Luckily Sarah was able to pull off the road safely; she is our designated "extreme" conditions driver-having driven through a snowstorm all night on the way to the mountains. Unfortunately, we were on Highway 25 N and the shoulder we pulled off on was very narrow. Cars were whizzing by at 60+, so there was no way to change the tire without putting my life in danger. I called a tow-truck, we got towed to the next exit and were able to change the tire to the spare in the safety of a parking lot. We weren't deterred from getting in some volleyball that afternoon thanks to a ride from a friend.
Now we are the proud owners of 4 new Michelin tires!
Here is what was left of our tire:
4 comments:
So I am unclear from you story, did you run over something or did the tire simply fail? If it was the latter, what brand was it? I would like to know so that I never buy it.
Oh that's ugly! I am glad you two are ok and were able to take care of it without making a trip to the hospital.
To answer Mike's question, we never really figured out what caused the damage. We didn't notice hitting anything, but that is probably the most likely cause (unless one of our enemies slashed it). According to Tire Rack (http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=Firestone&tireModel=FR690) the Firestone FR690 ranks a wonderful 27th out of 27 tires in its class. That's why we decided to replace all four.
Probably prudent since Bridgestone-Firestone was sued a few years back because so many of their SUV tires spontaneously failed at highway speeds.
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