On the way to work this afternoon
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Had the car flat out in 5th today out on a client visit, 5 miles from the office on my return I noticed wheel wobble through the steering wheel, ah ha flat tyre, yes indeed, put air in and an hour later went to the garage and put a bit more in (to 36 psi), ok I thought, went hammering up to join the m/way & bang, inside wall with a slit big enough to put your fist through, won’t go on about not carrying a spare but an experience not experienced before (suffered numerous punctures before, even on the track) and made me think of a nagging worry, what if that happened at speed?
I have heard of lots of HSV’s with blow out’s through a dealer, we thought, probably those that don’t drive them often, always parked up etc but has anyone experienced a blow out at speed in a Holden before?
I’m sure some of you have but it’s the Holden experience I’m after.
Reason for asking is that my experience at three figures with possibly 5 psi was nearly undetected
I have heard of lots of HSV’s with blow out’s through a dealer, we thought, probably those that don’t drive them often, always parked up etc but has anyone experienced a blow out at speed in a Holden before?
I’m sure some of you have but it’s the Holden experience I’m after.
Reason for asking is that my experience at three figures with possibly 5 psi was nearly undetected
Hey there Will, could have come and given you my spare.
I had a blow out about 10 years ago, doing about 120km/hr. Wasn't very pretty, made a bit of a mess around the wheel arch. Lucky enough though that I wasn't going around the corner but was on a straight. Anyhow, was the first and last time I ever ran Yokohama's on the car, didn't like the mess the tyre made, pretty much self destructed. I don't know what it was that caused it to go suddenly though. A nail will tend to make the tyre go flat slowly. All I remember was a big loud thump, then having to try and pull it up. Scared the hell out of me, cause it was out in the middle of no where - about 40km out of Dubbo, and about 3am in the morning. Something that you don't expect to happen. Flat tyre yes.... blow out no....
Think the feeling though might be a bit different with the bigger wheels, cause these ones were 15" wheels, and there is a lot of rubber on them.
I had a blow out about 10 years ago, doing about 120km/hr. Wasn't very pretty, made a bit of a mess around the wheel arch. Lucky enough though that I wasn't going around the corner but was on a straight. Anyhow, was the first and last time I ever ran Yokohama's on the car, didn't like the mess the tyre made, pretty much self destructed. I don't know what it was that caused it to go suddenly though. A nail will tend to make the tyre go flat slowly. All I remember was a big loud thump, then having to try and pull it up. Scared the hell out of me, cause it was out in the middle of no where - about 40km out of Dubbo, and about 3am in the morning. Something that you don't expect to happen. Flat tyre yes.... blow out no....
Think the feeling though might be a bit different with the bigger wheels, cause these ones were 15" wheels, and there is a lot of rubber on them.
Hit a pothole (missing cats eye) on the M4, took it easy for about 40 miles. All seemed well. As it was late in the evening the M4 was pretty clear, so I started to enjoy the cars approx.530bhp. Sods law, on a spurt well into 3 figures,I noticed smoke from the drivers side front tyre. The situation deteriorated rapidly. Couldn't use the brakes, so just put my foot on the clutch & coasted across to the slow lane. The car remained pretty stable, but it was taking ages to slow down & I was freaked in case the whole tyre came off & the rim dug into the tarmac. Eventually rolled to a halt(with hindsight, I could probably have used the handbrake). The outer wall of the tyre had gone, but amazingly the rest of it was intact. Put on the spare, no jacking points with the HSV body kit!
When I went to Protyre the next day, was stunned to find that the wheel was not damaged at all.
I was using Continental Sport Contact2 tyres at the time & was very impressed by the strengh of them.
Having driven the new 5 series on runflat tyres, I wouldn't want to use them on the HSV.
Therefore, should really do some research into aftermarket tyre pressure monitors. Nokian RoadSnoop looks good.
Looking back I think I was well lucky, could have been an horrific scenario.
>> Edited by A57 HSV on Friday 11th March 15:51
When I went to Protyre the next day, was stunned to find that the wheel was not damaged at all.
I was using Continental Sport Contact2 tyres at the time & was very impressed by the strengh of them.
Having driven the new 5 series on runflat tyres, I wouldn't want to use them on the HSV.
Therefore, should really do some research into aftermarket tyre pressure monitors. Nokian RoadSnoop looks good.
Looking back I think I was well lucky, could have been an horrific scenario.
>> Edited by A57 HSV on Friday 11th March 15:51
about 4 years ago I had my rear right 17" S02 bridgy blowout on the hume 100kays from Melb. It was my old VT2 Clubby and I was doing about 120kays, and felt an unusual vibration and some excess road noise, looked in the mirror and plumes of white smoke where behind me. I didn't really know wot it was at that instant but avoided any sudden reactions and coasted to a halt in the emergency lane. Inspection revealed that the tyre had self destructed and the car was simply riding on the sidewalls. On the outside the sidewall had completely seperated from the rest of the tyre!Amazingly had no rim damage and no body damage. I had been on some fairly bad gravel roads pretending I was Tommy Makkenin earlier that weekend so I just figured the tyre was simply saying "I've had enogh you D*#ckhead". Thankfully the car seemed to hold the road OK and there was no real drama. The road was dry and fairly straight so I 'm sure this helped a bit.
Had a further chat with Mark this morning, it does appear that cars shod with Bridgestone that are not driven regularily are prone to failure. In 2 years of driving the car often - no problems, been parked up since January I I had a problem.
Never going to fit SO3's again, F1 next or EcoContinental's for me.
Never going to fit SO3's again, F1 next or EcoContinental's for me.
Wise move Will, I couldn't wait to change the SO3's on my car, really didn't rate them. I think the F1 just beats the Conti SportContact2. But the Conti was so strong during the Blowout!
Seriously thinking about getting a tyre pressure monitor. Looking at Nokian Road Snoop & Tyre Alert. Anyone fitted either of these or have any experiences
of such products?
Seriously thinking about getting a tyre pressure monitor. Looking at Nokian Road Snoop & Tyre Alert. Anyone fitted either of these or have any experiences
of such products?
I love F1's
However I found that Falken FK451's were virtually identical in terms of grip but somewhat cheaper !
Excellent tyre place down south is www.micheldever.co.uk
However I found that Falken FK451's were virtually identical in terms of grip but somewhat cheaper !
Excellent tyre place down south is www.micheldever.co.uk
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