We were on our way to use the second day of our Boat Show pass - driving along Route 50 in Maryland - 9 miles out and we heard the proverbial "ping - pop - bang". I thought it was just road debris, but five seconds after the sound, the tire pressure alarm went off and the run-flat indicator was lit. We pulled off on the next exit and assessed our situation. 50 miles from home. 9 miles from the boat show. A flat tire with a run flat donut inside. We could go home since the car manual said we could go 125 miles at 50 mph on the run flat. Or we could drive 9 more miles, get to the boat show, then go back 60 miles. Read on to see what we did...
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Run Flat - Engage
We were on our way to use the second day of our Boat Show pass - driving along Route 50 in Maryland - 9 miles out and we heard the proverbial "ping - pop - bang". I thought it was just road debris, but five seconds after the sound, the tire pressure alarm went off and the run-flat indicator was lit. We pulled off on the next exit and assessed our situation. 50 miles from home. 9 miles from the boat show. A flat tire with a run flat donut inside. We could go home since the car manual said we could go 125 miles at 50 mph on the run flat. Or we could drive 9 more miles, get to the boat show, then go back 60 miles. Read on to see what we did...
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