It's making a flapping sound

"RallyWrench" (rndlitebmw) 04/29/2016 at 17:13 • Filed to: customers, tires

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No shit?

I told them it needed tires immediately. 4 months ago. Welcome to California, where vehicle inspections aren’t mandatory.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 17:15

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It’s even scarier when you see this shit in Wisconsin...in winter

Ash78, voting early and often > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 17:15

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I've seen nylon poking out my inner shoulder, but it was only when the middle and outer shoulder had a few 32nds left (bad alignment/lowered). This thing is worn all the way. You don't need mandatory inspections, they'd never catch all the Stupid.

RallyWrench > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 04/29/2016 at 17:16

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At least there’s lots of soft snow to hit and they’re not going 90 on Highway 1.

RallyWrench > Ash78, voting early and often 04/29/2016 at 17:19

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You can lead a horse to water, but you sure as hell can’t make it re-shoe itself. At least a mandatory inspection would have palpable consequences, beyond a stern warning from your mechanic.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 17:19

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The flapping sounds aren’t the best part. They’re just the tire equivalent of the musical “Pop Goes the Weasel” chime. The best part is the bang, because you never know exactly when it’s going to happen and throw wire-edged masses of death rubber everywhere and kill you. You didn’t wait for that? Whatsamatta, chicken?

Nibby > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 17:23

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Meh, still good for another 15k miles.

Echo51 > Nibby 04/29/2016 at 17:33

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Yeah, i see some tread there. rotate the tyre on the rim so it wear evenly on the outside too.

nermal > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 17:46

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Glad it doesn’t rain there.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 17:53

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I think an annual inspection should be required everywhere. Too many death traps rolling around in CA with wobbly wheels, screeching belts, bald-AF tires, long gone light bulbs, etc.

No pass, no registration renewal.

RallyWrench > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/29/2016 at 17:59

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Almost made it to the happy ending. No follow through, these people.

RallyWrench > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 04/29/2016 at 18:00

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Yup. For as many hoops as we have to jump through here, you’d think we would have them.

Will Race For Food > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 04/29/2016 at 18:05

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Have you ever had a tire blowout? It’s actually not as bad as you describe, just a loud noise and the car starts pulling to one side a bit. Obviously, driving on tires like that is beyond stupid, but a tire going out will neither (in general, there are exceptions) throw rubber or the chords on the road, a blowout is typically just a small hole in the weakest part and that’s it.

This is how I know:

That are the remains from a typical day of drifting practice

shop-teacher > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 19:19

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Those snow drifts don’t stay soft, they get REALLY hard. We have other roads ‘round these parts for them to go 90 on ;)

NJAnon > RallyWrench 04/29/2016 at 23:29

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Thats what apathetic drivers do. They got the car for point A to point B never taking into consideration that their laziness and ignorance shows when they run into a problem. At least where I live.

(like the guy I saw at the gas station filling up his really old truck to the max that obviously had really old fuel lines that ruptured and he’s looking under his truck staring at the leaking gasoline with confusion like “wth? aren’t these fuel lines made of diamond?”) No stupid, they aren’t.