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Noah, blowout are super rare now days. The only one I ever had was in my 914, and in reality it was just the innertube ripped and let all the air in a instant. I had picked up a nail, and it was just enough to shred the innertube. Back then I was running Michelin XWX tires and autocrossers reported the grip of the tire was enough to come of of the bead in hard corners on track when the tires were HOT. It was the early days of tubeless tires for high performance tires. Tubeless tires are standard on all cars except antiques with the old style wheels.

Now with tire pressure monitors most people know when a tire is low or pressure. I have survived with my old 80s cars by checking the tire pressure with my gauge.

I carry an air compressor with me in both cars. Plug into the cigarette lighter, and let electricity do the work.

I am glad you were driving and not a beginner driver. And most important no movie cameras were around. We all know on TV or movies when a car has a blowout the car then flips up into the air and explodes. Or if it goes over a cliff the second the wheels leave the ground the car explodes.
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