Good thing I went to check my tyre pressures this morning, the tread on the front r/h Michelin was making a bid for freedom. Went to my tyre man (not been for two years now) and, of course, his advice, correctly, was to change all the tyres due to age. The van is 6 years old, the tyres 7. Done 21000. I've never liked Michelins, am going for Kumho this time.
BUT I couldn't find the adaptor for the bl66dy locking wheel bolts! I haven't needed it in the time I've had the van, and thought I knew where it was. The tyre man said it's a VW dealer job, I'm sure I have seen "universal" ones. Anyway I'm now waiting for a very nice man from the RAC to turn up. Hopefully we can at least change to worst one for the spare.
When I get these bas****s off I'm going to throw them away. Like most anti-theft devices I'm sure they inconvenience the owner more than the thief. How long would it take a determined tea-leaf to get the wheels off if he wanted to?
Ed
who probably won't be able to afford his 0 Gauge train set now