Driving home from Bodsham through country lanes...
- 31 January 2014 07:39259433After driving carefully through 2 feet deep of water, the road was literally a river and then after picking up some speed, bang, what looked like a smallish puddle compared to what we had just seen was a massive pot-hole and we hit it at about 30mph.
A mile further on the car started pulling slightly to the left and then it lurched and, as I now know, I ended up driving on the wheel rim. Of course, its a new car, no jack, no spare wheel just some kind of reinflation device supposed to get you home. No use at all when the tyre is in tatters... progress I suppose
It turns out that I had to drive about 2 miles in all on the wheel rim first to find a safe place to stop and and then when they arrived a safe place for the AA wagon to hook me up..
But what a great service from the AA. 20 minutes after calling them at about 10.50 pm they arrived, Janet was dropped back at Barham, car offloaded down at Cherry Tree and me delivered safely home at about 12.30.
Thank you AA....
Now if you go down Cherry Tree and see a blue Seat parked with a shredded tyre.....
PS - we were at the Timber Batts Inn earlier for a quiz with some friends and we won.......a really good night with great food and then the drive home... - 31 January 2014 09:43259443What an awful experience for you Barry (and Janet too of course), sorry to hear that. Pleased to hear the AA were quick getting to you.I have run-flats on my BM and would prefer a real spare wheel - as you say, when a run-flat is in tatters, it's no use at all.
Roger - 31 January 2014 16:55259472Barry its worth making a claim on Kent Highways. If they knew about the pothole and had not repaired it in a timely fashion you will have a strong case.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 31 January 2014 18:25259483Good advice Peter, but it may prove very difficult to show Kent Highways knew about it.
Roger - 31 January 2014 18:50259489i don't think motoring has actually progressed, the lack of a spare wheel is one thing but every time there is a problem cars have to go in for repair, nothing that the owner can do.
it all used to be so much simpler when the the purchase of a haynes manual meant that many simple things required to keep a car on the road could be done by the owner. - 31 January 2014 20:32259504You are right Howard.
You cannot even change a light bulb in many new cars without taking them to a garage. - 31 January 2014 22:09259514Definitely agree with that comment Barry - I have my bulbs changed by Halfords, so much quicker and easier.
Roger - 31 January 2014 22:16259516Yeah, well once again the environloons stick their oar in and create misery. The reason behind this ridiculous practice of not supplying a spare wheel comes down to uber greenies insisting that cars be more energy efficient by reducing their weight. So some bright spark came up with this mad notion which only piles on the misery.
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