Just put a set of 15" alloy wheels/tyres onto my car (195/50 profile) 
rather than normal 13" steel wheels. The alloys/tyres had been stored for 
about a month standing up which I assumed would not be a problem . . .but it 
seems that one of them has developed a flat spot. Is this a problem apart 
from the noise and no vibration that i can feel. I can't see the flat bit 
(apart from the one at the bottom on the ground of course!). Should I just 
keep on driving and hope that it'll even out? Virtually all of my driving is 
local and limited to 40mph cos of those nice speed camera things.

Thanks for any sensible ideas folks.

"Max the Axe" <maxtheaxe@hotmale.co.dotuk> wrote in message
news:w5qcnQxkCaa2cSjfSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk...

> Just put a set of 15" alloy wheels/tyres onto my car (195/50 profile)
> rather than normal 13" steel wheels. The alloys/tyres had been stored for
> about a month standing up which I assumed would not be a problem . . .but
it
> seems that one of them has developed a flat spot. Is this a problem apart
> from the noise and no vibration that i can feel. I can't see the flat bit
> (apart from the one at the bottom on the ground of course!). Should I just
> keep on driving and hope that it'll even out? Virtually all of my driving
is
> local and limited to 40mph cos of those nice speed camera things.
>
> Thanks for any sensible ideas folks.
>

More likely is that one of them is out of balance. Tyres don't get flat
spotted by standing up for a month.

Steve

"Max the Axe" <maxtheaxe@hotmale.co.dotuk> wrote in message
news:w5qcnQxkCaa2cSjfSa8jmw@karoo.co.uk...

> Just put a set of 15" alloy wheels/tyres onto my car (195/50 profile)
> rather than normal 13" steel wheels. The alloys/tyres had been stored for
> about a month standing up which I assumed would not be a problem . . .but
it
> seems that one of them has developed a flat spot. Is this a problem apart
> from the noise and no vibration that i can feel. I can't see the flat bit
> (apart from the one at the bottom on the ground of course!). Should I just
> keep on driving and hope that it'll even out? Virtually all of my driving
is
> local and limited to 40mph cos of those nice speed camera things.
>
> Thanks for any sensible ideas folks.
>

More likely is that one of them is out of balance. Tyres don't get flat
spotted by standing up for a month.

Steve

The message <d94rn1$7ag$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>
from "shazzbat"  contains these words:


> More likely is that one of them is out of balance. Tyres don't get flat
> spotted by standing up for a month.


Certainly not under their own weight.

-- 
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

The message <d94rn1$7ag$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk>
from "shazzbat"  contains these words:


> More likely is that one of them is out of balance. Tyres don't get flat
> spotted by standing up for a month.


Certainly not under their own weight.

-- 
Skipweasel.
Ivor Cutler - "Never knowingly understood."

In article ,
   Guy King  wrote:

> > More likely is that one of them is out of balance. Tyres don't get flat
> > spotted by standing up for a month.

> Certainly not under their own weight.


The original Pirelli Cinturato HS I had on a P6 certainly did after only a
few days. But disappeared after the tyres warmed up a bit. But they were
textile radials and I'd say such types are rare these days.

-- 
*A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article ,
   Guy King  wrote:

> > More likely is that one of them is out of balance. Tyres don't get flat
> > spotted by standing up for a month.

> Certainly not under their own weight.


The original Pirelli Cinturato HS I had on a P6 certainly did after only a
few days. But disappeared after the tyres warmed up a bit. But they were
textile radials and I'd say such types are rare these days.

-- 
*A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.