Oct 19 2016, 12:56 PM
QUOTE(gold member @ Oct 19 2016, 12:31 AM)
Some agreed and some disagreed: my pov is that, throughout my driving experience in MY roads (for road conditions at my frequent places), I do not face much problem with punctured tyres. I have managed to change spare tyres few times in overseas. It is suggested that new car and lady owners to have tyre changing drill during weekend before facing the challenging roads. Frankly speaking, it is not an easy chore. Like mentioned above, try to change tyre yourself and you will discover that most of the tyre shop will overtorque those tyre nuts! And prepare an extension to be able to remove these overtorqued nuts (using fulcrum principle) and it is really not easy, even for a guy like me! Currently, I do plan to remove the spare tyre as I do carry quite a lot of work related stuffs and feel that it is really redundant. I have an inflator which I use during emergency. Furthermore, most of the people I asked they will struggle till next tyre shop available and calling a tow is easy nowadays.
Yes, I also so far only once need to change tire in MY (and that's also for my wife's car) but had done so a few times before in other countries. Yes it is not an easy task especially if the nuts are over tighten by the shops. That's why I said you need to know the right technique to do it, not just having an extension btw. That's why I also said at least you need to try it to get a feel of how to do it. I myself also supervise shops when they tighten up my rims to make sure they don't over tighten them so I can be 100% confident that I myself can remove them using standard wrench with minor extension. I bet most people don't do this, and I bet many also don't know the proper technique. So therefore I also suggested to have an inflator just in case coz most tire puncture are slow puncture so you can use the inflator to help temporarily.
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