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Old 17 November 2009, 01:22 PM
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Not driven/moved my Scoob for well over a month, but just took her out of the garage for a spin. There seemed to be an initial vibration at speed, so I wondered if the tyre rubber had somehow settled flat whilst parked, if you know what I mean, during the intervening weeks. I pressed on for a few more miles and it seemed to improve (or was I just getting used again to the limpet-like car feeding back every road imperfection after weeks of standard modern saloon car driving?)

Is my tyre flat spot guess possible and that they will just return to normal round shape after use, or am I talking sh!te again?
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Flat Spots are plausible

tried pumping tyres up and seeing what happens.
Old 17 November 2009, 03:47 PM
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never happens to me after i've been working away for ages.
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