Yes yes yes, the Irony, I get wheel punctured just before my test.

arleitiss

Hey, I know many remember my post yesterday as I am thinking of changing car, and today I puncture my wheel, apparently some literally scumbag smashed a bottle just on exit from my parking, I didn't notice it at start, noticed only when got home, my wheel holds air for about 30 minutes, then ends up being 100% flat. I drove on 100% flat wheel for 2 minutes luckly on way home, I inflated it a bit, to 1.6 bars, and drove home on normal wheel.
Now I am bit stuck, I need to get to some tyre shop or so tomorrow, but how if my car is in underground parking in city center (gardiner street) and there is no petrol stations and services outside my parking.
My spare wheel is punctured too, good lesson for me that odd chances happen, I thought ah well punctured wheel, let it be in boot, I wont puncture wheel again. So yeah, would I be better off getting 2 wheels from online or what? My test is next wednesday and has to be fixed.

175/65 R14

oh by the way, I think I will have to replace all four tyres now,
as:
Front Left is spare, not quite worn.
Front Right is original, worn.
Rear Left is punctured right now, worn.
Rear Right is original, worn.

Supergurrier

This happenned to me just before an NCT test on my Octavia before, ended up having to get a cancelletion later in the day

colm_mcm

Put the flat spare wheel on, carry the full size wheel with you (get a taxi or whatever) to a tyre place like atlas in drumcondra or fast fit on clanbrassil street

Get tyre fitted on wheel, bring wheel back to car, drive back and get others on.

(Assuming you have a space saver?)


Or get a can of tyre weld, then drive to tyre shop.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

Hey, I know many remember my post yesterday as I am thinking of changing car, and today I puncture my wheel, apparently some literally scumbag smashed a bottle just on exit from my parking, I didn't notice it at start, noticed only when got home, my wheel holds air for about 30 minutes, then ends up being 100% flat. I drove on 100% flat wheel for 2 minutes luckly on way home, I inflated it a bit, to 1.6 bars, and drove home on normal wheel.
Now I am bit stuck, I need to get to some tyre shop or so tomorrow, but how if my car is in underground parking in city center (gardiner street) and there is no petrol stations and services outside my parking.
My spare wheel is punctured too, good lesson for me that odd chances happen, I thought ah well punctured wheel, let it be in boot, I wont puncture wheel again. So yeah, would I be better off getting 2 wheels from online or what? My test is next wednesday and has to be fixed.

175/65 R14

If it will stay inflated for 30 mins that's plenty of time to get to the likes of Pearse St there are loads of tyre repair places around there? They should be open tomorrow? Just look them up and call in the morning?

http://www.advancepitstop.com/home/advance-pitstop-dublin-2.214.html

arleitiss

colm_mcm wrote: »

Put the flat spare wheel on, carry the full size wheel with you (get a taxi or whatever) to a tyre place like atlas in drumcondra or fast fit on clanbrassil street

Any estimate price for that?

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

If it will stay inflated for 30 mins that's plenty of time to get to the likes of Pearse St there are loads of tyre repair places around there? They should be open tomorrow? Just look them up and call in the morning?

http://www.advancepitstop.com/home/advance-pitstop-dublin-2.214.html

I will have to drive with 100% flat wheel, makes quite an attention on street.

Stheno

Supergurrier wrote: »

This happenned to me just before an NCT test on my Octavia before, ended up having to get a cancelletion later in the day

It's his driving test

arleitiss

Oh another important fact:
My wheel wrench is bent, so it's impossible to use it and get it off. Last time when I was replacing spare wheel I had to walk around street and look for someone who had same wheel nuts, so I borrowed it.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

I will have to drive with 100% flat wheel, makes quite an attention on street.

Find the nearest place to you and get a taxi and put your punctured wheel in the boot of the taxi to get there?

Did you not say in your OP that if you reinflate it it stays inflated for 30 mins?

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

Find the nearest place to you and get a taxi and put your punctured wheel in the boot of the taxi to get there?

