[Stryker]

Five roofing nails in four years. It’s a plague

[MrFlorida]

One flat, plugged myself.

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by New Englander

Keep in mind as summer comes to an end, you need to replace the summer air in your tires with fall/winter air. Most garage's do this for you for free.

I use Spring and Fall Air all year round. Not such a temperature difference.

[gorillarick]

2 flats in three years. One a roofing nail, one a screw.

Recently looked at a new car. Inspected trunk. No spare.
Salesman said; we can add that.

Where's the jack? uhhh, no.

Yeah, I know most of you call aaa or such. 30 minutes to 3 hours.
And plugging on the side of the road - if possible. Naaaa.

I am still capable of changing a spare in about 7 minutes. Old school ?
and then get it patched right - not plugged.

[PurePeach]

Originally Posted by MplsPete

Seems like we average about two a year, presumably from nails left behind by roofers. It sounds like people change roofs more often in TV, which would suggest more errant nails. Offsetting that is fewer miles driving by TV residents, and ease of finding those nails in the street, with the newer pristine roads of TV.
What's your experience?

One flat in four years — screw in sidewall.

[Peazoup]

hahaha

[La lamy]

Originally Posted by gorillarick

2 flats in three years. One a roofing nail, one a screw.

Recently looked at a new car. Inspected trunk. No spare.
Salesman said; we can add that.

Where's the jack? uhhh, no.

Yeah, I know most of you call aaa or such. 30 minutes to 3 hours.
And plugging on the side of the road - if possible. Naaaa.

I am still capable of changing a spare in about 7 minutes. Old school ?
and then get it patched right - not plugged.

Whoa. Even if you call AAA they'll still put your spare on until you repair/replace the tire. Thanks for this heads up, I wouldn't have thought it may not be included.

[dcammel]

I guess I have been lucky. I have been driving since I was 14 years old, and now 77 years of age. I averaged over 70K miles a year for about 40 years working in outside sales, and now put on about 25K a year. In over 60 years of driving, I have never had a flat tire other than rocky dirt roads back home in Kansas before I left home. I do have to seasonally adjust for temperature changes, but after switching to Nitrogen, that is a minumum effort.

[Jimmay]

Originally Posted by MplsPete

Seems like we average about two a year, presumably from nails left behind by roofers. It sounds like people change roofs more often in TV, which would suggest more errant nails. Offsetting that is fewer miles driving by TV residents, and ease of finding those nails in the street, with the newer pristine roads of TV.
What's your experience?

Are you driving through all the construction sites? Been here ten years and no tire problems

[biker1]

Sorry, the ideal gas law still applies and you will still see approximately 1PSI change in pressure for every 10F change in temperature regardless of whether you have 100% nitrogen or air (which, BTW, is 78% nitrogen).

Originally Posted by dcammel

I guess I have been lucky. I have been driving since I was 14 years old, and now 77 years of age. I averaged over 70K miles a year for about 40 years working in outside sales, and now put on about 25K a year. In over 60 years of driving, I have never had a flat tire other than rocky dirt roads back home in Kansas before I left home. I do have to seasonally adjust for temperature changes, but after switching to Nitrogen, that is a minumum effort.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by dcammel

I guess I have been lucky. I have been driving since I was 14 years old, and now 77 years of age. I averaged over 70K miles a year for about 40 years working in outside sales, and now put on about 25K a year. In over 60 years of driving, I have never had a flat tire other than rocky dirt roads back home in Kansas before I left home. I do have to seasonally adjust for temperature changes, but after switching to Nitrogen, that is a minumum effort.

Very lucky

[Atamasco]

Originally Posted by MplsPete

Seems like we average about two a year, presumably from nails left behind by roofers. It sounds like people change roofs more often in TV, which would suggest more errant nails. Offsetting that is fewer miles driving by TV residents, and ease of finding those nails in the street, with the newer pristine roads of TV.
What's your experience?

We’ve found that if the tire is >5 yrs old they will not fix it. Told that tires >5 yrs old must be replaced by FL

[gorillarick]

That should be 10 years, usually company policy that they'll refuse to fit it beyond 10 - covering their heinies. Tires do rot.
Sure they'll try to sell you new tires at 5 or 7.

Tires do lose pressure. Everything loses pressure over time, even Pepsi bottles (especially when heated).

I check'up every few months, and especially before a trip of any distance maybe >100 miles.