My First Blowout

Hey All - Well after 3 years of reading these forums it's finally my turn! Blew out driver's side. I still had Factory Goodyear tires. I was going to replace them this fall - figured 3 years was enough for them.

As far as I can tell we have no damage underneath but I will investigate further when I have some time. Sitting on the highway in 106 degrees wasn't very fun. Called Good Sam, they put on the spare, and I was on my way again in an hour 15 mins! Very nice CA Hwy Patrolman kept the nuts from hitting us. I was impressed that I had no sway or other motion from the trailmanor. I was going about 57, CA speed limit is 55.

So now I need to read up on the current advice on the best tires and get them ordered. This was the last trip unitl September so I have some time.

Whatever brand you get, my advice is 15" with metal stems. Period and end of discussion!

JapChinLvr said:

Sitting on the highway in 106 degrees wasn't very fun.

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I'll bet it wasn't. We were at about 90 degrees on our first one; you have my sympathies.

We didn't have Good Sam yet at that point, we changed it ourselves. I didn't realize that I had grease all over my face until we went into a fast food place (which luckily happened to be next to a tire store) and I went into the bathroom to wash my hands. LOL!