Fiesta ST Life - Tire got "screwed"

"Battery Tender Unnecessary" (carac) 07/21/2014 at 10:12 • Filed to: None

1

13

I-66 passing through Fairfax, VA. The only flat tires I've ever gotten have been in Northern VA and DC. Not a single replacement tire in all of VA/DC/MD. Drove home on the spare...which was a decent 185/60/15, not the usual "donut."

macanamera > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:14

2

How many punctures is that? Yikes. And also, you have a FiST?

Brian Silvestro > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:17

4

Love the full size spare. It's like 40 pounds though, so remember to take it out for AutoX!

Henry Diesel > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:22

2

Noooooooo!

Im expecting this to happen to me anyday now....

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Brian Silvestro 07/21/2014 at 10:25

1

seeing that a FiST can run the smaller wheels make me want to drive one with tiny wheels and chunky tires.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > macanamera 07/21/2014 at 10:27

1

Yeah, got it in April. It's been my go-to road trip car. 3400 miles. Usually gets 42-ish mpg interstate, 30's around town. Great gas mileage to your destination and a blast to drive when you get there.

macanamera > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:27

0

This seems like a good excuse to throw Pilot Super Sports on all around.

Battery Tender Unnecessary > macanamera 07/21/2014 at 10:33

0

It comes with decent Bridgestone Potenza RE050A which still have a lot of tread. I'll put Supersports on when these wear out. Michelin doesn't make a 205/40-17 so you have to move up to a 45 thickness, which probably won't be an issue.

macanamera > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:36

0

I had RE050A's on a 3-series coupe, I liked them. A pretty good tire. I also had RE070R2's on my GT-R, which were sticky as all hell. A great tire.

Brian Silvestro > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 07/21/2014 at 10:38

0

Yeah a lot of people take off the stock wheels and do just that.

jkm7680 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:42

0

I'm yet to get a flat in NOVA so far. Judging by the conditions of the roads, I'm surprised. Half of the interstates could really use some work. Nails are the unavoidable ones though.

TheRallyStache > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:42

1

Well, that tire is done. Each individual hole isn't bad but 3 total equals unfixable.

jariten1781 > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 10:47

2

Gah...3? Were you in that re-configurable shoulder area? Wife shredded up a tire in that lane so we don't use it anymore.

cazzyodo > Battery Tender Unnecessary 07/21/2014 at 11:10

1

I got a three inch screw in mine a less than 12 hours after getting my summer tires back on this year.

I was fortunately right next to the dealer where I bought it so went right in as they were closing and a guy plugged it for me no charge. We chatted for a while and life was good.