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Damn those run flats!

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Post by MrDeathcare » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:31 pm

This Runflat tyre was less than a month old, bloody cracked alloy the culprit!
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Post by john-e89 » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:35 pm

:o

What have you dragged that wheel against Death...? Been up a kerb...?
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Post by Rucky » Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:53 pm

Has it cracked down the side of a previous weld repair? First photo looks a bit weld beady to the left og the crack or is it just dirt.

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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:56 pm

That's a sorry sight. :o

But looking at the damage to the rim I'm not sure a non-runflat would have fared any better.

Good luck getting it sorted. :thumbsup:
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Post by MrDeathcare » Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am

The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
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Post by firebobby » Fri Apr 30, 2021 5:20 am

Your nicknames not lucky by any chance, is it?
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Post by tiglon » Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:17 am

MrDeathcare wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
Wait, you drove for 3 days on a flat tyre? On purpose? :headbang:
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Post by mr.tourette » Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:46 am

tiglon wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:17 am
MrDeathcare wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
Wait, you drove for 3 days on a flat tyre? On purpose? :headbang:
well it is a runflat..I know thats not quite the idea of them but like the guy says he's a funeral director and pretty sure those guys have been quite busy for quite some time now :cry: My brother in law is in that business and he's been working 12-15 hour days 6/7 days a week for over 8 months so perhaps give the guy a break
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Post by BeeEmm » Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:54 am

I am struggling to understand that driving for at least 6 journeys over 3 days on a flat tyre is regarded as acceptable. What's the full story here MrDeathcare? How would you have got to work if your car would not start? I struggle to understand because some tyre fitting companies will come to your place of work, or home. Then there are buses, night buses, trains, taxis and so on. :?
I used to have two boys and a girl. Now I have two Men and a Woman. :?

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Post by tiglon » Fri Apr 30, 2021 4:56 pm

mr.tourette wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:46 am
tiglon wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:17 am
MrDeathcare wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
Wait, you drove for 3 days on a flat tyre? On purpose? :headbang:
well it is a runflat..I know thats not quite the idea of them but like the guy says he's a funeral director and pretty sure those guys have been quite busy for quite some time now :cry: My brother in law is in that business and he's been working 12-15 hour days 6/7 days a week for over 8 months so perhaps give the guy a break
Yeah I have a busy job too, but I wouldn't say that's a good reason to put other people's lives in danger. There's always another way to get to work or time to get the tyre changed.
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Post by Nictrix » Fri Apr 30, 2021 6:56 pm

mr.tourette wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 9:46 am
tiglon wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 7:17 am
MrDeathcare wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
Wait, you drove for 3 days on a flat tyre? On purpose? :headbang:
well it is a runflat..I know thats not quite the idea of them but like the guy says he's a funeral director and pretty sure those guys have been quite busy for quite some time now :cry: My brother in law is in that business and he's been working 12-15 hour days 6/7 days a week for over 8 months so perhaps give the guy a break
I knew someone who worked for the local funeral directors too, he used to joke a bit about the busy period coming up (winter) and meeting lots of new people (dead people)
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Post by Nanu » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:08 pm

MrDeathcare wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
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Post by Ole gits rule » Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:52 pm

Nanu wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 8:08 pm
MrDeathcare wrote: Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:55 am The damage to the tyre was due to me driving it whilst tyre was flat, I was stuck and needed to be able to drive to work for three days before I could get the time off work to get it looked at. The pros and cons of being a funeral director. Your life and needs come second to those of our clients.
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