Boy, was that a good time.
Was driving back to North Jersey from Maryland on Rt. 95 when some road debris cut my left rear. Not too big a hole, but enough to cause a moderate leak. First thing I felt was that my steering was a little off. It really didn't dawn on me it was a blown tire though. There was very minor wandering for several minutes and then a moderate vibration when the tire finally lost enough pressure. I pulled over slowing gently (as per Ken's e-mail ). At no time did I feel I was not in control of the car. All in all the Firehawk Wide Oval tire held up well considering.
Here's some more lessons learned:
-The GM jack works well.
-The GM "tire iron" does not. With only a handle on one side it tends to torqe the bolts to the side. With very tight bolts to loosen, it cross threaded one of my nuts and it was stuck till AAA could come and help out. The walls of the tire iron around the bolt also bent so that it started to strip the corners off my bolts. Get a real tire iron to carry with you.
Ended up limping home on my spare at 55mph. Needless to say I was not the popular car on Rt. 295 or 287 where everyone else is doing 70+.
Was driving back to North Jersey from Maryland on Rt. 95 when some road debris cut my left rear. Not too big a hole, but enough to cause a moderate leak. First thing I felt was that my steering was a little off. It really didn't dawn on me it was a blown tire though. There was very minor wandering for several minutes and then a moderate vibration when the tire finally lost enough pressure. I pulled over slowing gently (as per Ken's e-mail ). At no time did I feel I was not in control of the car. All in all the Firehawk Wide Oval tire held up well considering.
Here's some more lessons learned:
-The GM jack works well.
-The GM "tire iron" does not. With only a handle on one side it tends to torqe the bolts to the side. With very tight bolts to loosen, it cross threaded one of my nuts and it was stuck till AAA could come and help out. The walls of the tire iron around the bolt also bent so that it started to strip the corners off my bolts. Get a real tire iron to carry with you.
Ended up limping home on my spare at 55mph. Needless to say I was not the popular car on Rt. 295 or 287 where everyone else is doing 70+.
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