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12-03-13, 06:49 PM
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Location: Northants
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Tyre blowout!
Stuck at the side of the M1 in the snow, tyre just suddenly started to wobble then a nasty burning smell. Called recovery, waited for an hour and they phoned to say they couldn't find me in Yorkshire. I'm near Milton Keynes....!
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12-03-13, 06:54 PM
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Safe by the side of the road though mate - seen many a blow out cause some real hurt ....
Hope you get rescued soon and there's no damage to your rim ....
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12-03-13, 07:08 PM
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Sounds nasty, glad you got it stopped safely.
Hope recovery dont take too long to find you.
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12-03-13, 07:35 PM
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Lucky it wasn't any worse.
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12-03-13, 09:19 PM
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Just got in, recovery took nearly 3 hours though so not best pleased. Tyre has split at the rim so feel quite lucky. Just got home and there's a powercut so having a great evening!
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12-03-13, 10:16 PM
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Location: Potters Bar, Herts
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I had a blowout down the a127 at 60mph, sideways and brown trousers were involved! Lucky tho as I had been doing a ton on the m25 just beforehand.
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12-03-13, 10:48 PM
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Scary stuff Matt, luckily the tyres gave me some warning moments before. I was cruising at around 60, put my foot down to get past a lorry then bang! Ive never seen a tyre smoke and be red hot like mine was earlier. It was a Avon ZZ3thats done about 35000miles so not done bad.
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12-03-13, 11:07 PM
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Mine was down to a nail, think I have a pic somewhere... one min
Last edited by M17TT180; 12-03-13 at 11:10 PM.
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13-03-13, 09:19 AM
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All the potholes about, wonder we dont hear more stories like this.
Bit of a pain but could have been so much worse.
One thing I was told, never hit your brakes, just ease off and pull over.
Remember going down our Spur road, car went flying by with a tyre smoking, flashed him but he didnt slow. Then his tyre exploded, he was OK just pulled over onto the verge.
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