Contis are tender devils. I had a hollow 1/2" copper pipe go thru mine in a Nashville rainstorm. Then, I fixed it on the wheel, and on the car, as a tornado raged overhead.

Amazingly the patch/plug held and I drove all the way to Dragon and back to St Louis on it. My tire guy said it was the neatest plug job he'd ever seen and proceeded to put on a new set of Generals.

And to over torque the lug screws and warp my rotors

roadster with a stick