What is the maximum speed a person shoudl drive on a donut?

I was traveling from NY to MD friday when about 60 miles out of NY on the NJT i catch a flat on my rear right tire.

This is my first car and the tire had a nipple/bubble on the side. I was informed it was fine to drive on. So Hear this loud humming noise but assume it the trucks around me. I pass the trucks and Humming is still there! So I pull over to shoudler to find a flat

I put donut on in less than 15 mins, I was so mad. Now i knew I shouldnt speed with donut. As im driving (~50 mph) everyone is passing me (which I rarely let happen), So I said FUDGE IT, and continued to MD doing 70-80mph.

When I get to MD, and find place to replace tire It costs me ~$130, and guy proceeds to tell me that my DUNLOP Sport A2's are directional and I have 4 Right tires instead of 2 L & 2 R.

So It was a 235 mile trip - (60 miles with out donut) = 175 on dunot at speed of no less that 70 and no more than 85.

I know I may seem crazy but i absolutely hate holding up traffic, so I have to at least go with the flow, FYI while doin 70-85 mph I was still in the way. Some people are just plain crazy!

Was I going too fast? Like a out of hell!

 

Take it up to 100 and then you can tell us what the max speed of the donught is. Or put the stocker(s) back on

 

Stockers? Not Sure what you mean.......

 

i hope you put the dount in the rear, if you had it on the front you can say goodbye to your tranny.

 

Unless he has AWD or a limited slip differential, he has no need to worry.

 

that is true if he is lucky enough to have the VLSD, but last time I checked we dont have AWD

 

i had a crazy friend with 2 doughnuts on his del-sol who hit like 125+ on I-95 in florida...we all thought he was gonna wreck or somthin, but nothing happened, or maybe he was just lucky---and 3rd gear barked all day

 

Stock wheels/tires = stockers. Slang terminology . .sorry

 

Oh ok, i figured as much but wasnt sure, i have sawblades. no aftermarket wheels.

 

Oh sorry again I took for granted that fact. .

 

No Problem, next year ill be looking for year 2000+ maxima/Altima rims for my car.

 

I've got afterarket so whenver I get a flat just slap on the 'ol honeycombs

 

Really

I was just pointing out that those were the only situations where you have to be worried about burning up clutch packs when running shorter than stock tires. On some cars ABS can be affected too, but I don't think the Maxima's ABS brain is that smart.

 

The LSD cars will have a regular sized spare not a doughnut for exactly the reasons stated -- that's one of the things to look for if you're after an LSD car...

 

WHats LSD?

 

Limited Slip Differential

 

LSD = limited slip diffy

...unless of course you're from the 1960's

 

 

LOL Gotcha, I learned about those guys in High School

 

what does lsd do?

 

what he said. I have a canadian model maxima, and it has LSD and a full Size Spare. lsd helps you by spinning one wheel faster to catch up with the other wheel. like if it just rained and you make a fast right turn, your inside wheel will spin(like burnout) a little faster so you can turn with out going out of control.

 

How about reading the owner's manual??

 

My Car didnt come with an owner's manual.

 

i have 17 inch rims, is it okay to put a stock 16 back on one if a blow-out to flat occurs? i have always wondered that.

 

lsd changes amout of torque that is provided to either wheel or make you see things

 

On the facotry donut it says not to go over 55mph.

 

In the owners manual it says to avoid driving over 50mph on the spare and only to drive it long enough to get to a tires shop. Couple months ago a guy driving next to me on a donut had it blow out going like 35-40mph. All I heard was this loud pop so I look back and there's sparks everywhere.

 

I was searching for that but didnt see anything.

 

Check out how stuff works website, mught learn a thing or 2 about LSD. . .

 

http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=10440

 

"LSD gave me a rude awakening though, a lesson from God, more or less"

So that's what LSD does. Glad I Never Tried It.

 

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