flat!

[Greg Galinsky]

Rocky Mullin wrote:

> At 10:38 PM -0500 1/19/04, Brett Dikeman wrote:
> 
>> At 5:12 PM -0800 1/19/04, Rocky Mullin wrote:
>>
>>>     ah hell, my tire is flat.  nokian hakka q.  filled it this AM and
>>> it's flat again.
>>>
>>>     i seem to recall hearing that on a quattro (2000 A4 in this case)
>>> one needs to replace all four tires at once.  is this really true?
>>
>>
>> Depends entirely on how much wear is on the remaining three.  Get a 
>> tread depth gauge and find out.
> 
> 
>     the tires don't have much wear.  like i said, they maybe have 10k on
> them.  i will check the trad and report back!
> 
>> Why wouldn't you patch it, anyway?  At least figure out if it's just 
>> the rim seal(soapy water).
> 
> 
>     it's an invisible puncture in the sidewall, just beyond the tread.
> according to the shop - not fixable.  i got the tires at les schwab, so 
> they
> have a lifetime warranty.  LS doesn't carry nokian anymore, but one of 
> their
> guys is looking for the how to get a hakka q (205 60/15) for me to honor
> their warranty.  still it might be more hassle than it's worth to drive an
> hour to get a $75 tire for free.
> 
>     say, where can one get nokians in the USa these days?
> 
Rocky
Go to the Nokian tires website and there will be a dealer located there.
nokiantires.com or nokiantyres.com and then selct the North American 
English site.

Greg Galinsky
G & G Service