Suspicious punctures.

Strider590

Kids playing in the street?

anewman

HeyBigSpender wrote: »

Interesting answers, thanks. Now I have had a day to let steam I'm going to let it go, and mention it to the several neighbours with whom I'm friendly with so they can keep an eye out.

Sometimes it's the "friendly" ones who get up to this sort of thing. Just a warning in case you might end up mentioning it to the wrong person.

mrbadexample

I must admit, a couple of weeks of checking under the tyres before you drive off sounds like it may be worthwhile.

Wig

Can't belive that people actually think this sort of thing is deliberate. I have had my fair share of screws in tyres, never thought it was deliberate & never will ever consider it to be deliberate. It is just one of those things that happens. I was annoyed when two of my 'new' tyres on steel rims from the scrappy (a few months apart) had punctures from screws. And now a third scrappy tyre has another screw in it. Luckily my tyres cost me £7 each from scrap yards and so there's no point in paying £10 - £15 for a repair. Of course it could be because I frequent scrap yards

The screws always are embedded into the tread and they always "unscrew" out because the rubber always folds back around the screws threads.

One day I'll get one of these
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-TUBELESS-TYRE-PUNCTURE-REPAIR-KIT-10-STRINGS-/160516872364?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item255f8d18ac

Pew_Pew_Pew_Lasers!

Of course a screw will be stood upright if it punctures a tyre. You're hardly going to find a screw stuck sideways in your tread, are you?

A_Doonhamer

I worked as a tyre fitter for a couple of years when I left school and in that time I saw tyres punctured and wrecked within 30 minutes of being fitted new. Pulled spanners and rocks the size of my fist from punctured tyres. Most relevant though, is the fact the vast majority of screws and nails pulled from a punctured tyre will be upright so do not take this as any sort of sign of malicious action.

Al1x

maybe a neighbour has had some building work and the builder may have dropped some screws?

A_Doonhamer

Its more likely to do with the weather than anything else. Normally debris on the road is simply driven over and not noticed. However, with the amount of damp roads at the moment due to melting snow etc, the debris is better lubricated to penetrate the rubber. The screw driven over could have been on the road for god knows how long, just waiting for the right circumstances.

Strider590

Forgot to mention....

The road sweeper we get around this (Autumn/Winter) time of year, they do a great job of pulling heavy debris from the kerbside and firing it into the middle of the road.

sw67

I have had 2 screws in my tyres in the last year - i was due to change them anyway so put 4 new tyres on @ £100 each. This time i went with national tyre free repair/replacement during the life of the tyre for £7.50 each subject to % paid depending on tyre wear