10-01-18, 07:53 PM
(10-01-18, 02:26 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote: [quote author=Fazerider link=topic=23650.msg273676#msg273676 date=1515586421]
I’m surprised she didn’t hear it. A deflated tyre flogging along kicks up quite a racket.
Twice I have been in hire cars in the USA where the suspension was so soft, the concrete roads too noisy and the roads too straight that we have had blowouts and not noticed for so long that the tyre was shredded.
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US roads are terrible for causing alarming noises: they either squeal at the slightest provocation, make moaning noises, clunks like you’re going down a flight of shallow steps or do an excellent impersonation of a flapping tyre.
Every time I’ve been out there I’ve pulled over convinced a tyre has gone down only to find they’re all fine and it was just the concrete surface. I guess once you’re used to it you then discount failed tyre noises and get caught out.
Fortunately UK roads are usually quieter than that, though the M25 has some American style surfaces.