Originally Posted By: JimPghPA
What are you worried about here? It is not like you are going to be going 35 to 65 MPH or more if that tire suddenly decides to fail and cause your vehicle to turn sharply to one side even though you turn the wheel sharply to the other side to try to fight it with no success. And it is not like you are going to suddenly make a sharp uncontrolled turn to one side and veer off into what ever happen to be in that direction.
Oh, I sorry, it is like that.
Seriously, if you must leave that rim on the vehicle please tell me that you at least put it on the back where it will not have as much of a chance to cause a sudden sharp turn if the tire suddenly goes down.
I wonder what it is about F1 drivers that causes them to frequently spin out when a rear tire gets cut and loses pressure suddenly, considering they always maintain control when it happens on the front. Maybe they need more training or something.
Either way, it shouldn't be a big deal to a competent driver unless it happens very suddenly while cornering hard. So I suppose it would be wise to avoid that sort of behavior until it's repaired. I wouldn't use it at all if it were cracked or leaking air.
http://www.caranddriver.com/columns/why-are-ford-explorers-crashing
"But Webster was willing to demonstrate the Explorer's inherent stability even more conclusively. For our last 70-mph blowout run, Webster removed both his hands from the steering wheel and was holding them up with his palms clearly visible in the windshield when I triggered the toggle to blow the tire. Again, the Explorer continued straight ahead."
