[Noah930]

Well that was hairy. Was coming back from Big Bear this afternoon in the minivan. Loaded with the family, bikes on the back, etc. And at 70 mph in the fast lane the left rear blew. Fortunately no one around us, so I drifted across 4 lanes to the next offramp. I could hear the tire start flapping at around 45 mph with two more lanes to cross. Funny how I could smell it, too. Fortunately there was an empty dirt lot next to the offramp.

But the biggest surprise was how Mrs. Noah and I could get the back of the van unloaded (bikes and gear), swap out to the space saver spare, pump it up by hand (thank goodness we brought the bikes--otherwise we wouldn't have had the bike pump), and re-pack the car within 30 minutes.

Then it was another nerve-wracking 60+ miles to get home at 55 mph. We were just lucky the tire didn't let go as we were coming down the mountain. That could have been really bad.