**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

Just had a puncture in my rear driver side tyre as I arrived at work. Could hear it hissing right away. First time in 10 years I've had a puncture, and I do around 10-11k miles a year. Didn't have a spare tyre or space saver (This will now change), just that sealant stuff, so used that with the screw in it as I wasn't confident it would work if I had removed it (Although I had nothing on me to remove it away). Got the afternoon off to get it sorted and had to drive to the other side of the city as most garages were too busy. I thought, ok not great, £30 to repair and had to take time off, but hey ho. But, why is it that no one has ever said that when you use that tyre sealant, the tyre is basically non-repairable?! I assume it's because they have to remove the sealant, or they have some policy about not guaranteeing a repair or something? Anyway, they didn't have the tyre in stock that I already had on the car, so I ended up spending £350 for 2 new tyres as I didn't want uneven/non-matched tyres on the rears, all because of a bloody screw. The rears were in good condition as well, with around 5.5mm still on the tread.

In hindsight, it would probably have cost half as much to get the car recovered to the garage to get the tyre repaired, but it was just a "I need my car repaired asap" kind of situation. Safe to say, I will be investing in a space-saving wheel from now until the day I'm longer able to drive. :p

Speaking of which, does anyone recommend a decent space-saving kit for 19" 5 nut wheels?
 
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Mart2912 said:
Just had a puncture in my rear driver side tyre as I arrived at work. Could hear it hissing right away. First time in 10 years I've had a puncture, and I do around 10-11k miles a year. Didn't have a spare tyre or space saver (This will now change), just that sealant stuff, so used that with the screw in it as I wasn't confident it would work if I had removed it (Although I had nothing on me to remove it away). Got the afternoon off to get it sorted and had to drive to the other side of the city as most garages were too busy. I thought, ok not great, £30 to repair and had to take time off, but hey ho. But, why is it that no one has ever said that when you use that tyre sealant, the tyre is basically non-repairable?! I assume it's because they have to remove the sealant, or they have some policy about not guaranteeing a repair or something? Anyway, they didn't have the tyre in stock that I already had on the car, so I ended up spending £350 for 2 new tyres as I didn't want uneven/non-matched tyres on the rears, all because of a bloody screw. The rears were in good condition as well, with around 5.5mm still on the tread.

In hindsight, it would probably have cost half as much to get the car recovered to the garage to get the tyre repaired, but it was just a "I need my car repaired asap" kind of situation. Safe to say, I will be investing in a space-saving wheel from now until the day I'm longer able to drive. :p

Speaking of which, does anyone recommend a decent space-saving kit for 19" 5 nut wheels?
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Lesson learnt good and proper.
What make and model?
 
Mart2912 said:
Just had a puncture in my rear driver side tyre as I arrived at work. Could hear it hissing right away. First time in 10 years I've had a puncture, and I do around 10-11k miles a year. Didn't have a spare tyre or space saver (This will now change), just that sealant stuff, so used that with the screw in it as I wasn't confident it would work if I had removed it (Although I had nothing on me to remove it away). Got the afternoon off to get it sorted and had to drive to the other side of the city as most garages were too busy. I thought, ok not great, £30 to repair and had to take time off, but hey ho. But, why is it that no one has ever said that when you use that tyre sealant, the tyre is basically non-repairable?! I assume it's because they have to remove the sealant, or they have some policy about not guaranteeing a repair or something? Anyway, they didn't have the tyre in stock that I already had on the car, so I ended up spending £350 for 2 new tyres as I didn't want uneven/non-matched tyres on the rears, all because of a bloody screw. The rears were in good condition as well, with around 5.5mm still on the tread.

In hindsight, it would probably have cost half as much to get the car recovered to the garage to get the tyre repaired, but it was just a "I need my car repaired asap" kind of situation. Safe to say, I will be investing in a space-saving wheel from now until the day I'm longer able to drive. :p

Speaking of which, does anyone recommend a decent space-saving kit for 19" 5 nut wheels?
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It's repairable it just makes a hell of a mess so most garages refuse to deal with it.
 
