I was leaving work to go home and heard a noise coming from my rear drivers side tire. I get out to see what it is...there is a car key sticking out of the tire! The tire went completely flat by the time I got home. What are teh odds of this happening! And my car only has 2,200 miles on it

10/19/2006 5:12:54 PM

It's not all that uncommon. Ever been in a tire shop that tosses all the tire shrapnel into big jars on the counter? All types of shit in there including keys.

10/19/2006 5:14:45 PM

damn... hope u got a warranty

10/19/2006 5:39:09 PM

pwnt

10/19/2006 5:42:40 PM

The tire warranty doesn't cover road hazards. I had to order a tire from tirerack.com ($112 shipped)

10/19/2006 5:49:03 PM

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"And my car only has 2,200 miles on it"

that has nothing to do with anything.

10/19/2006 5:53:37 PM

ive seen a few in my day...uncommon, yes, unheard of, no

10/19/2006 6:38:56 PM

Last year I pulled half of a compas (circle drawing device) out of a customer's tire. The sharp point all the way to where the hinge broke off was stuck in the tire. Her's was fixable though.

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10/19/2006 7:12:45 PM

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"that has nothing to do with anything"

I just meant it sucked to have to replace such a low mileage tire

10/19/2006 7:17:34 PM

couldn't they put a boot in the tire?

10/19/2006 7:46:12 PM

interesting tire: what kind of car?

10/19/2006 10:21:30 PM

uh u coulda plugged that shit.

10/19/2006 11:28:28 PM

85% of blown tire deaths are caused by plugged/fixed tires. life>100bux

10/20/2006 2:57:31 AM

How many blown tire deaths are there per year anyway?

10/20/2006 2:59:15 AM

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"What are teh odds of this happening! "

I'd say pretty fucking good.

10/20/2006 2:59:47 AM

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"85% of blown tire deaths are caused by plugged/fixed tires"

the other 25% are firestones

10/20/2006 3:08:10 AM

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"85% of blown tire deaths are caused by plugged/fixed tires"

the other 25% are firestones

10/20/2006 3:14:01 AM

nigro you lucky i spelled 25 correctly

10/20/2006 3:18:47 AM

I took the key out and it did too much damage to plug it. The tire is a Hankook Optimo H725a (205/55/16) on a 2007 Saturn Ion quad coupe 2.4L

10/20/2006 6:55:06 AM

i just got a new set myself, had one with two plugs in it - made it 40k miles on the factory set!

and it does matter how old the tires are. newer tires are much less likely to have a blow-out although it is possible. shit happens though, not much you can do - just try to drive on the road and avoid areas where debis collects on the side and that will help you avoid nails and shit like that.

10/20/2006 8:23:13 AM

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"85% of blown tire deaths are caused by plugged/fixed tires. life>100bux"

pussy!

10/20/2006 8:25:20 AM

i too can make up random facts with no cited source to back up any argument i wish to make.

10/20/2006 8:49:40 AM

i tracked a car with a plugged tire.

extra grip

10/20/2006 9:05:08 AM

ngga i plug my motorcycle tires. i've done it twice problem free. dont give me crap about car tires. u got 3 more if that one blows.

10/20/2006 9:31:02 AM

Why in the hell would you force yourself to drive an Ion good sir?

10/20/2006 9:37:10 AM

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"The tire warranty doesn't cover road hazards"

wow... that's messed up

10/20/2006 9:58:04 AM

^ that is pretty much the norm for tires

10/20/2006 10:07:20 AM

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" "85% of blown tire deaths are caused by plugged/fixed tires. life>100bux" "

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" pussy! "

If it wasn't for my plug kit I'd be walking at least once every week.

10/20/2006 11:11:45 AM

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"i tracked a car with a plugged tire. extra grip"

heard that, ghetto ftw

10/20/2006 1:59:47 PM

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"Why in the hell would you force yourself to drive an Ion good sir?"

Coming from someone who picked a Mazda 3...What does your opinion of my car have to do with this?

10/20/2006 4:57:13 PM

hahaha

10/20/2006 5:10:25 PM

i thought this thread was gonna be about smuggling cocaine

10/21/2006 9:24:10 AM

a couple weeks ago I picked up a nail in the left front and a screw in the left rear within 2 days of each other.

Funny thing is I had just bought an air compressor less than a week before. Bought a tire patch kit and fixed them both

10/21/2006 3:35:04 PM