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Left work and heard something odd. Pulled over and took the pic with the damn gigantic tapcon sticking out of my tire. It was 4:15 and called the tire place that closed at 5, they said "haul a$$" if you want it fixed today. Challenge ACCEPTED!
Down side is it was about 8 miles down the interstate. Went ok for about the first 4, then I heard the clunk of the bolt coming out of the tire.....damn! Within seconds the tire pressure light came in, but I was SO close, decided to keep going. About a mile from the exit, bad noises and knew the tire was flat, slowed WAY down and got on the shoulder. Limped the rest of the way.
So, I'm actually pretty impressed that tiny tire handled that level of abuse and thank God, protected my rim, not a single scratch on the rim.
Had a cheapy thrown on and back on the road in 30 minutes.
Pretty lucky it only cost me $140 for the tire mounted and balanced.
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Down side is it was about 8 miles down the interstate. Went ok for about the first 4, then I heard the clunk of the bolt coming out of the tire.....damn! Within seconds the tire pressure light came in, but I was SO close, decided to keep going. About a mile from the exit, bad noises and knew the tire was flat, slowed WAY down and got on the shoulder. Limped the rest of the way.
So, I'm actually pretty impressed that tiny tire handled that level of abuse and thank God, protected my rim, not a single scratch on the rim.
Had a cheapy thrown on and back on the road in 30 minutes.
Pretty lucky it only cost me $140 for the tire mounted and balanced.


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