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Dodge Ram truck is illegally parked on Bryant Ave S protected bikelane, Minneapolis. (feddit.uk)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 8 months ago (4 children)

You don't know what you're talking about. The air valve is separate from the tire. It attaches to the rim. There's no inner tube.

A new tire is 50-200 bucks. 50 probably being a used POS.

That valve? Many tire shops will replace for free, or very cheap (a few dollars max.)

Side wall damage? You're gonna need a new (or used, not recommended) tire.

Also. Go for a small, sharp smooth blade. There's a good chance it'll just slow leak and they'll make it to McDonald's or whatever and then run flat. XD

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    It's not the cost, it's the inconvenience.

    Even if he has a spare tire for that monster, I wanna see him try replacing it, it'll be hilarious.

    Or he'll have to call a tow and wait for it.

    Either way, awesome. Push comes to shove, "your honor, I offer to settle this dispute by paying the cost of the valve I supposedly damaged."

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    That's an interesting perspective.

    But usually the spare or donut comes with it's own rim and valve.... So shouldn't need a tow.

    But that's also why you always slash more than one tire. Nobody is carrying multiple donuts.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    A while back there was a local kerfuffle because some vandal was slashing the tires of cars which came to visit a local park at the top of a bluff. The vandal would only slash 3/4 tires and it apparently made getting insurance to cover it hell because insurance would cover 4 damaged tires but not only 3. Also 3 tires is more likely to be less than/about the insurance deductible thereby making it more costly to the owner. So the vandal was really causing maximum possible chaos by slashing only 3 tires

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