"mazda616" (mazda616)
02/17/2018 at 13:33 • Filed to: Potholes
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"mazda616" (mazda616)
02/17/2018 at 13:33 • Filed to: Potholes | 0
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My wife and I headed two hours south last night for a Valentine’s getaway in Nashville. Left my son with his grandma and the dog with my grandma.
Got to the hotel just fine. I-65 was smooth as silk, surprisingly. Left the hotel to head to eat at The Cheesecake Factory, and bam. 70 MPH plus a giant pothole on I-440. Sounded like a bomb went off under the car. The left front tire was done for.
Got the tire changed with Mazda roadside assistance (my wife didn’t want me doing it since it was the driver’s side and cars were speeding past at 80 MPH). Amazingly, no one stopped to help nor did anyone try to merge into the other lane as we sat there on the shoulder.
Made it to dinner, but the whole experience had us so shaken up that we lost our appetites.
Took it to Nelson Mazda in Nashville first thing this morning. The wheel balanced fine, thank God. Not bent or cracked, which was surprising.
My factory Dunlops had about 10k of life left in them and my OCD couldn’t handle just one or two new tires. So, we used our savings and got four new Yokohamas.
Nelson Mazda in Nashville was fabulous through the whole thing. They understood my car OCD and took great care of me. Gave my car to the most experienced technician they had.
So, Sylvia the 6 now has a fresh alignment and four new shoes.
Steer clear of I-440 in Nashville. By all means.
facw
> mazda616
02/17/2018 at 16:33 |
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Seriously. I drove on I-440 at the end of last month, and it is the worst highway surface I had ever driven on. Apparently there are plans underway to resurface it, but clearly that needed to happen years ago.
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mazda616
> facw
02/17/2018 at 18:24 |
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It was truly atrocious. There were four cars with blown out tires counting me. A girl in a Ford Fiesta hit the same hole I did and was pulled over about 100 feet ahead of us. All in one stretch of the road. A truck hauling a flatbed trailer hit one of the big potholes next to us and almost lost control as we were sitting there.
Think! aka anotherburner111122223333
> mazda616
02/17/2018 at 18:55 |
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No one stops to help anyone anymore. Mostly due to cell phones I imagine...
Xazzaphonic (previously known as Vicarious-Chair)
> mazda616
02/17/2018 at 23:49 |
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The ball joint/control arm was fine after this?
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mazda616
> Xazzaphonic (previously known as Vicarious-Chair)
02/18/2018 at 07:10 |
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Yep. The dealer checked everything over twice, and I doubt they’d have missed the opportunity to charge me even more for more repairs.
e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> Think! aka anotherburner111122223333
02/19/2018 at 13:57 |
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I still remember when I spun my e30 off the road in rural MD on my way to HS. There were 5 cars pulled over to see if I was OK before I could get out of my car.
That thing was built like a tank though. Total damage for spinning off the road sideways @ 40 mph and clearing a 3ft ditch was knocking a tire off the rim, driving gravel into the other 3 tires, a crushed fog light and a license plate folded in half. The car came to a stop with front tires in the air over the ditch resting on the front bumper and rear tires. It didn’t even need an alignment afterwards.
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Think! aka anotherburner111122223333
> e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
02/19/2018 at 14:21 |
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Well, sure, people will still pull off for accidents... They want to take a video of the bodies.
\cynic
E90M3
> mazda616
02/19/2018 at 14:29 |
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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> mazda616
02/19/2018 at 14:30 |
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I drove on 440 Saturday and in the ISF with its already plagued history of potholes, I drove 25 mph the entire way.
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OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars
> mazda616
02/19/2018 at 14:31 |
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Also: https://www.tn.gov/tdot/maintenance/potholes.html
Claims area.
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e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
> Think! aka anotherburner111122223333
02/19/2018 at 15:08 |
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Well this was 19 years ago, so nobody was trying to take video, they were genuinely concerned with my wellbeing.