On 19-Feb-18 11:51 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:49:23 -0000, Peter Hill
> > wrote:
>
>> On 19-Feb-18 11:44 PM, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:02:07 -0000, ultred ragnusen
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> *wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> * I average about one puncture every 10 years between my 2 vehicles.
>>>>
>>>> I have heard many times that nowadays, people don't get flats as
>>>> often, but
>>>> I can't see why unless radials, by their very nature, are more
>>>> resistant to
>>>> flats than were the old-style bias-ply tires.
>>>
>>> I get a few a year.* Mainly nails from incompetant builders.* (Builders
>>> have an average IQ of 50).
>>>
>>>> I don't count the averages, especially since I repair neighbors' tires
>>>> for
>>>> them at times, but I think I have been repairing at least one flat a
>>>> year,
>>>> what with four cars now in the driveway and a few neighbors whom I
>>>> help out
>>>> (and who help me in return).
>>>>
>>>> So I average one flat a year, roughly, where I use the RMA-approved
>>>> patch-plug method, which can only be done from the inside. On the
>>>> road, I
>>>> would use the rope-plug method, which, we all know, works just fine
>>>> (even
>>>> thought it's not RMA approved).
>>>>
>>>> For me, it's just so very satisfying to fix a flat at home.
>>>>
>>>> I just pull the wheel, mark the location, break the bead, remove the
>>>> tire,
>>>> repair the hole from the inside out using the RMA-approved method,
>>>> replace
>>>> the valve stem if necessary, remount the tire, test in the pool, check
>>>> the
>>>> static balance, and then mount the tire back on the vehicle (rotating
>>>> other
>>>> tires if desired) to the proper torque spec.
>>>>
>>>> It just feels good to do things the right way.
>>>
>>> To save ten quid at the local garage?* You're nuts.
>>
>> Where do you lot live? Remind to stay right away.
>
> What are you objecting to?* The ability to pay £10 to get a puncture
> fixed?* Do you live in the Aussie outback or something?
>

I really don't to experience the number of punctures being talked about
here. 1 in 20 years is quite enough.