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Hey All, Just for the record, it's not completely a myth. I almost was never here due to this same type of accident. My parents were in an accident back in 1955 in a 1948 Packard (similar to this body style: http://www.americandreamcars.com/1948packard033104.htm ). A re-tread tire blew out on the front causing an operator error (over compensation on the steering wheel) sending my parents and the 3 or more tons of metal rolling over 5 times and throwing both passengers out of the doors. no explosion... but extreme rollovers do happen. It's just up to the driver to keep the accident from getting extreme. Peter: Personally, I'd take that spare out and only have it on display at car shows and such. Go get a spare tire from this decade... ok? ;) Big.Al Houston > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: [T3] Happy 40th Phillip! > From: "Toby Erkson" > Date: Wed, May 17, 2006 10:31 am > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > > When a tire blows, it's not like in the movies where the car careens outta > control and ends up flipping across four lanes and the gas tank explodes. > That's just a myth. The deflated tire will be obvious as there will be drag > on that particular side of the car but the car will still be > drivable...it'll just destroy the tire and could damage the rim. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~