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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by wolfdogs
its been under "investigation" a long long time.....too long. underinflation, and miss matched duals are culprit. Does not mater if its a retread or new tire..........
And they wonder why people want SUVs with ground clearance instead of cars.
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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I hit a piece of tire at about 60MPH. It did not look too bad, but when the car went up on the lift, we saw that the under part of the front clip was cracked. I had to replace it and the clear bra at a cost of over$2000.
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 09:44 PM
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Aye, glad your ok also . The other thing that causes problems is those lane-change bumps which are not good for over-inflated tires.
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Old Jul 27, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverScorp
Aye, glad your ok also . The other thing that causes problems is those lane-change bumps which are not good for over-inflated tires.
Thanks. Dont even get me started about wheel hop during turns with bumps Damn runflats, a necessary evil?

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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:06 AM
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Wow, just tonight on my way home from work, I had to slalom around multiple chunks of tire/gators over a 1/2 mile to mile distance. Truck must have blown a couple tires and just kept going as the continued to shred.
I was glad I wasn't driving the Vette today.

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Old Jul 28, 2009 | 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by AORoads
Bad to see, but just be glad you weren't in an open-wheel car and a spring comes flying at you.
You must be a Formula 1 fan Feel sorry for Masa, that was a 1 in a million chance.

Try some of this, might buff right out:



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