I did an oops

"Sam" (samwellington) 12/24/2016 at 00:26 • Filed to: None

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Protip: Tighten ALL the lugs on your wheels. It’s pretty important.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:30

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Ouch! is that your car?

TheHondaBro > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:30

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Hellaflush?

Sam > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 12/24/2016 at 00:31

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Yes indeed.

gmctavish needs more space > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:32

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Yikes

Sam > gmctavish needs more space 12/24/2016 at 00:34

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A good exhaust note didn’t help :(

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:34

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Any suspension damage?

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:35

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not for canada - australian in disguise > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:38

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STANCE NAYSHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:41

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Hopefully no damage besides maybe ego (mine would be, anyway lol)

Sam > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 12/24/2016 at 00:46

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Doesn’t seem like it. I only drove it after the wheel fell off for about 150 feet. I’ll throw it on the lift inot the next week or so.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Sam 12/24/2016 at 00:56

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Accidental stance, now your all about #LowLyfe.

Sam > Tazio, Count Fouroff 12/24/2016 at 01:08

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Oh yeah, the wheel is scraped up a bit but that isn’t a huge deal. I think it knowledge the balancing weights off, though, so that is annoying.

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Sam 12/24/2016 at 01:21

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Good to hear, Thank God nothing worse

I know, right? It *is* annoying when a wheel is out of balance, esp with BMW.

An asset and a curse, yoi know? when everything is right you really feel it and when something is not right you also really feel it!

Sam > Tazio, Count Fouroff 12/24/2016 at 01:31

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I’m very glad that a good Samaritan let me know that things were about to go south (he had a very bright, blinking light bar on his Jeep and he saw the wheel start to go). I slowed to like 25 when it dropped. If I was going 50, I may have had to wrestle it to not lose control.

Really, I should have inspected the car more (shoulda, woulda, coulda). There was a shudder going on all day, but I figured it was just a lumpy tire or out of balance wheel (the tires/wheels were sitting for 2 years, since winter has been mild in the past).

But, it will be saved. Probably this weekend, since I don’t want to borrow a car from my parents for work next week. Getting it on the lift will make inspecting it closely a lot easier, though.

Tazio, Count Fouroff > Sam 12/24/2016 at 01:37

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If it’s of help to know, I had the same thing happen before (was guilty of same that is), luckily at low speed

The moron who failed to torque adequately was me. Wobble? What wobble?? Haha 

Sam > Tazio, Count Fouroff 12/24/2016 at 01:41

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I had this same situation on my 924, but wasn’t me tightening that time. Luckily, it was close enough to home that we grasped a floor jack and put it back on whole it was sitting in the road. Fun stuff, really.

StudyStudyStudy > Sam 12/24/2016 at 02:05

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My friend forgot twice on two different cars. Left one wheel just hand tight. The second time it happened he lost 2 lug nuts on the road.

I told him that i had to give him a deadleg so that he would remember. Punched him hard enough that he was limping for about two weeks. I don’t think he has forgotten since.

Sam > StudyStudyStudy 12/24/2016 at 02:08

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Hah, I’m definitely not forgetting after this one. I went on a recreational drive for like 50 miles today. The exhaust is sexy as hell, but now I don’t get to hear it for a while. :(

But she will rise again, very soon.