My car eats nails
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My car eats nails
Screws, bolts, whatever. Third one in maybe 3 months, same tire (right rear). Should probably be patchable again. (The second nail apparently wasn't all the way through, so the tire only has one patch so far).
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It seems that my tires were particularly attracting nails, etc. during certain times,--when they were quite new, and with only a few thousand miles on them. It seems that they attract less when they get more worn,--don't ask me why. The right rear (for us in the USA) is usually the one most likely to take the hits.
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my mechancic told me the right rear is the most prone as it is on the inside near the curb, where debris accumulates ALso, something about the "exact" speed of the car is what makes it more prone...if you hit the sweet spot on speed, a) the front tire straightens it up, and then b) the rear tires gets puntured for some reason, this sweet spot speed is in line with that experienced in parking lots (as opposed to highway speed)
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my mechancic told me the right rear is the most prone as it is on the inside near the curb, where debris accumulates ALso, something about the "exact" speed of the car is what makes it more prone...if you hit the sweet spot on speed, a) the front tire straightens it up, and then b) the rear tires gets puntured for some reason, this sweet spot speed is in line with that experienced in parking lots (as opposed to highway speed)
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Actually, we did a POLL on Rennlist about 18 months ago and factoring out the UK drivers with their steering wheels on the other side, the RR tire was the one taking the majority of the hits.
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Thankfully for me, it was in the meat of the tire and was short enough that when I unscrewed it, the tire held pressure.
Unfortunately, I had already replaced all four tires with my snow tires believing I was going to need to bring these wheel elsewhere for repair.
Unfortunately, I had already replaced all four tires with my snow tires believing I was going to need to bring these wheel elsewhere for repair.
