Andrew Cleland Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Went out to the Defender this morning and immediately spotted this: Judging by the shiny whiteness of the reinforcing it's pretty recent. We were driving around yesterday and I can't say I noticed it then. Anyhow, does this look like the sort of damage that could occur from driving around the streets of Cambridge or is it the work of some to$$er and a Stanley knife? Either way, it's annoying as the tyre is less than 6 months old (a Kumho Road Venture, 265/75r16 btw). Cheers, Andy C. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 many years ago I got a tyre slashed like that from running over a bottle - it was on the sidewall too - but mine went pop... Roger ps reminds me of an old joke: How did you get the puncture? Ran over a milk bottle Didn't you see it? Nah - stupid kid had it under his coat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinny Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 looking at the picture is that an osf if it is then it looks like a knife cut as there is no other marking or dont appear to be chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest noggy Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I tell you what.... those little scr*tes cant even slash a tyre proper no more!! But seriously... why would you bother slashing just 1 tyre and you didnt even listen for a hiss? Hmm but then again looking at the angle and arch of the cut it was started from the rim and going towards the tread... not typical of a common tyre slash from road use! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T1G UP Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 clean cut rather than a laseration so i'd cut deliberate? Upset anyone lately??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobson Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Any chance it's caught a kerb? a road i used to live on had a couple of drainage outlets made of cast iron sticking about an inch out of the kerb, i knew a few people who knackered their alloys on them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8 Freak Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I was going to suggest kerb action. Looks like impact near the tread and then inwards towards the rim. Guess we will never know. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blippie Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 I'm looking at the photo on my phone, so I might have this all wrong, but there looks like a bulge around the cut (though that could be the tension released due to the cut of course) and there appears to me to bf scuff marks lower down the sidewall... Sort of lower in the picture level with the rim weight. The latter in particular is indicative of kerb scuff, is it not? Cheers Blippie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Hi, Just something that happened to me in a 2007 VW Caddy (I know its Not a Landy) but driving home one night around a bend there was a metal road grate that had its corner stuck up about 1/2 inch, obviously I didnt see it but within 20 seconds of rounding the corner, Bang, looked pretty similar to that wound, only mine went pop. I do have some dodgy mates(reformed now) but slashing tyres is normally done horizontally rather than from the rim to the outer. I have never done tyre slashing so its just what I know from mates when I was younger. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 We have cobble curb stones around here and my wife hit a pot hole and curbed the tyre in her freelander, the damage looked very similar, I guess the downward force together with the curb, was enough to cause the damage. Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Sam Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 i had all 5 tyres slashed on my disco 2-3 months ago they'd done less then 100 miles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Cleland Posted May 10, 2010 Author Share Posted May 10, 2010 Thanks for all the replies. I guess I should be happy that it looks more like accidental damage than deliberate - I haven't pi**ed off anyone too much. Our neighbour has a Merc ML500 AMG with intact tyres, so I figured it wasn't a 4x4 hater. Bit unimpressed that kerbing or somesuch should do that to the tyre - back to BFG's I reckon. Cheers, AndyC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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