Did you not say in your OP that if you reinflate it it stays inflated for 30 mins?

Yes, but I don't live on petrol station
And I don't have pump

colm_mcm

arleitiss wrote: »

Any estimate price for that?

For a taxi from gardiner street to drumcondra , its about 2 miles, so I can't imagine it'll be much,

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

Yes, but I don't live on petrol station
And I don't have pump

I'm actually starting if you live in the real world with some of your posts.

Get the spare repaired by getting to somewhere with a taxi.
Ask the garage if you can borrow a wrench by leaving a deposit
Replace punctured wheel and go back to the garage to get your tyre repaired.

Go to a motor factors and buy a wrench

Seriously what were you thinking driving around with no spare and no wrench?
If you'd had a blowout on a road you'd be stuck there!

arleitiss

colm_mcm wrote: »

For a taxi from gardiner street to drumcondra , its about 2 miles, so I can't imagine it'll be much,

I mean to get a tyre. I can walk there no problem, last night on christmas i walked from gardiner street to ballymun passing Atlas. So not a bother.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

I mean to get a tyre. I can walk there no problem, last night on christmas i walked from gardiner street to ballymun passing Atlas. So not a bother.

Colm is suggesting you take the tyre and get it repaired if I read his post correctly

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

I'm actually starting if you live in the real world with some of your posts.

Get the spare repaired by getting to somewhere with a taxi.
Ask the garage if you can borrow a wrench by leaving a deposit
Replace punctured wheel and go back to the garage to get your tyre repaired.

Go to a motor factors and buy a wrench

Seriously what were you thinking driving around with no spare and no wrench?
If you'd had a blowout on a road you'd be stuck there!

I just thought what are the odds that I will get puncture driving in city mostly. Well after christmas streets and alleys are full of glass now I know.

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

Colm is suggesting you take the tyre and get it repaired if I read his post correctly

I know yes, but how much would repair cost? that's what I mean, sorry.

colm_mcm

arleitiss wrote: »

Oh another important fact:
My wheel wrench is bent, so it's impossible to use it and get it off. Last time when I was replacing spare wheel I had to walk around street and look for someone who had same wheel nuts, so I borrowed it.

Is your spare wheel full sized?

You can pick up wheel braces handy enough. Mitchell's in capel street isn't too far away for you

arleitiss

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is your spare wheel full sized?

You can pick up wheel braces handy enough. Mitchell's in capel street isn't too far away for you

Basically I have 4 alloys, 2 okay, 1 in a boot, and 1 punctured now. The front left is a spare metal black color wheel.
Oh forgot to mention, the wheel in boot cannot be repaired, it's a side puncture.

arleitiss

colm_mcm wrote: »

Is your spare wheel full sized?

You can pick up wheel braces handy enough. Mitchell's in capel street isn't too far away for you

What do you mean full sized? as in same size as others? not sure, but I thought that spare wheel is always same as other wheels?

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

I know yes, but how much would repair cost? that's what I mean, sorry.

Depends. If the tyre is repairable shouldn't be more than 20e

If it needs to be replaced then that varies, probably €50 upwards

Some punctures cannot be repaired if the sidewall of the tyre is damaged.

colm_mcm

The size you have won't be overly expensive.
Maybe consider part worn tyres if the budget is tight.

http://www.tyreland.ie/index.php/home/our_tyres

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

What do you mean full sized? as in same size as others? not sure, but I thought that spare wheel is always same as other wheels?

Some cars (like mine) have a smaller spare, usually narrower than the normal wheels to save space in the boot.

They are called space savers, you can only drive them at a certain max. speed, and for a certain amount of time.

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

Some cars (like mine) have a smaller spare, usually narrower than the normal wheels to save space in the boot.

They are called space savers, you can only drive them at a certain max. speed, and for a certain amount of time.

