Jay Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Was driving to work today and have a bad blow out! I was extremely lucky as i was only going 35 mph roughly but if it happened early i would have been in deep trouble as its mostly motor way driving. The car ended up fish tailing and drifting with out me trying lol Guess what one is flat The spare wheel lol think it needs spacers?................... Anyway just thought i would share the pics with you but i am a very lucky lad as it happened at a perfect time and place! Need a beer now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Aaargh nightmare - good job it happened when it did and not once you got going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilli Red Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Scarey, you were lucky Jay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Glad to hear it went.. erm.. well Any ideas what caused it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 I dont have a clue wat caused it bud but it certainly woke me up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 how old are your tyres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 UMM only done 2 or 3k on them and they are falkens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 UMM only done 2 or 3k on them and they are falkens thats not good do you check the pressures every week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Yup! So god knows whats happened! But it will be getting a new tyre at the weekend, will be using the other car for work this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Glad that things weren't any worse for you Jay. Tyre probably picked up a nail or something, there is a hell a lot of junk on the roads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 they might be able to tell you when they swap it out, you do know that there seems to be a UK shortage at the moment of falken 452's some others have been looking with no luck, hope you find one to go on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawnc Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Glad you are okay Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cydine Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Wow you were lucky. Last time I had a rear tyre blow out, I ended up upside down in a ditch. 30 secs earlier I would've been under a lorry. Bet the old ticker was racing a bit eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richt Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Lucky escape there. Handy that you had a trolly jack, hammer etc in the boot with you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 you do know that there seems to be a UK shortage at the moment of falken 452's some others have been looking with no luck, hope you find one to go on. i thought it was the Toyos? Damn, I need 2x front 452s this month too. Handy that you had a trolly jack, hammer etc in the boot with you! Haha, never noticed that, do you always carry that massive jack Jay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 The AA do buddy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 you do know that there seems to be a UK shortage at the moment of falken 452's some others have been looking with no luck, hope you find one to go on. i thought it was the Toyos? Damn, I need 2x front 452s this month too. Handy that you had a trolly jack, hammer etc in the boot with you! Haha, never noticed that, do you always carry that massive jack Jay? toyos were running short a while ago, from what i heard there was a six week wait on falkens, may jsut be that part of the country, best bet would be camskills, they have big discounts which would lead me to think they buy in large quantities so would be the best bet. but it seems jap tyres are running low at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srobrien Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 That wouldn't have happened if you had new alloys on Seriously though, thank god you weren't giving it beans on the motorway. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Goodness Jay, talk about good timing. Did you replace both back tyres, or just the one as they've not been far? A similar thing happened to my Z a week before Xmas, stuff all stock of tyres in the country at the time, and got valve blew out on a back tyre, thankfully in a 50kms zone, only 150metres from home. Very lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1SM0350z Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Jeebus Glad it didnt end up nastily and the Zed is in one piece. Oh and your ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 you do know that there seems to be a UK shortage at the moment of falken 452's some others have been looking with no luck, hope you find one to go on. i thought it was the Toyos? Damn, I need 2x front 452s this month too. Handy that you had a trolly jack, hammer etc in the boot with you! Haha, never noticed that, do you always carry that massive jack Jay? My thoughts exactly Glad your ok and havent damaged the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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