I had my first flat tire on my teggy yesterday! It was actually caused by a piece of glass, which usually doesnt puncture tires, but I guess it just worked its way through until it punctured. I took it to my friends shop and they couldn't patch it either, it was too close to the wall, so I had to buy an econo-tire to get me by until I get my whole new wheels/tires setup... Flats are no fun!

 

ya dude, i was in the woods once and got a nail stuck in my tire :/ i had no full size spare on me cuz i gave it to my friend so he could swap tire side (camber) i had to wait in someones drive way for an hour until my mom got back from work lol no fun

 

Okay, since we're comparing wounds... I'll share mine.

I was on my way up to class one spring morning in '03 and traffic was unusally thick on US101 North. Usually, I'm over in the far left lane, but given the traffic, I was puttering along in second lane from the right. There was a battered old pickup hauling what looked like drywall and plywood in front of me. On either side, I was penned in by traffic.

I crested the hill, heading down toward Corte Madera and then...out of nowhere, this sheet of MDF and a couple of chunks of plywood spill out of the back of the truck. I swear that sheet was 4' square; it hit the road at 65 mph and shattered like glass. :eek4:

I had no option but to get on the brakes and try to dodge the hail of splinters and plywood. Time seemed to slow to a crawl as I dodged the big chunks. Fortunately, there was a gap in traffic on my right that I could dart into.

I thought I had made it, because I only heard one small "ka-clump" going under my right side tires. There was no dramatic blowout, no bent rims, nothing.

It was only when I came back to my car at the end of the day did I notice the front right tire was flat and the right rear was visibly low.

So, I hobbled over on my mini-spare to Cain's Tyre in San Rafael.
I asked them to patch the tire, if at all possible.
After they had the car for about 15 mins, they asked me into the shop.

A stocky Russian was taking the tires off the rims...and with a tone of utter disbelief he looked at me and grumbled,"What the hell... did you run over a god damn pincushion?"

In all...six nails in the front tire, two nails and a screw in the rear. All along the far inside edge...too close to patch.

As far as I know, I still hold the record for the most punctures in a single passenger car tire. But still, two Nitto 205/45 R16s were killed in action, with less than 4000 miles of service.

In short, count your blessings.
You could have had my luck. h:

 

I wasnt trying to compare stories... but that sucks.

 

I too had an experiance like that. i was going down I-8 doing about 70 when boom my front left tire popped. The rim got bent out of shape and the tire was all over the interstate in a hundred pieces. Good thing there was no one near me when the tire popped. And the messed up part is that i was comming back from the shop where I had bearly bought them. so the next day i go back and tell the guy what happend. So they send the tire to the lab. I go back some days later and the said it popped due to underinflation. The man said there was nothing he could do, so i had to gou buy a 15 dollar goodyear tire. Oh well thats life i guess.

 

i'm willing to bet those idiots overinflated. they always do. every time i have tires mounted anywhere, i immediately check the pressure upon leaving the shop and find that i have to let out about 20 pounds worth of pressure.

 

My first flat happened as i was pulling off the highway near my school. I got a piece of metal that is about 5inches long and 2inches wide all the way in my tire. On that same turn three other students blew out the back left tire just as I did. A week later i got a nail in my back right. The left tire was unplugable but the right they were able to get plugged. Luckly I had tire insurance so i got another tire for cheap.

 

Sorry to hear that mike. I had a screw stuck on the edge of sidewall and tread pattern of my rear tire once but luckily it didn't puncture the tire. btw, does anyone have any experiences with those "fix-a-flat" type of products? I bought it just in case because my car didn't come with a spare. Do they actually work?

 

You mean the aerosol cans that you plug into the valve stem on the tire?
Yeah, they work fairly well, but they have a shelf life of a few years.

It's better than nothing, but I'd scrounge around for the correct mini-spare as a more permanent solution.