Had a blow-out on motorway tonight!!

Glad your ok Darryn

Same thing happened to me, only I was driving a LWB transit at 60 down a dual carriageway, van went sideways and somehow I managed to avoid sliding over to the other side of the road and got it safely across into a petrol station

 

Feckin 'ell RDB, you're alive! thought you'd left the country Car being wired up at the end of month

 

It'll t-cut out








well someone was bound to eventually...

 

Only just after the blow out!

Don't post on here much anymore, you know why

Though I do log on to check my PMs now and then so keep me updated on the car's progress mate

 

Sheeeeeet mate, glad your ok! sounds nasty! if that'd of been me id of crashed it !

Dave

 

no, i always use Goodyear F1's, but these were only cheapos to use from June - September/Octoberish, before the RA's with the F1's went back on for winter.

besides, it didn't come with a health warning saying "this is a cheaper tyre - it will blow out and try to kill you after 2 weeks"

 

this was the car yesterday. i had to drive home 12 miles at 15mph as the bumper was almost on the deck...

had to drive a route to avoid pot holes, hills, curvature of the earth etc.



got the RA's back on the front the now til i get this sorted.

the flailing tyre ripped out rivet on arch too, so need to go buy more rivets for gun to get that back on

please excuse the manky car, i was actually on my was to wash it at my da's work (nightshift) when it happened

i may add, there was absolutely no rubbing at all. checked suspension of one that blew off, and i checked the passenger one while i was swapping that too - nowhere near anything, and no rubbing marks on the tyre

 

reminds me of this day in australia when we had a blowout at about 80mph

did a 270 degree turn and ended up the other side of the road, lucky there were no road-trains about

 

Im surprised the jack didnt try to kill you aswell!

 

i don't tend to carry a around a trolley jack and axle stands.

 

bet the sh*t came out your collar

it does like the side wall has had a hard time, you certain it hasn't rubbed on anything either

other than that I'd say a defect, the way most tyre place want it so sell you a replacement tyre, and send the old one back to be tested
couple weeks later you hear nothing

 

You were lucky mate, glad ur ok and the wheels didnt suffer any pain

Id defo get a decent wheel as ur spare tho, aint a big fan of space savers at best of times but with that drop/bumper/splitter combo defo not

 

if you read the post of the pic of the space saver i say i have the RA's back on the front

 

nasty that , top driving keeping it together.

 

I did read the post i mean in general keep a decent sized wheel in the boot for future incidents if they were to happen

 

Bleedin ell darryn!! Thats one hell of a blow out