I usually run pretty good tires and brakes on all my vehicles, but my van came with new but really cheap/crappy tires on it. I figured I would run them out and then replace.
So far in the last 15k miles I've had two flats. First one a small piece of metal, don't know what the second is yet since I just pulled the tire and will take it in tomorrow. These haven't been slow leaks, they've been "ok to flat in an hour or two" sorta leaks.
Are cheap tires more prone to this, or am I just unlucky? Prior to this I had 1 flat in a previous car 4 years ago, and then prior to that.... maybe 25 years with no flats? To be fair I spent 12 of those years mostly on 2 wheels, but still.
So far in the last 15k miles I've had two flats. First one a small piece of metal, don't know what the second is yet since I just pulled the tire and will take it in tomorrow. These haven't been slow leaks, they've been "ok to flat in an hour or two" sorta leaks.
Are cheap tires more prone to this, or am I just unlucky? Prior to this I had 1 flat in a previous car 4 years ago, and then prior to that.... maybe 25 years with no flats? To be fair I spent 12 of those years mostly on 2 wheels, but still.