Driving 12 miles on a flat tire .

[A.B.Normal]

http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=77173

We asked her how loud it was driving like that. She replied, "Not that loud, but the sparks sure were bright!"

Scary that there are idiots like that on the road.

 

[MrBishop]

Oh..good lord. What an ultramaroon!

 

[Dave]

I wonder if she is related to the idiot I saw backing up in a rotary because she missed the on ramp....

 

[Professur]

I've told my wife to drive on her rim if need be (to get off the highway, or to get to a safe location at night)

 

[Inkara1]

I'd drive on my rim too if I were in the People's Republic of Quebec, land of the mandatory tow which you're charged for.

 

[Nixy]

I got a flat this morning...I did not drive 12 miles on it and there were no sparks. Doesn't make it any less of a pain in the ass though. Flat is getting repaired as we speak (I never realized how teeny spare tires are until I saw one on my car) and winter tires are getting put on (I'll be damned if I'm going back to the tire place in 2 weeks to get them done so I scooted over to my storage unit after I had the donut on and grabbed the snow tires to get everything done at once).

 

[Professur]

I got a flat this morning...I did not drive 12 miles on it and there were no sparks. Doesn't make it any less of a pain in the ass though. Flat is getting repaired as we speak (I never realized how teeny spare tires are until I saw one on my car) and winter tires are getting put on (I'll be damned if I'm going back to the tire place in 2 weeks to get them done so I scooted over to my storage unit after I had the donut on and grabbed the snow tires to get everything done at once).

the compact spares have only one purpose: save 5lbs. IMHO, they're something between totally useless and a road hazard. If your trunk will take it (and most won't, but it's worth the time to check) get a full sized spare. What I do is have my winter tires mounted on a second set of rims, and I keep one of them as the spare (and naturally a 4 season during the winter).

 

[GrandCaravanSE]

Wow, a Quarter of the brake caliper is missing.

 

[Nixy]

My winter tires are mounted on their own rims, a full size will not fit in my tire compartment though.

 

[Nixy]

I literally drove 12miles (if that) on my spare that day and I drove at a very reasonable speed...I wasn't taking any chances.

 

[Nixy]

Although it will give you piece of mind that I have not yet got around to dropping the all seasons off at the storage unit so I technically have 4 full sized spares in my back seat right now!

 

[Professur]

My winter tires are mounted on their own rims, a full size will not fit in my tire compartment though.

Does make you wonder what they thought you'd do with your full sized flat, doesn't it?

 

[Nixy]

Does make you wonder what they thought you'd do with your full sized flat, doesn't it?

Yeah, if I'd been on a roadtrip with a car full of people and a trunk full of our stuff I'd have been SOL. Luckily my trunk was empty so the spare could go in the trunk.

 

[GrandCaravanSE]

I want to know if the tire was locked, did that person even notice.