Tyre woes

[grahamfromoldham]

I'm gutted! I found I had a slow puncture from a nail yesterday so off I popped to my local tyre place in Winsford this morning to have it repaired. They told me it would be £15 and I had to leave the car with them as they were busy until lunchtime. They rung me to say it was unrepairable. Anyway, I wasn't convinced so popped to another tyre place at the other side of town to see if they could repair it. He said yes and so they started the job while we waited. Five minutes after he called me in to show me what he had found inside the tyre. He located the nail and also showed me another nail that must have been protruding through the inside of the tyre by at least 2.5". He said it was too near a previous repair and pointed out the perishing on the tyre walls of the tyre (rear). Anyway, the bottom line is that I'm having two rear tyres fitted on Tuesday which I bought via Blackcircles. I've opted for the same what I had fitted on the front three months ago, Goodyear Efficient Grip Performance (top spec tyres) for £128.99 each including vat and fitting. You also get Tesco clubcard points plus if you go through Quidco you get 2% cashback too.

Personally I'd have preferred the £15 repair but as an old neighbour of my dads once told me when I started driving at 17, "if your life isn't worth 4 new tyres then you shouldn't be on the road". I've never forgotten what he said and I'm now 41 so it has stuck with me.