What usually happens when you get a nail in a tyre is a slow leak at first - maybe a couple of PSI per week. You'll pick this up if you check your tyre pressures regularly! But with a rear tyre, you can lose a lot of air before it becomes obvious, either visually or through a change in the handling.
I drove 10 km in an XR6 with a flat rear tyre - wondered why the car scraped going out of the drive! Drove my son to school through slow rush hour traffic, and finally noticed after accelerating out of a corner. The tread had split after 5,000 km.
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MB Mondeo TDCi wagon, sea grey, on MAK Invidia 16" wheels.
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