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- From: dlou@TROI.UCSD.EDU (Dennis Lou)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Power of a Blow Out
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.101505@troi.UCSD.Edu>
- Date: 31 Jul 92 17:15:05 GMT
- References: <1992Jul28.125600.3684@linus.mitre.org> <1992Jul30.231327.9484@apex.com>
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- In article <1992Jul30.231327.9484@apex.com>, deanc@apex.com (Dean Crane) writes:
- |> In article <1992Jul28.125600.3684@linus.mitre.org>, rajiv@hilltop.mitre.org (Rajiv Kohli) writes:
- |> > What is the power of a blow out on a running car? Has anybody had this unfortunate
- |> > experience? Does the car just go out of control or overturn? What is the safe speed
- |> > number to be?
- |> >
- |> > Comments?
- |>
- |> I had a blow out of the right rear tire on an '88 Escort a few years ago.
- |> I was on the freeway doing about 65/mph. I was very loud, but didn't cause
- |> the car to spin out of control. In fact it did very little. I just slowed
- |> down and pulled over.
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- I've had two blowouts on northbound I-5 near Los Banos. Both were at
- 80^H^H 65/mph (:-) One was on a fwd Honda Accord and the other was on a
- rwd Chevy Luv truck. Both were a blowout of a rear tire.
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- No loss of control and no incidents. I just pulled over and changed the tire.
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