Warning: C5 Flat-Tire Traps

[onewaytrip]

Dear tsikoteers, be careful at C5. Last night I was coming from Bicutan, approaching the stoplight at the Pateros/Makati intersection when something got stuck on the left-front tire of my Corona. Making a hissing sound, I thought it was just a plastic (supot). At the red light I found out that my Yoko C.Drive was completely flat!

The first person to approach me was a man on a bicycle. He pointed to a vulcanizing shop only 20 meters away. I already knew this was a modus operandi, since there is a sticky thread about this in another good forum. (Thanks!) I said, "Hindi, ok na ako." While I was getting stuff in my trunk, two men came to my right, and pointed to the nearby shop. I said no. I was ready to slam their faces with the jack just in case they attack me. I remember at least five different men offering (or pretending to offer) help. But I insisted on changing the tire by myself. I just don't trust these C5 vulcanizing shops. What struck my tire looked like a metal part from an umbrella. It had a "v" cross-section which made the air go out instantly. I have read a lot (too much) about similar incidents at C5, and I'm sure this is man-made. Be careful guys and gals, and never stop at the dark spots.

[impulzz]

talagang sinadya ata ang laki nung pambutas nila para kahit tubeless dapa agad... pwede kaya isumbong sa tulfo brothers yan???

[greenlyt]

talagang sinadya ata ang laki nung pambutas nila para kahit tubeless dapa agad... pwede kaya isumbong sa tulfo brothers yan???

dapat nga siguro isumbong na yan para mabigyan na ng leksyon

[onewaytrip]

Ung tumama sakin maliit lang, mas malalaki un mga nakita ko sa isang forum. Nagkalat ang vulcanizing shops dun, kaya mahirap din maturo kung alin sa kanila. Buti na lang kaninang umaga may mga nagwawalis na MMDA sa tabi ng mga sidewalks. It pays to drive "slowly and safely" and to know how to change a tire.

[attic_dude]

damn badtrip yun ah! kahit marunong ka mag palit ng tire, siempre pagod ka na rin from work, hassle yun. kakainis, lalo na kung sadja yung pagbutas ng tire mo!

[miLes]

ok lang magchange ng tire but the fact na bababa ka pa lalo na kung late na yun yung delikado

[basti08]

ay...di pa nga magaling yung modus operandi nila....not perfectly done... nangyari nayan sa tito ko sa guadalupe ata basta sa makati...pag hinto nya...SAKTO sa harap ng vulcanizing shop!

pero sa C5 di lang yan ang pag-ingatan nyo...meron jan nangbabato ng windshield pag gabi...aasintahin ka...tapos magsisitakbuhan... right after the Fort....dun sa may mga squatter na side.

[finchy18]

amf mga take advantage na mga taong yan! kasama cla sa hassle!

[just4u]

ang hirap sa sitwasyon na ganyan di malaman ang totoong tulong sa mga modus operandi...

[ian_rex]

notorious yang lugar na iyan. medyo off-topic pero one time yung ka-officemate ko dyan din na-dali. binato ba naman yung 3-day old nyang mazda3 sa windshield.

[nugundam93]

nabiktima din mom ko jan sa C5, tapat ng market market, eksakto pasko pa. sila na nagpalit ng gulong.

handle ng timba yung nakabutas sa gulong.

pajero.

[doublea]

nadale na rin ako diyan. pero di ko alam na flat tire na pala ako. napansin ko lang na may paling iyung manibela ko sa kaliwa. tinignan ko sa may bandang IPI na ako. hayun, tube ng payong na may tulis ang dulo. tube ang ginawang pambutas para tiyak na sisingaw.

[finchy18]

Report nayan.

[seonadancing]

Buti kung maayos sa pag vulcanize e, a low profile tire for a 17 inch rim cost upwards of 5k each! Tapos bubutasin nila para sa P50? Susmarya!

[goldencoil]

nde lang yan, pag kumagat ka dun sa modus operandi nila, lalo ka pang maloloko.

Paglublob nila nang gulong mo dun sa isang maliit na container with full of water (para makita kung anong part nang gulong may butas..dahil sa bula), may nagaabang sa ilalim nun na mga 5-6 na pakong bakya na cguradong magpapadagdag sa butas. Pag angat nila nung gulong mo, sasabihin nila na heto yung iba pang mga butas. Syempre dagdag kita sa kanila yun.

Mautak din noh.

[flakez]

dapat isumbong na nga yan sa tulfo brothers.

[Autobeat]

What struck my tire looked like a metal part from an umbrella. It had a "v" cross-section which made the air go out instantly. I have read a lot (too much) about similar incidents at C5, and I'm sure this is man-made. Be careful guys and gals, and never stop at the dark spots.

Thanks for the warning. Pass by there occassionally as well.

[EL Chicane]

Kaya diretsuhin nyo na lang yung EDSA kaysa mag-C5 pa kayo.

[niky]

While I've heard horror stories about the C5 flat-traps, I've never been victim to them. It's fairly simple... drive in line behind other vehicles, keep your distance so you can see the road, and keep your speed down so you can avoid them. I've been doing C5 between QC and the SSH ever since it opened, and I haven't fallen victim yet.

But bring a can of fix a flat and a good crocodile jack if you need to... doesn't hurt to be overprepared.

[caloyski5]

pero sa C5 di lang yan ang pag-ingatan nyo...meron jan nangbabato ng windshield pag gabi...aasintahin ka...tapos magsisitakbuhan... right after the Fort....dun sa may mga squatter na side.

true! naexperience ko na yan..buti na lang bano yung bumato, sa roof ko tumama.. ayun, 2 nice dents sa roof