It is fairly well known tyre sealant makes the tyre non-repairable (or at least most places won't do it) to be fair. Friends/family haven't had great track records of tyre sealant working though that is usually with the offending item removed from the tyre.

Personally I keep a set of tyre plugs in each of my vehicles though in the ones without a jack it wouldn't be so easy to use :(
 
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Rroff said:
It is fairly well known tyre sealant makes the tyre non-repairable (or at least most places won't do it) to be fair. Friends/family haven't had great track records of tyre sealant working though that is usually with the offending item removed from the tyre.

Personally I keep a set of tyre plugs in each of my vehicles though in the ones without a jack it wouldn't be so easy to use :(
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Is the tyre still repairable after using those plug kits? Just videos I've seen they seem to file the hole out a bit before plugging.
 
Yikes, in about 10-12k miles max I will have worn my front CS7s out. One has worn unevenly that won’t have helped and you have to factor in the bias toward FWD, but that’s still some pretty poor wear. May try a different make next time?
 
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CaptainRAVE said:
Yikes, in about 10-12k miles max I will have worn my front CS7s out. One has worn unevenly that won’t have helped and you have to factor in the bias toward FWD, but that’s still some pretty poor wear. May try a different make next time?
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Been my experience with Contis, great tyres but wear quickly, but also why I tend to lean towards touring tyres like the Premium Contact or Turanza.
 
Currently running Michelin 225/55 R18 98V Primacy on the ol' 30008 SUV and they're almost down to the markers. The car is due an MOT and service soon so, it's tyre shopping time.

I do sub-9K year but have a mixture of short trips and longer (ie 520 mile round trips at 130km/h) with most being out of town driving and 50-70mph.

The Primacy are good and when new have great water handling but seem to drop off about 1/2 way through their life. Still, in a recent trip they gave 49mpg at 130km/h with a load).
I prefer Michelin to Dunlops, and the 3008SUV has little skatey back end if there's lots of bumps which is where I found the Primacy move but then stick. For this reason I'm not going to cheap out.
Even though the Primacy is a 'summer tyre' it's done well in most conditions including -17.. although it's harder feel in the cold.

Preference is:
* Wet stability at speed
* Grip with leaves and general road mush of country lanes etc
* high speed cruising mpg

I'm looking at:
* Michelin Primacy
* Michelin CrossClimate

I've read the CrossClimate drop a mpg but have better performance overall, especially in lower temps.
 
Although more costly, going for the crossclimate 2. It’s not a sports car but in the last trip it was torrents of rain and patch fog at night.
So we have to see how it goes.
 
Kenai said:
Interesting (and reassuring) that he came to the same conclusion I have, which is that the optimum combo for the UK these days is a summer tyre in summer and an all season in winter.
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I've had some interesting experiences in this respect - stuff like the Bridgestone Turanza and Conti Premium Contact handle water, leaves, mud, dropping temperatures fine, great for MPG, and only really come short when you have actual ice or snow to deal with*, cheap tyres you notice the drop off even around 10C and even stuff like Avon and Nexen you can notice them dropping off once it gets to around 7C. I'm actually not a fan of (U)UHP tyres for year around use in the UK as they are a lot more compromised within the normal range in comparison - though some like the SC7s have made huge strides in that regard, though from some people's comments I get the feeling that has come at the expense of how many miles they last for.

Problem for me is those edge cases where I need better than good summer touring tyres are potentially unavoidable and there is no substitute when in that situation but ideally I'd like to minimise changing out wheels though :s I'm still on the fence on the CrossClimate 2s.

* Conversely I have found the Turanzas get a bit lumpy and vague in extremes of summer especially when it is dusty dry kind of hot days.
 
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hartgeh3 said:
Contact7s or CC 2s?
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ive got CC2 myself
but check Tyre Reviews videos to help make up your decision

link to video :

**Unofficial Tyre Thread**

Any of the premium touring offerings would be fine, primacy 4, efficient grip performance 2, Turanza6, ultrac, Venus prime 4 etc https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/2024-AutoBild-Summer-Tyre-Test.htm I currently have efficient grip performance 2 on my car and more than happy with them You...
forums.overclockers.co.uk forums.overclockers.co.uk
 
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