12 March, 2010 in Family, Personal by Aonghas

Puncture!

Punctured tyre!

We were on the way home today from Piano Traders and I was sitting next to Calum in the front passenger’s seat. I don’t know what caught my attention, but as we were driving back up the hill from Mt. Eden, I peered out the window and saw the back wheel squashed down on the road. We immediately pulled over to find the tyre nearly flat on the ground! We spotted the cause after a quick inspection of the tyre and noticed a screw that had punctured the tyre and gone all the way through. Not knowing how to change a tyre, the four of us (Mum, Hamish, Calum and me) stood around hoping someone would come to our rescue. We had a spare space saver  tyre in the boot but we didn’t have a jack to lift the car up. Luckily we were parked across the road from an auto-electrical car garage so we popped in to see if anyone there could help us. The manager, by the looks of it, offered to help us change the tyre, albeit not with the friendliest of attitudes. It didn’t take him very long though, and we were back up and running within a few minutes. Only problem now is that we have to get the tyre replaced at some stage soon!

We found a screw that had gone right in!

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