[s-cars] damaged tire

[Bruce Mendel]

I vote you for the "cool nerd trick of the week" for always carrying a
head-band flashlight (LED no less!) in your car. :)

Bruce
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Varon H. Fugman" <vfugman at globaldialog.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 9:51 AM
Subject: [s-cars] damaged tire


> Stopped for fuel last night (drove across town to one of the few remaining
> stations with 93 octane).  Pulled up to the pump and went around to the
fuel
> filler only to be greated by a loud hissing sound... as if air was
escaping
> from someplace.
>
> Turns out the "someplace" was my right rear tire.  There was about an inch
> long piece of flat metal showing in the tread!  As if someone had jammed a
> knife blade into the tread and broken it off.  Put the spare on to drive
> home (no fun in the cold and dark, but at least I had work gloves in the
> car, an LED head-band flashlight, and 5 OEM wheel bolts to mount the
spare.
> Plus I'd just cleaned out the trunk so it was easy to get to the spare!)
>
> My tires are all-season* Perelli P-Zero Nero M+S 235/17R35 new last
spring.
> Currently have about 10,000 miles on them and tread depth is about
6/32ths.
> I'm not quite ready to replace the entire set yet, so what do I do about
> ordering a replacement tire?  I don't want to damage the quattro system by
> mixing in a new tire with full 10/32 tread depth.  Should I order a new
tire
> and have it shaved to 6/32ths to match the other three?
>
> Varon
> '95 S6 needs a new shoe
>
> *First time I've run all-season tires on this car, but where I live now it
> only snows once or twice a year... if at all.  I miss playing in the white
> stuff with the Hakkas!
>
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