Not the way I wanted to start my morning. [Updated]

"Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ" (doge-supreme)
07/19/2017 at 10:44 • Filed to: None

Low tire pressure sensor was on, found this in the front passenger side tire. Not what I needed a week before I leave for Vegas.

[Update] Les Schwab was able to get the tire patched. If I get one more thing stuck in a tire, I’ll have flat tire bingo for this set, since I already had to replace one a month after getting them for a punctured sidewall, and now 2 others have picked up a screw during their life span.

DISCUSSION (19)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:47

GM body bolt?

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
07/19/2017 at 10:49

I think it’s from the construction crew replacing the waterlines around my neighborhood.

Party-vi > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:52

That poor A/S 3.

Wagonlife740 > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:54

I honestly have to say that out of all the things that can go wrong within a week of a big trip, this is pretty minor. Please don’t let it get to you, fix it and move on.

benjrblant > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:54

Don’t you think it’s a little late to still be running studded tires?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:54

Not impossible. I was going off it appearing to have a recess-top hex head and the ruins of a captive washer, but most body bolts have a little thicker washer than that would have to have been.

Kinja'd!!!

404 - User No Longer Available > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:56

At least it didn’t pierce a sidewall...

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > benjrblant
07/19/2017 at 10:56

In Portland OR? No you run studded tires until September, then go to all seasons for 2 months then back to studded. At least that’s what it seems like everyone does.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > 404 - User No Longer Available
07/19/2017 at 10:57

True, but this is the third time I’m going to have to have a tire repaired or replaced in the 9 months I’ve had this set.

benjrblant > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 10:59

July is half over, which means its basically August, which means September is right around the corner, so just RTV that thing in there and you’re good until next summer.

E92M3 > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 11:05

A week is plenty of time. That stuff always happens to me when I’m already 15 mins late

Svend > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 11:16

Hey snap.

car indicated the other day a low pressure warning on the front passenger side.

Inflated both front wheels as they were both a little out. Then sure enough last night the warning went off again.

Parked up this morning outside a tyre centre to be the first there for when they open.

turned out to be a nail. They took the nail out and repaired the hole and sent us on our way.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 11:23

Pictured: Bullet proof tire that caught a slug straight to the contact patch.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 11:25

Have you tried not driving through scrap yards?

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 11:37

Defcon?

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2017 at 12:05

Yeah. Going to be my first time attending.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/19/2017 at 12:29

Nice! Defcon is one of the strangest, booziest things I do all year...

I was considering putting together a meetup.. but then thought I couldn’t be bothered.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
07/19/2017 at 13:49

You should. I’ve been looking forward to going for a while. I was going to try and go a couple years back but I was taking classes in the summer, and didn’t have the money.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ
07/21/2017 at 17:51

And done! http://oppositelock.kinja.com/defcon-las-vegas-oppo-meetup-1797142863