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My brush(es) with death...
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Re: My brush(es) with death... -
04-04-2007
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I wouldn't have made this post...maybe by séance... Natalie |
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"Cathy F." ... "Wickeddoll®" ... *snip* Holy mackerel & ye gods - that is one seriously damaged looking tire. Glad you're fine! Cathy Thanks! I'm having a pretty good day, since I found out today that my thyroid biopsy was negative. |
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"Wickeddoll®" I wouldn't have made this post...maybe by séance... Natalie Excellent, I want to haunt A.A.T. when i die |
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"Wickeddoll®"... *snip* Holy mackerel & ye gods - that is one seriously damaged looking tire. Glad you're fine! Cathy Thanks! I'm having a pretty good day, since I found out today that my thyroid biopsy was negative. That's good news, for sure! Cathy |
Natalie
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Is it normal for a blow-out to be this severe? Somehow, I think I'd be toast if I'd made it to the highway: http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire1.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire2.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire3.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire4.jpg |
initially I thought it was just a small puncture because the ride got
bumpier only gradually. But after I passed my hand through 1 of the 2
sidewall punctures I realized that fix-a-flat couldn't fix my flat.
Treads last so long now that tires can become unglued internally while
still looking good from the outside, so I change mine least every 5
years. I also look for replacements rated at least A or B for
temperature, meaning they run cooler than C-rated tires.
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Is it normal for a blow-out to be this severe? Somehow, I think I'd be toast if I'd made it to the highway: http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire1.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire2.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire3.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire4.jpg |
initially I thought it was just a small puncture because the ride got
bumpier only gradually. But after I passed my hand through 1 of the 2
sidewall punctures I realized that fix-a-flat couldn't fix my flat.
Treads last so long now that tires can become unglued internally while
still looking good from the outside, so I change mine least every 5
years. I also look for replacements rated at least A or B for
temperature, meaning they run cooler than C-rated tires.
ROR
*Now* you tell me...
:-)
Natalie
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I was zooming along to work today, in my 2000 Echo, when I went to change lanes, and barely missed smacking into the rear of a Caddy...by inches, if even that. (would have been totally my fault) Further up the road, a huge cab-type truck (Dodge) nearly ran me off the road, but right about that time, I noticed my car started vibrating very violently. I figured my well-worn tires sprang a leak somewhere, but I had no idea of just how badly the tire had *exploded!* The nearest place to pull in was a used-car dealership, called "Classic Motors" which only sells domestic cars/trucks/vans. I felt really intimidated with all those Fords, Dodges, etc. surrounding my little rice-burner. LOL I never heard an explosion or popping, but then my iPod is usually blaring pretty loudly. Is it normal for a blow-out to be this severe? Somehow, I think I'd be toast if I'd made it to the highway: http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire1.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire2.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire3.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire4.jpg That tire looks like someone slashed it. I went ahead and replaced them all, since Arizona and Florida were very tough on them. My son had insisted the car was out of alignment, but it really wasn't, though it pulled the left. Doesn't do that anymore. Oh, well. Natalie |
left, if that tire was on left.
girlfriend has had vibration in front end of her car... new tires cured
that, tire guy said she had signs of belt shifting in one of her tires
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rantonrave (AT) mail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1175739357.391384.209600 (AT) n59g2000hsh (DOT) googlegroups.com... Wickeddoll® wrote: Is it normal for a blow-out to be this severe? Somehow, I think I'd be toast if I'd made it to the highway: http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire1.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire2.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire3.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire4.jpg Something like that happened to me on the freeway one night, and initially I thought it was just a small puncture because the ride got bumpier only gradually. But after I passed my hand through 1 of the 2 sidewall punctures I realized that fix-a-flat couldn't fix my flat. Treads last so long now that tires can become unglued internally while still looking good from the outside, so I change mine least every 5 years. I also look for replacements rated at least A or B for temperature, meaning they run cooler than C-rated tires. ROR *Now* you tell me... :-) Natalie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Natalie, |
Your tire looks 100% better than one I had on the right rear of an '86
Mercury Cougar that blew out on a very hot trip on Interstate 10 about 65
miles west of Phoenix.
It was 115 f. on an August Saturday in 1994 and I was hauling a u-haul
trailer behind the car. There was a bump as if I'd driven over a railroad
track piece of lumber, and suddenly the car was careening from side to side
across two lanes and more on the shoulders, and after half a dozen of these
veers, during which I felt as if I were sailing in a small boat in a high
sea, it finally came to a stop. The rear tire was so shredded I could have
stuffed it in a paper shopping bag. The last 65 miles were spent travelling
at 35 mph on a compact spare with not enough air in it, and arriving at
Phoenix never felt so good.
That little experience is a once in a lifetime lesson to make tires your
first priority in a car. Let your radiator go, use the wrong oil in the
crankcase or don't change it often enough, or let the fan belt get old and
cracked, but only your tires and brakes can get you killed, not just
inconvenienced. Now I purposely get the best tires I can find, and hang
the expense.
Thank Heaven you're unhurt, and able to regale us with your comments! Good
girl!
(If you've never changed a tire in the desert at 115f., you haven't lived!)
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rantonrave (AT) mail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1175739357.391384.209600 (AT) n59g2000hsh (DOT) googlegroups.com... Wickeddoll® wrote: Is it normal for a blow-out to be this severe? Somehow, I think I'd be toast if I'd made it to the highway: http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire1.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire2.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire3.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire4.jpg Something like that happened to me on the freeway one night, and initially I thought it was just a small puncture because the ride got bumpier only gradually. But after I passed my hand through 1 of the 2 sidewall punctures I realized that fix-a-flat couldn't fix my flat. Treads last so long now that tires can become unglued internally while still looking good from the outside, so I change mine least every 5 years. I also look for replacements rated at least A or B for temperature, meaning they run cooler than C-rated tires. ROR *Now* you tell me... :-) Natalie |
Yeah well anyway, you need to learn to check tire pressure yourself,
apparently, since so many gas stations are now nothing but convenience
stores, with nobody there to assist with these little maintenance chores.
And, stop smashing into curbs.
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Wickeddoll® wrote: I was zooming along to work today, in my 2000 Echo, when I went to change lanes, and barely missed smacking into the rear of a Caddy...by inches, if even that. (would have been totally my fault) Further up the road, a huge cab-type truck (Dodge) nearly ran me off the road, but right about that time, I noticed my car started vibrating very violently. I figured my well-worn tires sprang a leak somewhere, but I had no idea of just how badly the tire had *exploded!* The nearest place to pull in was a used-car dealership, called "Classic Motors" which only sells domestic cars/trucks/vans. I felt really intimidated with all those Fords, Dodges, etc. surrounding my little rice-burner. LOL I never heard an explosion or popping, but then my iPod is usually blaring pretty loudly. Is it normal for a blow-out to be this severe? Somehow, I think I'd be toast if I'd made it to the highway: http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire1.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire2.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire3.jpg http://s195323775.onlinehome.us/PageImages/Tire4.jpg That tire looks like someone slashed it. I went ahead and replaced them all, since Arizona and Florida were very tough on them. My son had insisted the car was out of alignment, but it really wasn't, though it pulled the left. Doesn't do that anymore. Oh, well. Natalie probably tire belt was coming apart internally... would explain pulling to left, if that tire was on left. girlfriend has had vibration in front end of her car... new tires cured that, tire guy said she had signs of belt shifting in one of her tires Actually, it pulled to the *right* that was a typo, and it was the right |
Natalie
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