Overtaken by my tyre!!!

[A's F-word]

When your rear tyre passes you on motorway at 100mph you know it's bad!!

[emjay82]

Errr, please tell....... 

[NemesisUK]

Not to mention the fine, points and possible ban...

[Linas.P]

45 minutes ago, NemesisUK said:

Not to mention the fine, points and possible ban...

Is it really? what if it was not properly fitted by mechanic when fitting tire or something else?

[dougie175]

19 minutes ago, Linas.P said:

Is it really? what if was not properly fitted by mechanic when fitting tire or something else?

Think Peter means the ban for doing such speed on a motorway!

[Linas.P]

Maybe... though the tire will always overtake you at higher speed than you were travelling and Andrew didn't say he was doing 100MPH, just a tire was... and that is not even necessary was in UK.... As such, I assumed it was something to do with the fact that you lost wheel i.e. driving with "not road worthy car" type of thing.

[A's F-word]

Was on my way back from the airport and as I did a overtake  the rear of the car started to squirm and then ripping and crunching sound followed by a high speed tyre! My next fear was what damage was done followed by changing the wheel on soft mud!

[Linas.P]

Any indication why that happened? 

[A's F-word]

I think it got a puncture and lost pressure and then heated up and where they are low profile the walls have no flex

[Mattmech]

Hope no damage was done to the car or the rim mate. Had you hit something in the road?

[A's F-word]

So rim is scuffed up as is the back bumper wheel arch

[Linas.P]

When the rim overtakes you I assume that there certainly was some damage to the rim... wait what rim... 

[A's F-word]

No never hit anything. I have the winter tyres in the garage but might just do all 4 corners tomorrow and then off for spray up on front bumper bonnet and wings and now rear too grrr

[A's F-word]

I still want to get headers and remap lol. 

[A's F-word]

14 minutes ago, Linas.P said:

When the rim overtakes you I assume that there certainly was some damage to the rim... wait what rim... 

The rim didn't come off just most of the tyre lol

[Linas.P]

4 minutes ago, A's F-word said:

The rim didn't come off just most of the tyre lol

Ok I see, that is quite lucky then because I though it was like bolts snapped... In which case your rear end would have been obliterated.. And somebody's else car if that rim would hit at 100mph.. 

[MNMJ]

Didn't the tyre pressure warning system give you any advance warning? I thought that is what they were there for?

[A's F-word]

i guess the manufacturer thinks the flying tyre was sufficient warning lol

[JonP]

My IS-F doesn't have tyre pressure warning..... Though i gather the RC-F does.

[A's F-word]

2 minutes ago, JonP said:

My IS-F doesn't have tyre pressure warning..... Though i gather the RC-F does.

Jon our ISFs don't mate. Strange but true. 

[MNMJ]

Not having one fitted would explain the absence of a warning.  I understand some sort of warning system is now mandatory for new cars. It makes sense as slowly deflating tyres are not always obvious