Not a good year for my vehicles

[SGaynor]

Just need a place to vent....

First, the wife's Yukon XL's engine crapped the bed (@ 107K mi). Then my daughter t-boned a car that ran a stop sign (fortunately no significant damage to the D2). Then my wife totals her VW Jetta by rear ending a car on the highway.

Last Friday, on my way home after being away for a week, my daughter says the D2's steering is wonky because my wife had to put the spare on it.

Huh? Wife says on Thursday night she ran over a piece of metal and it trashed the tire. So I figure the steering is due to imbalance in air pressure, or the fact that the spare was "new" and the others were not.

Well, I get home and this is what I found. Cut that tire like a can opener.

It also slightly bent the underneath of the HLC front bumper (3/16? 1/4? plate), crushed the top of the steering dampener, and bent the tie rod.

Ugh....

 

[fishEH]

That must have been some chunk of steel!! At least your family is safe! By the looks of that tire it could have been worse.

 

[toadermcgee]

Sounds like the Shit Fairy is parked in your driveway; better days will come.

 

[K-rover]

WOW... She must hit something solid to shred the tire like that!

 

[jhmover]

Imagine a Mercedes with all 4 tires like that + all 4 wheels bent. Then ask my daughter how it happened.

 

[SGaynor]

Here's the story as my wife told me Friday evening:

When the tire went, I pulled over, but the tire dug into the soft (mud) shoulder and the tires were 2-3" in mud. I tried to change the tire, but the lug wrench as a no-go [the 1/2" breaker bar was in the garage as I am in in the middle of the Yukon engine swap]. So I called AAA.

A police officer stopped to ask if I was ok, and went to get the offending item out of the road. He said, I was lucky all it was was a tire. He thought it could have been another tire as well, or more due to the size of the metal piece.



Note the use of the term "piece of metal." I'm thinking maybe a 1' piece. Well, Sunday morning when I crawled under and saw the damage, I asked her how big it was.

"A big piece."

How big? A bumper?

 

[SGaynor]

Sounds like the Shit Fairy is parked in your driveway; better days will come.

All the shit I've dealt with the last two years - some days I think she moved in.:ack:

 

[p m]

Ouch, Scott. That must hurt.

 

[roverMc]

WOW - Sorry

 

[riceybean]

This is why nobody drives my Disco. I have no one to blame but myself when shit goes south.



This sounds like my cousin and his Jeeps recently too. Water pump on one and a seized caliper on another in a weeks time.

 

[brian4d]

I dodged BIG chunks of sidewalk cement (curbs) on a 50MPH country road this morning. If I were to roll over one it would have been bad. 4-5 chunks at least. Here in NC the DMV/troopers used to be very good about ticketing dump trucks and haulers for a load that wasn't properly secured, haven't seen a DMV car in years. So... I can see how this could happen. Good luck with the repairs.

 

[Gman]

I dodged BIG chunks of sidewalk cement (curbs) on a 50MPH country road this morning. If I were to roll over one it would have been bad. 4-5 chunks at least. Here in NC the DMV/troopers used to be very good about ticketing dump trucks and haulers for a load that wasn't properly secured, haven't seen a DMV car in years. So... I can see how this could happen. Good luck with the repairs.

The DMV motor carrier branch merged with the SHP. Generally you will only see the troopers in Tahoes going after the big trucks. At least that is how it seems to be here in WNC.

 

[rover4x4]

women drivers, at least everyone is safe and sound. put down the iphone and pay attention

 

[scottsdalerrc]

wow..

 

[SGaynor]

I dodged BIG chunks of sidewalk cement (curbs) on a 50MPH country road this morning. If I were to roll over one it would have been bad. 4-5 chunks at least. Here in NC the DMV/troopers used to be very good about ticketing dump trucks and haulers for a load that wasn't properly secured, haven't seen a DMV car in years. So... I can see how this could happen. Good luck with the repairs.

I don't know what it it about NC. In the <3 years I've lived here, I've plugged two (three?) tires that picked up nails/screws, replaced a tire (with 5K mi on it) that got punctured (nail/screw) but let go (by the time I pulled over on I-40 doing 70 mph, the side wall was hosed) and now this one.

I lived in MI for 9 years, TX for 3, Pittsburgh for 7. I think I got one nail in a tire when I was in Pgh. Thats it. Last 3 years? 4-5 times. Rediculous.

 

[crown14]

Told you not to move to Cary

 

[SGaynor]

Fixed the tie/track rods on the Disco last week (in between the new motor for the Yukon). Also had to replace front brake pads (just worn, not damaged).

What you can't see is the top of the dampener (unattached end) was crushed (hence the scraping you can see from this angle).

 

[brian4d]

Told you not to move to Cary

lol

 

[brian4d]

I don't know what it it about NC. In the <3 years I've lived here, I've plugged two (three?) tires that picked up nails/screws, replaced a tire (with 5K mi on it) that got punctured (nail/screw) but let go (by the time I pulled over on I-40 doing 70 mph, the side wall was hosed) and now this one.

I lived in MI for 9 years, TX for 3, Pittsburgh for 7. I think I got one nail in a tire when I was in Pgh. Thats it. Last 3 years? 4-5 times. Rediculous.

take the good with the bad. Just got back from maryland, through i95 in VA, what a joke. VA should be ashamed of themselves letting it get to that point and not planing ahead. I hear the Maryland side is worse. Makes NC I40 (8 lanes both ways) though GSO seem like a dream come true.