The Lounge - OH **** it better not be too bad...

well tonight it has snowed(and it stayed on the ground) for the first time in about a month, and tonight i was going to pick my girlfriend up from work. well i was turning onto the street and i started to slide.... then i kept sliding... so i cut the wheel and gave it more gas... but the curb kept getting closer, and closer, and closer.... well needless to say i hit the curb with my back left wheel[:@].... the car seems to be driving ok and it is hard to assess the damage in the dark... so i am not looking forward for tomorrow[:@]

my god i hope it is ok:(

if you didnt get a flat tire wacking the curb --it might not be to bad

i hope it isn't too bad, i didn't loose my hubcap so i shouldn't be too bad... i am just worried crazy.... and it has only been 2 hours since this happened and i have been inside for 1½ hours now [&:] i should go check on her

i think it will be fine..as long as you didnt start driving and it started vibrating really bad or somthing, were sopposed to be getting a anotherrrrrrrrrrrrr snow storm tonight..luckly i doont got to drive anywere for the weekend

damnit are you serious... no offence but i hope it all drops over your way before it gets this far east... i can't wait for summer to get here.. i miss driving with the windows down going 140 down the highway...

EDIT: well i went out also to check on her and the tire is still nice and solid... so i know the tire is ok..hopefully. i am just scared sick that it might be messed up. but in the end i guess even if there is minor damage then it is ok cause the bearing on that wheel was going anyway lol

i miss driving with the windows down going 140 down the highway...

140? That's not very brilliant.

As for your wheel, it'll prolly be ok, I really hit a curb a bit ago and it just threw the alignment off. Mine was with the front wheel though.



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jesus man i am glad it wasn't that bad... and when i said 140 i was refering to KPH which is 87mph and that is on the highway which has a 110 speed limit (arround 68mph)

hrmm i got my digicam back... if i can steal it from my mom.. ill go take a pic of where i hit a brick wall with my tire.. its just as bad as that one^^^^

if its drivable it cant be that bad. prolly the only bad thing would be the alignment being thrown off.

One time I was driving my moms car, took a corner too fast, and slammed the front passenger side wheel into a crub. Ruined the wheel, busted it's hub, and cracked the subframe. (It barely made it to the shop.) So you got off alright. :D

Thats why the rims come off on my car for winter, I really dont care if i hit a curb, i got the hubbies on there, and a new tire is lke 30 bucks.

the same thing happened to me a couple months ago...i hit an ice patch at like 15-20mph and the front passenger wheel went right into the curb[:@] it ended up being real bad, had to replace the control arm, wheel bearing, the wheel, steering knuckle, get the alignment fixed, and a couple other things...ended up being nearly 1k just to get all of it fixed, half of which was labor!

which is why u shoulda just did it urself.

^ the only thing with that Pete is that not everyone is experienced enough or they don't have the proper tools,

but GOOD news, i took a look at it this morning and it seems the only damage was on the hubcap (and i have 2 spares) so i seem to be good to go for this one:D... scary situation though on that, never want to go through anything like that again.[:'(]

just buying all the parts i needed would have cost somewhere around $600 i think it was. and then having to go through the hassle of replacing everything with not having the right tools and full knowledge would have been difficult and very very time consuming. i didnt want to run the risk of messing more stuff up or running into difficult situations. so even if i did do it myself, the cost of parts and the amount of time it prolly would have taken, i would have been close to the price i payed anyways.

****e happens. if things always worked out as planned, then there wouldn't be a need for credit cards.

just chalk it up as another lesson learned.