Good Morning Thread - Come say good morning, tell us what you've got on today. :)

We have this thread on TilersForums.com and it's just been restarted because the old thread had 20,000 replies and 500,000 views. And there were 700 pages. Started to lag a bit on slow connections.

I think we had a bash of this before, but I can't find the thread, so thought I'd start another one off.

If you have time in the mornings, come post in the thread before you head off to work, let us know what you've got on and what the weather is like in your area etc. Anything at all is fine.

Posts and likes get counted towards your total stats in this thread.

So GOOOD MORNING PEOPLE - WEATHER IS NICE TODAY IN STOKE. I'M THANKFUL IT'S FRIDAY, HAD A RUBBISH WEEK. THANK GOD IT'S OVER.

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[Moley]

Strange that only one phase of her supply was affected, and no one else on the street.

I find it strange that the chippy was open. I wasn't every night I was there ;-)

 

[littlespark]

I find it strange that the chippy was open. I wasn't every night I was there ;-)

Only open Fridays and Saturdays…. But I did tell them you were up

 

[nicebutdim]

I find it strange that the chippy was open. I wasn't every night I was there ;-)

By any chance did you pull a fuse in the local substation to spite them?

 

[littlespark]

By any chance did you pull a fuse in the local substation to spite them?

Only if he’d actually eaten there in the first place….

 

[Moley]

Well, I know what I'll be doing in the morning - either getting a tyre repaired or buying a new tyre. We decided to go out for a meal tonight. It's a rare event but 5 of us jumped into the car. As I drove off the low tyre pressure warning came up. Rear offside flat. Walked back to the van and got the pump on the offchance it would stay up. Anyway, as I was pumping I noticed a screw in the tread. Pressure held so we went off for our meal. The pressure had dropped 10psi during the meal so pumped it back up and headed home. Had a good look outside the house and not just one but two screws. They both look to be in a region where they can be repaired. I'll find out in the morning. At least it happened on a week when I'm just on call and not half way accross the UK with the wife not knowing what to do.

 

[littlespark]

so who dropped a box of screws on your driveway, Moley?

 

[Moley]

I wish I knew where they were picked up. The wife drives tge car all the time so it's somewhere she has been. I drive it too fast to pick anything up ;-)

 

[Moley]

Bugger - new tyre. £155

 

[Mike Johnson]

My local garage can't compete with "Black Circle" online tyres, but are a fitting agent for them, strange?

 

[brianmoooore]

Oponeo normally for tyres, but for the last pair I bought, I had a look on eBay, and found a new listing for the ones I wanted at a ridiculously low price for a pair - about half the going rate.
Decided it was worth a punt, so ordered and waited. Carefully inspected them when they arrived, and they appeared perfect with a recent date code. Thought I'd order up a few more, but when I returned to the eBay listing it was now the price I paid each.

 

[Moley]

I wish I could have gone to an online site but with no spare I couldn't wait. I know it's a run flat but I don't think it'll cope with a week of driving

 

[Mike Johnson]

I will never buy another car with run flat tyres, but it seems very difficult to buy one without, I believe its only Audi and Porsche that sell cars with a spare wheel, any others that you know?

I bought a spare wheel for my current car and keep it in the boot for long trips, but means the boot is very restricted as there is no wheel well on most modern cars.

 

[DPG]

I will never buy another car with run flat tyres, but it seems very difficult to buy one without, I believe its only Audi and Porsche that sell cars with a spare wheel, any others that you know?

I bought a space-saver spare and jack kit for mine. Unused original Jaguar items, £100 including delivery. Bargain.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I bought a space-saver spare and jack kit for mine. Unused original Jaguar items, £100 including delivery. Bargain.

Yes, with the trolly jack and spare wheel in the boot its all I can do to get the fishing tackle in as well.

 

[DPG]

Yes, with the trolly jack and spare wheel in the boot its all I can do to get the fishing tackle in as well.

Much as I like my trolley jack, the manufacturer's jack is fine for wheel changing, and it fits under the spare wheel nice and neatly. And both fit under the boot floor.

 

[Mike Johnson]

You have space under your boot floor for a spare wheel and jack?

 

[DPG]

You have space under your boot floor for a spare wheel and jack?

Yeah luckily the car has space for a space saver wheel under there, they just don't always supply them when new.

 

[nicebutdim]

Oponeo normally for tyres, but for the last pair I bought, I had a look on eBay, and found a new listing for the ones I wanted at a ridiculously low price for a pair - about half the going rate.
Decided it was worth a punt, so ordered and waited. Carefully inspected them when they arrived, and they appeared perfect with a recent date code. Thought I'd order up a few more, but when I returned to the eBay listing it was now the price I paid each.

It seems as though every time I buy tyres online, the whole 'who's cheapest' will turn on its head. Matters have been further complicated by the Northern Irish Protocol, with some outlets charging sky high prices for delivery and others flatly refusing to offer NI delivery.

Asda tyres were chepest a few years back , then stopped delivering to NI and then finally offering delivery again, but at four times the previous rate.

Delticom in Germany seem to be one of the biggest players in online tyre sales, with many online retailers being subsidiaries of Delticom. What's really strange is the fact that each Delticom subsidiary has completely different pricing and different policies on delivery to NI.

 

[littlespark]

buying these tyres online... doesn't you local tyre fitter charge a premium to fit them?

I get a price from my local independent tyre fitter.... budget price, mid range or 2nd mortgage... and that's supplied and fitted

 

[Mike Johnson]

Black Circle price includes fitting at their approved fitters, that why it's strange that my local garage can't compete on price, but fit Black Circle sourced tyres without charge, presumable paid by Black Circle.