Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 (edited) Hey All, While travelling down to LeeP today to pickup an old drivers seat kindly donated by JamieP I had a little puncture, this happened on the A23 just as it goes from 3 lanes to 2 and down the hill. A big thanks to Lee who came out and met me as the wheel wrench in the car wouldnt fit the nuts It was a long slow drive home on the space saver #1 #2 #3 #Tire ID Edited January 20, 2009 by Wez (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Glad you are ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Bl**dy hell mate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Have you tried some Tyreweld? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra matt Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Christ you should look at this thread mate!!!!!!!!!http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=174555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Tyreweld? Didnt have any with me sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan.G Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Bet the back end was fun when that happened. Well held i would say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Lucky man, could have had potential for much worse if that went at speed. Any idea what happened? Were those used on the track at all and is that the ones from the NA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Had that been run flat at all before ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 What could've caused that then, was the tyre an old one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Yeah it was in the NA, I got a loud clunk from the rear followed by some rear wobbling, I let the car slow down and pulled off as soon as I could, if I had carried on round the next corner I am sure the story wouldnt be so funny. Just checking my tire age against the info posted in the other thread, its not good, it looks like they could be pre 2000, just trying to work out the year as it was purchased by me in the last 18 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Glad you are ok mate, on a side note my wife you kill me if i had that in the house:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 What could've caused that then, was the tyre an old one? It would appear so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Glad you are ok mate, on a side note my wife you kill me if i had that in the house:d Yeah the misses wasnt very happy when I had a complete spare set in the kitchen, I stuck a plant on them and said its a modern feature, she didnt laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Here is the tire ID, just looking on the other website to try and date it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thats not good wez, glad you`re ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 I have emailed Goodyear to see if they can tell me when it was made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 20, 2009 Author Share Posted January 20, 2009 Just checked and I ordered two new rears on 22/01/08 and then another on 14/09/08 when the rear passenger side blew out, not all the way round but in a similar way. So less than year old to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Glad you're ok mate. I had this happen on a set of Toyo t1-s tyres just outside of Paris. I pulled over as soon as I felt the wobble and inspected the tyres, but could not find anything wrong with them. Anyways, I set off again and it blew shortly afterwards. It's a scary experience isn't it! I had to drive back to York on a space saver in the rain, which was an experience in itself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTRickeh Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 After doing a little searching on the net I think the Eagle F1 GSD3 was released in 2002 so must be post 2000. Are those the only numbers on it? I checked my F1 rears not long ago and the age number was around the middle of the sidewall rather than that close to the rim. Glad you and the car are ok it could've been a lot worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gzaerojon Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 bloody hell mate, that was lucky sounds like you were at handcross? you don't wanna know the drop glad you're ok, and well held Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Did you go from 10p to dustbin lid in a nanosecond? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveR Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Holy crap! What caused that then, any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Doom Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Wow, a lucky escape there!! Glad you're ok! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Is it possible that the tyre deflated first from a normal puncture and the rim sawed it up like that while you drove on it, carefully getting off the road? -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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