78VOLAREWAG
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Blew a tire on the PA Turnpike. I guess I should have know better than to keep driving on tires that old.
Not a great weekend
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Raff
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Ouch. Hopefully only surface damage.
Oldiron440
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About seven years is all tires are good for then the manufacturer says replacing is the thing to do no matter how many miles or tread depth.
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78VOLAREWAG
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The 1/4 panel is actually pushed up from the bottom from the tread slapping it.
XfbodyX
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No since tossing salt in a wound on old tires, I can guess you might of thought you had a bad u joint for a moment until it blew...been there.
I think you got very lucky, from your pic of the tire the outer QP usually get dramatically crumpled like crushing an AL can to 1/2 its size.
No crash, no injury, car dont look too bad.... you did ok.
I think you got very lucky, from your pic of the tire the outer QP usually get dramatically crumpled like crushing an AL can to 1/2 its size.
No crash, no injury, car dont look too bad.... you did ok.
old yellow 78
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Wow! You are lucky - it could have been so much worse. A good lesson for everyone. Too bad about the quarter panel, but again, that could have been much worse too.
When driving (any car) and you feel a somewhat different, but strong, vibration suddenly, you need to slow down right now (don’t even think twice), for a tire is almost ready to utter, suddenly, “I quit” !
I just now noticed you have trim that covers the rear marker lamps. The marker lamps are a royal pain to change out with that trim in place.
Sorry to hear about this issue – but at least no one got hurt (with exception being the pocket book).
BudW
I just now noticed you have trim that covers the rear marker lamps. The marker lamps are a royal pain to change out with that trim in place.
Sorry to hear about this issue – but at least no one got hurt (with exception being the pocket book).
BudW
