Want to throw someone a beating....

usdm

I'll figure it out....
On my way to work, making good time, so there's no rush.
I'm behind this other car on the hwy, about 2-3 car lengths
behind. All of a sudden, the driver swerves hard out of the lane.
I figured he may have lost control or fell asleep at the wheel.
Then I see it right in front of me, a car donut.

Now I have cars on either side, and behind, so all I could do was just
jerk the wheel a little and try to drive over it. I hit the damn thing
so hard, my r/side tire just blew out. The blast shifted the
car hard to the left. I was fighting for control all the while
until I finally managed to get the car on the dirt. I was lucky
that one of my co-workers managed to see me on the roadside,
and went ahead to let my hq know what happened.

There I was now, trying to change a tire with my butt sticking out into the
road, meanwhile these moron drivers are coming closer and closer.
One of them even screamed or laughed at me. All I kept thinking
to my self was I just want to get out of here. On the other side
of the road, I start to see more and more cars pulled over to the
side of the road; more victims of the donut. I finally got my own
donut on, and limped the rest of the way to hq. The car is all
over the place, so I finally had to get my dad to shadow me
on my way back home. I suspect I will probably have to do
more than just replace a wheel and a tire, though. And I
am pretty sure, it's gonna cost me.

Part of me thought that maybe this was a simple accident. Maybe
it came loose from off a suv or a minivan. But I suspect that it wasn't.
The road is not that rough that it would shake a tire loose from whatever
is holding it in place. Plus, this isn't the first time something like this
has happened.

Who would toss a tire into the road? What kind of sick kick
does someone get out of that? It's a miracle that know one
was serioulsy injured or killed.

All I know right now is I want to throw the idiot
such a beating. Beat him within an inch of his useless,
mouthbreathing life. Then beat his parents for allowing such a
waste of sperm and eggs to continue to exist on the planet.
 
:( Man that hurts dude. Not being funny or annoying but I got confused a second with the Car Donut. --> Wheel :doh
 
Wow!! I'm glad to hear that you weren't hurt!!! Good thing that you were alert & aware of the traffic around you!!! :bigups

From your description, it sounds like there may be some additional damage under the car :( Any hope of your insurance helping out if there is?
 
Hey guys, thanks for your concern. I did a lil prayer
being thankful that it was not worse, or that I did not
get killed trying to put on the spare.

I don't have full coverage on the car, so insurance is out.

Finally had a chance to check out the car in full last Friday:
wheel damage, tire busted on the side, strut bent, and control-
arm had to be pulled. I got 2 new struts and just put the
performance springs on them. Then I got the car re-aligned.

Funny, the struts I got were oem replacements from the dealer,
and the rears are part of an aftermarket suspension package.
Car feels pretty good, though. I'm thinking maybe I will swap
out the rear shocks and put on oem replacements as well.

One thing I did learn from this was to make sure I keep a fresh
set of road flares and other stuff in my trunk, just in case. And
try to be more aware of whats going on up ahead on the road.
just glad it did not happen in the rain, or i might not be writting this
today.
 
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