Blow Out at 90mph!!

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Yikes!!

Was coming back from Orlando Intl today on I-4.... was passing a noisy semi, cruising at 88-90mph.....stereo blasting away.....felt a quick sway....figured it was air being pushed by the truck....was still doing 85+ when
I got by the truck and heard this hideous noise...

WAS THAT ME?

Please God, not on I-4....no shoulder, all concrete barriers...

Yup...it was me..

Anyway, got off and pulled a NASCAR style pitstop....record time on a tire (donut) change....turns out it was a nail that hit the sidewall...

What I found that was so impressive was the air ride compensated immediately for the downed tire and kept the car level while I was still driving....Tore that tire up tho, it had about 3 cups of tire crumbles inside of it when we pulled it off...

te
94 Gen1
162k miles

STILL ALIVE!!
 
RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

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WTF is that?

Glad to hear you didn't cream the semi, te! I hope the rim isn't too damaged either.

I got a flat a month or so ago. Luckily i was only going 10-20 mph when it happened. Also very luckily, i had actually purchased a jack the day before for the car, had it happened 2 days earlier i'd have been calling AAA.
 
RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

Steve, I think that's about the funniest thing I've ever heard you say. ROFLMAO

Glad to hear that everything turned out ok.
 
RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

I tell ya... glad to hear you AND the car survived. I ran a tire shop for 7 years, and I have seen some very strange objects go through tires in very strange ways. I have also seen what can happen to a car when a tire goes out at those speeds. Fenders, hoods, suspension, quarter-panels, it aint pretty.

One example was a brand new Porsche C4(back in the day when they were new). he had run over a wrench with the front tire, which shot it back to the rear tire, and it actually pierced the tire... AND the rim! Yes, it hit the rear tire, went through the tread, and then through the rim. Needless to say, it was quite a pricey repair. I offered the customer a consolation though.... he got to keep the wrench, and it was a Snap-On. He didnt smile.

Did you know? the most common thing to go wrong on a car is over-heating. Number 2 most common thing... flat tire.

You obviously know what to do in that situation, or you would not be reading this, and your Mark VIII might have resembled a pancake. Someone was watching over you, and timed it right.

The Semi probably ran over the nail, and shot it right into your path.

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RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

My dad has had two blowouts with his current vehicle, an '02 Bravada. The first blowout totally destroyed the (17" chrome) rim. A chunk of steel was in the highway and he hit it. The insurance company would have covered it but they would have counted it as an at-fault accident.
 
RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

WAS THAT ME?

Please God, not on I-4....no shoulder, all concrete barriers...

Yup...it was me..





haha, that was funny.
 
RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

Back in the 70"s I was running a Ford Galaxy (FBI Car) and blew out a rear tire ( Firestone 500 I believe) at 85 Mph on the turnpike. It was one of the most sobering experiences I ever had. The other was losing a front wheel bearing at 60 MPH on the turnpike that put me into the infield at once because the wheel spindle and hub welded together. One month later I had a blow uot on the oposaite side rear. I subsequently went and got all tires replaced with Goodyears. With a rear tire blow out you are really helpless to control the car as the rear end swings all over, and if you brake too fast you will crumple up the tire to make it even more dangerous and difficult to control the car. Just take your foot of the gas and coast down with minimal brake pressure. Just sharing for the uninitiated and less experienced.
 
RE: Blow Out at 90mph!!

Try a instantaneous steering tire blow out in a 80,000 pound plus loaded triaxle flatbed at full governed speed(70+ mph)!:eek:
 
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