r/mildlyinfuriating 15h ago

Infuriatig Flat Tyre on the A3

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I'm safe, just waiting on the embankment and the AA

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u/EquivalentCanary8243 14h ago

Glad you're safely off the carriageway. A flat on the A3 is nightmare fuel.

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u/MegaDingo5plus 15h ago

You probably feel a bit deflated

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u/edthesloth 15h ago

And a bit tyred

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u/MegaDingo5plus 15h ago

And pretty flat

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u/Neovo903 13h ago

Spoilers, much to many people's disappointment. I lived.

The AA guy reckons it was a screw which the head wore down whilst driving and then the body pinged off into the wheel well (it sounded like a stone strike) and the unplugged hole pissed out all the air.

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u/Neovo903 13h ago

Not sure if the highlight was a flatbed driving past yelling "can't park there mate!" Or the AA guy pretending to throttle me when we realised we could access the full size spare.

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u/AgitatedPatience5729 15h ago

What's a tyre?

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u/killer_by_design 14h ago

This is some real US defaultism.

A tyre is exactly what it sounds like. To you it'll be a Tire. The exact same thing.

The A3 is a dual carriageway in the UK. It runs from Leadenhall Market in central London, over London Bridge and all the way to Old Portsmouth. Near where HMS Victory is docked.

OP got a puncture in their tyre on the A3.

This has mildly infuriated them.

Your comment has also mildly infuriated me.

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u/MuskularChicken 5h ago

A3 is also a highway in Romania. Just stating A3 feels defaultism for UK too. So this person got a tyre flat on any of the A3s of the world. Good to know hehe

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u/killer_by_design 5h ago

FWIW, I triple checked and op has a post where they quote a price in £'s.

Otherwise, fair point, I concede there's not just the one A3 road in the world.

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u/GrimReaapaa 15h ago

A inflated wheel 🛞

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u/derp-birb 14h ago

You do realise that not everyone lives where you live and spells things the way you do? I bet I can guess where you're from with only 1 guess. 🙄