Tires: driven on flat tire, can i reuse it?, ecsta asx, tire dealer


Question
Barry:

I was wondering if I could re-use my tires after driving with it flat for a couple of miles.  Parts of it was about 55MPH.  The flattened tire has about +35,000 miles on it and is khumo ecsta ASX.

Can I re-use that tire? or would you recommend getting a new one?  If it needs to be replaced, would you recommend changing all four to have even tread?

Thanks in advance!

--Wendell

Answer
Wendell,

I'm going to guess the tire is trash.  I can not imagine that any tire would survive driving a couple of miles with no pressure.

And with 35K miles on it, it is probably best to get 4 new ones.

But this ought to be discussed with the tire dealer - who can actually look at the tires and give you a better assessment.