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Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Fri, 09 August 2002 15:59
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Driving home from gig tonight i had an exciting blow out on james rouse. Came up the big straight towards pennent hills over pass and as i backed off at about 160kph ( i know, i was clearing the throat ) there was quiet a loud bang. So i applied the brakes. Thats when it got exciting, the car went from the outside lane to the inside lane very quickly and felt like it had 4 wheels steer but not in my control. Did a nice fish tail for the next 200m's or so nigil mansel style and pulled up on the side of the road. Then had to change tire in the dark and unpack all my music crap in doing so!! AHH..
Thats my little sook.
Luke
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Fri, 09 August 2002 17:49
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Sounds like you were pretty lucky Luke!! Very good thing there were no other cars around! 
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Fri, 09 August 2002 22:13
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Do you know the cause of the blow-out?
Low tyre pressures?
Speed rating of tyre?
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Sat, 10 August 2002 00:26
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retreads ? 
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Sat, 10 August 2002 01:19
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You did'nt run over a drunk mobile speed bump did you?
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Sat, 10 August 2002 02:23
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funny thing was.. the 4 or 5 cars i'd just blown off down the straight witnessed the whole thing  Oh well.
I just woke up so i'll go have a look at the tire now. I couldn't see a hole last night , just deflated completely.
Luke
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Sat, 10 August 2002 02:25
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not retreads either.. these were good tires. Could have run over some glass or something at gig, who knows. I was playing over south way near miranda  .. so blame the shire
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Colac, Victoria
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May 2002
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Sat, 10 August 2002 03:45
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Tyre blow out at 160 KMH - your lucky your not DEAD !
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Sat, 10 August 2002 04:21
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checked it out.. looks like a big nail has gone through it. Left a clean hole about 4mm across. BIG NAIL! Very clean hole though.
Yeah i am lucky. I thanks the many times i used to get skaty on the farm in the rain for getting me out of last night. Was just like trying to brake for a gate in mud when your doing a nice 4 wheel slide
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Re: Exciting Tire Blow out ;)
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Sun, 11 August 2002 10:03
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Whats worse is my mate on the way back from leavers. 5 people in his Magna wagon, doing 165kph trying to catch keep up with us, when a shred just rips off one of his tyres...luckily the car tracked true so he could slow it down and change the tyre.
Least you only had to move your music stuff, can you imagine how much shit there was from 5 guys on leavers?
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