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Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: spy on June 07, 2007, 19:25:05: We had a woman in work today with this as a spare! I have seen some pretty bad tyres in my time but none this bad..

It was a semperit which I am not 100% sure but I belive may be a company owned by continental!

The pictures dont do it justice either, it looked just as bad without air in it!

(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l165/mikeloaf/dcp_0003.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l165/mikeloaf/dcp_0002.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l165/mikeloaf/dcp_0001.jpg)
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: diggerdog36 on June 07, 2007, 20:17:46: :shock: De-lam, what pressure did she have in it??
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: muddyjames on June 07, 2007, 20:17:48: that is some serious bulging going on there. Was it on her car before the made it a spare? Must have handled horribly!
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: spy on June 07, 2007, 20:21:09: Serious delam! On removal from the spare wheel well it was at 32 psi. Maybe it was well over inflated before hand, who knows! Still its pretty nasty!

She had bought the car with that spare in the boot so she hadnt removed it. We found it whilst checking the spare as part of a service. Surely any normal driver would have felt that a long time before it got to that state! I have had small "eggs" in tyres before now and noticed them by the feel of the ride, they have been absolutely nowhere near that state though.
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: Lee_D on June 07, 2007, 20:31:05: Having seen that I feel a whole lot better for having ordered Ã‚Â£500 worth of new boots for the 110 before we go to France and Spain touring. It smarts at the time of ordering but I'm gad I did now.
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: muddyjames on June 07, 2007, 20:36:32: but who in thier right mind would put that tyre as a spare though? Bonkers!
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: spy on June 07, 2007, 21:03:58: I suppose the answer to that is.. some scum bag who was selling it next week and didnt give a damn!
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: SWEETY on June 07, 2007, 21:18:40: Years ago I seen the same thing happen to Dunlop's which were fitted to brand new Rover 200's, the tread was pulling away from the steel belts.
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: Welshbreed on June 07, 2007, 23:43:14: lmao, looks like its eating another tyre from the photo's

but bloody scary how people dont check or maintain their cars.
Title: Tyre failure!
Post by: lee celtic on June 10, 2007, 23:54:19: I had a tyre do the same thing to the same extent on a renallt trafic van doing 70 mph on the A55 instantly it was like driving over house bricks :shock: