jackj
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Hi all,
First off, apologies as this is going to be one hell of a rant! ha
Anyway, went to pump my tyres up this morning and 3 of my tyres had lost the usual 1/2 PSI since I last pumped them up around 2 weeks ago, however the passenger side rear tyres had lost around 18 PSI.
Initial thoughts were, obviously I've got a puncture.
Rang around the usual garages in the Middlesbrough area, but unfortunately the majority were closed because of the Royal Wedding presumeably.
National Tyres were open, and although I've had previous reservations about going to them I thought, it's only a puncture repair, nothing too major so they will do the job no worries.
Took my car in and 10 minutes later the guy came through to reception where I was sitting and said "Where have you been driving this"? - I replied "just my usual commuting routes etc." (which I had) and he said "you've got 3 identical nails in the tyre, and you will have to buy a new one".
I had an instant feeling that this couldn't have been the case, and thought that they were just trying to get £170+ for a Michelin Pilot tyre out of me instead of the £10 for the puncture repair. I said that I would get some costs for the tyre before making a decision.
I then realised I hadn't tried a tyre garage which I used a few years back with other cars and had good experiences so I popped in there. They found just 1 nail in my tyre, not 3 as National said and I have now got the puncture repaired.
What are other people's experiences with National Tyres? Is it just the Middlesbrough branch that seem to con people into buying what they don't really need (not just me, plenty of other people have said this also locally).
And also, what are peoples views on puncture repairs? I presume I should really invest into a new tyre ASAP? Is this the case?
Many thanks for your help in advance guys, I look forward to getting some feedback
Jack
First off, apologies as this is going to be one hell of a rant! ha
Anyway, went to pump my tyres up this morning and 3 of my tyres had lost the usual 1/2 PSI since I last pumped them up around 2 weeks ago, however the passenger side rear tyres had lost around 18 PSI.
Initial thoughts were, obviously I've got a puncture.
Rang around the usual garages in the Middlesbrough area, but unfortunately the majority were closed because of the Royal Wedding presumeably.
National Tyres were open, and although I've had previous reservations about going to them I thought, it's only a puncture repair, nothing too major so they will do the job no worries.
Took my car in and 10 minutes later the guy came through to reception where I was sitting and said "Where have you been driving this"? - I replied "just my usual commuting routes etc." (which I had) and he said "you've got 3 identical nails in the tyre, and you will have to buy a new one".
I had an instant feeling that this couldn't have been the case, and thought that they were just trying to get £170+ for a Michelin Pilot tyre out of me instead of the £10 for the puncture repair. I said that I would get some costs for the tyre before making a decision.
I then realised I hadn't tried a tyre garage which I used a few years back with other cars and had good experiences so I popped in there. They found just 1 nail in my tyre, not 3 as National said and I have now got the puncture repaired.
What are other people's experiences with National Tyres? Is it just the Middlesbrough branch that seem to con people into buying what they don't really need (not just me, plenty of other people have said this also locally).
And also, what are peoples views on puncture repairs? I presume I should really invest into a new tyre ASAP? Is this the case?
Many thanks for your help in advance guys, I look forward to getting some feedback
Jack