Re: Kenya

Posted by Colin Davidson(Shirley) on Sep 12, 2014; 6:37am
URL: http://sundownersadventures.385.s1.nabble.com/Kenya-tp5706989p5706995.html

Simon,
In the 3 years with Overlander Coaches I always had new tyres, no retreads. In those 3 years, I never had a flat tyre. When I joined Sundowners, I never saw a retread, but I did have blow out on the front on the way home from Istanbul. I gave Kees my spare tyre before leaving Istanbul as he drove from London to Istanbul before he realized that he didn't have a spare.  So not having a spare, I took one off the back and stuck it on the front and ran 3 on the rear end. I had no pax so it wasn't a problem. I picked up a second hand one in Alexandroupolis and headed for London only to get a flat on the German Autobahn. So once again I ran 3 on the rear. Got to Vlissengen and Fingers picked it up and took it Back to London. Tyre's are like shoes, if you don't have a good set, you'll have problems.