{"id":4062,"date":"2012-02-07T22:23:51","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T03:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2012-02-08T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T15:52:06","slug":"flat-car-tire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/flat-car-tire\/","title":{"rendered":"Flat (Car) Tire!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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En route to Cap N Cork<\/a> after work I was about to cross Hayes (on 21 Mile) when I heard a thunk similar to a rock hitting my wheel well. Perhaps half a mile I found myself pulling over and getting out of the car to confirm that my tire is flat. A quick change later and I was on my way, but the nail-sized puncture hole will require some patching work. Hopefully Discount Tire<\/a> or another local shop will be able to sort it out tomorrow. It looks to be a best-case-possible patchable hole.<\/p>\n

Since I was out along side the road I had to use the trunk-mounted screw jack. This worked pretty well, except the thread on the main screw is rather fine pitched, which meant it took quite a few turns to get the vehicle off the ground. This is probably a good feature overall because it means that less effort is required to lift the vehicle, but tonight it meant a good bit more time spent out in the cold.<\/p>\n

It’s also probably a good thing that I had one of my bicycle tire pumps with me. I checked the spare before putting it on, and it was about 20psi low. Whoops.<\/p>\n

(Note that the second, bottom hole in the photo is not damage but instead one of the places where a stud could be fitted. My snow tires are clearly not studded.)<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Fixed for free by Discount Tire<\/a>. From what the guy at the shop said it was a screw, and a broken off part of it was left inside the tire. I suspect the THUNK sound I heard was the outer part of the screw breaking off, and that would then explain the non-immediate deflation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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