Getting a puncture just after buying fridge food

[Mike 2121]

Some things never occur to us lol 😃😃

What would you do if you got a puncture just after buying lots of fridge food, especially if it was hot weather?

 

The food would bound to go off but we couldn't dispose of it anywhere because as you know, the council don't take anything these days.

Even if you just live ten minutes from the supermarket, by the time you get the stuff out of the supermarket fridge, wait in a queue, load it in the car that can sometimes be a gud ten minutes just doing that 

Soz, just thinking out loud, i think too deep sometimes 😃😃🤔🤔

[Stivino]

It's not going to go off in ten minutes, not even ten hours. 

[APS]

Somewhat construed problem. You'd deal with it as it comes.

- Get roadside assistance out. They'd help you get the car to a garage and your shopping to come home with you.

- Or call a friend

I've not noticed food suddenly explode just because you take it out of the supermarket.

[TonyHSD]

If it’s a frozen food and it’s placed in a freezer bags, at least I always do that you won’t have any problems. Tyre puncture its really annoying thing especially when happens on new set of tyres . 

[Rhymes with Paris]

Eat it.

[Mojo1010]

As above mentioned breakdown service or change spare tyre/space saver yourself. Turn the air con on, food won't go off in an hour. I have a puncture repair kit, will attempt it myself (double cylinder electric pump in the car). 

[Roy124]

When we plan to buy freezer food we pack a cool bag and blocks. 

On one occasion we planned to buy a few pounds fresh meat.  We packed a cooler box, ice packs and then bought a bag of ice. 

A day later some of the meat was frozen 😁

[Saxmaniac]

Don't you have a spare wheel? 

[AisinW]

If you have the Estate/station wagon, you can fit in any tires including full size 16" wheel set.  I bought a full size wheel/tires from used Mazda 3 and it is perfectly fit on the bottom of the boot on my Touring Sport. It cost $25 and much cheaper than a new donut wheel/tires ($100+).  I have to remove the styrofoam and clamp the spare tire with the screw-in holder (giant platic on top) from local dealerhip for about $5.   It works well and still can store tons of stuffs inside the wheel.  It add another 17 kg but it is a true solution for any tire damage and still can go above 80km/h (50 miles) because it is trully a full size wheel.  

Donut wheel is much slimmer and slightly lower than full size wheel. It is not safe to drive on donut wheel more than 50 miles or 80km/h.  It is very loud too. 

[FROSTYBALLS]

Send the other half home in a taxi with the frozen food.

Phone the AA and ask them to phone you when they arrive.

Pop into a nearby pub for a quick or slow half, depending on wait time.

The AA arrive, phone, change the wheel, and you're on your way.

Arrive home to dinner on the table.

Book the car in for a tyre repair or new tyre.

Done.

Just as unlikely an occurence !

[Stivino]

Get home delivery, it'll come in a refridgerated van.

[Rhymes with Paris]

My suggestion was a hypothetical solution to a hypothetical question.

In a real situation, I would ring a friend to pick up the food, and fridge it for me while I sorted the puncture.🤔

 

[Bper]

This reminds me of a friend that nearly died of cold in the winter while he was carrying a load of paint in his van. When he was taken to hospital the doctor said he should have put on another coat.😅

[AisinW]

We should check our car insurance if they offer Addon for the emergency assistance. I bought mine for €15 more per year. It is way cheaper than AAA or ADAC. 

The emergency service for wheel change usually takes 40 minutes or more but much faster for towing service. Somehow, towing companies are more competitive and insurers outsource from nearest towing service. 

