4500 miles; a nail, screw, & razorblade

[Skwibbs]

You guys just know I have the best of luck with this car. In my first 500 miles, nail in the rear driver. Patched, so cool, but no burnouts, linelock, launch control for me. That was harsh right after my break in was over. Then, about a month or two ago I got another, this time a screw. Luckily, it was tiny and no puncture.

Then we come to this week. I'm at the mall grabbing lunch with my girl, come back to the parking lot to find a broken exacto knife sticking out of the right passenger. Luckily a fantastic towing company saved my ass and brought my car back to Ultimate Auto for a new rear set of PS4S. Damn, prices on everything are up. 475 a tire.

Picking it up today, at least I can spin those rears without worry til another nail comes along. I'm very careful where I take the car, but it's just my luck with this car. So hard to avoid construction in Central FL too.

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[DansFLHTI]

Looks like bib was pointing at the blade..giving you a heads up. Sorry..I don't mean to make light of your misfortune.

 

[07S281E]

Is your ex a carpenter?

 

[tdstuart]

What you need are those airless tires lmao

 

[Skwibbs]

AS? I could never.

She's all good to go with new shoes. $1200 later lol

Thought my misfortune may make someone with only 1 puncture feel better haha

 

[tdstuart]

Need some Pirelli AS haha.

DOT legal track focused tires on the street are not durable at all and Michelin not durable at all in general.

Pirelli all seasons probably more dangerous than the flat. His car won’t have traction till 4th

 

[JayAction]

I got 3 nails in first 2500 miles. All within 2 weeks. Felt like somebody was after me and gave up after they saw me keep replacing them.

2,500 miles free now.

 

[Skwibbs]

I got 3 nails in first 2500 miles. All within 2 weeks. Felt like somebody was after me and gave up after they saw me keep replacing them.

2,500 miles free now.

Fingers crossed my friend.

I feel less alone now haha

 

[Dave2013M3]

We had a condo unit that was getting a new roof...same thing destroyed my rear Conti SCE. Picked up a roofing nail right next to the sidewall. I ended up with 4 new tires as the rears were close anyway. Ended up with my current setup because of it.

 

[JR369]

We had a roofer walking down the street sowing roofing nails from his pouch in front of driveways and parked cars. I picked up a bunch of the nails, caught up to him, and started yelling at him and he was "no habla" on me. So I threw the nails at him and he turned walked off. The neighbor outside watching this unfold thought I went crazy until I told them to look on the ground at the end of his driveway. Probably not the smartest thing I've done but man was I pissed.

 

[Crowd Hunter]

We had a roofer walking down the street sowing roofing nails from his pouch in front of driveways and parked cars. I picked up a bunch of the nails, caught up to him, and started yelling at him and he was "no habla" on me. So I threw the nails at him and he turned walked off. The neighbor outside watching this unfold thought I went crazy until I told them to look on the ground at the end of his driveway. Probably not the smartest thing I've done but man was I pissed.

His brother probably owns a used tire shop.

 

[kilobravo]

Too bad you didn't have a magnet rake.

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