the tire was replaced, the tire went from 33 psi to 22 psi over a 12 hours period, parked in the driveway, I added more air, to 36 psi and drove with this tire to the tire place (30 minutes away), a patch would have cost about $22, the new tire was $98.
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On the plus side, you add another screw to your fastener collection! ā¦ lol ā¦
expensive screw, total driving time about 1 hours, checking tire pressure, adding air with compressor, checking in at tire shop, about 1 hours from check in to check out, before that calling various places to get price quote on tire and mounting, availability,one wanted a local check (county) or would charge a fee for paying with a credit cardā¦ time spent on cartalk forum, luckily I could still drive to the shop without putting the spare tire on. Thanks everyone.
Fasteners laying in the road is pretty common by my observations. Just the other day while on a bicycle ride I saw & removed a total of nearly 50 2 1/2 inch nails from a local road. I think they fall from construction trucks. Modern tires must be pretty puncture resistant.
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A couple of years ago, I was headed to the Dental Surgeon, and I was finally able to grab the last parking space on the street adjacent to his office. As I exited the car, I noticed that I had driven over at least 20 drywall screws as I pulled into that space.
All during the surgical procedure, I was thinkingā¦
Oh, greatā¦ Just when Iām not feeling too good, Iām going to have to put my spare on the car in order to get home.
Luckily, no punctures. 
And, I donāt think that itās just fasteners that fall from construction trucks. Many years ago, I drove over a hammer that was sitting in the middle of the road. Luckily, no damage from that object, either.
I just recalled my worst construction object in the road incident.
I was driving on NJās notorious Rt 22, in Hillside, and as I rounded a curve, I spotted a load of rebar (probably 19-22 mm size) laying across my lane. Because of traffic, I couldnāt swerve, and I rode over them. I fully expected to wind-up with a flatāor twoābut no thump-thump noises or sensations, so I drove on, and merged onto the Garden State Parkway.
About 15 miles later, as I exited from the GSP, my transmission downshifted with a very hard clunk, and I thoughtā¦ uh, oh. Because my apartment was only a few blocks away, I drove onā¦ very slowly and carefully. I pulled into my parking space, took a look underneath the car, and saw a small puddle of trans fluidāalong with a trail of trans fluid leading to my parking space. I checked the dipstick, and the trans was indeed dry.
After having it towed, believe it or not, all it needed was a new trans pan, gasket, and fluid. The car in question was an '86 Taurus, and many people claim that this model had a lousy transmission. All I can tell you is that I owned that Taurus for 3 more years, and the trans never gave me any problems.
So, even large pieces of equipment can fall off of construction vehicles, and even if a particular model is reputed to have mechanical issues, that purported problem might not show up on every one of them.
Thatās pretty scary. That amount of rebar laying in the road could act like rolling pins on the wheels, impeding turning and stopping.
Yes, I was very lucky, but who knows what other drivers experienced when they drove over it. And, just to clarify, when I stated a āloadā of rebar, it was probably somewhere between 6 and 10 rebar rods, but that number is certainly enough to cause problems possibly more severe than what I encountered.
Coming back home after my morning run in Santa Monica I saw a 6ā pry bar lying in the middle of Ocean Park Boulevard. When a car ran over it just right, it popped up. I waited for a break in traffic, picked it up, took it home.
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