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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 06/12/2020 at 09:00 • Filed to: None

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RacinBob > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 09:05

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Looks like l ifetime lubr icated ball joints. When the lubrication is gone, their life is over......

RacinBob > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 09:07

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Though actually, it looks like accident damage. Someone hit front wheel breaking aluminum lower A arm. Any guesses as to make and model?

wkiernan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 09:10

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I was riding along when I ran over a board in the road, and a little while later the car started handling funny and making a wump wump wump sound. When I got out and looked, well, I guess there must have been a nail in that board, because the front tire was totally flat.

Now I never changed a tire before, but there was a floor jack and a set of tools in the trunk, so I figured “how hard can this be?” I jacked her up and got to work. Took a while but I finally got the darn thing off.

Then I went poking around in the trunk looking for the spare, but to my disappointment, it wasn’t there! Well, the rotating part of it was there, but the mounting bracket was completely absent. So I was stuck. I had to call a tow truck.

I’m really disappointed and I want a refund from the dealership! Imagine selling somebody a car with a defective spare !

vondon302 > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 09:12

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 09:15

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Someone is having a bad day.

CalzoneGolem > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 09:20

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That’s ... not gone well.

Michael > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 10:02

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I once saw a tow truck tow a Civic (older model) into a curb and fire hydrant during a right turn

Somehow, after that damage, a coil spring was rolling down the road.  So they ripped apart a coil-over-shock assembly, somehow

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 10:14

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That's not gone well!

shop-teacher > Michael 06/12/2020 at 10:16

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That's kind of impressive.

shop-teacher > CalzoneGolem 06/12/2020 at 10:16

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Lol, I just said the same thing.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RacinBob 06/12/2020 at 10:27

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No clue. That’s on Whitman Street in Hayward, California.

Whitman is a two-mile stretch of road that butt up against a railroad track and the commuter train system BART. Access at only two points along the stretch. So trash dumping, drag racing, abandoned wrecked cars, people sleeping in parked motor homes, you name it. I commute down that street and it’s never a dull ride. This morning, I rode down that way on my bicycle and saw this piece of shrapnel, which was interesting, but in no way out of place.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Michael 06/12/2020 at 10:28

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Yeah! Defabrication!

Michael > shop-teacher 06/12/2020 at 10:28

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As we were in college, we retrieved the spring, made it wall art, and drank to its' honor

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > wkiernan 06/12/2020 at 10:29

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That’s a thing, cars with no spare. Or with stupid microspares.

shop-teacher > Michael 06/12/2020 at 10:29

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The only appropriate response.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/12/2020 at 10:30

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Given the location -- see my reply to Racin’ Bob above -- it was probably the end of a joy ride.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 10:46

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Oh Whit man, makes sense.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/12/2020 at 10:49

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You know that area? 

wkiernan > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 10:57

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Oh, I know. I bought a used ‘09 Miata and it didn’t c ome with a spare, just a kit with some goop you spray into your tire, which ruins your tire pressure sensor if you ever use it . I’d like to get one of those little donut spares for it. I know mini-spares are crap to drive on but I have picked up so many nails in my tires on construction sites over the years, I really want a spare to get me to a tire shop where they can pull the nail and put on a patch .

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 11:16

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Not very well. I know H ayward > than Vallej o though...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 11:52

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Looks more like a lazy tow truck driver didn't quite tow the whole car.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 06/12/2020 at 12:03

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Except that the rim is broken and the tire is cut. Looks to me like he smacked a curb.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 06/12/2020 at 12:38

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That’s one gnarly tall curb. Probably smacked at speed and the tow truck driver didn’t take it with the rest of the car.