flat bloody tyre!!!

[shawry]

had the car booked in for a service at 2 at jax tyres.... wen i picked it up it cost me 139... and then a lil later got a flat trye ... and i realsied this at nite.... wihle it was sitting at my missus house it would have deflated... so i left and started driving as soon as i did it felt wierd so out i get and checked the rear.... so now im up for a new tyre wen i dont have the bloody money... and have rego due soon and im pretty sure u need a spare to pas the rego check right???

[yods]

$11/12 repair job from any tyre shop should sort it out unless theres a major problem

[NRGIZE]

thats got to suck lol its a pain in the azz when that happens :)

[mitch]

you can get away with the rego check. You will have a spare tire, it will just be flat :P and what's a rego check? We just pay and whack the sticker on :)

[yods]

A really good trick is to have a full boot..really discourages people checking the spare

[Mr RS]

i never even knew that the spare got checked for rego? I guarantee you 90% of spare tyres in the back of peoples cars are flat as regardless!!!

[BoostWagon]

just fill the spare with air, who cares if its leaking it wil look fine for the rego

Shame when this **** happens but, sucks having to catch ya tail like that :<

[shawry]

its all sorted... i took it to place to get spare fixed... and they fixed up 2.... **** thing is they didnt tell me that 2 tyres were ****ed... wont be goin there again... nice ppl n all but i prefer to pay a lil extra for gaurenteed service...

[91rs]

tell me about it im having to get all 4 done tomorrow so i can pass for rego next week :(
and they are 17's :(

[yods]

I've found 17s to be cheaper...but it still hurts when you add rego + insurance

[91rs]

nice 17's X 4 + i did a starter motor 3 weeks ago, service (oils and the like ) last week, + rego + insurance + personal plates, it all adds up alright,

17's cheaper then 15's ??? really nice 17's you pay 250-300 a corner ... 15's you would get nice 15's under 250!

[justagx]

As far as rego checks go, there doesn't have to be a spare tyre within the car. it isn't safety related, but more of a convenience to the driver.
A few other things of interest with rego inspections, as long as the vehicle pulls up in the brake test within the specified limits, the car can be metal on metal with brake pads and it can't be failed. And if there is wheel covers fitted, the inspector cannot remove the wheel cover to check wheels for security, half the wheel nuts can be missing under a wheel cover as long as there isn't excessive movement it passes.