I had a tire blow out on 90E today...and I mean BLOW OUT!!!....when I got the tire off there was a puncture on the top of the tire...I obviously ran something over that punctured it and then once the air was let out the inside tire wall exploded 360* around......I was on the highway going about 70....the car remained stable (as stable as you can get for having an exploded tire) as I immediately pulled to the side of the road....somehow, the remaining rubber kept in contact with the wheel resulting in no damage to the wheel.....when I had a new tire put on and balanced the wheel still showed to be fine......I am just pissed cause no one stocked a reputable tire in 255-40-17 so I had to pay top dollar for a total POS......now I will have to order 2 new tires for the rear....whatever.......I just needed to vent....I'll post some pics of the tire once I get home, my office comp will not let me upload camera phone pics to this site

 

damn...sorry to hear that..hope everything is ok...

 

I wanna see some pics

 

There aren't any more wood screws in your bumper are there?

 

sh!t....that's probably what caused it

....i'll put some pics up in about 45min once i get home

 

initial puncture


that caused the tire to run flat which led to this

 

It's bad enough to replace a tire much less the wheel. at least there was no damage there

 

Since your tire size and manufacture is so common I am supprised no one had it in stock Next time pay attention to the road

 

........instead of Motoo playing twister in the passenger seat

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Popeye