 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  07-25-2006, 11:39 PM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |  It Happened to me and might happen to you too!
Watch out for those desiel truck tires. They are a bitch!
It flew off and INTO my front end!
110 degrees in cali at 2 pm will shread a tire and those tires will shread your car!
Before -------------- After __________________ SPEED IS NOT AN EQUATION CONSISTING OF DISTANCE DIVIDED BY TIME. IT IS A LIFESTYLE! |  |  | | 07-26-2006, 12:05 AM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Northern IL Posts: 263 |
is the trucking company going to pay for the damage? | | | | | 07-26-2006, 12:50 AM | #3 | | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 |
Aw man... that really sucks. :-( The "bright side" is that the tire wasn't 2-3 feet higher in the air. Imagine what it would have done to your windshield!!
That's why I rarely pass a truck until I have room to go all the way past it. I've seen tires explode before and it ain't pretty, even in the best case scenario. __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH!
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From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | | | 07-26-2006, 01:25 AM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long Beach area Posts: 1,189 |
ouch that sucks!
I was just about to PM you to come to the UCI meet tonight too...
I think this situation happened to my car too when my brother had it.
The bottom part of my bumper is cracked, but when I got it, I got the M3 front lip to make it look better and hold it together haha...
-Randy __________________ 97 Jet Black 318ti Sport. Not so stock anymore!.... 
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Coming sometime in the future:...SCed 2.1...new (to me) car mod maybe?...all in one car | | | | | 07-26-2006, 01:33 AM | #5 | | TRETEN IRGENDEINES ESELS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 3,687 |
Thats sucks man,look on the bright side it could've been alot worse.
About a month ago i was next to an 18 wheeler and the tire blew. It sounded like a gun fight on the highway and scared the crap out of me. Luckily i was next to it and the tire did not come near me. __________________ 98 Avus Blue 318 ti Active
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www.myspace.com/avusblueti | | | | | 07-26-2006, 02:30 AM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Tacompton, WA Posts: 309 |
this is the reason i hate driving next to those huge ass trucks! hopefully they will be paying for it tho! __________________ 95 318ti Alpine white, E46 m3 front bumper, Clear Corners, Cosmo CAI, k&n filter, Flowmaster catback, front strut bars, sony 12" sub Kenwood 800watt amp & Aiwa Deck, stickers
Future: Angel Eyes, Drop, Rims, and rear bumper
318ti.org sticker (added 100HP) | | | | | 07-26-2006, 05:16 AM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
looks like my insurance is going to have to pay for it. I know it was a Penhall truck but that is no help. There are so many and that is actually a truck Bin maker; not a company. So i let cha know soon! __________________ SPEED IS NOT AN EQUATION CONSISTING OF DISTANCE DIVIDED BY TIME. IT IS A LIFESTYLE! | | | | | 07-26-2006, 05:47 AM | #8 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
I've hit two gators on the road, but never hard enough to take off the bumper! Just a few foglights and some plastics.
Make sure nothing hit the radiator on its way out. That could get expensive. __________________
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | 07-26-2006, 05:57 AM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
it got the a/c that i just repaired __________________ SPEED IS NOT AN EQUATION CONSISTING OF DISTANCE DIVIDED BY TIME. IT IS A LIFESTYLE! | | | | | 07-26-2006, 07:08 AM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 1,363 |
haha "tire outtanowhere" | | | | | 07-26-2006, 07:43 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Port St. Johns, Florida Posts: 2,242 |
I hit a box in Alabama or somewhere driven back from Nebraska to Florida.\
So tired I didn't even see it. Lucky there was no damage and it was a empty box. | | | | | 07-27-2006, 01:02 AM | #12 | | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 456 |
Quote: | Originally Posted by 3DGE haha "tire outtanowhere" | good joke...not funny You see i Swerved - but so did the tire. It was something like: Explosion, Flying Tire, Fastest Lane Change in a ti, Bounce(tire), Fastest lane change EVER for a single tire.  In short the tire was bouncing at me 20+mph, im driving like 65. I pulled the wheel and the tire bounced into my trajectory. No way to tell where it was gonna go! just remember- If u Laugh.......well just read the title! __________________ SPEED IS NOT AN EQUATION CONSISTING OF DISTANCE DIVIDED BY TIME. IT IS A LIFESTYLE! | | | | | 07-27-2006, 04:24 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 182 |
i feel your pain man, see my "hit n' run joys" thread..i got turned into today..looks like a whole new bumper for me too. | | | | |
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