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The car gods were not kind today
So I was heading out today and at a stop light. Light turned green, proceeded to go and then heard a loud bang. Then the TPMS light came on and I heard the obligatorily flat tire noise. There's a lot of construction going on around my area so I figured it was just a nail/screw. I pull over and get out to inspect the damage to find this instead.
I only have about 2k miles on the stock rims/tires so I think I'll just replace the single tire. I managed to get the spare on and went home and swapped to my winter rims/tires. Luckily, no damage to the car or the rim. Just to add insult to injury, I tried to pull that piece out with some pliers and the pliers slipped and ended up pinching the palm of my left hand. Yes. . today was a very bad day. Think I'll just stay home and not go out the rest of the day. |
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Holy cheeseballs batman!
That looks like a jackhammer tip...you should yell at the construction company working on the roads and demand that they pay to fix your tire or sue them for negligence haha |
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Yeah. . I'd love to complain to someone, but this happened on Rt. 33 so there's no way to definitively say which construction company was responsible. Lots of construction going on where I am now. I'm just glad no one got hurt.
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Flippin amazeballs! Thank goodness you and the car are alright.
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Just glad you are safe.
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Glad it didn't punch the rim too.
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Yeah, just be glad nobody was injured.
Many years ago I was in the passenger seat while my gf was driving down the fwy at night. We heard a loud pop then saw a 3/4 steel rebarb right between my legs. It had come through the floor and was protruding about three feet into the cabin. Right between my legs!!! Luckily we pulled over and I was able to pull it clean through the impact hole into the cabin and out. It was about a 4 foot long steel rebarb that was bent like a letter L. When my gf drove over it the car must have flipped it just enough to lever and rip through the cabin. Let me just tell you I had to check if the family jewels were safe. It literally went through the car seat about 3 inches away from my junk. Not to mention a little closer and further up my head would have in the line of travel.
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Is that a state route? Call NJ DOT or whomever maintains the roads (if it's a municipally maintained road that is).
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Where about on 33? I know most of the construction companies in NJ and their owners.
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Just thinking about it gives me the chills. The thing came through the cabin so quick it was almost like a flash and bam there it was. So quick that if it had been a few inches back I'd not be here today. Needless to say, my gf was in such a shock she couldn't drive home. The thing came so far into the cabin that if it did come in a few inches back it literally would have gone up my ass into my head so quick I'd probably not felt a thing and probably have died a quick death.
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In Monroe Township. I was at the light on Butcher Rd. and crossing onto Applegarth. There are a bunch of new construction developments as well as the Wawa going up on that corner so hard to say where the piece came from. |
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Thanks again. I submitted an online report and asked if they had a claim form for the damages like they do for potholes. We'll see what they come back with.
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That sucks, but luckily it wasn't worse.
I'm actually headed to North Jersey this weekend and have two spare stock rims with good tires between 1000-2000 miles on them (mounted but no TPMS sensor). Shoot me a PM if you are interested. Not trying to make a killing, but I'd happily sell a wheel/tire for less than you'd be able to source the tire alone for locally. Maybe you want both so you can have a full size spare for those jersey potholes. |
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