3 Non stock and 1 spare = not an option?

arleitiss

Hey, currently my tires are: 225/40 R18
Recently passing NCT I got advice to change two fronts as they are 6+ years of age, been busy and didn't get around to doing it, yesterday night was going home, and somehow during change of lane I felt big hit while driving over those reflector studs after which I kind of felt weird driving, got home tyre was still more or less inflated but in morning I noticed it's completely gone.

I have spare, but it's original E46 spare so I am not sure about it's size, I assume you can't put spare on when all other wheels are different size? any suggestions what to do? I have petrol station nearby I could maybe inflate it there, any recommendations for car tires in tallaght?

Thanks.

Stheno

You could try Tyreland?

I've used them in Swords and they were good to deal with, I'm fairly sure they have a Tallaght branch

arleitiss

Stheno wrote: »

You could try Tyreland?

I've used them in Swords and they were good to deal with, I'm fairly sure they have a Tallaght branch

Any suggestions on getting car to garage/service?

MuppetCheck

If you're losing air on the wheel swap it for the spare and bring it to a tyre place in the morning. Take it easy going there and avoid high speed roads and you'll be fine.

Common sense really.

djimi

You can have a smaller wheel on for an emergency; a lot of cars will have space saver wheels as a spare which are tiny. Just take it very easy and drive slowly (ie keep it under 50km/h) as the car will feel very unbalanced.

corkgsxr

Put a good wheel on the front and the spare on the rear.

least if it goes you have sterringy and brakes

arleitiss

Just double checked my tire sizes:
Fronts: 215/40 R18
Rears: 225/40 R18
Spare: 115/90 R16

Called the place in tallaght for part worns, rougly 50 Eur fitted, gonna change two fronts.

So it's safe to use spare to drive literally like 5 km only? It's not like car will go left the moment I start driving?

MuppetCheck

Max speed on most savers in 80kph so just be aware of that.

djimi

Its safe to use at low speeds. The handling will be awful; my car pulls to whichever side the wheel is on, but its driveable so long as youre careful. 5km should be fine; just keep your speeds low and dont drive any more than you absolutely need to (ie only to the tire fitters).

arleitiss

Drove with flat tyre to nearest petrol station to find it doesn't have pump to inflate tires, put on spare (the space saver), ended up going for new (not part worn) tyres, 85 euro each, they are **** brand but well I guess it's better than part worn anyways.

Car felt a bit dodgy with space saver

ba_barabus

arleitiss wrote: »

Drove with flat tyre to nearest petrol station to find it doesn't have pump to inflate tires, put on spare (the space saver), ended up going for new (not part worn) tyres, 85 euro each, they are **** brand but well I guess it's better than part worn anyways.

Car felt a bit dodgy with space saver

Why would you worry about driving with a manufacturer supplied space saver yet willingly fit rubbish tyres?

challengemaster

arleitiss wrote: »

Drove with flat tyre to nearest petrol station to find it doesn't have pump to inflate tires, put on spare (the space saver), ended up going for new (not part worn) tyres, 85 euro each, they are **** brand but well I guess it's better than part worn anyways.

Car felt a bit dodgy with space saver

Ok so you completely destroyed that tyre by driving on it flat, while it could just have been a simple fix.

It'll feel even more dodgy on shít tyres. Part worn premium tyres would be 1000 times better than new pieces of shít.

I've never seen anyone continually make worse decisions every time they have a car issue despite asking advice before hand.

dmc17

djimi wrote: »

Just take it very easy and drive slowly (ie keep it under 50km/h) as the car will feel very unbalanced.

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Max speed on most savers in 80kph so just be aware of that.

arleitiss wrote: »

Drove with flat tyre to nearest petrol station to find it doesn't have pump to inflate tires, put on spare (the space saver), ended up going for new (not part worn) tyres, 85 euro each, they are **** brand but well I guess it's better than part worn anyways.

Car felt a bit dodgy with space saver

The above advice may be useful for your new tyres also....

djimi

arleitiss wrote: »

ended up going for new (not part worn) tyres, 85 euro each, they are **** brand but well I guess it's better than part worn anyways.

It's really not. If the part worns are a decent brand then they are always the better option provided there is a decent amount of life left in them.

corkgsxr

Out of curiosity what brand are they

MuppetCheck

corkgsxr wrote: »

Out of curiosity what brand are they

El Trollo I believe. Some foreign brand.

dmc17

MuppetCheck wrote: »

El Trollo I believe. Some foreign brand.

I find the foreign brands good myself

arleitiss

challengemaster wrote: »

Ok so you completely destroyed that tyre by driving on it flat, while it could just have been a simple fix.

It'll feel even more dodgy on shít tyres. Part worn premium tyres would be 1000 times better than new pieces of shít.

I've never seen anyone continually make worse decisions every time they have a car issue despite asking advice before hand.

I know the puncture could've been fixed as it wasn't side wall damage, but I am not fixing punctures on 6 year old tires.