>>Just the other week I thought "I need to inflate that rear tyre tonight, after work." On my way home, the car suddenly started the most horrendous rumbling noise, like my transmission had gone. I stopped to find I was driving practically on the rim of that wheel, the tyre being shredded! Had to put on the daft "get-you-home" spare - looks like I'd pinched it off a 2CV (on a PT Cruiser! - looked real gimpy). Next day at the garage we looked at the other rear tyre - wall a bit pertified and cracked - decided needed 2 new tyres - a nice £100 or so just before Xmas!
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>That sucks. Changing a flat by the side the road is always embarrasing... trying to look like you know what you are doing and where everything is.

Luckily I stopped in a strip mall car park. But yes, the 1st time I'd done so on this car, and in the dark. The manual stated, with an inaccurate diagram, that there was a jacking point marked by a yellow triangle. A passing guy helped with his torch (flashlight). We looked for ages. Eventually he discovered it; it was a triangle PUNCHED OUT on the chassis. What can you do?

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>>That'll teach me to check them more regularly!
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>I thought you Brits only drove Vespas and Mini Coopers. Or those funny black cars that they keystone cops fall out of.

You wouldn't see me dead on a Vespa. I'm a Lambretta man.

More and more Brits are pootling around in big SUVs and 4X4s nowadays.