I was doing less than 20 MPH, while about to make a right turn, the left rear tire side wall blew out. I went back to look to see if I may have hit something, but there was nothing in the road and the pavement was smooth. Anyone know of any defects on these tire, mine have 2000 miles on them. The dealer found no foreign objects or anything in the tire. The hole was a good 2 inches long, and was in a location that is not in contact with the road. There were no visible scrapes leading up to the slit either, and I have never hit a curb. This has me worried about the stock Pirelli tires as this should not have happened.

 

interesting.

Rear left is the same tire that all the F1 Pirelli's are blowing up on as well

Coincidence?

Glad you're OK

 

I have 15,000 miles on mine and so far no F1 incidents.

 

My God. What's next with these Pirelli's ? As soon as they wear out I'm puttin on Michelin's !

 

I wanted to do that before today's incident. My loaner car is an Audi as well, uggh.

 

Which Michelin Pilot Sport model tire is rated the best at this time? Maybe I'll get a set and sell the Pirellis on eBay.

 

Michelin Super Sports

 

Wow, be glad that didn't happen at 80+mpg.. This is very disconcerting news

 

Wow thats crazy, glad it happen on lower speed then on HWY. Either way glad you are ok. have 8000 miles on my stock Pzero before switching to MPSS, no problem with mine set

 

Hopefully it only bursts at low speeds

 

Op, what was ambient temp and your tyre pressure at the time?

 

Ambient temp was 92, the tire pressure was around 40psi.

 

+1 Replaced Ps2s with Super Sports on my Boxter S RS-60. Was like upgrading the suspension for better handling, comfort and wear.

 

+1 for the Michelin PSS...good looking tire too. Get it before it gets its N rating and price goes up

 

I'm having the tires replaced with PSS. It's just a better all around tire.