Hello,
I saw a nail in my tyre. I know I should have left it in place to make identifying its location easy but I couldn't resist pulling it out to see how long it was, to see whether it had pierced the tyre. It was less than a centimetre long and it was imbedded in a thick bit of tread in the middle of the tyre. I put some washing up liquid over the hole and not much happened but I think there were some slow forming microscopic bubbles, so perhaps a very slow puncture.
I phoned around and most places want to charge £20 for a repair, though one garage explained it was £3.95 for the repair and the rest was for a valve and balancing!
I took the wheel off and found another nail nearer the edge. I haven't removed that one to take a look at yet! I went to a garage for advice and they think it can be repaired but will have to be sent away for a "major repair". To have both punctures done will cost about £70. A new tyre is probably £90+ and it is a fairly new tyre so plenty of tread left.
Should I get the repair done and save some money, or would you buy a new tyre. I hadn't heard of these major repairs before, I thought the tyre could not be repaired if it was too near the edge.
The garage was selling holts tyre repair cans and they said if you must use one, holts can be washed/wiped out and the tyre repaired whereas other makes make the tyre irreparable and the customer has to have a new tyre. Is this right? Why would someone make a repair can that writes the tyre off?
Thanks, Stephen.