Driving on a flat tyre... Can I do it?

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Hit a pot hole driving home from a 12 hour night shift, hit a pothole which blew the tyre completely.

Currently on the side of the road awaiting AA to recover the car home - back at work tonight so no time to sort this morning and will have to use another car.

Anyway, I have a tyre place 0.5 miles from my house.
One fairly quiet residential road from my house.

I don't have any Jacks or Axle Stands, foolishly.
Am I alright crawling it at 5-10mph to the tyre place, or is there too much risk it'll ruin my rim?

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No, because they don't open until 9am, and will not have the same spec tyre in stock.
Ideally I want to just be dropped home, get some sleep for my next shift, and sort the car out when I get a chance.

Will look at tyres on the drive. Thanks.

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Blib said:

Of course, if the OP's car was supplied with a spare then he'd be home by now.

In this age of safety over everything, being stuck on the side of the road for want of a spare beggars belief.

Very true.
I'm actually lucky to have breakdown through my bank...
I'd never bought breakdown cover because "it'll never happen to me".

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twokcc said:

TREMAiNE said:

No, because they don't open until 9am, and will not have the same spec tyre in stock.
Ideally I want to just be dropped home, get some sleep for my next shift, and sort the car out when I get a chance.

Will look at tyres on the drive. Thanks.

If car there first thing may be able to get you tyre same (or next day) how you going to get to work tonight?
depends on tyre size etc.. But as stated above tyre on the drive may be able to come out today and replace to your requirements.
Don't suppose you know if rim damaged?

I have other cars to use luckily which is why I'm prioritising sleeping when I get home and sorting the tyre when I get a day off.

I don't think the rim is damaged but who knows.
It looks OK, from hitting the pot hole to pulling over I've done half a mile. The pressure came out pretty quickly. I've driven mayne a quarter of a mile with under 10psi, from 50mph down to a crawling speed for the last 50-100m.
I should be ok, I hope.

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Thanks all.

I got home around 0800 and managed to get 6 hours sleep before my next shift.
The girlfriend ordered me a new tyre, which I'll have fitted on Monday, my next day off.

Luckily I have other cars to use!

But, lesson learned. I'll be ordering a space save and a set of jacks.

Undecided on whether I'll risk driving the car down to the tyre place. Given its only half a mile I reckon I'll be safe but also question whether it's worth risking it.