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Old Apr 12, 2003 | 05:09 PM
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Default 2 flats in a day...

One's bad enough...how often do the dunlop sp9k's break? I mean the stock 255/40/17 on the 4.2 pie plates. I've got a bubble from the NYC potholes last week, and I put my spare on. Then when I was cruising on some Appalachian country road, the 2 on the passenger sides bursted. I tried fix-a-flat, before I realized how large the hole was - 2/3 inch long cut along the side wall joint...so on it goes onto the flatbed, to the dealer w/o these tires in stock, next week maybe? Ahwell it's just my luck perhaps...
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Old Apr 12, 2003 | 10:27 PM
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Default oh man that sux. Sorry to hear that....

I bubbled a tire earlier this winter myself. Big cavernous hole on the Belt Pkwy. Fortunately I wasn't on the gas that hard when I hit it, but I still though I almost ripped the wheel off the car. Rim was fine however.
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Old Apr 13, 2003 | 09:48 PM
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Default i guess that didn't blow right?

i wonder what would happen if i hit a pothole while turning...man
is it true that the lower the profile, the easier tires blow?
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