80mph blow out!!!! NOW WITH PICS
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80mph blow out!!!! NOW WITH PICS
Just had a blow out at 80mph on the motorway fuck me did i shit sideways at 80 on a motorway aint good especialy facing the central reservation .Big thanx to projectrs for comin out with a wheel oh and a jack cheers fella.
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its not a cozzy mate its a rep but yes and i shat my pants,very nealy flipped thank fook it didnt as ive only just finished buildin it
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I've had 2 in the last 1 1/2 years. Kind of made me think a little bit about do I really want to be driving a sierra it 160+ at any time ever on the road as you'd be fucked if the same happened!
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i had similar happen last year in my Movano works van.
tad under 90mph and the nearside rear wheel shreaded its tread, tyre stayed inflated but the whole outer tread was gone, just a few metal wires sticking out, took the side of the van out at the same time and dragged me accross 2 lanes within seconds.
i seriously shit myself, lucky nothing was immediatly along side me when it happened!
Glad your ok tho mate.
tad under 90mph and the nearside rear wheel shreaded its tread, tyre stayed inflated but the whole outer tread was gone, just a few metal wires sticking out, took the side of the van out at the same time and dragged me accross 2 lanes within seconds.
i seriously shit myself, lucky nothing was immediatly along side me when it happened!
Glad your ok tho mate.
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Tell you something else too. I watched a program once and they showed a road maintenance truck with a big magnet on the front drive down one lane of a main road and the things it picked up... Its a wonder blow outs dont happen more often really!
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Thanks mate its taken just over 3 years to build but nearly wrecked it last nite i will try and get a pick up later of the wheel and tyre,its litraly in half goin to get a new one today providing the wheel is ok
Thanks mate its taken just over 3 years to build but nearly wrecked it last nite i will try and get a pick up later of the wheel and tyre,its litraly in half goin to get a new one today providing the wheel is ok
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Its great fun aint it, try that shit at about a ton on a RWD same thing happened to me on the way to ford fair a couple of years back. Lucky it was about 8 am on a Sunday and I had all 3 lanes to hold onto the car
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glad your ok mate but its just all part of learning imo
i was flat out in my old 325i sport on the way to a pf meet one time and had a blow out on the front.was an indicated 140 sumthing on the speedo
luckily only swerved across one lane and just avoided the kerb of the central reservation .
stoped to change tyre and felt fine wasnt till spare was on and started moving again that the shock of would could have happened hit me.think i was a tad lucky my mate followed through i think tho
i was flat out in my old 325i sport on the way to a pf meet one time and had a blow out on the front.was an indicated 140 sumthing on the speedo
luckily only swerved across one lane and just avoided the kerb of the central reservation .
stoped to change tyre and felt fine wasnt till spare was on and started moving again that the shock of would could have happened hit me.think i was a tad lucky my mate followed through i think tho
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couple of pics if it works
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g.../Blowout-1.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...75/Blowout.jpg
got a new tyre this mornin luckily wheel was ok
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g.../Blowout-1.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/g...75/Blowout.jpg
got a new tyre this mornin luckily wheel was ok
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was lucky i wasnt in the outside lane otherwise it would have been a different story,think it would have been parts for sale so was very lucky mate
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Originally Posted by foreverwhite
i had visions of getting head from Julian Clary when I read the title.
unlucky mate, has it wrecked the rim?
unlucky mate, has it wrecked the rim?
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fuck mate it could've been nasty
glad there wasnt damage to the car
i had a rear blow out on my work transit at 80
and i shit myself the thing was all over the place
glad there wasnt damage to the car
i had a rear blow out on my work transit at 80
and i shit myself the thing was all over the place
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Originally Posted by steviecossie
fuck mate it could've been nasty
glad there wasnt damage to the car
i had a rear blow out on my work transit at 80
and i shit myself the thing was all over the place
glad there wasnt damage to the car
i had a rear blow out on my work transit at 80
and i shit myself the thing was all over the place
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he put a pirelli pzero on this, but this will probably make him think a bit more about how important the bits of rubber are on your wheels and we all spend Ł000's on our cars and several of us moan at spending an extra Ł50 on getting top class tyre to run of the mill ones.
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last year i hired a luton van to help my sister move house, whilst travelling along the M1 at 70mph , one of the rear tyres blew taking the wheel next to it out aswell (twin wheeler thingie), i absoultly shit myself, it jumped sideways and felt like it could roll over at any minute, how i managed to catch it and control it, still amazes me today!
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Originally Posted by Saaamon
Hearing this now will probs make me go out n get decents one when they need changing next, ive got ditchfinders at the moment... a scary thought lol
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Originally Posted by project rs
Originally Posted by Saaamon
Hearing this now will probs make me go out n get decents one when they need changing next, ive got ditchfinders at the moment... a scary thought lol
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Lucky one there mate, the tyres look in good condition to. I had a blow out a few years ago having a bit sport in my old Saph with a bike, front drivers side blew a split in the inside about 8 inches long, the noise was mad, the poor lad on the bike who was level with me at the time got a shock to, really loud bang! car never budged much at all, the tyres i used at the time were Avons and i know from getting them fitted before and having a propper nightmare to get them on the rims they were a really hard tyre, so i dont know if that helped but i thought at (them) speeds it would have span and been on its bloody roof. i always kind of think of that now.
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Originally Posted by cos im worth it
Lucky one there mate, the tyres look in good condition to. I had a blow out a few years ago having a bit sport in my old Saph with a bike, front drivers side blew a split in the inside about 8 inches long, the noise was mad, the poor lad on the bike who was level with me at the time got a shock to, really loud bang! car never budged much at all, the tyres i used at the time were Avons and i know from getting them fitted before and having a propper nightmare to get them on the rims they were a really hard tyre, so i dont know if that helped but i thought at (them) speeds it would have span and been on its bloody roof. i always kind of think of that now.
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Think that was proably the problem with mine to mate. The wheels i bought were second hand and had been on an ultra low saph, so you dont know what damage had been done before i got them. Thats a lovely looking Escos rep you've got there mate, looks the bizz, the Rondells/Engles look the part, Mark
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Originally Posted by cos im worth it
Think that was proably the problem with mine to mate. The wheels i bought were second hand and had been on an ultra low saph, so you dont know what damage had been done before i got them. Thats a lovely looking Escos rep you've got there mate, looks the bizz, the Rondells/Engles look the part, Mark
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i had a front blowout @85 on the m1 just over a year ago and threw me infront of a lorry, i was lucky i wernt hit , now whenever i go on a long journey i make sure my tyres are correctly inflated
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last time i had a blow-out i ended up upside down faceing the wrong way in the fast lane of the m3, watching cars skid to a stop infront of my head.. not good i tell you