Ever seen a tire flat like this?

[Akil1]

so this is the story I heard after letting someone drive my car, simply; "I ran over something metal".

I'm pissed.

[bobbycos]

i have experienced something like that before

be glad only the tire is destroyed and not the rim/car/driver

[deevergote]

The sidewalls aren't very strongly reinforced, so they can be torn easily. I can't imagine what would do that, but if "something metal" was allowed to dig into the tire, that's actually a mild result!
Bobby is right. It could've been a LOT worse!

I believe that any damages that occur while driving someone else's car is the responsibility of the driver to repair.

[cloudasc]

Plus it looks like that tire was ready or pretty dam to close to be replaced anyways.

[deevergote]

Nah, that's just a shallow tread pattern sport tire!

[jmn822000]

Dry rotten and separated steel plates will cause that.

[cloudasc]

Dry rotten and separated steel plates will cause that.

^^ Thats a good point, when was the manufacture date on that tire?

[MortsAccord]

with that size of a hole im amazed that the rims isnt damaged, how fast were they going when this happened? couldnt have been much at all.

[Akil1]

with that size of a hole im amazed that the rims isnt damaged, how fast were they going when this happened? couldnt have been much at all.

It happened on the highway so more than likely they were speeding.

[Akil1]

^^ Thats a good point, when was the manufacture date on that tire?

I dont see a date and somehow he managed to scrap up the side of the tire as well as u can see in the picture below the tires were in very good condition

[Akil1]

I'm pissed. the one time I let someone drive my car and they let this shit happen. What kind of dumbass runs over "something metal"..lesson learned

[cb7sk8rdude]

It looks like you needed new tires anyway. Are you making the person buy you new ones or a new one?

[illinois_erik]

belt separation (previous curb check?) At the tire shop I saw all sorts of stuff come in, even running over roadkill can mess you up. I pulled a bigass canine tooth from some critter out of a tire, luckily for them it was far from the sidewall and was able to be patched. Looks like they hit something, belts separated and the tire let loose down the road from heat, there was probably a bigass bulge after contact and thats why it looks like someone took a shotgun to it. If the tires are fairly new Id bring it back to the shop as a defective tire. Theyll measure the tread depth and pro rate it against another new tire.

[illinois_erik]

I dont see a date and somehow he managed to scrap up the side of the tire as well as u can see in the picture below the tires were in very good condition

whats the DOT code on the tire, thats where the date of manufacture is albeit slightly "encrypted"

[babiface082392]

how old was the tire? has it seen a curb? was it bubbled? separated belt? weathercracked?