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Have I got a story for you bitches - Hunter - 04-05-2004
So I went to Richmond on Sunday to see a show and hang out with some friends in the bands, it was going to be awesome. So I was about 10 miles outside of Richmond going about 75 on I-64 when the car starts to feel a little jittery. Then suddenly thereÔÇÖs a huge thunk sound and back end starts to move left. It felt alto like a tire got blown out, but a lot more violent than when thatÔÇÖs happened to me before. I got the car to straighten out and got it to the side of the road before I really seemed to realize what was going on. As I was getting there the sound from the wheel became a metal on metal sound and then it started bouncing like it was hitting a ton of pot holes. I was thinking that some how the entire rim had just been torn apart and the spokes of the wheel were bouncing along the pavement like in a WRC video. But I thought the wheel is probably F'd, but hopefully I can just put on the spare and be on the road in 5 minutes.
So I get out of the car and look back at the wheel expecting to see a horrible disaster, and the wheel is sitting out of wheel well at about a 45 degree angle, actually probably an even steeper angle than that. And I thought to myself "You sir... are proper fucked." I figured the car was done, and I was never getting back to Harrisonburg, I would just move in to a friends place in Richmond and start making a living by begging for change and selling my sperm to sperm banks. After deciding that would be really shitty, i went to my trunk and grabbed my jack to get the wheel off the ground and look at the damage. I saw one of my lug nuts on the ground, so I picked it up and told it that it was an asshole for not holding on to the wheel, then I jacked up the car. After pulling the wheel out I noticed there was virtually no damage, except for the brake dust shield being bent. That shield seemed to of protected the rotor from any damage. So I grabbed a dead blow hammer from my trunk and banged back the shield so that it would not be in the way.
I pulled out the spare tire and began looking for the extra lug nuts that I had in my trunk a while before. I managed to find a couple of the old ones which had rolled to the side of the road, so i only needed to find three. After finding one new lug nut I finally realized that the old ones were a lot shorter... because they were broken in F'n half! So I go look at the hub, and sure enough there are teh other half of all five lug nuts. The all sheared off in the hub and I had no way to get them out. fuck! shit! bitch!... cock! balls! That was when I realized I wouldnÔÇÖt be driving anywhere, especially back to Harrisonburg.
Luckily I have AAA and I could get a tow to a shop and have them tap out the 5 bolts or replace the hub and go from there. A state trooper showed up after about 10 minutes, just as I was about to call the tow truck, and called it in for me. After he called it in he just left, and it was the windy as hell. And I didnÔÇÖt want to sit in the car and put more weight on the factory "widow maker" jack, so I just sat outside and let the wind blow my face off. I walked up and down the road and managed to find all 5 lug nuts, all of which the same midget ass length.
After about an hour my tow truck got there and we had the problem of getting the car with no rear wheel on the flat tow, quite the little brain buster. We ended up holding the underside of the axle up with a roller floor jack and then he slowly pulled the car up the ramp as I held the jack straight so it wouldnÔÇÖt slide sideways and let the car fall. Once it got to the start of the bed, we put a big block in front of it and let it slide off the jack and onto the block (this was a very nervous moment for me, you could tell by the stains I acquired in my pants as this was happening. We took it off just the same and left it in front of import autohaus in Richmond.
I then went across the street to an O'charlies or whatever its called, and went to the bar and began to drink my face off, I sure wasnÔÇÖt driving anytime soon. I was waiting there from my friend Bridget to come pick me up, she was at the show I was supposed to be at. (By the way she is the greatest person ever for picking me up during the show, and giving me a couch to sleep on). They finished the car this afternoon, and I was taken over there and got it at around 4:30, and went home... and now IÔÇÖm so far behind I'm screwed.
Anyway, I figure I'm really really lucky. The well came off my car at 75 mph on a busy highway and all that needed to be done was to have the screws tapped out. When the wheel came off the car seemed to fall directly on top of the wheel, and then knocked it over. The inside of the rim became wedged on the inside of the brake rotor and held there by the top of the wheel well. So it held that rest of the car off the ground. If the wheel actually got all the way separated from the car, my whole axle would have hit the pavement and I'm sure I would have been sent in to a ridiculous spin, probably taking some other cars with me, almost totaling my car.
