Two questions

Cam, Provided that "slow speeds" were actually slow, and the sidewalls did not heat up, and you didn't hit any potholes/raised manhole covers/fresh roadkills/etc., chances are that the tire is still good. After they fix the tire (I've had more than my share of puncture fixes as I drive on construction sites regularly - even 2 "unrepairable" tires fixed by Frank's Tire in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) - check it out before they put it back on the car - run your hand along both sidewalls to see if you can feel any deformed bands ("wrinkles" in the sidewall) - if there aren't any, then take the car out for a spin - after they remount the tire ;-) - and see if you hear any new noises or feel any vibration from the tires. If you do, then at fairly low speeds in a deserted parking lot, load the wheel (easiest with a front tire) in a turn to see if the sound increases. I have a set of Dunlops with a couple broken bands - thanks to the many potholes/raised manhole covers/chunks of scrap steel/....etc. around Hamilton - they were noisy and vibrated a whole lot, but were otherwise servicable tires until they wore the tread out. Sorry I can't help you on the Windoze radio you have in your car - it must be XP, all I have is 3.1 Remember to close all windows before you exit......... Cheers! Steve Sears

I have had the car up to hiway speeds twice and no odd feel and the sidewalls look OK. When the tire was soft I went no more than about 20 km/hr with no bumps on the road. I checked the feel of the sidewall found nothing unusual. I think I got away with it.

Thanks

"Cam Newton" wrote

Sorry. My light must still be out - what do you mean by "'rebooted' the car"? Turned it off and back on?

Cheers,

Pete

Reboot = restart.

It is not a car but an assembly of sub-assemblies. The radio computer seemed to be the problem.

The car does other interesting but not bad things when it 'thinks' it knows. For instance, I demo'd the headlight washers which AFAIK only function when the front fogs are on. Later, after I re-set the lights to Auto (no fogs) and hit the front window washer, the headlights got a shot too. I tried it a second time, a few seconds later and they got another shot. This did not occur during the same driving sequence. So the car thought I wanted the headlights cleaned too. This only occurred one time, oddly. So the car does seem to think or remember the last time I did something and repeated the action. I can hardly wait for winter when new and interesting behaviours will be revealed.