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11-13-2015, 03:14 PM
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Would rather be riding
Drives: No car no more Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Indiana
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It's nice when your car tells you about your flat tire.
Usually I look at the tire pressure on the DIC before I leave anyway, but the car told me before I could look.
Bad news, roofing nail. Plug it or boot it? Either method has it's risks. Opinions?
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11-13-2015, 03:27 PM
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Destroyed by flooding
Drives: Wife's car Join Date: Mar 2014
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I plugged one of my tires with the intention of having the tire patched. I forgot about it and 1.5 years later and around 12,000 miles when I replaced my rear tires, I thought, ' I was supposed to fix that!' I didn't have any issues. Stupid me, I bought a tire warranty and could have had the tire replaced for free. I forgot...
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11-13-2015, 03:28 PM
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Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue 2SS RS Join Date: Jun 2011
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depends on what you want to spend.
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11-13-2015, 03:30 PM
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Drives: 2014 Camaro 1SS RS Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Maryland
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to plug or not to plug
I would plug it if there is significant tread life left and I use the car for routine daily driving. I would replace it if I track the car regardless of tread life left. just my 2 cents...
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11-13-2015, 03:32 PM
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Destroyed by flooding
Drives: Wife's car Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Louisiana
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After I replaced the rear tire I got this a week later! This time I remembered my warranty, went to the dealership and they replaced my tire!
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11-13-2015, 03:37 PM
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Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible and: Join Date: May 2014
Location: Central Texas
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I can remember way back in the day when it was really hard to know if we had a flat, because our car did not inform us. We would sometimes drive around for weeks with the flat tire... I mean, how were we to know it was flat?
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11-13-2015, 03:46 PM
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Drives: 2011 1LT Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Crestline, CA
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These cars inform us of all kinds of cool things. A few months ago, I was driving along, when my DIC alerted me to the fact that my right- rear taillight was out. I happened to be a few hundred feet from an AutoZone, just barely enough time to hit the brakes, crank the wheel, and thread the needle into the parking lot. Sorry, forgot to signal.
Got out of the car, confirmed the malfunction, and had the offending bulb removed in about a minute. Went inside the store, purchased the replacement, and had it installed in another minute. No more than five minutes passed from the time I was informed of a malfunction, and the time that I was rolling again, repaired and ready to not get pulled over. |
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11-13-2015, 05:04 PM
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I don't know what "boot it" means.
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11-13-2015, 05:13 PM
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Drives: 2014 Red Hot LS3 Join Date: Oct 2014
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11-13-2015, 05:13 PM
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Drives: 2010 2LT/RS Black/IOM Join Date: Feb 2011
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11-13-2015, 05:22 PM
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Now with Onstar your car can send you a damn email before you know anything is even wrong..
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11-13-2015, 05:27 PM
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Would rather be riding
Drives: No car no more Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Indiana
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The tire has 5000 miles on it, we wouldn't be having this conversation if the hole was in the sidewall. I would junk it if that happened.
I think I'll just try to plug it, as per Ragner's experience and I don't want to risk somebody dismounting the tire and installing a "tire boot plug" which is basically a flat patch with a rubber stem that you pull through the hole in the tire from the inside. BTW there is no use in adjusting your tire pressure while watching the TPMS reading on your DIC, it took 2 blocks for the car to figure out the tire had the proper pressure in it again.
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11-13-2015, 07:05 PM
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I'd plug it and go about your business. Plugs are pretty effective
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11-13-2015, 07:05 PM
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