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Originally Posted by Iciclehead View Post
I actually do not know, all I know is that in Europe a repaired tire automatically goes to the S rating, so you can't use it on a high performance car.

Not sure if they are just being anal or whether there are known issues with repaired tires at high speed (approaching their speed rating), just would hate to be swallowing a bridge abutment for the sake of a couple of tires....

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That's news to me and i'm in Europe...
I've done 240kph with a plug, it's really no big deal if you ask me.

Obviously you don't do it right after the plug was done. But you do not get a tire blow out from a plugged minor leaking puncture.
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