03-07-2011, 11:22 AM
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hit a guard rail
last night we got a big snow storm and was doing 40 and slid off the road and hit a guard rail. there is no pysical damage but now my wheel is on a 45 degree angle to the left. i hit on the passanger side, i havent had a chance to get under it yet but does anyone know what i should expect? it doesnt pull hard at all.
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03-07-2011, 01:02 PM
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my wheel as in steering wheel
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03-07-2011, 01:06 PM
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Captain Funpark
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why were you doing 40 in snow?
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03-07-2011, 01:12 PM
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2Screwy
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yeah, you should have been doing 55 or 65 with the rest of the traffic......
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03-07-2011, 01:48 PM
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in some states in the northeast lower the speedlimits when the weather was bad like today they lowered the speed limit from 65 to 45 on the highway that i was driving on.
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03-07-2011, 01:52 PM
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i was following a mac truck because he was making wide tracks we were on the highway i was keeping up with traffic but anyway does anyone know maybe a idea of what it could be i notice by looking at it my car has toe out
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03-07-2011, 02:08 PM
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Captain Funpark
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lol when it snowed here, everyone on the highways were doing 20-30 MPH. Idk...to me, 40 just seemed a little to fast for snow driving...
I'd get it checked out by a mech. Could have done some good internal damage.  |
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03-07-2011, 02:42 PM
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Sounds like the wheel alignment is off, due to something being bent. Take it to a shop have them check it out.
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03-07-2011, 03:17 PM
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if it's toed i would say you bent a tie rod...
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03-07-2011, 03:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cavaliers60
lol when it snowed here, everyone on the highways were doing 20-30 MPH. Idk...to me, 40 just seemed a little to fast for snow driving...
I'd get it checked out by a mech. Could have done some good internal damage. |
That's sad, up here people might go from 75 down to 60 when it's snowing, and we really have little trouble with people going in ditches.
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03-07-2011, 04:03 PM
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2Screwy
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same here.....sucks when you are passing an out of stater in a little econobox FWD and they are in a 4wd big truck driving 30 in the fast lane....
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03-07-2011, 06:22 PM
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you guys must not have real bad storms lol. when its a terrible storm out I have been slowed down to 30km/h in an 80km/h zone ( idiots infront of me of course id rather be doing 50k/h )
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03-07-2011, 06:26 PM
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i usually do about 50 -55 on the interstates in snow storms but then again I'm usually in the other halfs escape  idk if i'll ever drive my alero in the snow again i did right after i got it and i left it at my work in the shop and drove my plow truck home till spring cause mine sucked in the snow but i also had shitty tires
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03-07-2011, 06:59 PM
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am i the only one thinking "pics or it didnt happen"
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03-07-2011, 07:16 PM
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i speed up for corners
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Quote:
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am i the only one thinking "pics or it didnt happen"
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who cares about pictures at least he did not get hurt during the crash that is more important than pictures.
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03-07-2011, 07:18 PM
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^ x2
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03-07-2011, 08:08 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by robalero
you guys must not have real bad storms lol. when its a terrible storm out I have been slowed down to 30km/h in an 80km/h zone ( idiots infront of me of course id rather be doing 50k/h )
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We definitely get bad storms, I drove home from a concert an hour away once in about 200 foot visibility, so I slowed down to 55. I almost hit a snowy owl too. The next morning we had about 8 inches of snow on the ground.
BTW I did this in my Alero.
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03-07-2011, 10:36 PM
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and plus pictures are useless sence idk if i said it before but there was no real cosmetic damage just a scrape or so and fender jared out of alighnment...sorry im a horrible speller
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03-07-2011, 11:24 PM
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I would say you probably bent a tie rod like mentioned above, and possibly a wheel bearing as well...
I know your pain, snow storms have left me in the ditch a couple times in the past with less than idea cars to drive in the snow... mostly due to lack of funds for decent tires...
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03-08-2011, 04:08 PM
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thank you all for the help i will check it out asap
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