Irish Taxi Forum
Public Area => Taxi Talk => Topic started by: John m on December 29, 2024, 07:37:28 pm
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anywhere open tomorrow
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New lad in unit 4A Cherry Orchard industrial Tyre and Mechanics .Past cherry Orchard Tyres on the right Open Today all others closed .
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Buy a plug kit John....unless of course you want to sit on your arse which I admit I've done in the past....only seeing your post now,I was out yesterday,would have called up and repaired it unless it was a new tyre of course or a side wall hit!!
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Glad you got sorted. For the northsiders... https://www.budgettyres.ie/stores. (https://www.budgettyres.ie/stores.)
Unit 7 Finglas Business Park,
Tolka Valley Road,
D11 RR44
Dublin 11.
Phone: (089) 972 7384
Off Tolka Valley Road. Open Sundays. If the Ind Estate gate is closed, just phone them and they open it. Website says they charge extra out of hours but they never did that to me when I used them one Sunday.
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Buy a plug kit John....unless of course you want to sit on your arse which I admit I've done in the past....only seeing your post now,I was out yesterday,would have called up and repaired it unless it was a new tyre of course or a side wall hit!!
Lad in the tyre shop said it was better to remove wheel to plug it as it was between the treads .Said it can be hard to get the plug out on wheel the car ?I will get a plugset look at Professor Youtube see how its done .
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Buy a plug kit John....unless of course you want to sit on your arse which I admit I've done in the past....only seeing your post now,I was out yesterday,would have called up and repaired it unless it was a new tyre of course or a side wall hit!!
Lad in the tyre shop said it was better to remove wheel to plug it as it was between the treads .Said it can be hard to get the plug out on wheel the car ?I will get a plugset look at Professor Youtube see how its done .
Mobile repair might be an option:
https://www.onthespottyres.com/mobile-tyre-fitting-repair-clondalkin/ (https://www.onthespottyres.com/mobile-tyre-fitting-repair-clondalkin/)
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Buy a plug kit John....unless of course you want to sit on your arse which I admit I've done in the past....only seeing your post now,I was out yesterday,would have called up and repaired it unless it was a new tyre of course or a side wall hit!!
Lad in the tyre shop said it was better to remove wheel to plug it as it was between the treads .Said it can be hard to get the plug out on wheel the car ?I will get a plugset look at Professor Youtube see how its done .
If'n you don't have a spare wheel then AXA assist break-down cover on your insurance policy is a must at a Nifty a year.
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Tyreland, Kettles Lane opens of a Sunday, 11:00 - 16:00 - tell the lads Keit sent you!
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Said it can be hard to get the plug out on wheel the car ?
Damn immigrants!
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Buy a plug kit John....unless of course you want to sit on your arse which I admit I've done in the past....only seeing your post now,I was out yesterday,would have called up and repaired it unless it was a new tyre of course or a side wall hit!!
Lad in the tyre shop said it was better to remove wheel to plug it as it was between the treads .Said it can be hard to get the plug out on wheel the car ?I will get a plugset look at Professor Youtube see how its done .
If'n you don't have a spare wheel then AXA assist break-down cover on your insurance policy is a must at a Nifty a year.
And keep a spare wheel or a space saver at home in case the break-down van needs to lift you home fer a full blow-out, prob pick one up fer a Nifty from a scrap yard. Nothing worse than being all Suited and Booted fer a nights work only to get a full blow-out at 10pm leaving you with nothing to do fer the night and the Offie closed !
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As an old base controller in Blue Cabs once remarked... I wouldn't take a kids pram out without a spare!
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I still haven't had a puncture in the new jammer in 32000km.I'm guessing it's the better quality tyres on the new car.I don't bring a spare meself just the plug kit.I've never had a blowout yet in any car or motorbike.Dunno how that happens.
Now I'll have a disaster of a year after posting that..
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A pothole in the pissing rain is all it takes to do the inside wall. Hasn't happened to me (other than a bubble that you wouldn't notice 'till you or NCTS look for it) in over 30 years though... but, like yourself, I wouldn't be the hardest worker in the world by any means. I actually had a bit of luck with the NCTS this year. The inspector passed the motor and told me to have a look at the front left tyre which he suggested was wearing on the inside... when I looked (albeit a few weeks later) I discovered a bubble.
If I had a car without accommodation for a spare I'd definitely keep one at home though, as Ken suggests. In fact I have a spare spare in my shed that came with the MKII Octy... it's actually the wrong rim for both cars (the rim hole is too large) which is why it was replaced when I bought it, the dealer just didn't want it back... but it would do in an emergency as all the bolt holes line up!.
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A pothole in the pissing rain is all it takes to do the inside wall. Hasn't happened to me (other than a bubble that you wouldn't notice 'till you or NCTS look for it) in over 30 years though... but, like yourself, I wouldn't be the hardest worker in the world by any means. I actually had a bit of luck with the NCTS this year. The inspector passed the motor and told me to have a look at the front left tyre which he suggested was wearing on the inside... when I looked (albeit a few weeks later) I discovered a bubble.
If I had a car without accommodation for a spare I'd definitely keep one at home though, as Ken suggests. In fact I have a spare spare in my shed that came with the MKII Octy... it's actually the wrong rim for both cars (the rim hole is too large) which is why it was replaced when I bought it, the dealer just didn't want it back... but it would do in an emergency as all the bolt holes line up!.
So, you have two spare tyres? That could be an incentive for the New years resolutions. 8)
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Give up exercise and aim for 3?