Here I am, four months further on from the June Autosolo, and apart from a permanently lit passenger airbag warning light (as a result of taking the passenger seat out for that Autosolo...it'll get a service in the New Year so they can reset it), all is good in i3S land.
It almost wasn't though, Thursday on my way to work I got a low tyre pressure warning, meh I thought, it's because ambient temperatures have dropped. Nope. Back right tyre was 10 PSI light. F***. I had 8 miles to go if I was to drop it at the ATS that sits at the entrance to our industrial estate.
I nursed it along gently, seemed to be losing only very slowly so I carried on. 3 miles out and it rapidly dropped to 17 PSI. Another mile and it was showing 10 PSI. A mile later it dropped to 4 PSI and then almost immediately to 0 PSI. F*** again.
I was 200m from a petrol station, limped there at 10 MPH, pulled in for air from the automatic air thingy, then found out that unless there's back pressure from the tyre valve, it doesn't/won't activate the compressor and inflate. £1 wasted. Double F***.
It was only then that I saw this LOL
It had gone through the centre of the tread before spearing through the sidewall.
So the last mile was limped at 5-10 MPH, I pulled over multiple times to let cars past, and was just desperately trying to be so gentle with it so as not to roll the rim off the rubber and onto the road surface.
Great success! The rim was untouched.
Luckily they had one of these rare tyres at the DC, and the manager who knows me and the car (we constantly b**ch and moan about the landlords!) saw it before I even got there at 0900, ordered the tyre, and at 1030 called to say all done. £280
Which brings me to today, with some prep ahead of tomorrow's Autosolo.
We're running on the usual track layouts (from the pits/start line up to Madgwick and/or down to Woodcote) so I'm hoping for a better showing than last time. Target is 6th Overall or better!
