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i figured out why by looking under my car, stealing this pic from @angeloxnet because it shows what is happening perfectly. where the single pipe splits into two, it is heavily angled towards the right exhaust outlet, which is why a lot more exhaust gas comes out of the right exhaust tip than the left. Was really evident in the could today when there was a lot more smoke coming out of the right side, looks really uneven and makes only the right tip sooty
After the left front total pressure loss, fortunately I only had 150 yards to get home. I didn't drive the car. I did a quick feel and look on the RIGHT front and didn't notice the complete wear that the left front total catastrophic loss hard - but wait.
So, I got all four tires replaced and they said "you know your RIGHT front was also bad" I had a look now that it was off the car and sure enough it had even WORSE problems (note the total radial/metal exposure and inner wall exposure. It's not fully around, only about 15% of the inner tire wall - which is why I hadn't noticed anything. But clearly, it was failed. a quick measurement of the inner tread shows they are at 4/32, so we're below 5/32 but they were about at 5-6/32 when NEW.
Anyway, I know we all had these pirelli run flats on the original 2016 C450 in the usa so I would strongly encourage anyone who still is running these tires at 10K+ to CHECK THEM NOW.
In my opinion this really shouldn't happen like this.
As well, I had JUST had the car in for the 10K service (it was at 11K but still) and then I have driven the car 280 miles since then. The service checkup said NOTHING about tire wear, or this issue which I really can't imagine wasn't evident at the time of the service done.
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