After the saga of the exhaust I had hoped everything would run smoothly. Unfortunately when I got back to work yesterday afternoon I realised, as I was turning and reversing, that I'd got a deflating tyre. A quick check and yes, one of the fronts was about half way down. I had hoped that it might hold enough for me to pop round to Tesco, pump it up and it would get me home but decided as I left work it wouldn't be with the risk.
Changing to the spare was easy, is only a scissor jack but there are nice substantial chassis beams in just the right place! The hard part was getting the spare out from under the back. One of those jobs you never remember until it's too late, cleaning and greasing the screw for the wheel carrier. Eventually got it unwound enough to release it, however I chucked the dust in the back rather than try and screw it up again, just put a tie-wrap on to make sure it didn't bounce off while driving.
A quick call to Etyres had elicited a promise of someone coming out today and either fixing or replacing. In the end it turned out to just be the valve which had spilt, annoying but one of those things. He did put the spare back on the carrier but hasn't fully tightened it, sensibly he preferred not to risk it. I'll have to get under there at the weekend with the WD-40, wire brush and grease.
