Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

The puncture in my tyre is bang in the middle of.... ummm the tyre(?) Basically not the wall in the tread part.

I have one of these plug tyre repair kits that I've put in. I haven't had a chance to fully inflate it and do a pressure test but from first look it seems OK (will obvs do this once bedtime is wrapped up).

What are peoples thoughts? And what would you do?
A. Drive?
B. Add sealer?
C. Take it to a shop and ask them to repair?
D. Replace?

Has anyone got one of those mobile people come to them, and are they just going to do the same thing?

I'm struggling to see where the risk comes from - maybe the casing is weaker from making the hole big enough to take the plug?

If it holds I'm happier using it to do tomorrows runs to nursery and camp.

Tyre place will take the tyre off the rim and fix it from the inside properly - probably will cost you a tenner or so

Yeah it's not holding. I'm really starting to loose my patience with today.

I have no idea why the fuck "tyre repair + where I live" yields no fucking results.

Someone is coming to look at the roadster tomorrow. It’s the young lad I randomly gave a spin round the block in this pic from 2013! So that’s promising. If you could all send vibes, I need this gone

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Tyre place will take the tyre off the rim and fix it from the inside properly

Called a 24hrs house call service place and the guy said that because I'd tried to diy their repair might not work as they take the tyre off and repair from the inside.

However it's about £150 for repair and then £235 to replace (vs ~£100 elsewhere).

So just going to get a new one. Just really annoyed as it's less than a year old.

Did you get the wheel off?

That should hold fine, how old are the strings?

Google part worn tyres and they should be able to do a repair.

Oh the guy is hedging his bets in case you fucked the tyre.

Have you got access to some slime? That stuff is brilliant. Used on motorbike tyres when I didn't have a kit on me.

Some years ago I got a puncture just a few streets away from where I live in Walthamstow. Pulled over, jacked up the car and f****d if I could get the alloy wheel off.

I was wrestling with it like an idiot when a random guy waking by said "move over a second there, mate" and kicked the top of the tyre quite hard, at which point the wheel fell off nicely on the kerb.

Do you not have a spare wheel in the car you can put on?

150 to repair a tyre seems excessive althought i guess there is some sort of call out fee involved etd.

I got a puncture in west london a few years ago, managed to get the car to Kwik fit in Chelsea and it was 35 quid to plug and patch the tyre from the inside i think?

Gosh that is an absolutely stunning looking car! Did I miss the post back a hit that this is for sale? Would love to see more pics of it!

Thanks, I looked at one locally but decided it would be too annoying trying to strap the kids into the back so have gone down a different avenue. I imagine they're probably the last of their kind, which is a bit sad!

Alloy/aluminium and iron do corrode like seat posts.

Smear of Ali slip on the alloy wheel will stop that.

Yes. Went home and got a rubber mallet. Garden Crocs are not the best for tyre kicking unfortunately.

^ Was thinking about a thin layer of copper slip. But why the fuck am I the one who has to do it?

I helped someone get a wheel off recently on a Golf. The only answer was a big hammer.

It doesn't help you now but a smear of copper grease on wherever the alloy touches the hub should help in the future. Edit: I'm not the first to mention it.

Years ago when both kids were little I called our roadside cover and it was something ridiculous like 2hrs. The wheel was stuck so I wrapped an inner tube round a wrench and used that.

Also one of the nuts was a bit stuck, but I managed to extend the wrench using another wrench from my proper set. All that to say I think this time I am going to buy a packable extendable wrench and a mini rubber mallet (or some permanent DIY verson.

Look for indy tyre shops / fitters and call them.

Eg the place round our way is called Leighton tyres.

If you need to get the car there I’ve found driving a chunky but short counter sunk screw in to the puncture is enough to hold it.

Why do you have to do it? Change to alloy wheels and in contact with iron/steel mix and galvanic corrosion.

How much?

Sounds like the perfect excuse for a 400+ NM impact gun you can keep in the car

I mean why do I have to do it?

If I take a track wheel to an lbs to fit a cog they slap on copper slip. I know time is money, but is it really that much more time/money for the person doing the work to give it a lick?

But the air compressor would take up the whole boot!

Do want a cordless tyre inflator though. Annoyingly I'm in the dewalt ecosystem and theirs is a lot chunkier than say Makitas.

There are offbrand ones but they seem like a risk.

https://www.toolstation.com/dewalt-18v-xr-brushless-cordless-impact-driver/p49626?store=JK

Reduced to £100 at the moment and it's DeWalt

I'm mildly joking, buying an impact gun just to keep in the boot in case you need to change a wheel is inconvenient and overkill