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You'd think getting a tyre repaired wouldn't create such a farsical problem as what happened when I tried to get my tyre repaired.

Just over a month ago the thingy in the car kept saying I had low pressure in my tyre. Having pumped it up several times I realised I must have a slow puncture. I took it to the tyre place and they check it. No puncture they say it's a faulty valve thing so they change it and off I go quite happy. A couple of days later low pressure again. I take it back they then find the tiniest little hole in my tyre. They fix it and off I go again. Couple of days later low pressure so back I go and they check it. The mend hasn't adhered to the inside of the tyre so they do it again. It doesn't want to adhere so they loan me a tyre whilst mine goes away to be fixed. I call in today to get the tyre changed back. They go to put the repaired tyre back on the wheel but they notice that they haven't repaired it, a pain but not a major problem. In the process of putting another tyre on the wheel the sensor gets broken.

I'm now driving around with a permanant STOP on my dash and a wonderful picture of a nail in a tyre pops up every now and then. I ring the dealers but all the service people took an early dart today so I can't make an appointment to have the sensor repaired until Monday but I was reliably informed that they have nothing available all next week and I'll have to ring very early Monday if I want an appointment the week after.

All this caused by a tiny little hole in my tyre

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Was the person fixing your puncher a blonde by any chance

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Justice for the 96. It has only taken 27 years...........repeat the same lies for 27 years and the truth sounds strange to people!

Surely a new tyre would have been cheaper in the first place.

Your not having a Goodyear are you Toots.

No actually a scouser But to be fair the guy who broke the sensor was a fit young apprentice



It hasn't actually cost me anything more than the first £5.00 to repair the puncture and it's not going to cost me anything to have the sensor fixed and reprogrammed by Pug dealer it's just annoying cos I've got so much travelling to do this week looking at a red light telling me to STOP then showing me a nail in a tyre.

I hope I don't actually get a puncture cos I won't notice until it's too late



You don't know how close to the truth you are

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

What's that

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

a can of tyre sealant+inflator


http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... _langId_-1



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HOLTS-TYREWELD-PU ... 1|294%3A50

dont leave home without one

I always carry

jump leads
12v tyre pump
a GOOD pressure gauge
torch
can of tyre puncture repairer

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Of all the things ive lost, i miss my mind the most

May I sugest a very cheap and quick fix for your problem. A roll of black insulation tape. It wont fix the leak or the broken sensor.............but you can use it to cover up the annoying light on the dash until it is fixed.

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Grandad,

Excellent what a fab idea you're a gem thanks



I always carry those but no sealant but I do have a hi viz jacket so I don't get runover if I break down in a dark place, or at least that's the theory oh yeah an a triangle thingy in case I break down so I can warn other drivers, a book so I don't get bored and a blanky so I don't get cold

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

Pug 407 right? Get the dealer to disable the sensors via the computer link you can check your tyres daily. Who needs a sensor to tell you your tyres flat.

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Life? Don't talk to me about life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjm2eslm6hI

Be warned Toots that the tyre weld normally writes off a tyre, the tyre centres won't fix em because of the mess it creates in the tyre. hth.

Thanks for the advice. I had heard about the stuff you put in your tyres and the fact that the tyre places don't like to deal with them, I suppose it's ok in an emergency to get you home but then your stuffed.

I don't think I want the sensors disabled I kinda like the fact that my car indicates the low pressure in the tyres cos I always forget about things like that or more to the point can't be bothered cos I don't like to get my hands dirty

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!

I remember a few years ago when I got a nail in the tyre, it was in the middle so it could be plugged, the lad did the job and on my way I went.

A day later I was on the rank when I noticed that my tyre was flat again, I went round to the lad who did it for me who checked the tyre but there was nothing in it. He re-sealed the tyre rim and pumped it back up for me, off I went to work.

The next day the tyre was soft again, I went back to the garage who did it for me. The lad said there must be something in your tyre but I've checked it twice and there's nothing in it, he checked the tyre and this time he checked around the patch he'd put in, there was a bit of glass sticking through the patch, it was only a small shard of glass but it was enough to make it lose air, I asked him the odds of that happening? He said he'd never seen it before where he'd put a patch on then the patch being punctured.

Who said lighting doesn't stike the same place twice.

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Grandad,