# How far can you drive on a flat tire?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 29, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332 "2013-03-29T21:09:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332/21 "2013-03-31T07:13:19Z")

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Things really start getting squirrely when you get down to the brake rotor…

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332/22 "2013-03-31T18:49:48Z")

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I once had a car towed in that had been driven on a flat until the rim and brake drum were ground down to the axle shaft flange. Needless to say the floor was full of beer bottles.

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**Author:** ![longprime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@longprime](https://community.cartalk.com/u/longprime)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332/23 "2013-03-31T19:31:46Z")

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I had to put the brakes on the remaining 3 wheels in order to equalize the drag while the car was being towed.

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**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 7:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332/24 "2013-04-01T07:23:03Z")

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Well there is a post right after this one that says “You can’t drive to South America.”…

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**Author:** ![longprime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@longprime](https://community.cartalk.com/u/longprime)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 9:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332/25 "2013-04-01T09:32:29Z")

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You can’t drive to South America.  
Maybe thru Mexico.

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**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/how-far-can-you-drive-on-a-flat-tire/78332/26 "2013-04-01T15:34:50Z")

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> **[Russian Truck Driving With Missing Front Wheel](https://www.autoevolution.com/news/russian-truck-driving-with-missing-front-wheel-video-39479.html)**
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> Modern cars are so...fluffy, they provide all kinds of safety and assistance system that the driver only has to use one finger in order to complete a journey. However, there are certain parts of the world, like Russia, where transportation means seem...

Of course it may be pretty car dependent, but if you take the time to redistribute the load, I think that throwing as much weight as possible into the opposite corner, might do the trick. A more stiffly sprung vehicle might work better. Like maybe, out on a binge with you as the designated driver with two inebriated friends and a flat on the right front. Just throw the drunk lardos in the left rear…maybe, perhaps.

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