A couple of weeks ago the Funky Cat had a puncture. I was driving into Bristol on the B3128 down Clarken Coombe. There was a rock in the road, which I tried to avoid, failed and it ripped a huge hole n the side of the front nearside tyre. I was able to make it the lay-by.
The Funky Cat doesn’t have a spare tyre, it has a pump and some tyre repair fluid. I knew that this probably wouldn’t work as this didn’t feel like a normal puncture.
The air pump and the tyre repair fluid can only be used to repair sealed tyres with a puncture on the tread.
So, I made the decision to call the RAC, the Funky Cat is a lease car, so comes with breakdown cover. The problem I had was that where I was on the B3128 there was no phone signal. I had to walk into the Ashton Court woods to get enough signal, to check the website to get the right number and call.
The RAC was very quick and quickly got the wheel off, and then they headed off with the wheel to get the tyre replaced.
That took longer than it should have, but that wasn’t the fault of the RAC (or the tyre place). Once the RAC was back they completed the repair and I was on my merry way.