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Old 02-20-10, 08:31 AM
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Angry Tire go BOOM!!!

Well I was driving on my winter tires, enjoy a good speed of about 180km/h on my lexus is350.... when tire go BOOM! HAHA

It was fun stopping the car... stoopid tires!
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Old 02-20-10, 10:36 AM
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why were you driving so fast? there's a speed rating on winter tires....


you trollin?
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Old 02-20-10, 10:52 AM
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roughly 112mph on winter tires.....thier not made for that.
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Old 02-20-10, 11:54 AM
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If I were you I would look into getting some Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D. They have a "V" speed rating good for 149mph. And they perform just fine for me on the autobahn. But my AWD only does 135mph. Make sure you get the ones with the "V" rating and not the "H" rating. Same tire, just different rating.
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Old 02-20-10, 12:01 PM
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Too bad nothing happened
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Old 02-20-10, 12:21 PM
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I thought you had a flat tire.
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Old 02-20-10, 01:24 PM
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this is the dumbest thread.. why were you going 80km over the speed limit (considering you were driving on a highway)
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Old 02-20-10, 03:45 PM
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fact or fiction?
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Old 02-20-10, 08:22 PM
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fiction, there are only trolls in fairy tales
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Old 02-20-10, 08:41 PM
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So how does your tire blow goin that fast and the car doesent crash? I've never had that happend to me before but I can only imagine that it would do some crazy stuff like flip over!
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Old 02-20-10, 11:21 PM
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How old were the tires? I watched a 20/20 special about tires that are over 5-6 years old can be more prone to blowouts, apparently.

Why were you going that fast? Slow down, the freeway is not the track.
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Old 02-20-10, 11:50 PM
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..do you want a cookie?
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Old 02-21-10, 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by karasha
How old were the tires? I watched a 20/20 special about tires that are over 5-6 years old can be more prone to blowouts, apparently.

Why were you going that fast? Slow down, the freeway is not the track.
especially in winter time with black ice. more reason i believe we have a troll.
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ThiS thread is stupid the moderators should close it down. This is a fake who would do 180kph on winter tires and say oh it was fun stopping the car? How is that fun when is dangerous not only to yourself but to other people. This is a waste of space and showing how people are bored with there time with nothing better to post on a good lexus forum. Seriously get a life. No one that really owns an. "IS" with there right mind would be doing 180kph knowing that there's black ice as it is. Therefore go do something with your time and don't bother posting non sense
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Don't feed the troll.
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