Seems like they should last longer than I’m managing to achieve then, although it’s colder here. I’ll get the charger on it today and see when it is next run down and struggling to start the car. If it’s less than a couple of weeks, I’d take that as a sign the battery is done.
What kind of a country is it where people leave wood screws in the road?
No, I've had them there enough times to know.
I used to insist one the big name brands for tyres, but after years of living near a perpetual construction site I gave up and bought the lesser brands to not be bankrupted.
You might just get away with having that repaired. The standard is that it must be in the middle 3/4 and no bigger than 6mm.
If you have a local Taxi rank, ask them, they are frugal with their expenses.
It took me a while to find a reliable local garage where I take both mine and Mrs Q's cars. My son and both my son-in-laws take theirs there and a couple of friends (on my recommendation) so we have built up a good rapport but sadly the only way to really sort the wheat from the chaff is to actually try them.
Train / bus stations, local town centres, yellow pages, there should be taxis somewhere.
Yes. Not a problem. It is sidewall damage that is problematic in that respect.
Kwikfit repaired a puncture for me the other week. It was in the tread.
Every time I've had something in the outer section of the tread, they've refused. Eg: if it was in the middle three bands of UnderAnOpenSky's tyre they might be able to, but the outer two bands are a no.
