| I had a rear blow out a couple months ago.... if it wasn't for the sound I wouldn't have stopped to check. The handling did not change at all. I even managed to change lanes a couple times. By the time I stopped the tire was smoking and had alot of holes on the side wall but the rim was unscathed. A dry rotted tire will just leak faster than a new one. There IS a point a dry rotted tire would "blow out" from being dry rotted, but at that point it would be visually obvious even from far away and it probably wouldn't hold air for more than a couple days.
*disclaimer*: all that I say may be true or I may be completely wrong and I accept that.... please, it is your duty as another person on the internet to impolitely tell me how wrong I am :) "The dreaded 2nd windshiled wiper swipe when you turn it off its almost like tis showing you that it's boss, and it doesn't have to stop when you tell it to :("-College Boy (discussion on ptu relocation)
"No good reason to put it there anyway. -Bernie (NoVA)
False -vorpalZ
False. -Bernie (NoVA)
You're correct, there are 3 good reasons -vorpalZ
False. -Bernie (NoVA)
Wow, right again, just remembered another, make that 4 -vorpalZ"
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