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85%
Posted by Tonupdave on March 25, 2024, 10:12 am
Just read a report from the motor industry saying that 85% of vehicle owners do not check their Tyres for wear or pressure most have the putvin at the last MOzt and almost all don't know what pressure is in their tyres Most also do not know how to change a wheel at the roadside or even know whare the spare is....Pretty sure most motorcyclists aren't in this group..Tonupdave..T.U.D.
Re: 85%
Posted by geoff the bonnie on March 25, 2024, 10:34 am, in reply to "85% "
Not many drivers are of the age we are Dave and have had to do our own repairs. I sometimes look at the MOT history of cars i have owned just to see any problems as they get older. Most of the failures are for tyres with sidewall cracks and some fail due to the cords exposed. The Nissan i had in 2017 was still on its original tyres and the current owner has done about 2000 miles a year in his ownership. The last MOT at 6 years old shows perished side walls but it passes. 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
Re: 85%
Posted by Lannis on March 25, 2024, 12:10 pm, in reply to "Re: 85% "
On my own car (my wire-wheeled '69 MGC) I not only change my own wheels but change the tires myself on a bench with tire spoons.
Tires are pretty good today. Fay's 2012 Subaru has a spare which we never have had to use; at 220,000 miles we are halfway through our 4th set at 52,000 miles per set.
I wish bike tires lasted like that. 7500 miles rear and 14,000 front is the best I can do.
Lannis I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.