Uncategorized RoadWhinge on 06 Mar 2007 04:01 pm
Tyres
I seem to buy a new tyre almost every day.
Well, every week at least.
Well, every couple of months…
Oh, all right… Perhaps not quite that often - but look, the point is that I spend a fortune on the blasted things.
I don’t even get to wear them out properly. The problem is a combination of the conditions out in the area where I live… and the fact that the majority of other drivers are stupid oiks. I’ve complained before about people in posh motors who refuse to drive anywhere but in the middle of the damned road in rural areas. They are afraid that their Bentleys and Mercs will get scratched if they drive within a metre of a hedge… GRRR!
So, mugs like me drive into the side to avoid these stubborn idiots. On roads with high verges, the grit that accumulates at the edge of the tarmac acts like sandpaper, and very quickly wears away the tread on the outer edges of the nearside tyres. This renders them illegal and means they have to be changed. Even swapping them from side to side regularly just slightly delays the inevitable.
Below is a dramatised reconstruction of me being forced to the side by a Bentley driver. (No wildlife was harmed during the making of this reconstruction)
What is more, the sides of the road are where all the other crap accumulates. Cans and broken glass from the bottles chucked out of cars by townie chavs who come out into the sticks to joyride and burn their stolen cars. The end result being that as I am forced to the edge of the road by Bentley drivers, the chances are that any acute damage done to my tyres will be to the walls rather than the tread. So, when I get a puncture and go to the tyre specialist for a repair…
“Oh no, mate. Can’t repair damage to the wall of the tyre. That’s illegal, that is…”
Funny how them stitching me up when it comes to the bill isn’t bloody illegal…