Scratch & tire puncture

[quk@sievers.com (Phil Payne)]

In message <97May28.151325edt.8065-1@gateway.nwh.org> "Sean Ford" writes:

> Whoa. Hold on here. I discovered the screw in my tire BECAUSE the tire
> looked low and I only noticed the low tire because the car felt a little
> funny on the highway. Now it wasn't flat, but it was deflated, so am I
> beyond some safe limit here?

Yup.  Air leaking past the screw suggests that the hole is frayed.  Also, 
running with the tyre soft allows the screw to flail around inside.
 
I wound _NOT_ run on a tyre like that unless my own Mk.1 eyeball had seen 
inside the cover.

--
 Phil Payne
 phil@sievers.com
 Committee Member, UK Audi [ur-]quattro Owners Club