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On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 18:28:35 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Back when the whole fiasco over Explorers being unstable when a tire blew, I had one.

I was doing 75 or so and encountered a chunk of 18 wheeler brake drum on the interstate. There was nowhere to go, so I centered it and hoped for the best. It hit the front diff shield (4x4 Explorer), flipped around underneath, hit the gas tank shield, then cut a big gash in the rear left tire sidewall, producing an instant flat at 75mph. It wagged around in the road, but I just let off the gas and coasted over to the shoulder. 20 or so minutes, and I was on my way on the spare.

After that, I saw a show where they tested the Explorer in sudden flat situations. They experienced the same as me... it is no big deal when you have a sudden flat. It is just the bad drivers doing stupid things, like jerking the wheel when it starts wagging around.

That was always my impression.I have lost tires suddenly in some
pretty unstable vehicles like a 72 Jeep (CJ chassis), a 78 E150 and a
71 Gremlin. In all of the cases I just feathered the gas and drove the
car until I could use a little brake and get off onto the shoulder. It
will stabilize and you can still drive if you don't do anything silly
in those first few seconds.
When I lost that tire in the Prelude, it wasn't even exciting, just an
"aw crap" moment.
Spoiled my trip to the range to take a little more money from the
electrical contractors.
I wasn't even going to use my skeet gun. I took the 97 riot gun.