MSG2004
MB Enthusiast
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- Feb 5, 2005
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- GLE, AMG Line
Just a moan and a heads up about the cost of a puncture repair
I had one repaired last year (about 18 months ago)at a local garage that has two other places, so not your Halfords etc
MY car has 20 inch tyres and it was 22 quid inc vat/everything.
Our son's suv developed a slow puncture last week when he was working away in Japan for a few days -
As
they live up the road our DiL pulled up on our drive - we could not see any obvious
signs of a puncture and valve was not leaking - so i pumped the tyre up to a bit over max.
and the car was a few days later showing under inflation. (we knew our DiL would just
be driving to schools and shops all within the mile via 30mph roads.
Our son return home early Saturday and planned to get it sorted today.
However, another trye got punctured in the other front tyre - all four tyres less than 3 months old
Goodyears Eagles I think - so cost a few quid
Good news, both tyres were thankfully repairable (the bolt like screw in one tyre, we thought may
not be repairable)
Got the tryes done a KwikFit - 30 quid a tyre = 60 quid
National tyres always did discount codes but not since taken over by Halfords - National Tyres used to open Sundays 10-4pm not no more.
Though we were lucky that new tyres were not needed, 60 quid is a lot. Thankfully, his car
carrys a full sized spare and that was put on by the breakdown people who were just going to
seal weld the tyre but our son rightly refused this as at times it can mess up the tyre ie
then not repairable.
I had one repaired last year (about 18 months ago)at a local garage that has two other places, so not your Halfords etc
MY car has 20 inch tyres and it was 22 quid inc vat/everything.
Our son's suv developed a slow puncture last week when he was working away in Japan for a few days -
As
they live up the road our DiL pulled up on our drive - we could not see any obvious
signs of a puncture and valve was not leaking - so i pumped the tyre up to a bit over max.
and the car was a few days later showing under inflation. (we knew our DiL would just
be driving to schools and shops all within the mile via 30mph roads.
Our son return home early Saturday and planned to get it sorted today.
However, another trye got punctured in the other front tyre - all four tyres less than 3 months old
Goodyears Eagles I think - so cost a few quid
Good news, both tyres were thankfully repairable (the bolt like screw in one tyre, we thought may
not be repairable)
Got the tryes done a KwikFit - 30 quid a tyre = 60 quid
National tyres always did discount codes but not since taken over by Halfords - National Tyres used to open Sundays 10-4pm not no more.
Though we were lucky that new tyres were not needed, 60 quid is a lot. Thankfully, his car
carrys a full sized spare and that was put on by the breakdown people who were just going to
seal weld the tyre but our son rightly refused this as at times it can mess up the tyre ie
then not repairable.