Puncture Repair Spray - Page 2

bopdude · 31-07-2006, 17:59

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Originally Posted by gazzae

The car I am looking to buy doesn't come with a spare wheel (You can get one as an optional extra). It comes with a "Puncture Repair Spray". How do these work, and is it a viable alternative to having a spare wheel?

I thought ( I'm positive ) having a spare was a requirement for M.O.T. surely if this is the case then the company is sending the car out of the showroom in an un-roadworthy condition, maybe breaking the law to boot

r1ch · 31-07-2006, 18:01

Nope - it's a warning but not a fail for a car to be missing its spare on an M.O.T. test. I know because we needed a new alloy wheel last time the test was due on one of our cars.

bopdude · 31-07-2006, 18:05

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Originally Posted by r1ch

Nope - it's a warning but not a fail for a car to be missing its spare on an M.O.T. test. I know because we needed a new alloy wheel last time the test was due on one of our cars.

I stand corrected.....again

even google's not my friend today

daz300 · 31-07-2006, 18:32

link to slime.com

Taf · 31-07-2006, 18:52

I used the slime (it is full of tiny fibres that block puncture holes).

I followed the instructions and poured it into the (good) tyre on a motorbike. It then said to "inflate to normal pressure and drive gently to distribute the fluid". It was liking driving with a square wheel for a few hundred yards.... and ditto if the bike had been unused for a few days (the fluid probably collected at the bottom of the tyre each time).

Then disaster..... I checked the tyre pressure with a gauge... a little spurt of air came out... followed by a short spurt of slime that instantly set rock hard in the valve.... it was drill job to get the valve out for replacement.....

SnoopZ · 31-07-2006, 18:58

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Originally Posted by bopdude

I stand corrected.....again

even google's not my friend today

If the car does have a spare it will fail if the spare is illegal but if it's not there it won't fail.

fireman328 · 31-07-2006, 21:26

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ

If the car does have a spare it will fail if the spare is illegal but if it's not there it won't fail.

There is a Tommy Cooper logic somewhere in this.
Bottle Glass Glass Bottle

SnoopZ · 31-07-2006, 22:05

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Originally Posted by fireman328

There is a Tommy Cooper logic somewhere in this.
Bottle Glass Glass Bottle

lol

greencreeper · 31-07-2006, 23:19

You can't drive like a bat out of hell neither - had to stick to 40 mph or slower. Liable to come apart otherwise, which would be bad.

I guess with modern cars being really tiny, like my mate's Kia (have to put the shopping on the back seat - boot's too small), there's no room for a spare tyre.

carlingman · 31-07-2006, 23:45

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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

No, it inflates as well if it's like the one from Holts.

Click on here & scroll down to Maintenance > Holts Tyreweld

Tyre weld is good stuff for disabling alarm systems.

Alledgly so I am told.

Jules · 01-08-2006, 13:41

I carry a can for emergency's, I suppose it is a good short term measure

handyman · 01-08-2006, 14:47

Our Picanto has one of these kits, came with a pump as well powered by the lighter socket. Fantastic thing it is ideal if your wanting to top up your pressure before you go out and if you get a puncture you can add the slim stuff. However Claire did forget to pump up a flat tyre before heading out and had a blowout.

The free RAC cover was used and all ended well.

We could get a spare for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£90 but we are just tight

gazzae · 01-08-2006, 15:25

Apparently the car doesn't come with a spare due to the layout of the exhausts. Don't know if that means if you get one it has to roll about the boot! Will ask when I'm next down.