Tyre blow out fun!

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Beetlegav

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 Nelson, Lancashire
Well to anyone wondering how the car holds up to having a blow out without runflats... It does pretty good!
I was expecting the wheel to have sat into the Tarmac but the tyre kept it up off the road. Also had to limp it about 1mile before I could stop.
Went with an almighty bang!
Had no prior warning of issues nor did I hit anything to cause it, I was simply going round a bend on a narrow country lane when it let go. Luckily happened a few minutes before I would have joined the m65

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Had to get someone to bring me my jack and my trusty bricks out so I could get it up in the air and then get my dad to bring me one of my spare wheels out (he brought me the one with a flat tyre) helpful :lol:

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Not quite how I planned to look for the Unphased June meet but heyho. Bloody deserved that pint!

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Yup. It had a slow puncture for about a month so I think it had fatigued eventhough I kept ontop of it
 
Well as usual what matters is that it turned out ok and you were ok. I still love that colour btw. fantastic..
 
Had to get someone to bring me my jack and my trusty bricks out so I could get it up in the air and then get my dad to bring me one of my spare wheels out (he brought me the one with a flat tyre) helpful :lol:

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The can of Halfords 'Tyre Weld' didn't work then? :rofl:
 
Ouch. Glad you're okay though and no damage to the wheel!

At least you get scene points for different wheels! :thumbsup:
 
I've had a blowout on a boat trailer on the M3. Its not a nice feeling at all. Glad you're ok and the car's ok too. That tyre looked like its been running on its edge for a while or was that just down to limping to the side of the road?
 
I think that's just from limping it, with the natural camber I presume it sat on that edge hardest.
Ironically I checked my tyres the day before for wear and they seemed good :lol:
 
Glad it turned out ok :thumbsup: I had a run flat tyre come off the rim on our old E90 330d which surprised me a fair bit because with it being a run flat I thought it would stay on the rim, luckily I wasn't going that quick so I limped off the motorway and had a tyre firm replace it at the side of the road.

I cant stand run flats though and I have just swapped them to normal tyres on the 640d and very happy with the results, just need to get them off the 330i now but I don't do many miles in that so it could be a while.
 
you need a low profile jack :)

having said that i bet you'd still struggle getting under with a complete flat
 
Yeah I do need a low level jack :lol: well I won't next month as I'll have air ride :D
Luckily the flat was on the side where I don't have one of the plastic blocks. So I had extra space to get the jack under. Still had to lift up on the wheel arch to get it under.
 
Glad your ok ! I had a total blow out once in an Vauxhall Astra Estate on the motorway - real scary !

Loving the colour of your Z and those wheels Look awesome (not so keen on the purple one !)
 
Cheers :)
I had a rear wheel fall off my beetle before about 5 year ago. That was a definite brown pants moment!
 
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