Will AA home start fix a puncture?

Random · 21-09-2007 8:22am #1

Will aa home start fix a puncture?

thanks

Fratton Fred · 21-09-2007 8:43am

they'll probably change your wheel, but if you are at home, you will get a low priority so it would be lot quicker doing it yourself.

crosstownk · 21-09-2007 8:47am

Fratton Fred wrote:

they'll probably change your wheel, but if you are at home, you will get a low priority so it would be lot quicker doing it yourself.

Yep - they'll just change the wheel and leave you to get the puncture repaired. But, most importantly, you'll be mobile again.

Random · 21-09-2007 2:08pm

They came out and put the spare on for my mam and the puncture in the boot. Just what she wanted. Ta.

corktina · 21-09-2007 3:49pm

i think they take a dim view of anyone without a servceable spare or a tool kit....otherwise, yes they should be OK on Home Start....same as any other fault really.

Capt'n Midnight · 22-09-2007 9:51am

In other countries you have to learn how to do this before your driving test.

Random · 22-09-2007 10:31am

Knowing how to do something and being able to do it are different things. For some people it is a lot of work.

I agree that you should start out being able to do it anyway!

corktina · 22-09-2007 12:57pm

in fairness I think its a bit beyond some people .....physically I mean...although I once knew two girls who tried to change a wheel armed with only a kitchen knife and fork....they got the hub cap of....:rolleyes:

_Kaiser_ · 22-09-2007 1:13pm

I had to call them out for this a few months back.. in my defence I'd already tried to get the wheel off but whoever put the last one on had obviously used one of those pneumatic tools so no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get the last 2 nuts off.

I hadn't got Home Start cover at the time either, but in fairness to the AA they sent the guy free of charge anyway and I upgraded the cover a few days later - just in case

That's what they're there for after all, right? Might as well get some value for my €20 a month.

corktina · 22-09-2007 3:08pm

I was tempted to ditch the AA now I have recovery cover on my insurance, but they often got me out of a hole and Im sure the Insurance recovery would just drag you to a garage.....so I'm keeping in with the AA....I always get my moneys worth each year...

ucdperson · 22-09-2007 5:32pm

Unless you have an enormous gash in the tyre, like the vandalism in Dublin recently, an electric pump is lifesaver, as it often allows you drive a few miles to a type place. Once on the road you could even call the AA without homestart, but of course we wouldn't do that.

corktina · 22-09-2007 7:10pm

instant tyre repair aerosol would do the job too....keep one in the boot like I....err dont... :-)

Capt'n Midnight · 22-09-2007 7:13pm

corktina wrote:

I once knew two girls who tried to change a wheel armed with only a kitchen knife and fork....

Where's MacGyver when you need him ?

While you can reinflate a flat tyre with the stuff that comes in a can, tyre shops won't patch it if you get another one , something about the patch not sticking to the gunk inside

corktina · 23-09-2007 7:29am

well if it needs patching then it must have a tube and they are cheap to replace and a repaired one would be liable to fail in the future. If its tubeless, then a vulcanised repair would be possible I would think, although most tyre places would prefer you bought a new a new tyre.....

_Kaiser_ · 23-09-2007 9:26am

ucdperson wrote:

Unless you have an enormous gash in the tyre, like the vandalism in Dublin recently, an electric pump is lifesaver, as it often allows you drive a few miles to a type place. Once on the road you could even call the AA without homestart, but of course we wouldn't do that.

As far as I remember, I think you have to be at least 2 miles from your house to try that one

- it's in the terms somewhere.

Capt'n Midnight · 23-09-2007 10:10am

Kaiser2000 wrote:

As far as I remember, I think you have to be at least 2 miles from your house to try that one - it's in the terms somewhere.

If you knew someone who lived more than two miles away you could swap addresses,but that would be illegal , immoral and fattening

MathsManiac · 23-09-2007 8:10pm

corktina wrote:

I was tempted to ditch the AA now I have recovery cover on my insurance, but they often got me out of a hole and Im sure the Insurance recovery would just drag you to a garage.....so I'm keeping in with the AA....I always get my moneys worth each year...

Interesting. I'm in the same boat - now I have free breakdown recovery on my insurance and humming and hawing about keeping the AA cover. I'm assuming that the insurance company contracts it out to AA or RAC or someone and that it's equivalent to the basic cover. I think I'll hold onto AA too; I have the Rescue Plus and it's great to know that no matter where I am in the country they'll bring it back to my own garage for me, along with the other extras. (I once had to stay overnight in a kip of a B&B 2 miles outside Mountrath, and hang around for six or seven hours the following day while the local garage got me sorted - Aaargh; never again!!!).

corktina · 24-09-2007 6:47am

yerra I have PLUS too and tend to drive classics to the UK and break down a lot.... if I was them , i wouldnt cover me.....:cool:

Ace07 · 28-01-2013 10:39pm

Just an update here . I called AA today after I found a flat tyre. It was pissing rain and I thought I might as well get my moneys worth as I luckily haven't had to use them for years.
A very nice chap arrived within 30 mins , whipped off the wheel and found a large screw embedded in the tyre. Took it out, used a tool to drill small hole and the filled it just like a quickfit etc would . Popped the wheel back on and pumped tyre. All done within an hour of call to AA. Excellent service. I thought he might just put temp wheel on and send me to garage , but didn't cost me a cent ( bar membership obviously)

Will AA home start fix a puncture?

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