Omega Owners Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

Welcome to OOF

Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Down

Author Topic: Blowout!!  (Read 3879 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Lawman

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Cleland
  • Posts: 179
    • View Profile
Blowout!!
« on: 03 December 2006, 23:20:01 »
Had a blowout at 70mph on the M74 last night....kicked my car sideways along both lanes for about 50 yards :-/ Once I got it stopped I changed the tyre in 5 mins flat ;D

Don't think any tyre fitter would repair it haha it got shredded to bits!! still had about 5mm of tread left too with no obvious puncture!

The impact broke the filament in my sidelight and the tyre rubbed a fair bit of paint off my bumper!  :'(

Keeps me on my toes!  :D
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107038
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #1 on: 03 December 2006, 23:21:49 »
Glad you survived it ok, now get yourself down M&S for some clean undies.... ;D
Logged
Grumpy old man

tunnie

  • Get A Life!!
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Surrey
  • Posts: 37573
    • Zafira Tourer & BMW 435i
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #2 on: 03 December 2006, 23:22:09 »
that will teach you taking a Corsa to the limit  ;) ;D
Logged

JamesV6CDX

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gloucestershire/Buckinghamshire
  • Posts: 16640
    • Omega 3.2 Retail MV6 LPG
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #3 on: 03 December 2006, 23:22:14 »
Lucky escape mate.

I had a blowout in my old Rover 416, it wasn't a nice experience...
Logged

TheBoy

  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Brackley, Northants
  • Posts: 107038
  • I Like Lockdown
    • Whatever Starts
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #4 on: 03 December 2006, 23:26:13 »
Had a couple of blowouts, both I suspect to underinflated tyres ::) (works vans). Both were shitty pants moments....
Logged
Grumpy old man

Lawman

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Cleland
  • Posts: 179
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #5 on: 03 December 2006, 23:28:13 »
Quote
Glad you survived it ok, now get yourself down M&S for some clean undies.... ;D

HAHA ;D

I brought it under control pretty calmly with a little steering and quick jabs of the brake....wasn't till an hour later and I felt really ill haha :y
Logged

Gwilym

  • Senior Member
  • ****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Bridgwater, Somerset, UK
  • Posts: 677
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #6 on: 04 December 2006, 12:20:05 »
I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.

Nice!

Logged


White '00 3.0 MV6 Estate (Ex Met Police Firearms Car)

Martin_1962

  • Guest
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #7 on: 04 December 2006, 16:46:58 »
Had a front go at 80 - got to the hard shoulder with no problems.

A bit hairy but the chassis are good!!!!

Had a front blow out on a bike - only the speed kept the tyre up wobbled to a stop after some corners, the spare was super slippery and had as much grip as the punctured Avon.

Also the rectifier & alternator were duff so I had to run total loss, and by the time my dad arrived it was getting dark - would not pull over 5000rpm by the time we got home due to no power.
Logged

Del Boy

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Kent, UK.
  • Posts: 10804
    • 2012 '62' BMW 730d MSport
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #8 on: 04 December 2006, 17:30:01 »
Quote
I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.

Nice!


Blimey :o
Logged
Drives: 2013 (13) BMW 530d M Sport Touring, 2011 '61' BMW 520d SE.

Del Boy

  • Omega Queen
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Kent, UK.
  • Posts: 10804
    • 2012 '62' BMW 730d MSport
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #9 on: 04 December 2006, 17:30:44 »
Glad your ok m8
Logged
Drives: 2013 (13) BMW 530d M Sport Touring, 2011 '61' BMW 520d SE.

Lawman

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Cleland
  • Posts: 179
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #10 on: 04 December 2006, 21:59:18 »
Quote
I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.

Nice!



Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!

Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha
Logged

sir moanalot

  • Omega Knight
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • fens
  • Posts: 1356
  • im like an expensive watch - i get wound up easily
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #11 on: 04 December 2006, 22:02:06 »
i ragged it down a dual carriageway at mach2 in a van, then, while pulling up outside my house 5 mins later had a blowout! possibly the slowest one in history at 2mph !! mind you where i live i probable ran over some 9mm shell cases! tone.
Logged
yet another miserable day in rip off britain !!!

MikeDundee

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Costa Del Peckham
  • Posts: 9370
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #12 on: 04 December 2006, 22:05:17 »
Quote
Quote
I had a blowout on my motorbike once. Unfortunately was going faster than the national sped limit at the time. Rear tyre went bang, back end came round to the front and I somehow managed to reduce speed to about 30 before I fell off into the hedge.

Nice!



Wow!! Lucky lucky guy!

Martin, It's a 5 door corsa....good chassis doesn't come into the equation at all!! haha

Thats why u should never skimp when it comes to buying tyres for your car :y
Logged

Lawman

  • Junior Member
  • **
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Cleland
  • Posts: 179
    • View Profile
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #13 on: 04 December 2006, 22:12:00 »
You know it!  ;)
Logged

Markie

  • Omega Lord
  • *****
  • Offline Offline
  • Gender: Male
  • Lanarkshire, Scotland
  • Posts: 7762
    • RS4, BMW X5, Range Rover
    • View Profile
    • http://www.facebook.com/pages/Markiescarparts/149306545168993
Re: Blowout!!
« Reply #14 on: 04 December 2006, 22:46:16 »
jeez your not havingmuch luck just now are you after that keying  :-/
Logged
MarkiesCarParts-Online Now With A New 4000FT Partswarehouse; Stocking Thousands of Vauxhall,Peugeot, Citroen, Renault & Rover NEW Parts - Check us on Ebay MarkiesCarParts-Online. PM me via OOF for discount
Pages: [1] 2  All   Go Up
« previous next »
 

Page created in 0.019 seconds with 16 queries.