Flat Tyres

So, I have to ask... how many people have managed to blow a tyre on
their vehicle on the highway? (not including the Dempster highway, or
somewhere that you might expect this... I'm talking an Interstate, or
a paved secondary highway).

Okay, so this weekend I managed to blow my front tyre doing 65mph in
the left expresslane on the 401 (through Toronto). I managed to get
just east of Toronto before I blew it... drove around 10 miles before
I could get off the highway, no it's not safe to pull over on the
express section of the 401, and if you can fit your car on the
shoulder, you don't have much room to put on the spare. Thankfully I
have CAA/AAA to the rescue (the spare isn't even a real tire, and I
haven't a clue where the Canadian Tire is in any given town to replace
the tyres, so free towing is good during business hours).

I only ask, because this is the second time in 18 months I blew a tyre
on the 401... last time was 40 miles west of Toronto. I just find it
odd that in less than two years I've managed to blow two tyres where
most people I know don't even blow one. (Sounds like a rock hitting
the car, then the steering goes wanky... I was nice and calm, third
flat I've ever gotten, second on the highway).

S.

Tyre is an ancient world capitol. The last time I blew Tyre I was
playing a computer game where you get to wage war on ancient cities.

If you mean dealing with a blown *tire*. I recently saw advertisement
for special tires. You can safely drive on them at 45mph for up to 55
miles. They probably cost a little more than standard radial tires.
But, the investment is probably worth it for some.

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On 7/30/2007 11:45 PM Sapphyre exclaimed:
So, I have to ask... how many people have managed to blow a tyre on
their vehicle on the highway? (not including the Dempster highway, or
somewhere that you might expect this... I'm talking an Interstate, or
a paved secondary highway).

Okay, so this weekend I managed to blow my front tyre doing 65mph in
the left expresslane on the 401 (through Toronto). I managed to get
just east of Toronto before I blew it... drove around 10 miles before
I could get off the highway, no it's not safe to pull over on the
express section of the 401, and if you can fit your car on the
shoulder, you don't have much room to put on the spare. Thankfully I
have CAA/AAA to the rescue (the spare isn't even a real tire, and I
haven't a clue where the Canadian Tire is in any given town to replace
the tyres, so free towing is good during business hours).

I only ask, because this is the second time in 18 months I blew a tyre
on the 401... last time was 40 miles west of Toronto. I just find it
odd that in less than two years I've managed to blow two tyres where
most people I know don't even blow one. (Sounds like a rock hitting
the car, then the steering goes wanky... I was nice and calm, third
flat I've ever gotten, second on the highway).

S.

On Jul 31, 5:45 am, Sapphyre wrote:
So, I have to ask... how many people have managed to blow a tyre on
their vehicle on the highway? (not including the Dempster highway, or
somewhere that you might expect this... I'm talking an Interstate, or
a paved secondary highway).

Okay, so this weekend I managed to blow my front tyre doing 65mph in
the left expresslane on the 401 (through Toronto). I managed to get
just east of Toronto before I blew it... drove around 10 miles before
I could get off the highway, no it's not safe to pull over on the
express section of the 401, and if you can fit your car on the
shoulder, you don't have much room to put on the spare. Thankfully I
have CAA/AAA to the rescue (the spare isn't even a real tire, and I
haven't a clue where the Canadian Tire is in any given town to replace
the tyres, so free towing is good during business hours).

I only ask, because this is the second time in 18 months I blew a tyre
on the 401... last time was 40 miles west of Toronto. I just find it
odd that in less than two years I've managed to blow two tyres where
most people I know don't even blow one. (Sounds like a rock hitting
the car, then the steering goes wanky... I was nice and calm, third
flat I've ever gotten, second on the highway).

S.

Getting flat tires also can have nothing to do with the tire. I once
had two flats within a week which was very suspicious, and discovered
that the tire rims were cracked due to carrying a pretty heavy load in
the car a few days earlier. A trip to the junkyard for a complete set
of "new" tire rims solved that problem. Also, where you drive can
cause problems. We once lived near a route to a dump and I had to
constantly have nails, screws and other debris taken from the tires
and have them patched frequently, although I never had a blow out from
that.

George

"Brian K" wrote in message
ink.net...
Tyre is an ancient world capitol. The last time I blew Tyre I was playing
a computer game where you get to wage war on ancient cities.

Tyre was an ancient capital. Capitol refers to a building rather than a
city.

The word spelt "tyre" is correct (British) English. Also spelt that way in
Australia. American English uses "tire".

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia

"David Bennetts" wrote in message
...

"Brian K" wrote in message
ink.net...
Tyre is an ancient world capitol. The last time I blew Tyre I was
playing a computer game where you get to wage war on ancient cities.

