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Originally posted by predator666

All I remember afterwards was all these people seeing whether i was ok, and this huge hissing sound as the air was pissing out.  

Was quite a few years ago now, but i still remember it quite well.

bro ... i remember that too :)

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deorbit Sorry to here about your car!

If you people are so worried about geting a blowout/flat buy the biggest rim dia. and the lowest profile tyre as this will reduce the affect of a blowout at high speed!, or you could buy some of the "run flat tyres" that are available on the market at the moment, with these tyres you can do 60kph for hundreds of kilometers with out any air in the tyre at all! (Just because its designed this way doesn't mean you have to run it flat either!It's just a precaution)

But as with all new things on the market time will only tell how good they are or how good they get!

They are designed with a ring that sits in between the rim and tyre aswell as having a stiffer sidewall construction! These tyres are also less prone to delaminating as the ring helps hold the rubber to the rim!

Good news for all the ladies who don't want to have to stop by the side of the road to fix it (we all know how dangerous this gets) and bad news for all the hubbys that have to change the tyre when the lady gets home. :P

Also there is lots of no-standing anytime zones (yellowish lines painted by the side of the road) so that it might not be possible to pull over and change the tyre straight away!

MEGA

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