Winter Tyres _ No spare in car - any tyre experts?

[killy]

Hi I put my winter tyres back on last Friday - and today went for a short run - on the way back I noticed a very slight vibration and so I stopped to check it out - Was amazed to find a completely flat tyre on the offside front - I would have thought that it would have been more noticeable

Tried the pump but the air was obviously coming out faster than it was going in - only a few miles from home so a taxi to get the jack and spare wheel - quickly changed over and this is what I found

Anybody got a clue what could have caused it?? it looks a bit like a slash with a knife - I did not see any debris in the road

Regards

Mike

Edited 2 December, 2012 by killy

[Ootohere]

Bad luck there, sorry.

Even tho the tyre is now deflated, maybe try the biggest or sharpest knife you have and see what effect it has on the tyre.

I doubt that it was a knife.

It could have been just anything on the road.

Did the TPMS not show anything wrong before you could feel the vibration?

Had you inflated the tyres & re-set the TPMS last Friday & is it checked & done again now?

george

[The Plumber]

Unusual that's for sure and difficult to say from a photo the cause but a Stanley could well be the culprit. Are they Hankook W310's, if so I've not noted any potential manufacturing issues with mine; manufactured WK26/10 (touch wood).

Hope you can get it sorted with a replacement quickly; particularly as the weather has taken a turn for the worse.

TP

[killy]

Bad luck there, sorry.

Even tho the tyre is now deflated, maybe try the biggest or sharpest knife you have and see what effect it has on the tyre.

I doubt that it was a knife.

It could have been just anything on the road.

Did the TPMS not show anything wrong before you could feel the vibration?

Had you inflated the tyres & re-set the TPMS last Friday & is it checked & done again now?

george

Thanks George I do not have TPMS

Regards

Mike

[slider]

1st winter when I had the BMW we had a pile of snow and winter tryes were like hens teeth. I manage to find 2 for the driven wheels and they made a massive difference - for 2 days 'till I got a puncture and wrecked one . Took 3 weeks to get a replacement - one winter tyre is as good as none!

[killy]

Unusual that's for sure and difficult to say from a photo the cause but a Stanley could well be the culprit. Are they Hankook W310's, if so I've not noted any potential manufacturing issues with mine; manufactured WK26/10 (touch wood).

Hope you can get it sorted with a replacement quickly; particularly as the weather has taken a turn for the worse.

TP

Thanks TP Yes they are Hankook W310's - I will try to order one in the morning - Any Idea who is the cheapest??? currently looking at £96 delivered

Regards

Mike

[killy]

1st winter when I had the BMW we had a pile of snow and winter tryes were like hens teeth. I manage to find 2 for the driven wheels and they made a massive difference - for 2 days 'till I got a puncture and wrecked one . Took 3 weeks to get a replacement - one winter tyre is as good as none!

I have to agree - that is why I bought 5 tyres and steel wheels last year and this proves that you really do need a spare wheel

Regards

Mike

[The Plumber]

Hi Mike,

Camskill and tyremen are OoS.

mytyres £91 and oponeo are £96

Prices fluctuate daily mind.

Regards,

TP

[whatsfortea]

I had two tyres wrecked on a company vehicle a few years back after driving over the a scaffolding foot that had fallen from a lorry and ended up wedged in a drain cover like a blade.Called up one of the other engineers on our new fangled car phones and he joined me with his spare wheel to get us to a garage.

Just fitted a set of W310's to my car and found Tyremen the cheapest and would recommend the efficient service.

Paul

[geordiebroon]

Looks like a chunk of scrap metal or similar. In the third picture at the top of the vertical part of the cut there are scrape marks which may have been produced by a rough piece of metal as it penetrated the tread.

Good luck with a replacement.

[JCP]

I'd say impact damage-too ragged for a knife and most vandalism is by puncture to the sidewall-the belts are a barrier for the idiotically inclined.

[rockhopper]

I have to agree - that is why I bought 5 tyres and steel wheels last year and this proves that you really do need a spare wheel

Regards

Mike

I have 5 wheels as well for the same reason, though the winter is still in storage and the 'semi skinny spare' is in the boot as per normal.

I hit a downpipe from a lorry on the M25 in January 2011. luckily it didn't damage the tyres, but bent 2 steel wheels. Then in February 2011 I managed to rip the sidewall open getting out of the way of an ambulance. Since then I have had 5 full size winter tyres/wheels.

Mike

[trundlenut]

I hit a piece of scrap metal that fell off a van in front of me which made a similar mess of the tyre. I found the culprit embedded in the mud flap after slicing a 3" long gash through the tyre.

[killy]

Hi Mike,

Camskill and tyremen are OoS.

mytyres £91 and oponeo are £96

Prices fluctuate daily mind.

Regards,

TP

Thanks TP found this late Sunday night

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400348067221?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Arrived today £85.20 Delivered

Regards

Mike

[The Plumber]

Good find Mike

TP

[Hairball]

Thanks TP found this late Sunday night

http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1497.l2649

Arrived today £85.20 Delivered

Regards

Mike

Good find. I was on the dog and bone yesterday to some of the winter tyre places, a lot of winter stock is running low or is out of stock.