Practically Classics Forum

Tragic.
But there's a lesson to be learnt. Run flat tyres should have some sort of way to indicate that they are flat. This is a job for the tyre designers.

Tombstone safety. This is a typical tombstone safety scenario. Who would think this could happen until it does.
We are all guilty of sometimes kicking the tyres instead checking with a pressure gauge when pushed for time.

I usually check tyres every week. But such a run flat could be checked on Sunday and be flat on weds without the driver knowing.

Regatds
Bob Reddington

History wrote: Run flat tyres should have some sort of way to indicate that they are flat. This is a job for the tyre designers.

Cars that are designed from new to have run flats,come equipped with pressure sensors in the rims.

I am aware of such systems but this skyline wasn't so fitted.
So I suggest that run flats only be fitted to cars so equipped or the run flat shows it flat by other means independently of the rim it is fitted to.

Nowadays Punctures on tyres with a decent depth of tread rarely get punctures. I run my tyres down to 2mm. Have not had a Puncture in years. Besides I have a spare. Or the AA.

I don't really see the worth of run flats in normal motoring.

Regards
Bob Reddington

Tyres these days will still pick up nails and slow puncture . I've had to have a couple of tyres done on my Discovery that this has happened to, These are reasonably new, with a much deeper tread depth than you would normally find on the average car tyre.
Currently waiting for the local tyre depot to get a couple of rear tyres for the wife's Mazda. I took it to work for a week before the MOT, and yes that had picked a nail up too. The rear tyres are reasonably worn, so they're just going to get stuck in the bin

I was telling a neighbour about a pair of Good Year G800s that I bought for my old Wolseley Hornet. One used to lose air from the day it was fitted to some cheap "wide" wheels. I ran it for a couple of years, thinking it was because of the cheap wheels. When I scrapped the car, my father put the wheels on his Mini and the tyre went flat within a day or two. He took it to the garage and they found a very well worn nail in the tyre!

I certainly had plenty of punctures in the first Golf - I was living in Middlesbrough and travelling back to Cumbria every weekend. Each puncture seemed to ruin the case and the tyres were pretty new when I started the commuting: at least two were new but I can't remember if the back ones were - all four were new by the time I'd been there two years! Changing a wheel on the A66 on a wet and windy night is not fun!!