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Today, we were driving home when our back driver's side tire deflated. It didn't blowout or anything. Just deflated. When I went outside to inspect it, it seems liked a normal tire blowout.
But when the mechanic who put on the spare tire was looking at it, he noticed that whatever hit the tire actually went through the rim as well. He said he's never seen anything go through the rim in his 15 years of working. He even speculated that someone shot our tire. XD A mechanic at our dealer said they've never seen this either.
I guess it's all good because no one got hurt. :D
Pics:
![[image loading]](http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb11/kirbyfan91/DSC07630.jpg)
This is a shot of the rim.
![[image loading]](http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb11/kirbyfan91/DSC07633.jpg)
I guess whatever went through followed this trajectory :/
Anyways, question to any car mechanic reading this, have you ever seen anything go through both the tire and the rim?
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United States4126 Posts
Watch your back, someone might be out to get you 
But judging from the first tire pic, if it were a bullet wouldn't the hole curve inwards instead of outwards? Unless the air flowing out of the tire pushed the rubber back out :O
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It might have been a big nail that deflated the tire and the pressure of your car went on it and got through the rim.
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United States24676 Posts
On August 19 2010 08:45 Kinky wrote:Watch your back, someone might be out to get you But judging from the first tire pic, if it were a bullet wouldn't the hole curve inwards instead of outwards? Unless the air flowing out of the tire pushed the rubber back out :O
The hole is on the inside of the rim, I believe.
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What kind of car do you drive? If its heavy enough I suppose it could be possible you drove over somthing very long and hard like maybe some Rebar sticking up out of the ground. Maybe you should call the cops just to have them check it out. If someone fired a gun I'm sure they like to know.
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Looks to be a high caliber bullet for sure, Lock your doors, you may have a hitman on you :S
On August 19 2010 08:46 PaD wrote:
It might have been a big nail that deflated the tire and the pressure of your car went on it and got through the rim.
Pretty big nail..
On August 19 2010 08:50 InToTheWannaB wrote:
What kind of car do you drive? If its heavy enough I suppose it could be possible you drove over somthing very long and hard like maybe some Rebar sticking up out of the ground. Maybe you should call the cops just to have them check it out. If someone fired a gun I'm sure they like to know.
Look like it was just a car judging by the tire size ~_~ Canadian police are a joke imo. They would rather pull people over then look for someone with a gun
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Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
How wide is it? Looks too big to be a rifle round, and a pistol round probably wouldn't be able to penetrate both the tire and the rim.
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my sources confirmed that it is definitely a hitman
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Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :>
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On August 19 2010 08:57 brain_ wrote:
Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :>
Not as many people have guns in Canada compared to the southern country lol
Too small for a high powered rifle? big for a pistol..that means... AK 47
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It's just a sedan. The hole is around 0.8 cm in diametre? (0.3 inches)
On August 19 2010 08:57 brain_ wrote:
Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :>
Aha, I would definitely try this if I had a gun XD
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This is just silly ... do canadians go and shoot random ppls car tires with their rifles? I would get something big like a spike and hammer it
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United States4126 Posts
On August 19 2010 08:50 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2010 08:45 Kinky wrote:Watch your back, someone might be out to get you But judging from the first tire pic, if it were a bullet wouldn't the hole curve inwards instead of outwards? Unless the air flowing out of the tire pushed the rubber back out :O The hole is on the inside of the rim, I believe.
That makes much more sense 
On August 19 2010 08:57 brain_ wrote:
Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :>
I pictured the Mythbusters doing this for some reason
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Kyrgyz Republic1462 Posts
On August 19 2010 08:58 NuKedUFirst wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2010 08:57 brain_ wrote:
Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :> Not as many people have guns in Canada compared to the southern country lol Too small for a high powered rifle? big for a pistol..that means... AK 47
Well standard pistol round is 9mm in diameter and AK 47's is 7.62
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On August 19 2010 09:00 KF91 wrote:It's just a sedan. The hole is around 0.8 cm in diametre? (0.3 inches) Show nested quote +On August 19 2010 08:57 brain_ wrote:
Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :> Aha, I would definitely try this if I had a gun XD
Well I imagin you would have felt a pretty huge jolt if you ran over something that long and hard with a normal car. If you did not feel like you hit the mother of all pot holes. I would suspect it may indeed be a gun shot. Alert the police.
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Dude that for shure looks like a bullet hole.
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except for the part where the guy would have needed to like shoot at your tire while laying on the floor either behind or in front or your car i totally get this lol.
Not sure what that could have been maybe you ran over a pressured can or something.
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Wow.
If it were some kind of long spike I don't think the hole would be so clean.
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On August 19 2010 09:24 semantics wrote:
except for the part where the guy would have needed to like shoot at your tire while laying on the floor either behind or in front or your car i totally get this lol.
Not sure what that could have been maybe you ran over a pressured can or something.
OR epic chase scene that the OP isn't telling us about :o
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On August 19 2010 09:03 Random() wrote:Show nested quote +On August 19 2010 08:58 NuKedUFirst wrote:On August 19 2010 08:57 brain_ wrote:
Definitely looks like a bullet. O_O
Take a gun and shoot the rim again. Compare holes. :> Not as many people have guns in Canada compared to the southern country lol Too small for a high powered rifle? big for a pistol..that means... AK 47 Well standard pistol round is 9mm in diameter and AK 47's is 7.62
Except there's like 5 times the energy in the 7.62 
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