Had a beer can I hit cut a tire like that, but the slash and resulting flat was pretty much immediate.

Used to find straight pins in the sidewalls of my slow leaking tires. Guessed someone where I worked didn't like me. Stopped after the word got out that I had money for sports cars because I was single and not way over paid. Sometimes the rumor mill is a good thing.

Yea, I would have to agree with road debris.

I will defer to Matt on this. When you change the gears you can change each rpm drop individually, rather than reducing them all by a certain percent. And the amount you can reduce them with final drive changes is limited.

My point was more that changing the final drive does change the rpm drop between gears, since it sounded like you were saying that it did not do so at all.

Both cars now have slashes in the sidewall? Or was the Landie done prior to buying the Jag? If it happened with the car sitting it was a slash. That is a big gash and it does not look like a tire failure like delamination or something that would start with a bulge.

A friend of mine has this exact car in race form (Jag XKE coupe, white cream '67 coupe (not a 2+2): sitting for 7 years now with engine ready to go back together: he's lost interest: should probably sell it. :/

That would be a neat toy, but a likely money pit.

The Landy happened late last year while sitting in a parking lot. I noticed this when the tpms told me pressure was low. Took it by the dealer, they're ordering the tire and covering the cost because they aren't sure it didn't happen on their lot. The tech said it should be ok to drive on until tomorrow as long as I stay off the interstate...

Not really the XKE's were quite simple: 4.3l, inboard brakes, Koni's glass nose (weight reduction), lexan, etc: was quick, clean car. Dyno'd like 285/314 back in the late 90's if memory serves: was pretty reliable to him. I could get some photos if anyone's interested.

Mark

wow. that dealer is way cool.

Looks like you drove over something Joe - weird shape. Always good when someone else picks up the bill :D

Morning Gents

Just put some duct tape over it and you should be good to go on the interstate.

Especially with these damn tires. They run~$300usd each just for the tire!?!

And squirt some super glue in the wound first, then the duct tape.

Evening guys. Welp the music store is ready to make me a killer deal on my bass. I am going to have to sleep on that one. Not so sure I wanna give up the 4 string

Hey, see if they want to make a deal on a African Cichlid as well.

I think I may have left mine in my other pants. :)

A rotting bass can get stinky. Better get it out of your pants soon!

Slept most of the afternoon, my back and neck are still hurting....

Sage advice. The Bass may be gone.......

Old age sux