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Damned pot holes!!
Out enjoying a nice drive on a twisty road on Sunday and BAMM Right wheel slams into a pot hole. Toasted the rim and flattened the tire. To top it off my spare was flat! Thankfully there was a Good Samaritan who gave me a lift to the service station to fill my spare.
Now I need to find a replacement OEM right side rim. Bummer. |
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DAMN! musta been a bad one to mess up the OE rim... this is why Im never buying 17's out in the boondocks
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You must not travel that far west! Try driving in Pennsylpothole in late winter/early spring. I've toasted 2 myself and I don't really drive my SVX much that time a year! Good luck finding one up there. Remember there are 2 different shades. One through 93 or 94 and one lighter one later. If its not cracked you might be able to have a good tire guy get it back to decent until you find one or you can always spend about $100 a wheel and have it "fixed".
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I'll second the Pennsylpothole comment. I have to dodge them all the time, even with cars that have 70-75 series tires.
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come to philly... You will love riding on coilovers and 18's.... I don't go over 5.3mph
tom |
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Driving in the city BLOWS, period.
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hawaii
try driving in hawaii, after a rainy season.
at least our state/city (im not sure which one) gov has a budget to reimburse motorists for damages, they get that bad
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There's one unavoidable pot-hole on my way to work i hit every day, at about 3mph. It's more like a crater, unavoidable because it takes up half hte road, so at least one set of wheels has to hit it, and it's a nasty one. Pretty sure it's what caused my cracked rim on my 17"'s.
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*No SVX at the moment...* 1987 Winnebago Elandan 35' 2001 Yamaha Roadstar 1600 2004 Ford Excursion Eddie Bauer, 6.0litre Power Stroke Diesel - Daily Driver. Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, scotch in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming HOOOOYA !!!!! |
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