[wildtapholer]

I can sympathize with you over this, the TPMS was a waste of time, I new what had happened without looking at the dash board, tyre blew out. Problem was we had also done our weekly shop, now where was the jack, unfortunately we had some shopping in the car, chucked it all out on to the path to get to the jack, bol%ks the car is too near the kerb, sorted, Bug%er the boots full of shopping can't get the spare wheel. Think it was just good luck the spare was pumped up, moral of the story if you get a puncture, don't park too close to the kerb and don't have a boot full.LOL

[AisinW]

I always avoid parking too close to curb also.  They are just often way too high and scratch 17" rims too.  I think 17" is the maximum rims size for small car like Corolla/Auris.  18" is too large for it, only fit well for SUV like Lexus RX or Highlander.

I also hate TPMS, unecessary expensive parts.  We can short the TPMS receiver on some Toyota model and shut off that annoying tire sign from dead TPMS(empty battery).  If that TPMS light is on, we cannot pass MOT. 

[Guest]

16 hours ago, Stivino said:

Get home delivery, it'll come in a refridgerated van.

The perfect solution. I can't remember the last time I set foot in a supermarket. Let someone else suffer the puncture. Not an issue because the vans have chilled and frozen compartments.

[Mike 2121]

😃😃😃👍👍👍👍

[MrZardoz]

Fridge food isn’t a biggy anyway… did you mean frozen? 😄

[yossarian247]

Keep an electric tyre pump in your car and as long as the tyre isn't completely ruined or have a huge hole in it then just pump it back up and drive carefully home. I've done that a few times, then either driven home and changed the wheel there, or driven straight to a tyre place and have them fix the puncture. Beats faffing about trying to change a wheel at the roadside in a possibly dangerous location.

[TonyHSD]

One of these in addition to your electric pump and unless the tyre is torn apart along the side walls you will be on the road again in no time. 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385295939238?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=FMtwCI2HQJm&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=p34UK1z2T4m&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[Cyker]

4 hours ago, yossarian247 said:

Keep an electric tyre pump in your car and as long as the tyre isn't completely ruined or have a huge hole in it then just pump it back up and drive carefully home. I've done that a few times, then either driven home and changed the wheel there, or driven straight to a tyre place and have them fix the puncture. Beats faffing about trying to change a wheel at the roadside in a possibly dangerous location.

That's what I used to do, pump it up to 60psi and then head for the nearest tyre place!!

I now also have one of those sticky string repair kits that a few members have posted about, although I haven't had to use it yet thankfully!!

And if all else fails there's the spare tyre!

 

[TonyHSD]

There is one more option. It’s called a slime tyre sealant, probably similar or what some new cars are getting instead of a spare wheel. Slime SDS-500/06-IN Flat Tyre Puncture Sealant, Emergency Repair, Suitable for Cars, Scooters and Other Highway Vehicles, Non-Toxic, eco-Friendly, 473 mL (16oz) Bottle https://amzn.eu/d/5znY155
I use this one but bike inner tube version for my electric scooters and works a treat. It last for months sometimes, as those tiny tyres are ultra difficult to replace. 👍

[Cyker]

Yeah I used to use something called PunctureSafe which was a bit like that, but stays permanently in the wheel. It actually worked very well at sealing punctures, but the downside which stopped me continuing with it was, although it's a fairly thick gel, it does move around, and at 60mph it was creating a nasty resonance like an imbalanced tyre.

It's why I wish tyre manufacturers would make their own self-sealing tyres more easily available, as they put a static layer of sealant in the tyre which doesn't move around but does the same job without the downsides of having a mobile liquid gel..

It's a shame as, aside from that flaw, it worked marvellously - I used to have to periodically add air to my tyres but after a week or so after adding that they all stopped loosing pressure. I think it also saved me about £60 in tyre repairs, although I did get one sidewall puncture and although it slowed down the leak, didn't stop it and a new tyre was needed.

 

[Saxmaniac]

There was such a product for motorbikes, I can't remember the name, it went in as liquid and coated the inside of the tyres with a sort of gel that would prevent rapid deflation. There was some problems with causing out of balance forces so I never trusted such things. Surely the only sensible thing is the ol'school way of carrying a pump and a spare, refuse to buy a car without a spare