Tire shot
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Tire shot
Was joyriding a bit a few days ago. After getting back to the house, I noticed driver's side rear tire flat after about an hour. I had my father in law watch as I slowly rolled it out of the garage and he didn't see anything piercing the tire.
I subsequently pulled the tire off and found a pretty large hole just near the side wall. I was "fortunate" enough to have gotten home since I don't keep the donut spare in the trunk. Took the tire to Jaguar service and they confirmed too close to sidewall for repair. Had to purchase a new tire (but not from Jag as they wanted $100 more than TireRack.com).
Real bummer as it only has about 600 miles on it.
I subsequently pulled the tire off and found a pretty large hole just near the side wall. I was "fortunate" enough to have gotten home since I don't keep the donut spare in the trunk. Took the tire to Jaguar service and they confirmed too close to sidewall for repair. Had to purchase a new tire (but not from Jag as they wanted $100 more than TireRack.com).
Real bummer as it only has about 600 miles on it.
Last edited by tiger4366; 04-30-2014 at 11:20 AM.
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You're right, the regular wheel wouldn't fit in the trunk, so why bother carrying around a spare. You'd either have to throw the flat in the front seat (impossible if you have a passenger) or leave by the road side. So, right now the donut's just holding up the car. Jag will install the new tire I bought from TireRack, so I'll probably have to run it up there with the new one in the front seat. It will save me the time of jacking it up.
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