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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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Yeah, I dented two rims and flattened two tires (both front) gag. Oh well. And thanks for my bday wishes! :D

side note: getting a flat from a chicken bone is probably the funniest/most unfortunate thing I have ever heard hahaha!
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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i guess we now know about the chicken that crossed the road....
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:44 PM
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i seen a stubby screwdriver in the sidewall of a van. nothing weird with me. i just got a flat last week :-(

i needed tires more then i thought i guess :-P
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Yeah, gotta watch out for those rogue chickens!!!
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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a guy i know cheated on his girl, and he wound up with a hole from a 2" hole saw in his sidewall.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 03:19 PM
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#1) I have a tail silencer that I take out for shows and display sitting on the ground under the exhaust tip. I forgot about it and went to back up to leave the show, the narrower tube part ended up cutting a gash in the sidewall

#2) When I was in college, I was parking at student apartments and ran over the metal cone tip that's on some ballpoint pens. Worse than just puncturing the tire, the cone was hollow and didn't collapse, so it was like sticking a metal drinking straw right in the tire. I could hear the air rushing out and was completely flat in about 10 seconds.

The tire places I've gone to actually keep a can / jar of stuff they've pulled out of tires. Some of it is pretty interesting.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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not weird but annoying, Middle of winter in NY, I drop my gf at home, come back to my house and I hear ssssssssssssssssssssss. -.- Had to change my wheel at mid-night in the middle of winter while it was at most 10 degrees outside.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 05:57 AM
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I curbed my car on an incline one time, went back out and apparently when I was parking it i scraped the sidewall and killed it.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 05:58 AM
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Only weird flat I've had was having a rattlesnake strike the sidewall,
and the kid doing the repair got his finger cut by the fang... had to get the medics to give him the anti-venom.. just in case.......!
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 06:00 AM
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on my way home from norcal, highway 880, a piece of broken off scissors lodge its way in the left rear tire. my buddy ao cut his figner trying to pull it out. hahah.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by jovan_gonzales

side note: getting a flat from a chicken bone is probably the funniest/most unfortunate thing I have ever heard hahaha!
i know, its unfortunate. But it was a sharp piece
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 02:33 PM
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First one on the left rear was a rather long nail, the second one on the right rear was a new 3 inch long 1/4 inch bolt and the 8 sided washer attached to it painted white used in the construction of steel buildings. It made the darnest clicking noise because the washer kept it from going into the tire enough to wear smooth. It actually broke some of the very fine steel cords inside the tire. Needless to say I don't rotate the tires since both rears have patches on them.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ketchup_xb
on my way home from norcal, highway 880, a piece of broken off scissors lodge its way in the left rear tire. my buddy ao cut his figner trying to pull it out. hahah.
how weird, the same thing happened to me a few days ago...
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 02:35 AM
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you prolly got the other half of the scissors. thats weird lol.
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by CrayonBx
What is the weirdest way you flattened a tire..?
i remember 2 months ago i ran over a chicken bone and got a flat
LOL.! That's pretty ranDom..
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 02:32 PM
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nothing to special here either. the typical 5" long screw or nail that comes in the bottom and goes out to the sidewall.
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Woke up one morning and every tire on the entire block was flat.
Old Feb 15, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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Old Feb 17, 2009 | 02:05 PM
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WTF!
Old Feb 17, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TheCanD1eGiirl
Originally Posted by CrayonBx
What is the weirdest way you flattened a tire..?
i remember 2 months ago i ran over a chicken bone and got a flat
LOL.! That's pretty ranDom..
yup
hope no more flats for me



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