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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EhlerDave" data-source="post: 3858009" data-attributes="member: 2564">Hey a post I can chime in on due to experience and stupidity, I had a habit of driving way to fast. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" data-shortname=":)" />I had a complete front tire failure. Totally exploded. Now this tire was speed rated for 120mph. I had purchased a set of 4 and had them on the car about a week, no high speeds on them.The next week on my way to work sadly my car had a fatal head failure, big nasty crack. <img src="/images/smilies/frown.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" data-shortname=":(" /> So since it was my first car, 1973 Gran Torino (I still have it) I parked it in the back yard knowing I had to change the heads, yeah I had spare parts, it has a 1969 429, The car came from the factory with a 302.Now my  job, getting married and life got involved and the car just had to wait.  Well I had been out of state working for a long time and had just over 6 weeks paid time off, so I had to do a large list of honey doo's. The car had not moved in just over 2 years. As I was out in my yard repairing a fence, the entire side of the front tire blew out. Yeah it scared me more than a wee bit. But man when it popped it popped. I would be willing to say almost a 1 foot long hole in the side. Right at the edge of the tread and sidewall. I kept my tires at 35 psi, still enough to make one wicked noise.  I have been weary of all tires since.We had a truck at work sitting in the parking lot, 3/4 Ford, and it lost a tire in the same manner. It is just dumb luck neither of those were at highway speed, maybe next to another car when they let go. Nothing good happens when a tire just commits suicide like that.</blockquote>

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