Just tyred

Posted on October 30, 2018 by pensitivity101

It’s another miserable day today but we needed to replenish our OTC cold remedies so a field trip was in order.
We picked our moment and it wasn’t raining too hard as we backed out of the drive.
However, we had a warning light on.
We’d seen this one shortly after we’d got the car and were in the middle of nowhere in horrendous rain, so I phoned Hyundai to ask them what it meant.
Seems it was to do with tyre pressure due to the recent heat and change in weather, and all we needed to do was put some air in the tyre and ‘drive around a bit.’
How technical, I thought.

Anyway, Hubby gets the pump out of the boot (which is part of the standard kit as we have no spare wheel) and discovers the front near side tyre is considerably down, which explained why the car seemed to pull to the left.
Luckily for us where we were going has a tyre outlet we have used before and we decided to drop in for a check. We were glad that we did.

In no time at all, the guy had the wheel off and showed us the nail which was causing a slow puncture. New tyres range from £50 to £270, so we’re glad to be driving our little I10 as new tyres for that are at the lower end of the bracket.
Once removed though, it was a simple case of plugging the hole and sealing it just like a bicycle repair kit, then reinflating the tyre, add balancing weights and putting it back on the car.
The repair cost us £20 and about 20 minutes of our time.
Best to get it sorted now rather than leave it and have a major problem with no help for miles!

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About pensitivity101

I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too. On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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4 Responses to Just tyred

  1. Sadje says:
    October 30, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    Lucky that you guys caught it in time and with a repair shop near you.

    • pensitivity101 says:
      October 30, 2018 at 5:06 pm

      The tyre place is about 17 miles away, but we’d put the pressure up to what it should have been before we started off, keeping an eye on the dash in case the warning light came back on.

  2. colonialist says:
    October 30, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    These tyre-some problems do tend to deflate one!

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