How often do you get a flat?

Just wondering how often you get flats or leaks? It seems that since I have got my p-car it picks up an un natural amount of crap up off the road. It really was bothersome today. As I was about to leave work I noticed my rear driver tire was a little low so I check it, and sure enough it was down at 14psi. I pull it into the shop and notice that there is a shiny piece of metal about 1/2 inch long slightly protruding from my tread. I pull the tire off the rim and find that there is a butter knife folded in my tire against my rim. Like who the f**k runs over a butter knife and has it puncture your tire? luckily it was repairable and there was no damage to the rim since it was 8pm and I dont have any rears kicking around the shop. After fixing that tire I decided to check the others. I figured nothing should be wrong, I usually get pick up something every week or two, and when I had checked my pressures less than a week ago they were all fine. But low and behold the other rear was down at 28, then 1 front was at 20 and the other 17. all that comes to mind is WTF!!! how do I have 4 leaks in as many days since my last pressure check. turns out I picked up 1 screw, 1 nail, and 1 valve stem with a bit of a tear in it. Given I have the shop and equipment to do this myself, but when I close the shop at 8pm and stick around until close to 10 fixing my tires I get a little frustrated. PS: I live in a mature neighborhood with no construction, and dont drive by anything but typical summer road construction on my way to work.

Just the one in the past 12 months, 1.5" nail into my 2 month old MPSC 295 rear. Discovered the evening before a track day of course.

12 years, 68,000 mile and only one flat. It was a screw that I picked up at a job site. Th good thing is that it went flat overnight in my garage so not the hassle of having it go flat on the road. I did ruin a Michelin PSS, only 2 months old with maybe 1,000 miles. Hit a 4" rock in the street in front of someone else's job site and it tore a cord in the sidewall. No flat though, and Costco replaced it under road coverage warranty, no charge.

None in my Porsche. Several in my work GMC truck usually at my job sites.

It's rare for me. I had a Pirelli P-Zero that developed a slow leak as it wore, but that's about it. No issues with other brands.

Zero in the past six years in the 996. Before that I picked up a nail/screw in a construction zone. So a total of one in 20 years of driving.

Do not get them often. Maybe once every 5 years. But I got one on my pcar a couple weeks ago. I noticed the left front low and sure enough there was a shiny spot smack in the middle of the tire. Took it to my tire guy and he had the foresight to look for more and sure enough there was a second! It was barely visible from the outside. Both sheet metal screws. The fact that we run wide tires with sticky compounds may make us more prone to these flats. But a butter knife?

My wife's Honda picked up a nail last month. First flat tire problem for her in over 20 years. I haven't had a puncture issue with my Porsche tires since I learned not to drive close to the edge of the road, or cut right turns tight. That was a very long time ago. But for so many issues at once for you, it is possible that your were either vandalized at some point, or you just hit a spot in the road where a whole bunch of stuff fell off of a vehicle not long before you were there.

only one in the 996, my HRE valve stem was leaking. its a shame the guy at discont tire had no clue what to do and what kind of wheel or valve stem to use. LOL Now in my diesel F-250 i pick up nails about every 2-3 months. I just fixed a flat last week and noticed yesterday that i had a screw in the front tire.

Never in the Targa. Once in my previous car. So, my wife and I have racked up 300,000kms in a dozen years with one puncture. Had maybe a couple slow leaks that needed to be resealed.

Way less than once a year.

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The weirdest part is that it went in handle first, it was just the tip of the blade sticking out

One. Last month, a nail in a rear tire. Of course it was too close to the sidewall to patch. Of course it was on the morning I was going to drive up to the AZ Cool Pine Country to play some golf. Hankook V12's.

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When I worked at a tire store 20 years ago we found a pair of pliers in a tire & a pork chop bone in a different cars tire. It's like 2X4s sticking in trees during a tornado or hurricane. If you hit it fast enough & it's pointed right it will penetrate your tire & it dosen't always stay in the tire. Usual senario is rightfront tire runs over something in the gutter lane & kicks it up to stick in the rightrear tire. Personally I have never lost a tire before it's time just lots of slow leaks requiring a patch at my convience.

I just had a failure last week. My passenger side rear (285) shredded the inside shoulder. Only about 2000K miles on them, and relatively flat camber. I thought it might be the caliper dragging and creating a lot of heat, but I checked that the next day and it seemed fine. That said, first flat (on the road) in 15 years. 2002 C4 Cab, X74 added

This reads an awful lot like the IMS threads. Maybe we should consider a class action lawsuit.

I have not had a flat tire in my cars since I first bought the 1991 928 7 years ago Knock on wood

None yet on the P car but last month had a lag bolt in my tire on the Audi and after getting the tire replaced, on the way back to the office picked up another nail in a different tire and drove right back to get it fixed. The guy said "what are you doing back here". I said you won't believe it.

I think my last legitimate flat caused by a puncture was in a Pirelli P-Zero Rosso tire that was on my 2004 Saab 9-5 Aero sedan. That was in 2005. I haven't ever had a puncture in either of the Porsches.

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I hear the streets are made out of gold in Potmac.. I get them very often during my commute to DC.

I think my last flat was back in the 80's. My wife, on the other hand, has about one a year. She claims to be "unlucky". I think that's a synonym for careless.

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I seemed to get more flats when the economy was better and there were a lot of small construction trucks driving the highways. All the flats were drywall screws. None in the last couple of years. (Maybe money is tight enough, they're taking more effort not to lose their building materials off the back of the trucks.)

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Only some of the streets...even then, just gold leaf ;-) Actually got the flat on the ICC, which is one of the smoothest roads around!

I am not answering as I don't want to jinx anything.

I've had two flats in the past year. One on the front and one on the rear. I'm getting ready to buy all new tires right now, I sure hope that run of luck is over.

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Just got a bolt in the rear tire - But I have now found Tire Rack - I would love to know the quietest all season

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Gold leaf? Darn those budget cuts.. I found a 7 inch nail in my tire a couple of months ago, I think I picked it up on the new 295/395 overpass.

18 months and no flats. In 37 years of driving, I've had a total of 7 flats and only one that required me to pull over and change the tire.

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I pickd upa door key once as I drove out of a prking lot, I heard the hissing immediately, it puncutured right at the corner of the tire so it was irrepairable. Two million miles?! Bridgestone RE970, ultra high performance and quiet, although I think you should get dedicated winter tires as you said you want to drive the car through winter. All-season tires are "no-season" tires as they are compromise when it comes to squeezing out the most performance.

First flat in ~18 yrs. I have a $180 tool bit that my wife got me. She brought it home in the tread of her 10k mile old original Outback tire. I could have patched it but she drove on it. Far enough to make a dark black line in the sidewall. So take no chances and had tire store mount a new one. She did tell me at dinner that "That light that comes on when we mount the snows came on today." TPS light.

The poll needs a few more options like "once every 5+ years".

So few, I dont carry a spare.

Two screws in three years for me. Rears of course.

Flat last year in the right rear coming back from the airport.