Potholes suck.

"Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs" (yowen) 03/31/2014 at 09:08 • Filed to: None

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Hit one yesterday, couldn't be avoided, I was in traffic and couldn't swerve around it, dented my passenger-side wheel on the inside, blew the air right out of it HISSSSSS ISSS ISSS ISSS! Then I parked my car at a friends place with one spare on, watch the Michigan State game, leave his place and find my right rear has also gone flat. So had the car flat-bedded to the dealership.

Can't wait to see what this will cost me. Taurus SHO with 20 inch wheels... I bet especially the bent one is DONE. I imagine one or both tires are fucked too... What do you guys think?

offroadkarter > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:09

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Tell me about it, I bent 2 wheels on my BMW from the sucky potholes in NJ. 18" wheels with 35 series tires

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > offroadkarter 03/31/2014 at 09:10

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I imagine you ended up having to get new wheels?

offroadkarter > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:11

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One I took to a wheel shop to have fixed, one I fixed with the clarkson method of hitting it with a hammer haha

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:12

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Lot of pothole hell on Oppo recently.

I hit one with my Civic on Saturday; it was raining. Thought it was a puddle. Lets just say it was much deeper. Ended up scratching the shit out of one of the rim covers. Luckily, the tire is still good.

If I were you, find a good local shop. We have one by me that'll fix it for around $125. Had to do that with my dads Pilot. It dented it to the point the tire no longer held air.

Good luck

philipilihp > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:15

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Thankfully I was okay this morning, but it is getting ridiculous in my area. Never bent a wheel, but did blow a tire last year plus a sidewall bubble.

I need to buy one of those polar Hiluxes. Pot holes? I don't give a shit.

RyanFrew > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:16

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Ouch. These wheels?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > RyanFrew 03/31/2014 at 09:19

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That's a beautiful car.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > RyanFrew 03/31/2014 at 09:20

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These wheels (not my car)

Haimatox > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:39

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There's one highway with terrible potholes near me. Last month, I hit a pothole around 4 inches deep at 65 mph, and the impact actually locked my seatbelt as if I was in a crash. It didn't damage the wheel, but I'm fairly sure it fucked up the steering because the car always pulls strongly to the right.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Haimatox 03/31/2014 at 09:41

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Hmm, I wish mine was on a state road, I know someone that handles those claims, everything would be covered, haha. With the city I just read my chances are 1 in 7...

Haimatox > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 03/31/2014 at 09:43

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Haha I'm hoping I can use the steering as a reason to sell the car... It's a Prius. -_-

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Haimatox 03/31/2014 at 09:51

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Haha sure...