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Feb 15, 2006 14:52:15 GMT
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Not talking about approaching pretty girls in bars, this is a safety issue! A family member in law was reconting how dangerous driving fast or nonhanded can be. He's had a few blowouts, one at 85mph, but he recons cos it was a Volvo, the good old tank just chugged on forwards instead of squirming about. Armed with zero research and a few interesting pictures, I just wondered what you all thought/experienced, and is there a way of preventing it and travelling fast in confidence? Does decent make tyres matter for this? nearest i got was a deformed big bubble on my 360, as if it had square tyres. fix it
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Feb 15, 2006 14:55:53 GMT
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That lady must have a lot of strength?
She's only got a flat small wrench by her side ;D
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Feb 15, 2006 15:04:26 GMT
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Perfect. dorty looking broad and can get wheel nuts of with a skin wrench... Mmmmmm.... No jokes aboout her getting my nuts off at all....
Sadly, a blowout is a blowout and if you have one you better be able to catch it and get the car back under control and come to a controlled halt.
I have had a couple in my time. One due to catching a sharp edged pot hole and blew a rear out in a FWD Rover I had and that was at slow speed and the car was fine.
ANother I had at about 30-35 blew a front tyre out which had been rigged by some guy who had it in for me and I lost control of the car completely. also a FWD Rover. I slewed across the road, started to spin, hit the kerb and bounced back. If I was going faster I'd have been in real s**t.
A rear tyre blowout you can deal with easily, a front blowing will cause the car to spin. Saw a Mondeo do a 720 spin on the M69 once when he lost a front tyre.
keep tyres correctly inflated, check for cracks or separation regularly.
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BlowoutsPaul H
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Feb 15, 2006 15:13:20 GMT
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he recons cos it was a Volvo, the good old tank just chugged on forwards instead of squirming about. That pretty much sums up the only time I've had a tyre blow out, when doing 75 / 80 mph on an autobahn. There was a sudden lurch as the tyre deflated, and I had to apply a decent amount of lock to hold it straight, but otherwise the car was completely stable. Had been doing an indicated 115 about 1/2 hour earlier & when I got a replacement tyre, I found put that the speed rating of the tyres on the car was only 117......
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Feb 15, 2006 15:23:24 GMT
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I know theres some gadgets you can get like a solid rim mounted rubber inner tyre which looks like it could do the trick. Would it be fair to say big rims and low pro tyres are safer, considering blowouts too? less height to lose
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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Mr K
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Feb 15, 2006 15:30:26 GMT
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my mate had a blow out a few days ago on a round about, he just clipped a curb and put a hole the size of a 2p in the tyre.
and my brother had a tie bar break on his mini too, allowing the front wheel to swing back up into the arch, he wasnt hanging about either on signle track country lanes as he was late for work. he went from holding the steering wheel normaly to huging it with his arms around behind it to keep it strait.
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SteB
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Feb 15, 2006 16:35:49 GMT
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I had a blow out after I ran over a small and possibly very pointy rock near the council tip on the way home in the old polo at about 60mph
Quite a pant filling experience actually, the car immediately dived into the middle of the road, possibly because of the camber of the road, but probably because the passenger side front tyre was flopping around and nearly hanging of the rim!
Ended up having to get the rim bashed back into shape and welded.
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Feb 15, 2006 17:27:57 GMT
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I've had a lot of them. I had a set of wheels I claimed were cursed. I actually had a front one go at 80mph on the M6. I believe the critical factor is the tyre profile, high profile tyres really suffer in a blowout where as low profiles don't distort as badly.
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Feb 15, 2006 18:05:55 GMT
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Just remember next time you are thinking of putting on a set of Nippon nevergrips or whatever, those 4 contact patches about the same area as your Palm are all thats between you and possible Death or serious injury Cheap tyres in My experience are worse for defects, blowouts and generally going out of shape Do everything you can to preserve the tyres, they are made to travel along quite nicely contantly loaded etc They are really not meant for bumping up Kerbs and the like, every time you do it you risk damaging the Carcass. Many people have "unexpected" blowouts..... don't stop to think that every time they park there car and bump up the Kerb that, that might have something to do with it Tyres are THE ONLY thing keeping you on the road and the Last thing you should skimp on HTH Dom
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bstardchild
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Blowoutsbstardchild
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Feb 15, 2006 18:18:41 GMT
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^ What he said - all of it word for word
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Feb 15, 2006 19:33:50 GMT
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^ something i'm starting to think about more and more. God i have driven some cr@p over the years i'm lucky to still be here! Nice tyres from now on, once i can afford.... Any recommendations while we are at it? Yokono a539's seem to be favourates...
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts
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SteB
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Feb 15, 2006 21:18:55 GMT
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Mine were Continental Sport Contact 2s in 50 profile - about 60 quid a pop at the time (if you pardon the expression)
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Feb 15, 2006 22:24:40 GMT
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I have always liked Falken`s and Toyos myself but have never been a fan of uniroyal,goodyear or michelin.
I have had a couple of blowouts all luckily without resulting in injury. Volvo 345 in my first year of driving had a blowout on the passenger side rear while going round a right hander, made for interesting oversteer.
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Feb 15, 2006 22:27:37 GMT
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I can't spell the name of my favourite tyres as there are some letters in the name I don't recognise, however they come from Ukraine, are made of liquorice and cost £20 for a 'load'.
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Feb 15, 2006 22:34:27 GMT
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I can't spell the name of my favourite tyres as there are some letters in the name I don't recognise, however they come from Ukraine, are made of liquorice and cost £20 for a 'load'. Sounds like a bargain ;D Pass on the contact details if you can find them. One make of tyre I really despise (if thats possible with a tyre) are Stomils. Dodgy polish tyre with very dubious build quality. Supposedly ideal for motorway, mud and also snow. But every one I have ever had has been egg shaped. Never actually bought one but all my early cars seem to come with those on.
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Feb 15, 2006 22:46:46 GMT
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Agreed, those stomils suck massive billy goat dong. Despite being made of the softest rubber known to man, they never get as far as wearing out cos they invariably 'egg' themselves the first time you exceed 38mph on the way home from the tyre shop. Utter Sh1t.
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1972 Fiat 130 1985 Talbot Alpine 1974 Lancia Beta Saloon 1975 + 1986 Mazda 929 Koop + Wagon 1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica 1977 Toyota Carina TA14 BEST CAR EVER!!!!!!!! 1979 Datsun B310 Sunny 4-dr 1984 Audi 200 Quattro Turbo 1983 Honda Accord 1.6 DX GONE1989 Alfa 75 2.0 TS Mr T says: TREAT YO MOTHER RIGHT!
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Mr K
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Feb 15, 2006 22:53:29 GMT
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Reminds me of when we got a scimitar SS1 home after we had just bought it, it had just been taken off the trailer and my dad was leaning on the front wing. All of a sudden there was a big bang as the front tyre directly infront of dad let up, he bricked him self un surpriseingly.
Turned out that it wasnt the Kerry Springfield tyre letting go but the inner tube popping!!
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I had a blowout and a another tyre bulge on a brand new Alfa 156, wasn't even registered, when the truck I was following lost a rock, no time to react,just straight over it, result 2 knackered pirellis @ 150 a pop. My boss back at the Alfa garage wasn't too imprressed ;D
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