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RoyF
Explorer
Jul 13, 2019

There's a reason to get rid of six-year-old tires.

I was going to replace that six-year-old tire right after one more little 900-mile trip. BAD MOVE. I hit a huge pothole on I-35 in northern Missouri. Three newer tires took the shock, but the fourth o...
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ependydad
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Jul 17, 2019
RoyF wrote:
From the OP: the answers to above questions:
(Q) Blowout happened how long after the pothole? (A) Immediately after hitting the pothole.


Harsh. Sorry to hear.

The one time I was milking a tire longer than I should, I hit a pot hole, the TPMS went off in seconds, and I was able to pull over all within about a minute (at least it felt that way- I could be wrong). I got lucky that there was no damage and the tire just went flat.

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