Flat tire woes
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From: BEMIDJI MN
Flat tire woes
A couple of years ago I took my spare off and began running with only a can of foam flat tire fix. I thought the car looked better without the spare. I had never, until yesterday, had a flat with my 87 coupe. Three weeks ago I was cleaning up the garage and decided to check the air pressure in the temp spare and re install it. I did, and boy am I glad I did. Yesterday while driving to my nieces wedding in Thief River Falls Mn. I got a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. It only took me a few minutes to change it. Luckily the weather was kind to me. I don't think I will run without my spare again. Looks or not, it seems to fly in the face of common sense.
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That is why GM went to "run flat" tires, when they did away with the spare tire on Corvettes.
Any car (not just Corvettes) coming from the factory without a spare tire, is running on run flat tires.
Any car (not just Corvettes) coming from the factory without a spare tire, is running on run flat tires.
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From: D / FW
I'm putting a new tire on mine and putting it back on.
Even though it has never been used It's over 12 years old and most likely dry rotted.
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From: High Desert Southern California
I had a flat on my wife's Prius. I was in a hurry so I put a can of inflata-flat in and drove home. The took the tire to Costco where I bought the tires about 6 week earlier. There was a nail in the center of the tread. Costco say they will not patch the tire because the inflata-flat damaged the integrety of the inside of the tire. Never heard of that. I think they just didn't want to deal with the mess. I carry a can in my LT1, has anybody heard of damage caused by inflata-flat or similar products???
