Hit something on the road and popped a tire (with pics!)
10-19-05, 04:24 PM
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Hit something on the road and popped a tire (with pics!)
I was getting on to the freeway and I hit something at the end of the on-ramp. I knew it was big because my car jumped, then a second later I hear a flat tire and I immediately pull over. I put on my spare and inspect the tire:
My rear passenger tire has two holes, each a little bigger than a centimeter about 5 inches apart. Then I walk back to the point of impact hopping to find a giant pothole so I can ask the city to pay for it, instead I find this!
It's huge and heavy and metal! What is it? How did it come off a car and they didn't notice? I'm by no means a gear head but this thing looks important... So anyways the tire is getting patched at firestone for $40.
My rear passenger tire has two holes, each a little bigger than a centimeter about 5 inches apart. Then I walk back to the point of impact hopping to find a giant pothole so I can ask the city to pay for it, instead I find this!
It's huge and heavy and metal! What is it? How did it come off a car and they didn't notice? I'm by no means a gear head but this thing looks important... So anyways the tire is getting patched at firestone for $40.
10-19-05, 05:13 PM
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ouch... sorry to hear about that.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but it almost looks like a driveshaft end... in which case I sure HOPE the person noticed it when it fell off.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but it almost looks like a driveshaft end... in which case I sure HOPE the person noticed it when it fell off.
10-19-05, 05:18 PM
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Son of a monkeys uncle! Firestone said the hole is too big, and I need new tires 
This sucks because I have no one to blame but myself, i should have seen that thing lying in the middle of the road...
This sucks because I have no one to blame but myself, i should have seen that thing lying in the middle of the road...
10-19-05, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by acidrool
This sucks because I have no one to blame but myself, i should have seen that thing lying in the middle of the road...
10-19-05, 05:53 PM
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It kind of looks like a very small piece of a drive shaft from a big truck. The right side looks like the u-joint that either connects to the trans. or the rear axle. I could be wrong though, anyone else?
10-19-05, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by redzeppeli
It kind of looks like a very small piece of a drive shaft from a big truck. The right side looks like the u-joint that either connects to the trans. or the rear axle. I could be wrong though, anyone else?
Good luck with that.
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10-19-05, 06:52 PM
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Well the on-ramp was shaded by trees so it was spotted light and dark by the branch shadows and I was wearing my super cool extra dark sunglasses 
. Is that a good enough reason 
I ended up leaving the tire for Firestone to discard. They seemed a little to eager to accept a "bad" tire. Is it possible for them to fix it anyway and then try and sell it?
. Is that a good enough reason I ended up leaving the tire for Firestone to discard. They seemed a little to eager to accept a "bad" tire. Is it possible for them to fix it anyway and then try and sell it?
10-20-05, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by acidrool
Well the on-ramp was shaded by trees so it was spotted light and dark by the branch shadows and I was wearing my super cool extra dark sunglasses . Is that a good enough reason
. Is that a good enough reason
10-21-05, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by acidrool
Well the on-ramp was shaded by trees so it was spotted light and dark by the branch shadows and I was wearing my super cool extra dark sunglasses . Is that a good enough reason I ended up leaving the tire for Firestone to discard. They seemed a little to eager to accept a "bad" tire. Is it possible for them to fix it anyway and then try and sell it?
. Is that a good enough reason I ended up leaving the tire for Firestone to discard. They seemed a little to eager to accept a "bad" tire. Is it possible for them to fix it anyway and then try and sell it?
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