On the Road Again!

Saturday AM had the new Goodyear Eagle fitted.  The guy showed me the damaged tyre. The screw about 3 inches long and lots of damage inside to the structure of the tyre.  So that's another £150 spent!!!  Bugger.

So dropped the wheel off at Kwik-Fit in Cheriton and the guy had a quick look and thought that the self-tapping screw that had buried itself and then lost its head was too close to the shoulder of the tyre. But would get the tyre off today and check inside.  I missed their phone call at about 0846 this morning as I was on the train in tunnels. I called back. Bad news. The tyre inside is damaged and they can't repair it and so it will have to be a new one.  I asked them to order the same Goodyear tyre to keep them matched at the front. Very annoying as the buggered one has less than a 1000 miles on it. Luckily I was at work so I was unable to get too angry and swear a lot. Pick it up Saturday morning. I hope.

Always when you are in a hurry.  At least the Insignia comes with a tiny spare wheel with its narrow little tyre attached. But not what you want at 0720 in the morning when you are heading to the station on a Monday morning. I changed it in slightly longer than it takes an F1 team to change all four wheels on a race car and was off. Only missing my usual train by two minutes. With work all week I am driving all the rest of the week on this squeaky very shiny piece of plastic rubber. Hopefully I can get it fixed on Saturday if I leave it at the tyre shop all day.....  The tyre is only a few months old and the nail has gone into the tread not the side wall..... and at £125 I hope they can fix rather than replace!! Update . Have physio on my shoulder this afternoon, pain and stiffness not aided by the wheel removal either!!! So I will try and drop the wheel into the tyre shop near the station this afternoon and if they can do i...