New car tire woes

[dmann]

You all are not gonna believe that my car has 700 miles and is 2 weeks old and got a nail. That is some kind of luck.

I'm guessing plugs and tracking still doesn't work. :(

Anyone on here that can top that?

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[Draklia]

You all are not gonna believe that my car has 700 miles and is 2 weeks old and got a nail. That is some kind of luck.

I'm guessing plugs and tracking still doesn't work. :(

Anyone on here that can top that?

I can’t top it, but got a nail in one of mine with about 5k miles and the tire shop wouldn’t patch it because it was too close to the sidewall so they said I would have to buy a new one (more likely a pair). Screw that, went to pep boys and bought a plug kit and drove on them till they were bald.

 

[bigriver]

Just a nail in the tire? 1500 miles and needed a new engine due to excessive piston slap (factory defect). Ford is buying back my car. It has been in the shop since 4/17/18. I bought the car on 3/28/18.

 

[Coolmanfoo]

Just a nail in the tire? 1500 miles and needed a new engine due to excessive piston slap (factory defect). Ford is buying back my car. It has been in the shop since 4/17/18. I bought the car on 3/28/18.

Wow that sounds truly terrible. What is piston slap?

 

[2morrow]

You all are not gonna believe that my car has 700 miles and is 2 weeks old and got a nail. That is some kind of luck.

I'm guessing plugs and tracking still doesn't work. :(

Anyone on here that can top that?

Not a topping story but I think you'll be fine.

Same thing happened to me with one of my MPSS's. I was careful with it my first track day out and it was just fine. My last track day I killed everything in my path with those same tires.

 

[Norm Peterson]

Wow that sounds truly terrible. What is piston slap?

Piston motion isn't quite as simple as purely straight up and straight down in the cylinder.

https://www.bing.com/search?q=piston+slap&form=IE11TR&src=IE11TR&pc=EUPP_HPNTDFJS


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[dmann]

Just a nail in the tire? 1500 miles and needed a new engine due to excessive piston slap (factory defect). Ford is buying back my car. It has been in the shop since 4/17/18. I bought the car on 3/28/18.

wow, thanks? I somewhat feel my tire is not that bad.

 

[dmann]

Not a topping story but I think you'll be fine.

Same thing happened to me with one of my MPSS's. I was careful with it my first track day out and it was just fine. My last track day I killed everything in my path with those same tires.

hmmm, the track i'm going to is not a high speed track

 

[2morrow]

hmmm, the track i'm going to is not a high speed track

You'll be fine.

 

[dmann]

So, a little more info.
I must have picked up the nail this morning around 7am. When i left work at 4pm the PSI had dropped like 5 PSI. Basically a slow leak.

Whats the best way to fix this? plug?

 

[DickR]

So, a little more info.
I must have picked up the nail this morning around 7am. When i left work at 4pm the PSI had dropped like 5 PSI. Basically a slow leak.

Whats the best way to fix this? plug?

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=77

FYI if you have a Discount Tire store near you they fix "fixable" flats at no charge even if you didn't buy the tires from them.

 

[dogiebitt]

When I was buying my car, they upsold me on the tire/wheel/dent coverage from Safeguard. I mulled it over and went for it. It's paid for it self x2 now with just tire claims alone. I think it was like $750-1000 for 84 months with $0 deductible and repair or replacement of tire/wheel as well as paint-less dent repair on body. I've already used the tire portion three times in just under three years.

 

[dmann]

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=77

FYI if you have a Discount Tire store near you they fix "fixable" flats at no charge even if you didn't buy the tires from them.

I just read that last night. Thanks!

 

[dmann]

When I was buying my car, they upsold me on the tire/wheel/dent coverage from Safeguard. I mulled it over and went for it. It's paid for it self x2 now with just tire claims alone. I think it was like $750-1000 for 84 months with $0 deductible and repair or replacement of tire/wheel as well as paint-less dent repair on body. I've already used the tire portion three times in just under three years.

sounds like it.

 

[Nomadic]

My brother got a nail in his brand new '17 Jetta SEL about 40 miles after driving home from the dealer and car got a flat. Had to fork over $200 for a new tire and car hadn't even made it home yet.

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