400 Mile Family Road Trip - Not
#31
Go back and read my first post. On my own, I can deal with it. I can plug or use the goo and be on my way. But with a family on the 5 or 405, I'm not taking the chance - especially with those Four Seasons bandits. This makes the case for a performance oriented four door sedan, but I digress. Last Wednesday morning, I noticed my rear tire was flat due to a slice/gash in the middle tread from a extra heavy duty utility blade of some sort. The tire is unrepairable (these tires don't leave much room for error when they go and one can even ruin the sidewall driving while flat even for a short distance). No stores that I called had the RE-11s In stock so they needed to be special ordered. Sure, not a big deal when at home. But on the road, with the family on a three day vacation? I replaced both rear tires and I'm keeping the other good one in my garage as a spare. But I'm going to by a Porsche OEM rim to mount the tire so I have a temporary spare. The fronts tires are more readily available.
Last edited by Sharkys; 04-11-2012 at 11:59 PM.
#32
Go back and read my first post. On my own, I can deal with it. I can plug or use the goo and be on my way. But with a family on the 5 or 405, I'm not taking the chance - especially with those Four Seasons bandits. This makes the case for a performance oriented four door sedan, but I digress. Last Wednesday morning, I noticed my rear tire was flat due to a slice/gash in the middle tread from a extra heavy duty utility blade of some sort. The tire is unrepairable (these tires don't leave much room for error when they go and one can even ruin the sidewall driving while flat even for a short distance). No stores that I called had the RE-11s In stock so they needed to be special ordered. Sure, not a big deal when at home. But on the road, with the family on a three day vacation? I replaced both rear tires and I'm keeping the other good one in my garage as a spare. But I'm going to by a Porsche OEM rim to mount the tire so I have a temporary spare. The fronts tires are more readily available.
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