BMW RFT vs. Spike Strip

Coolieman1220 · 04-07-2011, 07:16 AM

So this morning I was reading about a guy trying to out run a state trooper in Washington state and they used a spike strip to try and stop his vehicle. That got me thinking!

What do you think would happen if our cars w/ rft's ran over a spike strip?

Would it deflate and keep going? Or would it fall apart upon deflation? They're not made to evade stuff like that...

BOSSBMW · 04-07-2011, 07:24 AM

it would deflate, at which point he would have approximately .250 minutes before you started grinding your car down into the pavement.

once you hit a spike strip, its game over.

alex2112 · 04-07-2011, 07:26 AM

I don't think an RFT would survive it honestly. Seeing how a spike strip has multiple spikes and is very wide, I would think that the spikes would take out/destroy some of the sidewall too as the tire rolls over it and the sidewall is what an RFT uses to continue to drive on with a loss of pressure. I could see the tire just getting completely shredded by the spikes, but I'm just speculating.

335BBS · 04-07-2011, 07:31 AM

probably be able to go in a low speed (50 mph) chase for about 50 miles.........

ceb · 04-07-2011, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Leaker

probably be able to go in a low speed (50 mph) chase for about 50 miles.........

Ahhhh, no.

This has been tested. A spike strip will cause enough damage so that the sidewall fails.

McMuffin · 04-07-2011, 07:43 AM

Let's have myth busters find out for us!

pwhipple06 · 04-07-2011, 07:49 AM

Only one way to find out...

Who's on the forum is up to starting a high speed pursuit? You must have fun-flats though! Then come back and report how your tires held up to the spike strips and/or shotgun blasts to your side walls.

335BBS · 04-07-2011, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ceb

Ahhhh, no.

This has been tested. A spike strip will cause enough damage so that the sidewall fails.

my RFTs are in my garage awaiting lease return in 2 years. Theyre brutal. Now that I know they won't even stand up to a spike belt I feel better about yanking them off.

RaceBlood · 04-07-2011, 08:07 AM

If you cant out run a Crown Victoria in your BMW you deserve to go to jail.

Coolieman1220 · 04-07-2011, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by alex2112

I don't think an RFT would survive it honestly. Seeing how a spike strip has multiple spikes and is very wide, I would think that the spikes would take out/destroy some of the sidewall too as the tire rolls over it and the sidewall is what an RFT uses to continue to drive on with a loss of pressure. I could see the tire just getting completely shredded by the spikes, but I'm just speculating.

Yeah, that is what i'm thinking as well...

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Originally Posted by Leaker

probably be able to go in a low speed (50 mph) chase for about 50 miles.........

I see you read the RFT manual!

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Originally Posted by McMuffin

Let's have myth busters find out for us!

Love mythbusters!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwhipple06

Only one way to find out...

Who's on the forum is up to starting a high speed pursuit? You must have fun-flats though! Then come back and report how your tires held up to the spike strips and/or shotgun blasts to your side walls.

After going to jail of course. Imagine telling the judge the reason behind your highspeed run? Reminds me of Talladega Nights when the dad said he strapped cocaine on the bottom of the car. lol

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Originally Posted by ceb

This has been tested. A spike strip will cause enough damage so that the sidewall fails.

Test evidence?

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Originally Posted by RaceBlood

If you cant out run a Crown Victoria in your BMW you deserve to go to jail.

Haha that is soo true however, one cannot outrun a Motorola!

Patrick303 · 04-07-2011, 10:33 AM

Agreed. You won't get far. Spike strips do more than puncture. They are hollow like a straw and break off inside the tire when driven over to allow air to escape faster. With a RFT tire completely out of air, it won't take long to shred the sidewall.

bbbradley · 04-07-2011, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by RaceBlood

If you cant out run a Crown Victoria in your BMW you deserve to go to jail.

The Clown Vic is not the problem...it's the radio and subsequent bear in the air that I am confident you cannot outrun.

N55 · 04-07-2011, 10:47 AM

Believe it or not I drove on a RFT for a month before I realized it was flat. My TPMS kept saying front right low air, when I went to go fill it up it says 0psi. I filled it up every day for a week and finally let it go because it was freezing outside 2 winters ago. Needless to say the rep at BMW said how long have you been going like this? I said ehh a month. He was amazed and shook his head and said I was lucky. And yes I exceeded 80mph at times with the flat but, never maintained speed because I would start to feel vibration and stop speeding.

Then again, I don't know how severely it was damaged. It could of been just a pin hole or something minor.

Thud · 04-07-2011, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by RaceBlood

If you cant out run a Crown Victoria in your BMW you deserve to go to jail.

You can't outrun radio.

E46toE90 · 04-07-2011, 02:50 PM

So whose going to try this?

CoconutPete · 04-07-2011, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by RaceBlood

If you cant out run a Crown Victoria in your BMW you deserve to go to jail.

A couple of decades ago they invented this wacked out thing called 2-way communication. One Crown-Vic is able to talk to the other Crown-Vic which is actually already in front of you

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alex2112 Lieutenant 26 Rep 444 Posts Drives: 2016 X1 M-Sport Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: MA iTrader: (4)	I don't think an RFT would survive it honestly. Seeing how a spike strip has multiple spikes and is very wide, I would think that the spikes would take out/destroy some of the sidewall too as the tire rolls over it and the sidewall is what an RFT uses to continue to drive on with a loss of pressure. I could see the tire just getting completely shredded by the spikes, but I'm just speculating.
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