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 Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 08 Feb 17 2.54pm |
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Originally posted by npn
My missus had a puncture yesterday and, being a game lass, just pulled over to change the wheel. No jack, no wheel brace, no spare! Apparently this is the way they are going, if it's a minor puncture, there's a can of goo you squirt in, then re-inflate using the compressor installed, and you should get to the garage, at which point they need to replace the tyre as the goo makes a repair impossible apparently. If it's a major failure (blowout, or any hole bigger than a nail) of course the goo won't work. In that case you, err, call a breakdown truck? What sort of f**king progress is that? a nail in the treaded part of the tyre is repairable by a garage. It cost me £10 only a couple of months ago. I would suggest that goo is a waste of time and money. On a serious note, that goo can be a bit of a life-saver. If you are no good at changing wheels, or it is too dark to do so, then the goo gets many a person out of the mire, and particularly if they are women or elderly.
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 08 Feb 17 2.59pm |
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Originally posted by Michaelawt85
Was it one with paddle shifts behind the steering wheel? Mine is an auto but drives like an absolute pig in auto mode. I drive it in manual using paddle shifts. It's a clutchless manual in effect as you have to release your foot from the accelerator slightly when changing gear or it jerks forward and back again akin to being on a boat! Me suspects 'driver error' in this case.
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 Michaelawt85  Bexley 08 Feb 17 3.01pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
Me suspects 'driver error' in this case. No it's not a female thing I promise
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| npn Crowborough 08 Feb 17 3.09pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
a nail in the treaded part of the tyre is repairable by a garage. It cost me £10 only a couple of months ago. I would suggest that goo is a waste of time and money. On a serious note, that goo can be a bit of a life-saver. If you are no good at changing wheels, or it is too dark to do so, then the goo gets many a person out of the mire, and particularly if they are women or elderly. Although it does mean that anything other than a minor puncture is not able to be dealt with by the driver. What was a "b0llocks, tyre's gone, I'll have to change it now and then get to kwikfit when I get a minute" now becomes a "whoops, AA, RAC, passing good Samaritan required, and forget whatever you were on your way to do because this is going to take some time"
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| npn Crowborough 08 Feb 17 3.16pm |
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Originally posted by paperhat
1) no spare/jack etc lowers the weight of the car = increased overall economy 2) small 'normal nail in tyre puncture' just use the electric pump to pump up the tyre and get to tyre shop, alternatively use the foam to seal the puncture 3) the foam CAN be cleaned out, just that kwik fit et al are too lazy to do that and its easier/more profitable to sell you a new one. - that said, any more than half a mile or so on a semi deflated tyre can knacker the strength of the sidewalls. 4) major malfunction/distress of the tyre usually happens at speed/motorway. in which case a spare would be no good as you shouldt be changing it on the motorway and should call the AA/RAC etc, at which point they either send a tyre with the recovery unit or get you to a tyre place. So you get there cheaper or possibly don't get there at all. Even if you have AA/RAC cover, you're going to be waiting an hour for someone to turn up and, hopefully, get you to a garage (assuming it occurs during opening hours). The old solution worked just fine!
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| paperhat croydon 08 Feb 17 5.43pm |
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Originally posted by npn
So you get there cheaper or possibly don't get there at all. Even if you have AA/RAC cover, you're going to be waiting an hour for someone to turn up and, hopefully, get you to a garage (assuming it occurs during opening hours). The old solution worked just fine! yup, 50mph max on a spindly little wheel that still a good 50%+ of the driving population have no idea how to change. The other factor that comes in to both sides of the argument is how often do punctures occur?
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| Michaelawt85 Bexley 08 Feb 17 5.46pm |
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Originally posted by paperhat
yup, 50mph max on a spindly little wheel that still a good 50%+ of the driving population have no idea how to change. The other factor that comes in to both sides of the argument is how often do punctures occur?
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| paperhat croydon 08 Feb 17 5.49pm |
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Originally posted by Michaelawt85
i dont have it, if I did, I would. Honest
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 12 Feb 17 7.06pm |
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Today I drove a 2016 Vauxhall (might be a Zafira) and it was pi55 poor. No parking sensors, an air-conditioning system that was confusing. Back doors that open the wrong way, so people in the front can't use the doors at the same time as people in the back. 5hltty display that tells me what gear I should be in. FFS And the final insult is an automatic handbrake system that lets the car roll back (when you are on even the slightest of gradients) before you pull away, which is not only hazardous, but would also be a 'fail' if you were taking your driving test in one. Just a massive pl55 poor effort from Vauxhall.
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| Midlands Eagle 13 Feb 17 11.57am |
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Originally posted by Michaelawt85
Was it one with paddle shifts behind the steering wheel? No. I can't remember the details now but it had a stalk on top of the steering wheel that you put into A but that wasn't the end of it as that only seemed to have one gear and it had to go into another setting for proper auto. I put it down to the fact that Citroen always liked to be quirky
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| Michaelawt85 Bexley 13 Feb 17 12.10pm |
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Originally posted by Midlands Eagle
No. I can't remember the details now but it had a stalk on top of the steering wheel that you put into A but that wasn't the end of it as that only seemed to have one gear and it had to go into another setting for proper auto. I put it down to the fact that Citroen always liked to be quirky Yep that's it. Looks like a 3rd indicator. A, m for manual mode, r and p . Then there are two more stalks behind the steering wheel for going up or down gears from 1-6 like on an f1 car
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| paperhat croydon 13 Feb 17 12.50pm |
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Originally posted by Michaelawt85
Yep that's it. Looks like a 3rd indicator. A, m for manual mode, r and p . Then there are two more stalks behind the steering wheel for going up or down gears from 1-6 like on an f1 car awful 'boxes - easytronice/ishift/tiptronic - whatever they are called, slowly but surely being phased out as the car makers realise that what works on paper doesnt always work in the metal.
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