[Jeff]

I've had my 2023 BMW i4 M50 for less than 6 months and 6,000 miles and this is my second tire road hazard. I love this car with my soul, but it doesn't love me back. Already replaced one rear tire that had a staple on the inside sidewall. That takes talent and acrobatics to achieve. Now I have a screw a little too close to the sidewall on one of the front tires. We will see if it can be repaired or needs to be replaced. Its not like I'm driving through construction zones. Do these Michelins have magnets in them?

 

[Tony in Raleigh]

We got a flat too - 1100 miles in.

It's on me tho - can't blame BMW for a nail in my tire.

 

[CheddarKungPao]

We had one year where we bought 6 tires for our Leaf. Sometimes lady luck poops in your pudding.

 

[gsbaker]

I just wonder who goes around balancing screws upright in the road.

Remember the Joker in Dark Knight?

 

[Bluehighways]

Heavy Car + Thin/Stiff Sidewall = Road Hazard Magnet.

 

[cruzer666]

Sorry for your bad luck. That’s too close to the edge, shouldn’t be repaired.

 

[david594]

Posts like this make me want run flats on our i4.

 

[kindofblue]

I just wonder who goes around balancing screws upright in the road.

Remember the Joker in Dark Knight?

Front tires can run over a screw lying flat on the road and kick it up in such a way as it then being upright for the rear tire to get punctured with it. Don't ask me how I know....

 

[Klaus-rf]

Get the new tire(s) demagnitized.

Worked for me.

 

[ssh]

I've had my 2023 BMW i4 M50 for less than 6 months and 6,000 miles and this is my second tire road hazard. I love this car with my soul, but it doesn't love me back. Already replaced one rear tire that had a staple on the inside sidewall. That takes talent and acrobatics to achieve. Now I have a screw a little too close to the sidewall on one of the front tires. We will see if it can be repaired or needs to be replaced. Its not like I'm driving through construction zones. Do these Michelins have magnets in them?

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So sorry... but shift that blame in your mind; it's not the car or the tires...

Terry hit a full on BOLT on I-25 driving my Impreza summer 2018... the hole it left was about 1/4" and blew the tire out completely. Not a good thing at 75mph... tore up the car pretty bad as she spun across three lanes of traffic into the roadside bouncing off cars as she went. Nothing to do with her, the car, the tire, or anything. Just crap luck. However, she's lucky to be alive and to have been released from the hospital after a couple hours. She rarely drives I-25 any more.

Oh... and I was in Johannesburg when it happened and it took me almost 48 hours to get home on full scramble...