TIRES AND BLOWOUTS -- WHY?

Well the hubby had to leave again and I went with him so I missed most of your return trip from St. Louis. Glad to hear that y'all are back home safely. As I've read the treads I was alerted to the three tire blowouts, especially the one beside the tractor-trailer rig. I don't believe we've even had a flat in years and I would think blowouts are highly unusal. Maybe it has already been addressed but I'll ask again. Has anyone determined why so many tire failures with so few MGs?

2 of them were the same guy, so I'd question his choice of tires and remember there were 300 or more cars there, many driven across country. Most don't get driven regularly and tires that look good may in fact have dry rot. That is why I trailered Ol Rusty over there. Add miles of construction zones and you have flats in the making. If you keep decent tires on your car you should have no more flats than any other brand of car

If two were on one car, I'd also question whether the owner kept the tires properly inflated. Underinflation causes excess heat buildup, which can cause a blowout....

Were the blowouts on wire wheels? If so I'd suspect that the rim liner (band) was not installed causing chafing on the tube - OR the wrong size tube/tire combination. But the other points are good too!

From what I understand, I would also guess the blowouts happened on cars with wire wheels and inner-tubes. Rubbing and chaffing inside the tire. Naomi, looking at your signature, it looks like you have LE magnesium wheels, so this problem would not happen to you.

Nope, the guy who lost two tires to blowouts in our group had Rostyles.

But we was definitely running on El Cheapo brand tires. I don't even remember the brand, but they were the kind you get at Pep Boys on special for like four for $100.

You get what you pay for, sometimes.

I had a blowout on my RV in a construction zone in Arkansas coming home with the Farina....y'day went out to the trailer I was pulling at the time & had a flat...went to tire shop: 2 big nails side-by-side in it....State of Arkansas construction zone crap!