2 flats, 1 day

Well, I have gone my whole driving career without getting a flat, and today, I got two of them.

Both were at the same corner The left rear tire did not hold air really well; I would have to add a few pounds every few weeks. It wore extra heavy on the outside. This afternoon, I change lanes and I feel a light "pop." Great Thankfully, this happened a half mile from a tire store, so I got a new set of tires, since all of the tires were pretty worn.

Well, I get home tonight (I was out of town), and I can smell tire as soon as I get out of the car. I see that the same corner has almost no pressure. I remember feeling a slight sidestep when I was braking earlier, but I didn't think anything of it. Hell, these are new tires!

I will have to wait until tomorrow to investigate the problem further. Until then, is there anything that I can mull over? Possibly an alignment issue? Maybe a wheel defect? I don't know if the same wheel was used for that corner or not. Perhaps some unknown karma is catching up to me?

Today was so nice out; I should have taken the bike.

hope your rims are OK after that...not sure, but it sounds like you may have driven a bit on the second flat

You're probably right about driving a while on the second flat. The likelihood of the wheel and the tire both being busted are pretty high.

I am sure this already occured to you, but they may have sold you a bad tire. Also, check the sidewall to see how old it is...they may be more likely to reimburse you if they sold you and older one.

I would have someone look at the wheel. Hopefully it just needs attention and you can still use the new tire...

Well, the issue was resolved in a few minutes. I walked into Tires Plus, they looked at it for two seconds, and mounted a new tire.

glad it worked out for you

I got two in one day last week. It was -35 and snowing out when I had to change them too!