My rear tyre puncture last week presented me with the following problems:
1. I drove on thew tyre for 20 miles without realising it was largely flat (rear tyre, motorway journey - no idea!) so the side walls were completely knackered on arrival at work, so much so that I couldn't drive the car to the tyre fitters. As it turns out the screw in the tyre was partially in the sidewall so a new tyre was needed regardless.
2. Even if I could get there no-one locally, not even the local Honda dealer could get a Yoko original fit tyre until Monday (I was therefore without the car for the weekend).
3. ***uming I could buy two new rears (Michelins) to side step the Yoko supply problem, I would have to try to top up the flat with the puncture foam / compressor kit, and buy a new foam bottle - £70!!! The whole fix under this outcome would be over £400. For one flat.
A couple of questions:
1. Has anyone found a supplier for the bottled tyre foam, compatible with the Honda inflator kit, at a more reasonable price?
2. Space saver spare - as above - what is the cost of these and is it an easy fit in place of the under floor storage cubby?
Cheers
Jason
1. I drove on thew tyre for 20 miles without realising it was largely flat (rear tyre, motorway journey - no idea!) so the side walls were completely knackered on arrival at work, so much so that I couldn't drive the car to the tyre fitters. As it turns out the screw in the tyre was partially in the sidewall so a new tyre was needed regardless.
2. Even if I could get there no-one locally, not even the local Honda dealer could get a Yoko original fit tyre until Monday (I was therefore without the car for the weekend).
3. ***uming I could buy two new rears (Michelins) to side step the Yoko supply problem, I would have to try to top up the flat with the puncture foam / compressor kit, and buy a new foam bottle - £70!!! The whole fix under this outcome would be over £400. For one flat.
A couple of questions:
1. Has anyone found a supplier for the bottled tyre foam, compatible with the Honda inflator kit, at a more reasonable price?
2. Space saver spare - as above - what is the cost of these and is it an easy fit in place of the under floor storage cubby?
Cheers
Jason