****, wish I knew that before, I been driving on spare for past 3 months. Damn, I learned so much stuff as learner.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

****, wish I knew that before, I been driving on spare for past 3 months. Damn, I learned so much stuff as learner.

They are very very clearly marked to distinguish them as space savers, and have warnings on them not to drive them over 80kph (in my case)

It's not all cars, just some.

arleitiss

alright thanks guys, I guess I will walk to Atlas tomorrow, and see what they can suggest.

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

They are very very clearly marked to distinguish them as space savers, and have warnings on them not to drive them over 80kph (in my case)

It's not all cars, just some.

I didn't have any labels on them or anything.

colm_mcm

Space savers are usually yellow too. You wouldn't not notice the difference!

First thing is get the wheelbrace anyway! The big X shaped ones are good as you won't break them and they come with 4 different nut sizes on them.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

Basically I have 4 alloys, 2 okay, 1 in a boot, and 1 punctured now. The front left is a spare metal black color wheel.
Oh forgot to mention, the wheel in boot cannot be repaired, it's a side puncture.

So have you two punctured alloys and your "spare" is the fourth wheel?

As you can't repair the fourth alloy, get the other alloy wheel repaired, then get a new tyre for the side puncture. Then put them both on the car and the spare back in the boot

The car will look much better with the four alloys on it

Stheno

colm_mcm wrote: »

Space savers are usually yellow too. You wouldn't not notice the difference!

First thing is get the wheelbrace anyway! The big X shaped ones are good as you won't break them and they come with 4 different nut sizes on them.

Yeah and god help you if the cops catch you driving on one on a motorway!

colm_mcm

I think its the tyre that can't be repaired Stheno

arleitiss

Whats a wheelbrace?

colm_mcm

Google it.

Stheno

colm_mcm wrote: »

I think its the tyre that can't be repaired Stheno

That's what I meant Colm, that the current "spare" i.e. the fourth alloy can't be repaired so OP needs to get the current punctured alloy off the car, into a repair place, then once he's done that, get the unrepairable alloy tyre replaced with a new tyre, and put it on, and the plain spare in the boot.

arleitiss

What if I drive 5 minutes on 100% flat wheel? would that **** up seriously?

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

What if I drive 5 minutes on 100% flat wheel? would that **** up seriously?

This is the tyre on the alloy that is flat?

You'll be most likely needing a new alloy along with a tyre

I don't know what your rush is.
Your test is next Wednesday
Get a wheel brace and find out where is open tomorrow
Get a tyre repaired so you can drive.
Get a new tyre for the "spare" Fri/Sat

Eh voila, you are ready to go.

Bpmull

arleitiss wrote: »

What if I drive 5 minutes on 100% flat wheel? would that **** up seriously?

If the tyre is completely flat then you shouldn't drive 10 metres on it never mind 5 minutes. There is so many reasons why you cant. So you should probably try a taxi or maybe a friend relative could drive you. Driving around on a flat is just pure dangerous.

arleitiss

Alright, btw what size is wheel nuts usually? I have few wrenches.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

Alright, btw what size is wheel nuts usually? I have few wrenches.

Did you google wheelbrace? If you get one, then you shouldn't need to be too worried about the size of the wheelnuts.

Or you could even google the size of the wheel nuts.

Seriously get a wheelbrace they are not expensive.

Henry Ford III

Best of luck with the test - all your threads suggest you'll need it. Did you ever meet AFthe fragile?

p.s. You can't get a puncture in a wheel. You can however in a tyre.

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

Did you google wheelbrace? If you get one, then you shouldn't need to be too worried about the size of the wheelnuts.

Or you could even google the size of the wheel nuts.

Seriously get a wheelbrace they are not expensive.

I will, but I have a wrench set, like the ones with switchables sockets etc.. but I guess that wont work. Where can I buy a wheelbrace? I mean nearst store?

colm_mcm

arleitiss wrote: »

I will, but I have a wrench set, like the ones with switchables sockets etc.. but I guess that wont work. Where can I buy a wheelbrace? I mean nearst store?

