Bloody Conti's

[JCM308]

It's not uncommon for most tyres to get damaged from hitting potholes. It comes down to how fast you were going, how much tyre pressure, how deep the pothole was, and a few other factors.

I had a friend that hit a pothole and not only punctured his tyre but buckled his rim (in this case sidewall strength wouldn't have meant squat).

Yes different tyres are made to different qualities (this is generally shown in their cost) but they all still have to meet specific safety standards and will generally hold up well under "normal" driving conditions.

[Chuck]

I find that very very hard to believe.

There is no way a cats eye would cause a tyre to blow, not at 80kph or 180kph.

believe it kids...why would i lie about this????

maybe that tyre was just a faulty one...it litterly detonated as i crossed a cats eye

[brad]

The continentals don't have very soft sidewalls and are not easy to damage.

How many plies are in the CSC2 sidewall & what material are they? (I did a quick search & I can't find any information).

How does this compare to the sidewall construction similar/better performing tyres like the Goodyear F1 Assymetric or the Bridgestone RE050A?

I know the RE050A has a very stiff sidewall & haven't heard any issues with sidewall damage from potholes/kerbs/etc.

[ACTGTI]

I had two conti's bubble in the sidewall. I'm sorry Maverick but these tyres are clearly softer in the sidewall - visually as well as feel driving around corners. I have one in the garage off the rim at home. From memory, they are only 1 ply but I'll check. Marangoni's are 2 ply.

At the same tyre pressure, conti's bulge out when on the car (giving the impression pressures are low, Marangoni's don't.

I've never had a tyre bubble on me. I've had a wheel buckle from a pothole yet the tyre (Pirelli) was fine.

[G-rig]

There is still no way that tread going over a cateye would cause a bubbled wall or blow out.. maybe it wasn't a cateye or he's calling something else a cateye.

[Chuck]

There is still no way that tread going over a cateye would cause a bubbled wall or blow out.. maybe it wasn't a cateye or he's calling something else a cateye.

there is the possibility that there was a nail on the cateye...il give you that much

but i drive over a cateye - if the tyre was faulty/supspect/not up to standard then driving over a bottlecap could cause it to blow out...please stop doubting what really did happen. i was there, it happened to me, i was the one changing the tyre then sourcing a replacement....search the forum, you will find the same story posted long ago and nobody had anything to say other than bad luck

[G-rig]

That is bad luck and what are the chances..
Did you find a nail in the tyre?

I don't see how a tyre could blowout from driving over a bottle cap either.. unless the tyres were well over inflated.

Amazing!

[brad]

I think the greater possibility of the "catseye blowout" was that the tyre already had some damage and the catseye was the straw that broke the camels back.
I've seen heaps of tyres that look fine on the outside but have internal damage from nails or hitting debris.

[philthy]

Same reason you did.

For your own amusement? Fair enough.

The continentals don't have very soft sidewalls and are not easy to damage.

Yes they do, and yes they are.

The only recent issue that came up was with a young user on the golfmkv forum who managed to bubble two csc2's in a few thousand km's, turns out the user was hitting kerbs and performing long burnouts.

I'm glad you've spoken to everyone who has ever owned a car with continental sport contact 2 tyres and made a log of their experiences. I bow before your omniscience.

[G-rig]

I think the greater possibility of the "catseye blowout" was that the tyre already had some damage and the catseye was the straw that broke the camels back.
I've seen heaps of tyres that look fine on the outside but have internal damage from nails or hitting debris.

Could have been the case but not the catseye's fault .

Just unfortunate..