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I cannot change a spare wheel now as no car i have bought since 2005 has had a spare. Not very good when you do get a puncture although the recovery trucks carry a universal spare wheel to get you home now. I do check mine for wear but have never replaced a tyre unless punctured as i only drive up to 30,000 miles in my ownership. I find modern tyres can easily cover 35,000 miles if driven at sensible road speeds and care.
One car i did find used tyres very fast was Peugeot 307 at 11,000 miles they were worn out. Since that car back in 2002 all other makes have done 30,000 miles. My tyre pressures are monitored by the car computer and normally detect a slow puncture when the pressure drops about 2 psi.
Bikes, i do check regularly and i know right away if pressure is low on the road. My bike tyres are always inflated at home using the same pump each time. Its very easy to pump up using the small battery powered guns. I use the Ryobi one pump as it uses drill batteries and will pump a lot of tyres on one charge.
Many customers coming into the garage just have no idea about mechanicals at all but that is why they come in. I am lucky to have repaired vehicles since i was about 15 out of necessity and taught my boys a lot so they all repair cars now. They are also teaching the Grandchildren as they watch their dads repair cars for them.
Funny to see a Lady come in a few weeks ago after topping up the water radiator with engine oil. Worse than that was the woman who had bought a 1 year old car and brought it in for odd running when it was 8 years old. She had not had any servicing at all. The engine oil would not come out of the sump as it was like rubber. Sump and rocker cover out to scrape it away but new oil and it just went as if a perfect engine. She had covered 50,000 miles on the oil. The running problem were spark plugs.
Over the last 15 years the garage continues to have many customers and the work load is increasing. Much of the work is welding older vehicles for MOT. These are brought in from other garages as they do not want welding work
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