to fix it...And to make it worse dont get paid till the end of the month and Ive already maxed my credit card.....WHY ME?Because I've had more than my share! It will come right mate honest. As for tyres, get yourself a Maxxis from DK, cheap as chips. Or get yours repaired for a tenner or so. I've had two or three done no probs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wellsey 0 Posted March 7, 2011 @smilinjack wrote:@wellsey wrote:Cant believe My bad luck...Car broke down at work yesterday and cant for the life of me work out what it is. But I thought to Myself Its not a big problem I can commute the twenty mile trip on My bike so last night when i finished work after getting the train home. I thought Ill fill it with fuel.onl to find a bloody great nail in the rear tyre. Now Ive got a car stuck at work and a bike stuck at home And a new tyre is needed with a price tag of 140 quid and as for the car 80 quid to get it home and whatever the bill is going to be to fix it...And to make it worse dont get paid till the end of the month and Ive already maxed my credit card.....WHY ME?Because I've had more than my share! It will come right mate honest. As for tyres, get yourself a Maxxis from DK, cheap as chips. Or get yours repaired for a tenner or so. I've had two or three done no probs. mmmm Know what Your saying s jack but having it plugged will always be on my mind as im riding Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smilinjack 0 Posted March 7, 2011 Trust me Wellsey I've done thousands of miles on a plug with absolutely no problem. If it keeps you going till payday it's worth a punt, but I'd have no qualms running a plugged tyre to the end of it's life. Too many ppl allow themselves to be controlled by fear-you're playing into the hands of the tyre salesman IMHO. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stue11 0 Posted March 7, 2011 @smilinjack wrote:Trust me Wellsey I've done thousands of miles on a plug with absolutely no problem. If it keeps you going till payday it's worth a punt, but I'd have no qualms running a plugged tyre to the end of it's life. Too many ppl allow themselves to be controlled by fear-you're playing into the hands of the tyre salesman IMHO. Wellsey i repair bike tyres most days once plugged there fine if its in the centre of the tread and not near the sidewall then it can be repaired, if you lived closer mate id repair for ya FOC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wellsey 0 Posted March 9, 2011 @smilinjack wrote:Trust me Wellsey I've done thousands of miles on a plug with absolutely no problem. If it keeps you going till payday it's worth a punt, but I'd have no qualms running a plugged tyre to the end of it's life. Too many ppl allow themselves to be controlled by fear-you're playing into the hands of the tyre salesman IMHO. Took Your advise S Jack and got it plugged today and the man said You will not have any problems with that its 100% safe and it cost Me 20 quid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yankeedoodle 0 Posted March 9, 2011 glad you managed to get it sorted cheap dude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peejay 0 Posted March 10, 2011 @wellsey wrote:@smilinjack wrote:Trust me Wellsey I've done thousands of miles on a plug with absolutely no problem. If it keeps you going till payday it's worth a punt, but I'd have no qualms running a plugged tyre to the end of it's life. Too many ppl allow themselves to be controlled by fear-you're playing into the hands of the tyre salesman IMHO. Took Your advise S Jack and got it plugged today and the man said You will not have any problems with that its 100% safe and it cost Me 20 quid Good result Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smilinjack 0 Posted March 10, 2011 Nice one Wellsey-like I said if it only gets you to payday or whenever you can afford a new tyre it's worth a punt. I'd stick with it myself and get the use from the tyre. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
