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Scraping sound, then tyre blowout
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02-20-2007, 06:42 AM
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I had a tyre blow in exactly the same way, by running up a shallow kerb at speed (to avoid an accident) on 18" rims in an Audi TT.
I wouldn't be surprised if the scraping noise was the tyre running flat and the rim scraping the tarmac.
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