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Will I need a new tyre? Accidentally parked car with half-tyre on the kerb.
Hello all,
Couple of evenings ago I accidentally parked my car where the rear tyre was half parked on the kerb.
It was like that all night until the morning where I adjusted it and parked properly.
This morning when I was checking the tyre pressure that tyre hard 10PSI.
Normally the tyre pressure would be 32 PSI.
I re-pumped the tyre, and it looked like there was no obvious damage.
Will I need to get that tyre replaced?
Lesson learned to check every time I park how it is parked. Normally I don't make this type of mistake
Couple of evenings ago I accidentally parked my car where the rear tyre was half parked on the kerb.
It was like that all night until the morning where I adjusted it and parked properly.
This morning when I was checking the tyre pressure that tyre hard 10PSI.
Normally the tyre pressure would be 32 PSI.
I re-pumped the tyre, and it looked like there was no obvious damage.
Will I need to get that tyre replaced?
Lesson learned to check every time I park how it is parked. Normally I don't make this type of mistake
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Parking on the edge of a kerb on it's own won't deflate your tyre, not unless there's an issue with your wheel, ie, possibly being a bit buckled. How often do you normally check your tyres?
Just keep an eye on the pressure of that tyre for now.0 -
It almost certainly had 10psi in before you parked like that - when did you last check it? Whether the tyre is fine or not depends on where the air went.0
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I checked it about 3 months ago and it was OK then.
Normally I do checks before long distance drives (e.g. above 80 miles single trip).0 -
ideally you should check every week (me sunday) this is my routine
1. Make hot coffee
2. Go out check oil (top up if needed)
3. check anti freeze (top up if needed)
4. check screen wash (top up if needed)
5. check other levels (same as above)
6. check all 4 tyres with psi reader (add more air if needed)
7. Go back in and enjoy your coffee thats cooled down lol
ps: i know someone who was driving around with 2 bold tyres and 3 months out of mot and yet they complain when the car breaks down erm... ok“People are caught up in an egotistic artificial rat race to display a false image to society. We want the biggest house, fanciest car, and we don't mind paying the sky high mortgage to put up that show. We sacrifice our biggest assets our health and time, We feel happy when we see people look up to us and see how successful we are”
Rat Race0 -
D'oh!
Thank you for telling me.0
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