Tyre was an ancient capital. Capitol refers to a building rather than a
city.

The word spelt "tyre" is correct (British) English. Also spelt that way
in Australia. American English uses "tire".

Regards

David Bennetts
Australia




Here in Canada, the PROPER spelling is TIRE. Mind you, I DO use the Brit
spelling for centre, humour, colour, endeavour, etc.. But, TYRE? I think
NOT.

David Bennetts wrote:
...
The word spelt "tyre" is correct (British) English. ...


But here spelt is a type of ancient wheat. We write "spelled". ;-)



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On Jul 31, 1:55 am, george wrote:
Getting flat tires also can have nothing to do with the tire. I once
had two flats within a week which was very suspicious, and discovered
that the tire rims were cracked due to carrying a pretty heavy load in
the car a few days earlier. A trip to the junkyard for a complete set
of "new" tire rims solved that problem. Also, where you drive can
cause problems. We once lived near a route to a dump and I had to
constantly have nails, screws and other debris taken from the tires
and have them patched frequently, although I never had a blow out from
that.

I've been having a fairly heavy trunk load (like 100 pounds or so)
that's sitting over one spot, but that's not really major since I'm
the only person in the car (when you think of how much three
passengers would add to the load of the car). Anyways, I blew the
front, and the mechanic told me to replace the other front tyre
because the rubber was separating from the rims. Any clues as to why?
The treads were still okay.

At worst, from the heavy trunk load, that board that covers the spare
(not much of a spare though), is a little warped from me putting heavy
things on it, which guaranteed Customs looked in there when he checked
my trunk just to see why the mat was moved and everything looked
disturbed, like I went into the spare tire well frequently (and the
board has sunk indicating the tire well might even be empty, which
would be considered strange).

S.

On Jul 31, 3:08 pm, Sapphyre wrote:
On Jul 31, 1:55 am, george wrote:

Getting flat tires also can have nothing to do with the tire. I once
had two flats within a week which was very suspicious, and discovered
that the tire rims were cracked due to carrying a pretty heavy load in
the car a few days earlier. A trip to the junkyard for a complete set
of "new" tire rims solved that problem. Also, where you drive can
cause problems. We once lived near a route to a dump and I had to
constantly have nails, screws and other debris taken from the tires
and have them patched frequently, although I never had a blow out from
that.

I've been having a fairly heavy trunk load (like 100 pounds or so)
that's sitting over one spot, but that's not really major since I'm
the only person in the car (when you think of how much three
passengers would add to the load of the car). Anyways, I blew the
front, and the mechanic told me to replace the other front tyre
because the rubber was separating from the rims. Any clues as to why?
The treads were still okay.

I doubt that 100 pounds in the trunk would make any difference, I was
talking about 1000 lbs distributed throughout the car. This occurred
a long time in the past, and it was interesting to read the car
specifications and find in this old extremely heavy Buick Electra that
having four 200 pound passengers exceeded the specifications, and
having six adult passengers and the large trunk of luggage would have
exceeded it a lot more.

There is always of course the possibility that you had defectively
manufactured tires. I've never had to replace tires due to regular
tread wear, they have always failed or needed to be replaced from
other causes long before that.

George

Sapphyre wrote:

I only ask, because this is the second time in 18 months I blew a tyre
on the 401... last time was 40 miles west of Toronto. I just find it
odd that in less than two years I've managed to blow two tyres where
most people I know don't even blow one. (Sounds like a rock hitting
the car, then the steering goes wanky... I was nice and calm, third
flat I've ever gotten, second on the highway).


I have only blown one tire in a car. Ironically, it happened with a
Michelin tire. It should not have been a surprise to me. I spent a year
working on a highway maintenance crew and we used to pick up more blown out
Michelins than all other brands combined. I don't envy anyone blowing a
tire on the 401. Even where there are decent shoulders and you can get to
them, it is not a safe place to be.

"Sapphyre" wrote in message
ups.com...
So, I have to ask... how many people have managed to blow a tyre on
their vehicle on the highway?
snip
I only ask, because this is the second time in 18 months I blew a tyre
on the 401... last time was 40 miles west of Toronto. I just find it
odd that in less than two years I've managed to blow two tyres where
most people I know don't even blow one.
snip, snip

Once many years ago I blew two on the highway on the same trip. These were
used radial tires. I attibuted it to them being mounted backwards (on the
wrong side of the my car) with respect to how they were mounted on the
original car. I *know* they were installed correctly according to the
markings on the tires. Musta been the guy who took them off the original
car mismarked them.

Luckily when the second one blew I was less than a mile from a junk yard.
Junk yards can come in handy.