First to flat?
#1
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First to flat?
A dubious distinction, if I am.
Went out to kill some bugs past Waller and Prairie View, came home and while wiping off the carnage, noticed a nice Philips head in my front passenger tire.
Great fun this morning, and at least we made it home.
If/when they get a tire, do you think they will flatbed the whole car, or just come get the wheel?
Went out to kill some bugs past Waller and Prairie View, came home and while wiping off the carnage, noticed a nice Philips head in my front passenger tire.
Great fun this morning, and at least we made it home.
If/when they get a tire, do you think they will flatbed the whole car, or just come get the wheel?
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I had two tires replaced due to damage (one cut by curb at a track, an one had a nail) and I had a nail stuck in one tire that I was replacing due to normal wear. What I noticed is that these tires have a very tough and elastic internal layer that stretches around nails pretty much like a condom, so the tire does not go flat even with a nail in it.
I had to use porsche roadside assistance once, for another car, and the guy who came had no tools to work on centerlocks (I asked just in case - it was for my Cayenne).
I had to use porsche roadside assistance once, for another car, and the guy who came had no tools to work on centerlocks (I asked just in case - it was for my Cayenne).
#3
I carry the precision instrument wrench & extra tire flat filler and plugs with cement & tools in the trunk. I average three nails at year between the 911 and the Cayenne. Always a slow leak, but had to have one tire plugged on the road because I was 400 miles from home and didn't what to risk it.