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Well, if it lets go around a sharp corner it will probably ruin your day but
yea, the gas tank wont go off in a mushroom cloud. A few episodes of most
amazing videos or Cops will give a good show of what actually happens and
just how long you can drive with no Tire/tires.
Keith
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.
Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
'72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta, '81 Gold Wing,
'73 Porsche 914, '90 Wet Jet
http://www.icbm.org/
Portland, Oregon
>-----Original Message-----
>Hey, as long as you are aware that the tire, when used, could fail at
>any time in a more or less catastrophic manner. I suppose just being
>stuck somewhere is the best outcome. A bad accident is the worst.
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