So I'm glad I'm not dead or hurt and now know that the 1993 BMW tricycles, arenÔÇÖt very good. I'm glad the rear wheels on my car tuck inside the wheel well or else I'd be screwed... Bilstein coilovers saved my ass.
- ScottyB - 04-06-2004
hahaha, i feel like a jackass for saying this but thats story was hilarious. be thankful that you're alive, even though it means your homework will kick your ass. do you think you had your lugs on too tight or something? thats kind of weird for your lugs to randomly shear off on the highway.
"I saw one of my lug nuts on the ground, so I picked it up and told it that it was an asshille for not holding on to the wheel".....LOL
- Chris - 04-06-2004
holy shit man! glad you and the car are ok... wow that could have been bad
hock: you might want to inspect the other wheel hubs to see if there could be a chance for this again.
- Hunter - 04-06-2004
Yea, I will. All the guys at the shop and the tow truck guy said they had never seen anything like it... Oh well, I guess I'm special.
- Ryan T - 04-06-2004
Damn dude, thats some crazy stuff. Glad your ok, coulda been a lot worse.
- Mike - 04-06-2004
Methinks your lugnuts weren't tight enough, but glad to hear you're okay.
When lugnuts aren't tight enough they no longer put the stress of the wheel on the the hub and instead put it on the lug studs, not a good thing.
- BLAIR - 04-06-2004
fuck! shit! bitch!... cock! balls! EARMUFFS :lol:
sorry about you luck... good story though (youve officially VENTED)
- Hunter - 04-06-2004
The lug nuts seem like they could have been loose, but they were just tightened down a week ago. The thing is, this is the same wheel the over the last two months has given me a flat tire, a tire blow out, and now the whole thing fell off. I figure it's still a little out of round, even though it felt like it was better, until like 10 seconds before it fell off. I'm also thinking that that could have caused the lugnuts to losen over the course of the week, even though I didnt feel much. I think its time to get rid of that wheel, from now on I will call it lucifer :twisted:
- .RJ - 04-06-2004
Can we use it as a :fire: pit during the party?
- Hunter - 04-06-2004
the funny thing is the accident seemed to straighten the wheel, the guys at the shop were surprised it was slightly out of round before that. But I still dont trust it, I think its time to ditch these wheels
- Mike - 04-06-2004
Yeah, they suck and bend too easily.
- BLINGMW - 04-06-2004
d'oh!
hock:
- Hunter - 04-06-2004
Yea, I hate the bling... anyone have some 12" rims for me, those would keep me safe
- Hunter - 04-06-2004
stupid double posting
- Chris - 04-06-2004
Hunter Wrote:Yea, I hate the bling... anyone have some 12" rims for me, those would keep me safe
no but I've got some kickass 13" steelies :lol:
- Dave - 04-06-2004
de ja vu
- Sijray21 - 04-06-2004
that's pretty crazy, good thing that was the only thing that happened at 75mph. glad you're alright
time for some new bling, bimmer style 8)
- Maengelito - 04-06-2004
Hunter Wrote:anyone have some 12" rims for me,
try evan's mom
- Evan - 04-06-2004
Maengelito Wrote:that doesnt even make sense.Hunter Wrote:anyone have some 12" rims for me,
try evan's mom
Besides, its your mom that runs the convenience store..... :o
("convenience" can be interpreted in different ways...)
- Maengelito - 04-06-2004
Evan Wrote:Maengelito Wrote:that doesnt even make sense.Hunter Wrote:anyone have some 12" rims for me,
try evan's mom
Besides, its your mom that runs the convenience store..... :o
("convenience" can be interpreted in different ways...)
as in 12" anus "rim"? from getting punished by me and RJ stretching her shizzle... i'm not sure where the convenience store came into this...