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No good potholes!!! :o( A saab story..
Posted by elliott (more from elliott) on Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:22:02
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I hit a flippin' pothole on the way home tonight from hockey. Blew out my right front tire (winter Alpines) and put a whammy of a dent into the steel rim - glad I went with steels (way back when) and not alloys.
Now I know that some times it is driver error. Maybe this was, but here in the worst kept roads in NY state (Buffalo/WNY), this was near unavoidable/unseen.
I was driving home, turned down the normal "shortcut/side-street" and have to stay to the right to avoid the flatbed on the other side unloading and BAM. It was late (12:30am), dark, wet, and didn't have much room to travel more towards the center. I never saw it!
I'll have to go back tomorrow to take some photos of the area if I can get there. I will share some of the rim below. I drove the rest of the way home (not too much further) to find, as suspected, a blown tire. More surprising was when I removed the wheel to find the giant lip bent in/out. :o( So I put on an alloy to get me back and forth to work in the morning (6 miles or so ech way) and then maybe I will get out early enough to see if BJs will take care of it for me under the road hazard warranty.
Thanks for reading.
Sean
P.S. I may write a letter if I have a great expense out of pocket, but more I wanted to share my story. Keep those night vision goggles on and keep the eyes peeled!!!!!!!! I just hope there isn't more damage than the rim/tire. Spend over $1K to take care of the suspension and WHAMMO.. :o(
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Posts in this Thread:
- No good potholes!!! :o( A saab story.., elliott, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:22:02 <-- Viewing This Message
- The tire is probably fine, Brett, Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:50:47
- Re: No good potholes!!! :o( A saab story.., Dean, Tue, 22 Feb 2005 07:39:52
- Ouch, sorry to hear that . . ., Czar, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:44:55
- Same happened to me within 2 weeks of new rims . . ., Mike in Anchorage, Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:29:12
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