High speed puncture.
Discussion
On Monday, I suffered a high speed puncture in my 2012MY Superb 170CR, and was pleasantly surprised by how well the tyre stayed on the wheel. This is the second high speed (70mph) puncture I've had in the car in just over 2 years (one on the front, this one on the rear), and both times the car looked after me impeccably - so much so that I didn't even know I had a puncture - it just felt like a slightly 'rumbly' road surface. No question here, just reporting a positive experience 
. It has left me doubting my ability to detect a puncture now - and becoming paranoid and having to keep stopping to check my tires - LOL!! By the way, the repair gunge and compressor worked fine to get me to the nearest Kwik-Fit!!
. It has left me doubting my ability to detect a puncture now - and becoming paranoid and having to keep stopping to check my tires - LOL!! By the way, the repair gunge and compressor worked fine to get me to the nearest Kwik-Fit!!
LeoSayer said:
rich83 said:
I am surprised yours doesn't have a tyre pressure warning system...
My 2014 Audi A3 doesn't have one. My Superb has higher weight rated tyres (94Y) so perhaps that helps them stay on?
Elroy Blue said:
A 140mph blowout (no damage)
Reminds me of one of those videos from marked motorway patrol cars in the dim and distant past, where a tyre failed at North of 100mph and the car gracefully piroueted through 360 degrees before coming to a halt - it may have gone round even further, and suspect luck rather than driver skill was the saving grace! It made you think, which was of course the point of showing it.Think this is about the sole advantage that's come about from most family cars having very low profile tyres - you don't get the sudden drop/lurch and movement from an explosive deflation that you'd have got with a 70 profile skinny tyre.
I've had a puncture in town on an 18" wheel on an LCR and didn't realise till somebody shouted from the next lane in queuing traffic! Current 20s you can't tell how much air is in them unless you check the pressures.
A lot of VAG cars without TPMS can have a rudimentary system enabled via coding, if they've got MMI screen and a compatible ABS module. Did it on our S5 which came without TPMS but on factory 20s. I also prefer the direct forms of TPMS with sensors in the wheels but they're much more expensive and fallen out of favour with manufacturers as a result.
TPMS became a requirement for new type approvals from November 2012, but for existing types (and all new regisrations) from November 2014 - so anything bought as new now should have it across the board
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