Great, hit something on the road this evening and put a split in the sidewall. New tyre needed. Still, could be worse. I was driving, I can change a wheel, I realised something was wrong before driving 50 miles on the wheel rim, it wasn't raining or snowing, and I was off the main road when it happened.

 

Is that a split? The photo makes it look like a small chunk is missing.

 

Did the tyre deflate?

Yes it's a split. And the tyre was flat within a few minutes. New tyre time.

Yes it's a split. And the tyre was flat within a few minutes. New tyre time.

Not good. I took the back wheels of the Octavia last week to remove the back bumper and found that one has a split that is fairly close to letting go on the inside wall. Doesn't matter on that car though as I'll just run it on Fabia wheels but with a split like that most people would never notice it because they never have the wheels off, then one day going round a corner you could be dead. Anyway, you're not dead and everything is still fine so hope you get everything sorted alright.

Don't get any better in this part of the world. This was the van tyre today...

 

Oh wonderful. Watch out for another then as they say bad luck comes in threes.

Don't get any better in this part of the world. This was the van tyre today...

Was that a pot hole too?

Nope, didn't hit anything (that I saw), just a pop and deflated straight away.

A cautionary tale. it did happen to me years ago, fortunately on an old banger with likewise tyres. I managed to get my front NS wheel too close to kerb. No drama ,you'd think, but not in an old street with terraced houses, where the roof drain ( Gutter?) feeds a down pipe, which is fed through a metal covered drain( in what passes for a front garden) into the road, and the end protrudes beyond the kerb sufficient to take a large chunk out of a tyre. .