smkettner
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As a AAA member you were charged $150 for the tow??
Rancher said:So I got my Leaf (aka the "Roadster") mid June. I've been traveling so to date I only have put on about 400 miles. However, today driving back from rural north east San Diego to my home in south Orange County (64 miles, lots of freeways with little range anxiety!) I get on the 5 north from the 76 and start looking for a truck to draft for my 30 miles on the freeway and BAM the damn car starts shaking. The rear passenger tire is totally flat. I didn't know I could call Nissan and instead called AAA (long term member). I get the car towed to the dealership who just called me and said I ran over a nail and my rim needs to be replaced. $500 for the rim, $90 for the tire, $150 for the tow (flatbed)...geez...Adding insult to injury, the rim "should arrive in 5 or 6 days"....ug...
I do not think I ever had a flat while driving (31 years behind the wheel)....
Rancher said:So I got my Leaf (aka the "Roadster") mid June. I've been traveling so to date I only have put on about 400 miles. However, today driving back from rural north east San Diego to my home in south Orange County (64 miles, lots of freeways with little range anxiety!) I get on the 5 north from the 76 and start looking for a truck to draft for my 30 miles on the freeway and BAM the damn car starts shaking. The rear passenger tire is totally flat. I didn't know I could call Nissan and instead called AAA (long term member). I get the car towed to the dealership who just called me and said I ran over a nail and my rim needs to be replaced. $500 for the rim, $90 for the tire, $150 for the tow (flatbed)...geez...Adding insult to injury, the rim "should arrive in 5 or 6 days"....ug...
I do not think I ever had a flat while driving (31 years behind the wheel)....
davewill said:$500 for one rim? For that it seems like you could almost get a set.
palmermd said:I've got a complete set of Leaf rims I'll sell for $500. Right now they are just taking up space in the garage. I never knew there were so many people looking for stock wheels.
planet4ever said:But you already have an air pump in the LEAF, don't you? They make it sound like it's for pumping that goop into the tire, but it's a real air pump, and you don't have to attach that expensive can of stuff to it when you use it.DaveinOlyWA said:i have a 12 volt air pump (weighs about 3 lbs) that runs around in the Prius, will probably get one of those for the Leaf.
Ray
$500 might put you a long way towards four new rims. As long as they don't stick out or weigh more, I can't see how they'd make range worse...if lighter they should improve it. I'd quickly shop before that OEM rim gets in and see if it made sense to go that way.Rancher said:5. I was thinking of changing out my rims to add a little "bling" to the car. To the person that appears to have done that, do you have any photos you can post or send to me? I am a little reluctant because I have this (naive?) thought that Nissan has fine tuned the car so well that changing the rims will decrease my range...and I really don't need any more range anxiety in my life!
Easter noon at the grocery store and we have a disabled Red Leaf 2. No spare (as most of you know). No jack either. Cute little air pump with the hidden button does a respectable job of producing a hissing sound from a hole in the sidewall. Now what Leaf Lovers?
GaslessInSeattle said:Does anyone know if the LEAF wheels are unique? I've been thinking of going to a used tire place and just buying a used tire and wheel and keeping them in the garage. I see no need to get a new tire and factory wheel just to get me through a tire replacement due to a flat.
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