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| 11-28-2012, 07:03 AM | #1 |
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Blow out
I was merrily driving last night in Dubai to collect my new watch, when I thought the tyre had a blow out.
  It turns out the I destroyed it by driving on a rapidly deflating tyre having picked up a nail the size of an anchor  Considering the speed there was no other damage, very lucky  I was impressed the way this Michelin tyre held up (275/40/20 Latitude Diamaris). But finding a replacement was fun! Premium tyres cost a small fortune here. I suppose somethings are no different where ever you go. Land Rover quoted £430. I had it replaced by the Michelin distributor for £270 and they also filled all the tyres with Nitrogen with free top up's for life of the tyre. Last edited by flyfs6; 11-28-2012 at 07:37 AM. |
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| 11-28-2012, 08:23 AM | #3 |
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You say the premium tyres are a small fortune in Dubai - you should try here! You wouldn't find that tyre anywhere for £270. I had to pay £340 for a 275/40/18
 Was the rim damaged? It's a pisser when the tyre was otherwise in good order. Still, at least you walked away - I wouldn't fancy losing a tyre in a 4x4 at speed.
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| 11-28-2012, 08:37 AM | #4 |
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very dangerous to drive at high speed or do fast turns with a deflated runflat....i assume the warning light didn't come up?...
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| 11-28-2012, 09:46 AM | #5 | |
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Are you buying competition tires? |
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| 11-28-2012, 10:04 AM | #6 |
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Dunlop SportMaxx RFT - cheapest I could find:
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| 11-28-2012, 10:14 AM | #7 | |
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Mate use camskills for future purchases (£285.30 inc vat). And also if you want usually local tire fitters will price match camskills also. Here the link. Safe motoring. http://www.camskill.co.uk/m61b1989s2...%3A_68dB/RS_GB |
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| 11-30-2012, 04:58 PM | #8 |
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Kev - no warning light came up. I don't think the vehicle is equipped with it either
 But the interesting thing is that this tyre is a non run flat and the fact it still held up like it did is what impressed me the most. |
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| 11-30-2012, 05:04 PM | #9 | |
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hey, that's good if it was a normal tyre!...
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