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Originally Posted by spd98
If you buy GOOD tires you will not have a problem of a nail causing a blowout. I had a half inch drill bit go through a Bridgestone backwards doing 75mph or so. It just went flat and started knocking/vibrating. This was on a 200 GP GTP (FWD) and it was a rear tire as well.
You will know if your tire is flat enough to begin building heat LONG before the tread seperates if you pay attention to what your car is doing.
I'm not saying this was the case with you but it is simply idiotic to buy a high performance car (or any car for that matter) and put the cheapest tire you can find on it.
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These were factory tires..... new car.... straight road.....sorry, but I have to dissagree with you...
but you do not know the circumstances with my tire problem, do not assume you know about every senario that can occur.
You can drive many miles at 70 mph with low air (low air and summer heat will cause a tire to overheat quickly I had traveled about 30 miles before the tire started making noise.) in the tire and never feel it until it has damaged the tire beyond repair. If you had looked at the tire from the outside you would have thought it was repairable, but when the tire came off the rim you could see from the inside of the tire how the layers had seperated.
but like i said witht he tire pressure monitors that senario is history because you will be warned a long time before anything really bad happens.