How frustrating can a puncture be?

[manilaseagull]

0500 ready to go to work, drive 100 yards FLAT TYRE....

limp the car home again, simple wheel change NO PROB for an aircraft engineer!!!!

dohhhhhh

1, one of the poxy wheel nuts is a different size.
2, wife's car has no spanner
3, ratchet drive of my 'old' home socket set falls to pieces..
4, its bloody raining and I got a blood blister!!!!!

on the good side my spare space saver wheel has air in it!!!

Half day at work today...I feel a sicky coming on.........

Bring on the RAC man..

 

[NMH]

Clearly, you are no boy-scout.

"be prepared"

 

[catfish]

It must have been a real let down.

 

[super-seagulls]

very tyresome

 

[Bakero]

My motorbike's had 6 this year!

 

[Wilka]

Sounds like a deflating day

 

[Frutos]

Must have left you feeling very flat.

 

[NMH]

You must have been close to tyres and felt deflated, especially if you couldn't take the tube then you are saddled with a problem.
Still, the earth on which we tread revalves around such stories.

 

[Nottseagull]

What's a space saver wheel?

 

[upthealbion1970]

What's a space saver wheel?

A temporary spare wheel, thinner than a normal road wheel which limits you to 50 mph, they were introduced to encourage drivers to repair/replace damaged tyres rather than having an unserviceable tyre in the boot.

 

[Garage_Doors]

they were introduced to encourage drivers to repair/replace damaged tyres rather than having an unserviceable tyre in the boot.

No they wern't.
read it again what its called. A space saver wheel.

 

[Drumstick]

If your on a road trip through the states and suddenly your tyre bursts in the deep dark forest I'd guess that's pretty frustrating going by the movies.

 

[upthealbion1970]

No they wern't.
read it again what its called. A space saver wheel.

Yes they were, 15 years in the tyre trade and I remember when they became "the norm" as I've had to explain it thousands of times. Do a bit of research before making yourself look a bit stoopid the term "space saver" is widely used as it was found to be more widely acceptable than "temporary spare"

 

[salty seagull]

On a frustration scale from 1 to 10,I find it can be anywhere between 10 and 1.