A smart kid would have bought a pound of nails at the hardware store. Good profit there

 

Here are photos of the puncture.

 

I have been driving for fifty-six years and only had one blowout. That was in my 1967 GTO in 1968 just outside Flagstaff, Arizona on Route 66. I was going about 75 MPH when the rear driver's side tire blew like a cannon shot. I have had many slow leeks from screws or nails.

 

Route 66 is jinxed!

 

Very rare to find new roofing nails in the middle of the street as most of them were weathered as they were from the tear off shingles, and the tear offs were loaded in a trailer that wasn't nail proof. New nails were in a cardboard box and any that were dropped by the roofer landed next to the house and the magnetic rollers usually picked them up. The roofers did not sweep the street with their magnetic roller.

A kid handing me a handful of new nails would actually would be very dumb.

 

I've been at 145 on 66 out west. Sure glad I didn't have a blowout at that speed. But if I did, I would rather have run flats than non run flats on my Z06. I suspect that the run flats would be a little easier to control the car as you scrub off speed. Less likely that the tire bead would separate from the wheel rim.

Back in 1965, I special ordered a 396 4 speed bench seat Impala. I ordered everything that the NASCAR teams ordered. One item was special wheels that not only were wider, but had a special design bead area on the rim, to help prevent the tire bead from separating from the rim. Five special wheels were a $5 option. Actually, everyone that ordered a new Chevrolet should have special ordered those wheels, for safety sake. But they were a hidden option, so the general public didn't know they were even available for their new 1965 Chevrolet.

 

I replaced my Goodyear Run Craps on my 2007 C6 with Michelin A/S Run Flats and it was a huge improvement. On my 2014 C7 I picked up a deck screw while in San Diego and OnStar directed me to the nearest tire shop--15 miles away--where they were able to plug and patch it. I now have a 2017 GS and I fully intend to replace the run flats with Michelin A/S run flats when the time comes, and assuming Michelin makes them by then. The Michelin A/S Run Flats are great tires. I swear by run flats.

 

I'm a little like vb and Joe. Whenever I see a "roofing" truck, I cringe. (open air pickups with stuff piled high make me worry, too) When it's in my area/development I go really slow looking for nails. I've been known to walk around the house getting the new roof, looking for nails, esp. on the street and driveway.

I guess the word is out in my metro area: there's now a roofer just in the past month or so on radio starting out with the claim, "We strive for zero nails left around at every job. What we take off, we count and keep for trash."

 

My new tires came in. Pilot Sport A/S Zero Pressure 3+ Y-Speed. When they removed the flat tire, guess what? There was a hole in the rim about the size of a dime. So they mounted 3 of the new ones and put the other new one aside until I get the new rim, which I ordered next day air freight. $75 for the freight. Can't order it until Monday so I'll get it Tuesday at noon and run it over to Discount. They remounted the the blown tire temporarily to the broken rim so I could go home. They plugged the hole in the rim with a rubber plug. I can limp back there when I get the new one.
So now I'm getting real eager to get on the road again. I'm going into a withdrawal period. I'll take a picture of the rim when they take it off and put the new one on. I have to deliver the old rim to Bradley chev so so I can get a $50 price off the new rim.
At least I'm on the road to recovery.
I know we like pictures. At least I can provide a picture of my new tire to be mounted with the other 3. It looks lonely in that trunk of mine.

 

Tire Bead? We don't need no stinking tire bead!

 

Did you notice any interesting aerodynamic effects from your innovative "tire wing" at higher speeds?

Someone should start a thread of interesting tire failure pictures. Fortunately I have nothing to contribute at this point since my last major failure was over two decades ago with a 1991 GMC Sierra pickup. I was heading back to Cosby, TN late at night after watching the "Unto These Hills" play in Cherokee, NC and less than a mile from my hotel I heard a rapidly deflating tire. I limped into the hotel and installed the spare in place of the flat which had a huge cut in the center of the tread. I drove to a local tire shop recommended by the hotel and the shop owner heard a rattle as he dismounted the tire and found a disc brake pad inside. In a beautiful East TN accent he said, "I found spark plugs inside before but I never seen a disc brake inside a tire before" Amazingly it didn't damage the aluminum wheel and although he didn't have a new tire to fit he switched the spare tire from its steel wheel to the aluminum wheel and mounted a good used tire he had on the steel spare. Total charge: $10. He got a very big tip! I have always loved the eastern TN mountain region and this solidified my feelings for this beautiful area and its people.

 

No adverse handling when it happened. Just the noise.

That picture is after 30 miles driving. Michelins are some tough RFs!

 

That's interesting...a blown tire and a hole in the rim. What could have causes that?

 

"IED"

 

That's what I would like to know. I called my insurance and they will pay for the rim replacement I ordered less the $100 deductible.

 

I finally got my Pilot Sport A/S 3+ ZP (Y-Speed Rated) installed. Very nice. I have been without the car for a week and half now. The tires came in last Friday, but they discovered I also had a hole in the rim. My new rim came in today and the rest is history. Fortunately Progressive Ins covered the price of the rim less $100 deductible.
So far these tires are quieter than my previous version of these. Probably because the tread is at full depth being new. I took a couple of 1G turns and nary a squeal, and no over-steer. I run the rear tires with less air than the front for grip. If I run same pressure in front and back it will tend to over-steer.
Ahh....everything in Corvette land is good again.