Nails & Screws

[PeterHBne]

Last week I had a huge screw pulled out of a tyre and today I noticed I have two other tyres with a nail/screw in the tread, luckily not causing a puncture.

I've always puzzled over where the hell these come from.

Is there a secret organisation out there where members cruise Australia's roads scattering nails & screws at random?

Maybe Bob Jane employees?

[SoVeReIgN]

aha stop taking corners too quickly - A 'racing line' through a corner on the street usually means you go near the gutter / median strip and pick up all the crap.

When I got my first car and had a few nails/screws/punctures a little too often my old man told me it was obvious what was happening and I should slow down.

[PeterHBne]

Well you got me picked!

I always pick racing lines - even when driving slow - they are just so.........efficient.

But where have the damn things come from in the first place?

Carpenter type tradies don't seem to drive around with open boxes of nails n screws jumping around in the back tray spilling their contents onto the highways of this wide brown land.

So why are they so common?

[Ben_GTI]

You'd be surprised how many screws fall off the back of utes.

[DaveMack]

Probably car parts out of Holdens & Fords. ...

Dave

[Jmac]

Just a little something to add have you noticed that most people you drive passed with a puncture has the rear jacked up. Have a look next time. Front tyre picks up the offender and throws it to the rear which cops it at speed. 90% rears, funny hey!

[pomme]

I actually had a puncture 2 days ago... luckily it was 1 day before i got new tyres

[99gti]

Touch wood I don't get one. I lent my spare to a mate who came undone in a similar fashion.



....I bet he's doing burnouts on it as we speak! lol

[PeterHBne]

Whacko.

ANOTHER huge screw in my passenger rear tyre for a nice slow deflate.

Don't doubt your tyre low pressure warning system - it works!

[gpk_gti]

you must be driving through a area that is frequented by construction trucks.I used to go down a major truck route and I copped alot of stone chips and nails in my tyres.since I stopped going that way,I stopped getting that type of damage!!!

[PeterHBne]

Yeah you are probably right.

That pretty much describes any major (and most minor) road in Brisbane these days.

Our roads are literally filled with commercial vehicles as the whole of Brisbane is one large construction site.

[Bubu]

I also drive on main truck routes which I cannot help because I work for a major transport company. I never get nails or screws in my tyres from it.

Last time I got a nail it was in a backstreet which hasnt been resurfaced for at least 15 years and has loose rock and pot holes everywhere.

[m.camo]

2 nails in 1 week

I have never had a flat in 15 years, had the polo for 2 weeks and had 2 nails, front and back , back one was so far on the side they could not fix it ,so he said. can they still put tubes in tires ?

[PeterHBne]

I'd be careful of the ol' 'too far up the sidewall to fix' judgement.

My last flat was a large screw on the edge of the sidewall & flat 'face' of the tyre (where it meets the road). I went to two tyre shops who declared I needed a new $200 tyre. I didn't think I did and found a third who fixed it for $20 with no further problems.

[Mischa]

its all the screws comign from the polo gti turbo bolts