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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Nomadmax
My hope for you is that the tire had 10K miles on it (or better) when you picked up the nail. My luck is usually that it's in the first 2K miles when I pick something up.
No luck here. Only 4200 on that one.

Originally Posted by NECaveman
Looks like a finishing nail on the inside of the tire?
It actually looks like the business end of a 16 penny nail. That piece is still stuck in the tire with just a small hint of it showing in the tread.
 

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