Continental tires - nail magnets?

[Larry C Leung]

All of my flats (except the Solo2 car's street tires, needed to get
to and from races) were caused by objects (usually fasteners of
some kind) that penetrated the tread. Never did figure out the slow
leak on the Solo2 car, but that car had bigger problems after the 
Japanese Maple found a new home on top of it after a storm. 

LL - NY


On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:25:33 -0600 Ahmad Helal <helal.ahmad at gmail.com>
writes:
> about the self healing tire...that has happened to me on my 90 audi
> 100...we were getting ready for a roadtrip and as soon as we got 
> front
> right was flat....since I was near a gas station I drove on the 
> flat
> and filled it up...continued on the road trip and haven't had a
> problem 5000 miles later....a friend thinks that somehow the tire 
> got
> pushed off the rim and realsed all the air.....
> 
> 
> On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 01:56:57 -0500, Larry C Leung <l.leung at juno.com> 
> wrote:
> > Mike,
> > 
> > It just sounds like you live near (or pass by) a construction 
> site. When
> > I
> > was in college, I lived near one, ended up fixing a number of 
> tires from
> > construction fastener debris. Hmmm, come to think of it, that car 
> MAY
> > have
> > had Continentals.....nah!
> > 
> > LL - NY
> > 
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:29:43 -0500
> > > From: Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>
> > > Subject: Continental tires - nail magnets?
> > > To: quattro at audifans.com
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> > >
> > > Am I just having a run of bad luck, or is there something about
> > > Continental
> > > 16" tires that attracts nails, screws, glass, and other debris?
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Mike Arman
> > > (Audi V8 . . . it isn't just a car, it's an ADVENTURE!)
> > >
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