$500 nail
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Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Bogota / Navarre Beach
Never fails. I bought a new set of Michelin PSS just before driving on a 3,000 mile road trip - picked up a nice 4 inch nail halfway through the trip in Dallas. Luckily the place I chose to rest (and where the tire completely deflated) was adjacent to a full service auto shop.
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Drifting
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: BIG smoke eh!
I picked up a nail in my snow tire. Right in the middle, high in the tread. Wiggled it, it felt loose. Gave it a tug, 1/4 incher. No foul. lucky.
In the frunk, I have tire goo, tire plugs, two air pumps, jack and wrench. Oh, and a 2x4 to get the lowered car high enough to get the jack under.
Preparedness = hopefully never needing
In the frunk, I have tire goo, tire plugs, two air pumps, jack and wrench. Oh, and a 2x4 to get the lowered car high enough to get the jack under.
Preparedness = hopefully never needing
Pro
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 584
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From: ATL/SW FL
I picked up a nail in my snow tire. Right in the middle, high in the tread. Wiggled it, it felt loose. Gave it a tug, 1/4 incher. No foul. lucky.
In the frunk, I have tire goo, tire plugs, two air pumps, jack and wrench. Oh, and a 2x4 to get the lowered car high enough to get the jack under.
Preparedness = hopefully never needing
In the frunk, I have tire goo, tire plugs, two air pumps, jack and wrench. Oh, and a 2x4 to get the lowered car high enough to get the jack under.
Preparedness = hopefully never needing
Also, I caught a "nail" last August and I was pissed because I KNEW it was too close to the sidewall to be fixed. I got home and pulled it to find it was the length of a thumb tack. Hope I didn't just jinx myself
Drifting
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: BIG smoke eh!
I also get a giggle out of mag wheel locks on our cars, and or any car. The lock key is in the the car. If said bad buy wants my wheels, they are going to smash the window in, go thorough the glove box or pop the trunks or frunk to find the wheel key. Leaving additional mess, and I still don't have any wheels.
The only person a mag wheel lock inconveniences, is the owner!
The only person a mag wheel lock inconveniences, is the owner!
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Tampa
Well look at it this way...those Pirelli PZero tire suck....PZero's came on my GTS and my wives Panamera...GTS now has Yokohama AD08R...much much better tire and the Panamera has Michelin Super Sports
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Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Bentonville, AR
Didn't use to but one of the tires on one of my cars picked up a nail and the service manager looked up the paperwork and found I had some kind of tire road hazard coverage -- cost $7/tire when I had new tires mounted -- and the tire was replaced free of charge.
Had this happen several times. One time on the Turbo a rear tire picked up a nail. The tech checked and the nailed tire had the 3mm of tread depth left to qualify for replacement. I had to buy a new tire for the worn but otherwise good tire on the other side, but the replacement tire for the nailed tire was free and the rear tires had almost 23K miles on them.
Had this happen several times. One time on the Turbo a rear tire picked up a nail. The tech checked and the nailed tire had the 3mm of tread depth left to qualify for replacement. I had to buy a new tire for the worn but otherwise good tire on the other side, but the replacement tire for the nailed tire was free and the rear tires had almost 23K miles on them.