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| Author: | PaulPSB [ Sun May 25, 2008 6:20 pm ] | |||
| Post subject: | Blowout | |||
On our way to Poole on Friday afternoon in the '44 when I hit something in the outside lane of the M5 near J3. There was a loud bang and the rear of the car "twitched" as clouds of smoke went up behind accompanied by a tremendous stench of burning rubber  This was my nearly new Conti Sport N1 tyre when I took it off the car:
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| Author: | tr7v8 [ Sun May 25, 2008 6:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
Ouch.... looks like it impacted something sharp. Is their any wheel damage? New tyre come Tuesday which will hurt the bank balance. |
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| Author: | Graham Waller [ Sun May 25, 2008 7:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
Can you not get one of them aerosol thingies that you just pop on to your valve, it seals the damage, inflates your tyre for you and is good to go as long as you keep the speed below 30mph............ I'd try that if I were you Paul. |
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| Author: | PaulPSB [ Sun May 25, 2008 7:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
Graham Waller wrote: Can you not get one of them aerosol thingies that you just pop on to your valve, it seals the damage, inflates your tyre for you and is good to go as long as you keep the speed below 30mph............ I'd try that if I were you Paul. I was thinking of a bit of Gaffa tape first 
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| Author: | PaulPSB [ Sun May 25, 2008 7:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
tr7v8 wrote: Ouch.... looks like it impacted something sharp. Is their any wheel damage? New tyre come Tuesday which will hurt the bank balance. No wheel damage I can see - new tyre ordered from Black Circles at £107.52 
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| Author: | EL Gordo [ Sun May 25, 2008 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
did you get your tipec discount from them? |
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| Author: | Helen Goff [ Sun May 25, 2008 8:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
bloody hell. now thats what i call a puncher. looks like it could have been dangerous. |
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| Author: | tr7v8 [ Sun May 25, 2008 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
I've had 2 punctures on low profile tyres, both I didn't realise until I was flashed & told in one case & slowed down for the other. The very stiff side walls on low profile performance tyres mean they stay held up until you either try going around a corner or slow down. |
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| Author: | lindsayhbrown [ Sun May 25, 2008 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Blowout |
i'm sure they could plug it
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