blow out at 70

[heineck]

so me and my sis were driving to meet up my parents who were camping, then all of a sudden, pop and grind! so once we got pulled over this is what i saw, and then the highway patrol made me drive off the freeway on the rim, luckily there no damage to the rim even after that quarter mile drive. the header panels cracked, theres no backing to that headlight, the fender liners are MIA and the fenders gotta be bent back to shape. just thought i share. it shouldnt take me a day, after i hit the junk yard

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[Bad99Olds]

no picture

[heineck]

fixed

[Bad99Olds]

wow, doesnt looks TOOO bad all things considered. glad you and the sister are alright.

[CactusWill]

God man thats horrible damage for just a blow out. Took out your whole wheel well and underbody plastic and ripped your bumper out too.

[PappaSmurf]

Holy crap dude, Are you okay?
Aint you glad you didnt have the body kit on? And you wanna sell me those rims? LOL

Just kidding! I am glad that you at least are alright. You still going to ASS though right?
-Smurf-

[heineck]

I wanna go but i think my gold plated fender liners are gunna drain my budget, LOL yea im still goin but after i fix this a new set of tires is top priority

[PappaSmurf]

Understand that, hopefully good top of the line tires with a warranty no matter what state your in, hahahaha.

Instead of the fenders, you should line your trunk with gold and then pput the carpet back on and see how much it shines through. LMAO
-Smurf-

[heineck]

Yea i got pretty lucky at the junkyard, they had a 50% sale so i got a headlight for 13 bucks but no fenders or header panels maybe tmrw

[Redog]

Wow!!! Just from a blow out!!
Glad everybody's OK

[Nate's Alero]

:eek:

[[ion] C2]

WTF?

This is why you don't speed on public roads, imagine if you got a blowout at 120+ MPH... dead.

[Nate's Alero]

jeez dude, lots of DAMage!

[Gr1m]

C2;465605']WTF?

This is why you don't speed on public roads, imagine if you got a blowout at 120+ MPH... dead.
y would u be going that fast lol

[Oldsnut]

C2;465605']WTF?

This is why you don't speed on public roads, imagine if you got a blowout at 120+ MPH... dead.

y would u be going that fast lol
He was on a Highway. In some states 70mph is the speed limit.

[Gr1m]

i quoted ion and was asking about the 120+ not 70

[[ion] C2]

nubs.

[Dhoyle]

yea like I75 down in florida is like uhm i dunno maybe 75? and if he was on the highway call me crazy but it just might be the norm lols :P

[[ion] C2]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/US_speed_limits.svg/800px-US_speed_limits.svg.png

[worknprog.99]

speed limits are guidelines... following them is sometimes more dangerous than breaking them......

but man that sucks on my stratus i had a blow out right front tire at 40 it just jerked real hard to the right.. it was kinda scary . glad your ok tho

[[ion] C2]

speed limits are guidelines... following them is sometimes more dangerous than breaking them......
yeah maybe if you're being followed by a tornado

how does this make sense? :lol:

[worknprog.99]

C2;465621']yeah maybe if you're being followed by a tornado

how does this make sense? :lol:

when driving on roads that are congested and packed or a busy highway when others are over the speed limit keeping in the flow of traffic may require surpassing speed limits... which i would think would be better than getting ran over or rear ended :)

[Dhoyle]

eh i was off by 5 mph, but like work said, say your going threw miami, you gotta keep up with the traffic or u will get rear ended, threw there people haul ass

[worknprog.99]

yeah i hate rush hour traffic on I75 here in between cincy and dayton unless your doing 70-80 you will get ran over... the other problem is you are within feet of other cars all around so no room for error... i hate rush hour highway

[Nate's Alero]

Rush hour traffic breaks the rule's all the time, the slowest is 80 mph

[heineck]

C2;465605']WTF?

This is why you don't speed on public roads, imagine if you got a blowout at 120+ MPH... dead.

yea i wouldnt hit that speed without the right tires and i wouldnt do it on a freeway LOL, and i was goin speed limit cuz i saw those signs signaling there was a highway patrol station coming up

[clutch1]

Rush hour traffic breaks the rule's all the time, the slowest is 80 mph

No kidding, from time to time the traffic around here gets going that fast.. mostly friday at 5 oclock rush hour. Crazy guys :ninja:

[billytheman1188]

from 3-7 every day its crazy around here..... and going 70 wont get you run off the road, just stay in the slow lane. thats why there are 3 lanes......:nuts:

[Dhoyle]

I 75 i only 2 lanes were im at

[pimpalero2003]

Lucky didn't get hurt ya know

[99alerogirl]

oooh pretty.

[Alerosaint]

Dang...hein....glad you qand your sis ok

[heineck]

oooh pretty.

pretty? WTF?

[CactusWill]

pretty? WTF?


Shes a girl, remember?

[heineck]

LOL yea

[jrim]

Wow, you did some work to that tire lol. Glad no injuries resulted from this!

[PappaSmurf]

Heineck, I told you if you were hungry I would buy you food. I was ONLY kidding when I told you to go eat rubber. LMAO
-Smurf-

[heineck]

hehe wait no... fail

[Bad99Olds]

can that tire be patched?

[heineck]

hell nah LOL there were foxtails evrywhere

[Bad99Olds]

hell nah LOL there were foxtails evrywhere

so those are sweet low profile tires you got there

[lonnie]

Wow all that damage from a blow out.....you would have been better off hitting a deer, or a truck. They need to start crash testing these things from the inside out now. Glad yall are ok....Good luck with repairs!

[01OldsAleroGt]

C2;465619']http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/US_speed_limits.svg/800px-US_speed_limits.svg.png

thats suck a crock of shit for FL and CA highways... ppl are always going bout 110 on highways on both states XD

But thankfully you guys are alright

[Nate's Alero]

Wow all that damage from a blow out.....you would have been better off hitting a deer, or a truck. They need to start crash testing these things from the inside out now. Glad yall are ok....Good luck with repairs!

the grand am/alero got poor outside crash test's. hate to see what would happen is something broke on the inside :lol:

[zzyzzx]

Was it a Chinese tire?

[heineck]

no it was a potenza

[Nate's Alero]

no it was a potenza

:eek: they are supposed to be good tires! was it bald or did it have good tread?

[heineck]

i was bein skimpy and bought it from a used tire spot LOL

[Nate's Alero]

i was bein skimpy and bought it from a used tire spot LOL

oh noes, i was going to buy from a used tire place.... not anymore:lol:

[lonnie]

the grand am/alero got poor outside crash test's. hate to see what would happen is something broke on the inside :lol:
From the looks of this it would have gotten even worse scores from the inside...:lol:

[heineck]

oh noes, i was going to buy from a used tire place.... not anymore:lol:

yea i was gunna buy a new set before the trip, so i was like ill buy a 20 dollar used for a month and then bam! im spendin more noww than i wouldve on a new tire

[zzyzzx]

no it was a potenza

Japanese Brand tire:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone

They do have a factory in China and India, etc. Could still be a thirld world country tire.

[jrim]

Yeah, the only reason I didn't skimp when I got new tires for my rims is because of what someone else said somewhere on this forum: "people forget tires are the only thing between the car and the ground, they're tremendously important and affect acceleration, traction, etc".. let this be a lesson to us all :P

[bdyman]

wow just a blown tire caused all that damage
ya know i can try to help ya out and get parts for your car

some parts of illinois are 70mph