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From: doetnietcomputeren on 31 Mar 2010 10:22
On 2010-03-31 15:59:23 +0200, "Vass" <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> said:

>>> >>it's illegal to have an illegal
>>> >>spare,
>>> >
>>> >No, it's not.
>>>
>>> I'd hope so - my car has no spare at all, which is surely "worse" than
>>> having an "illegal" one.
>>
>> Not at all, you don't have to have a spare at all.
>>
> correct, the new TT at work just has a can of gunk to squirt into a
> punctured tyre
> but it was fun getting he rep to call Audi claiming they'd forgot to
> supply one :-)

I had call to use a can of that stuff to fix a slow puncture, that I
hadn't got around to taking to the tyre shop.

Forgot all about it until I was getting new tyres last week and the
fitter pointed out all the green slimey stuff on his machinery. Whoops.

BTW: do you also carry a small compressor? Otherwise, the can of gunk
will be useless.


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From: Catman on 31 Mar 2010 10:41
doetnietcomputeren wrote:
> On 2010-03-31 15:59:23 +0200, "Vass" <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk>
> said:
>
>>>> >>it's illegal to have an illegal
>>>> >>spare,
>>>> >
>>>> >No, it's not.
>>>>
>>>> I'd hope so - my car has no spare at all, which is surely "worse" than
>>>> having an "illegal" one.
>>>
>>> Not at all, you don't have to have a spare at all.
>>>
>> correct, the new TT at work just has a can of gunk to squirt into a
>> punctured tyre
>> but it was fun getting he rep to call Audi claiming they'd forgot to
>> supply one :-)
>
> I had call to use a can of that stuff to fix a slow puncture, that I
> hadn't got around to taking to the tyre shop.
>
> Forgot all about it until I was getting new tyres last week and the
> fitter pointed out all the green slimey stuff on his machinery. Whoops.
>
> BTW: do you also carry a small compressor? Otherwise, the can of gunk
> will be useless.
>
>

My GT has both in a neat little carry case and a filler for the spare
wheel well, since they never supplied spares on the 3.2 V6

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From: Ace on 31 Mar 2010 10:59
On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:22:58 +0200, doetnietcomputeren
<doesnotcompute(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On 2010-03-31 15:59:23 +0200, "Vass" <mark(a)XXREMOVEXXdoubleyolk.co.uk> said:

>> correct, the new TT at work just has a can of gunk to squirt into a
>> punctured tyre
>> but it was fun getting he rep to call Audi claiming they'd forgot to
>> supply one :-)

>BTW: do you also carry a small compressor? Otherwise, the can of gunk
>will be useless.

J's 206cc came with a double aerosol which is supposed to be enough to
reinflate and seal. My R36 has a can _and_ a compressor as standard.

From: zymurgy on 31 Mar 2010 18:27
On Mar 31, 8:14 am, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
<eastREMOVEk...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> "ian field" <gangprobing.al...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in messag
>
> > "Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" <eastREMOVEk...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:tJednYTF1arSzy_WnZ2dnUVZ7vmdnZ2d(a)brightview.co.uk...
> >> There's nothing in the MOT book to say a battery has to be secured in
> >> order to pass the test and the worst you can get is an advisory. However,
> >> it obviously would be best to secure it for various reasons and if the
> >> usual methods weren't possible, as in this case, I'd use some manner of
> >> strap.
>
> > Apparently you can get nicked if plod asks for a look under the bonnet and
> > finds a loose battery, so I find it hard to believe it wouldn't be a requirement of the MOT.
>
> That's one of the aforementioned various reasons, but it's still not an MOT requirement.

ITYF it is. Certainly for cages anyway. One of my cages failed on a
dodgy (plastic) clamp

Paul.
From: Grimly Curmudgeon on 31 Mar 2010 20:23
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember thewildrover(a)me.com (Andy Hewitt)
saying something like:

>> It's always been the case - perhaps sensibly (unlike now) the Law back
>> then didn't presume to do you for something you haven't done.
>
>Other way round surely? I can remember people getting points for
>carrying an illegal spare at one time. Maybe the victim of an
>over-zealous plod.

Likely, but perhaps a case finally reached the High Court and got
resolved in the defendant's favour. Which didn't help all the other poor
saps before who'd been done and fined.
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