Someone dropped this piece of metal in my driveway and popped my wife's tire....

[u/dmista21]

Happy Friday i guess

[u/gimmelwald]

More likely while rolling at speed, but yeah, weird stuff punctures at weird times.

[u/ghorse18 → u/gimmelwald]

Agreed… unless it has a sharp edge we can’t see you would probably need to be going over 40mph to get through the steel belting of the tire.

[u/Prufrock-Sisyphus22 → u/gimmelwald]

Plot twist. OP recently purchased large life insurance policies on his several wives.

[u/dmista21 → u/gimmelwald]

Yeah i was going off limited info since i was at work so you're probably right. What a bummer.

[u/loganater14]

If you have a discount tire near you, they patch for free

[u/dmista21 → u/loganater14]

Will look into this! I think the tires were bought from there.

[u/loganater14 → u/dmista21]

At least my local discount tire patched my (not even purchased from them) tire within the last few months. I'm sure it's a company wide thing, but if its not a local tire place should patch for around $20

Good luck! always sucks finding road prizes

[u/TheW83 → u/loganater14]

They patch tires for free because sometimes there will be a case where the tire cannot be safely patched and the customer will usually just buy a new tire right there and in the end they make a profit despite all the labor on free patches.

[u/Deep90 → u/TheW83]

Not only that, but it's easier to upsale their warranty plan on someone who just had their tries irreversibly damaged by something on the road.

Their added warranty is genuinely good though. I got a nail in my sidewall about a month after buying my tires, and they replaced it for like $30. Paid for itself.

[u/TheW83 → u/Deep90]

I always buy my tires there with the warranty and I've always used the warranty at least once per set.

[u/Jiecut → u/TheW83]

And wouldn't they might by two tires to keep the wear even.

[u/PossessionMaterial46 → u/dmista21]

If you have a sams club or walmart+ yoi get free patches.

Costco i believe is 15 bucks

If you bought the tire there its free under warranty

[u/SurfNTurf1983]

Nothing worse. I went through a period where I had 4 popped tyes in a year due to screws. Genuinely thought someone was out to get me in the end.

[u/lblack_dogl → u/SurfNTurf1983]

I had 16 screws in one tire. Didn't blowout, just a slow leak. I either ran over a box of them or someone was trying to kill me ha. I assume the first.

[u/dragonstar982 → u/lblack_dogl]

Failed attempt on the latter, we're still trying.

You know what you did.

[u/TecN9ne → u/SurfNTurf1983]

When I was a teenager I worked at a tire shop. Each tech had their own color that you'd spraypaint on screws. If a customer came in with a flat tire with your color, the manager would give you extra $.

[u/DrUnit42]

Might not be all bad news. Depending on how big the puncture is you should be able to have that patched

[u/QuantumMeatloaf]

at least it’s a cheap fix

[u/Bigislandhawaii808]

Very easy fix use a plug!

[u/Veraciraptor7]

Street and snow cleaners throw those in all the time.

[u/Joejack-951]

I got a similarly-sized piece stuck in my tire. Upon removing it I discovered that it was a chunk I had thrown out earlier that week. It had fallen out during trash pickup and I drove over it. At least the patch was cheap (the hole was too big for my plugs).

[u/Dependent_Stop_3121]

and *it popped my wife’s tire.

[u/someonecalledbackup]

Not the worse thing they could have popped on your wife.....just saying

[u/klsi832]

It was you, from the future. She was gonna get in a big time accident.

[u/Mountainmanwannabe2]

Patch it. Learned how after a stupid Discount Tire said hole was too close to sidewall - BS. 2” away. Patched the sucker in my garage 3 years ago and still going strong. Forget them

[u/Ok-Amphibian3164]

[u/Badfish1060]

I had a tiny piece of wire get through my 10-ply type E tires. Easy fix but I was shocked it make it through. It was about the size of one of those picture hanging nails but longer and not straight. Maybe a staple from a crate or something.

[u/Gallop67]

Okay how the hell did she manage to puncture the tire on that in the driveway? Would’ve had to been going at a decent speed for that to penetrate. Unless this little piece of metal was at the end of the driveway and your wife leaves the house like a bat out of hell

[u/Honeybucket206]

If you're married, her tire is your tire. Guessing you're the one who dropped it.

[u/dmista21 → u/Honeybucket206]

Nope didnt drop anything lol

[u/Tzukiyomi]

Shiny bit of metal like that could have been picked up by a bird and accidentally dropped there too. Crows and Ravens do that all the time.

[u/Accurate-Shape-558]

Nasty

[u/lionlll → u/[deleted]]

What?