Random Thoughts

[putnam6]

I probably average about 75 miles a day on typical backroad conditions with some occasional dirt road driving. The car came with Continentals which are around $200 a piece, and I ran those until the metal threads were becoming exposed on the inner sidewalls, and replaced the two front first with a couple of closeouts that were around $60 a piece.

Lately I just buy used/closeouts at a fraction of the price. I have gotten three flats over the past year and a half though, but this is likely more to do with road conditions than the tires themselves, plus I'm running these low profiles at 235-40-18, but I'm unsure exactly how much of a factor that actually is.

I was adjusting tire pressure a few days ago and I noticed the front right has a small bubble in the outer sidewall which probably does have more to do with tire quality. I have an appt. in a few hours to get that replaced with another closeout at $62.

I was thinking about some sort of "plug kit". The last flat appeared to have a puncture on the inner sidewall and at the time I was even thinking if I could just jam something in there while periodically adding air it might slow the leak enough so I could make it home without calling AAA.

I've since upgraded my AAA plan back to the AAA Plus which covers up to 100 miles of towing where the other was only 5 miles.

Yep, I used to have AAA myself, if you drive for a living it's a good thing to have. We used to travel the 9 southeastern states from West Virginia to Florida, Alabama to North Carolina and Virginia,we had city and highway miles. Most of my tire pops just running over a nail or something, but I used to keep 3-4 cans of fix a flat too.