Re: Crappy Audi weekend....

[Nathan Belo <belo@eskimo.com>]

On Wed, 28 May 1997, Orin Eman wrote:

> 
> > Hairy green toads from Mars made Sean Ford say:
> 
> > > 2) does anyone have any faith in tire repair when fixing a puncture in
> > > the tread?
> 
> > In the tread is OK; the sidewall can't be fixed.
> 
> > Angela's 90Q20V has a patch in the tread after she gave a ride to
> > a hitch-hiking drywall screw. No problems after 2 months.
> 
> The local gas station used to charge $7 to put one of those plugs in
> the tread.  They may still do it, but I bought a kit at the local
> auto parts store and do it myself now.  I haven't had any problems.
> 
> Orin.
> 
If you take your car to Discount Tire they will take the tire off the rim
and patch the inside, similar to a bike tube, for FREE!!!  I don't have
much faith in the plugs because they leak, besides I just drive in and
Discount does all the work.

Nathan Belo
'88 90Q