The answer to this question is contained in this thread.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

I will, but I have a wrench set, like the ones with switchables sockets etc.. but I guess that wont work. Where can I buy a wheelbrace? I mean nearst store?

Ah jaysis, now you're seriously trying the patience of people who are trying to help you.

Read back, colm already told you where to get one.

You'll find it harder to break a wheel brace than a wrench, especially if you get an x shaped one, and in my experience (I'm not very strong) they are much better at freeing any nuts that are stuck in place*

*For all the smutty minds on here, I'll have you know I thought for some time as to how best phrase the above

arleitiss

colm_mcm wrote: »

The answer to this question is contained in this thread.

Found it thanks

bobin fudge

phoenix tyres on jones road by croke park or the new tyre place opposite the red parrot would be the closest to you , if you live in gardiner street

arleitiss

Thanks everyone, guess I will go get wheelbrace tomorrow, then see how it goes. But gotta get wheel fixed.

Stheno

arleitiss wrote: »

Thanks everyone, guess I will go get wheelbrace tomorrow, then see how it goes. But gotta get wheel fixed.

AND the spare, I believe it's an instant fail if you get a puncture during your driving test and don't have a working spare.

And it can happen, I got a puncture in my first driving test.

MuppetCheck

The sooner a proper practical element to driving tests is brought into this country the better. You should be able to show the ability to change a wheel, correctly inflate tyres, change bulbs etc on test day. It would be time consuming but worth it.

arleitiss

MuppetCheck wrote: »

The sooner a proper practical element to driving tests is brought into this country the better. You should be able to show the ability to change a wheel, correctly inflate tyres, change bulbs etc on test day. It would be time consuming but worth it.

Well I did change wheel before no problem, I can do it 100 times

Stheno

MuppetCheck wrote: »

The sooner a proper practical element to driving tests is brought into this country the better. You should be able to show the ability to change a wheel, correctly inflate tyres, change bulbs etc on test day. It would be time consuming but worth it.

Ah MC, don't be bringing back my bad memories.

It was the week before Christmas and if I passed I was getting a brand spanking new company car.
It was pissing rain, and as I drove over a train track, there was a sudden deflation on the rear passenger wheel, and my heart sank.
My tester (an ignorant, unwashed individual with a flatulence problem) informed me that he believed I had a flat tyre.
I informed him I believed so too.
Now the rule back then was that the test was cancelled and rescheduled.
He however insisted I change the tyre.
It was pissing rain, the driving instructors car had cable tyres on the wheel, and I was stuck in a muddy verge.
I cut my hand getting the cable ties off, ended up jumping on the wheelbrace to get the nuts loose, and changed the tyre while his lordship farted regularly.
Then I recommenced my test.
Almost an hour and three quarters after I started I arrived back, muddy, bleeding and soaked, and my instructor gaping at me.
Il Flatulo asked me if it was my first time changing a tyre and when I told him no, told me I'd done it very well. Then he informed me I'd failed my test

Prick.

Thankfully I didn't have to drive the gas filled car home.

BMJD

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=mobile+tyre+repair+dublin+city

challengemaster

arleitiss wrote: »

Hey, I know people here know me, mostly for being so called "Learner driver who breaks rules and should be fined"

arleitiss wrote: »

oh by the way, I think I will have to replace all four tyres now,
as:
Front Left is spare, not quite worn.
Front Right is original, worn.
Rear Left is punctured right now, worn.
Rear Right is original, worn.

arleitiss wrote: »

****, wish I knew that before, I been driving on spare for past 3 months. Damn, I learned so much stuff as learner.

arleitiss wrote: »

Whats a wheelbrace?

arleitiss wrote: »

What if I drive 5 minutes on 100% flat wheel? would that **** up seriously?

I'm surprised you even passed the theory test. Despite your nonsense in other threads about being a perfectly capable driver, the above shows your complete lack of understanding and care for your own car, and care for everyone else that uses the roads.

For everyones sake, I hope the test does what it's supposed to.