Pot Holes
01-18-2005, 07:08 PM
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Pot Holes
I hit a big pot hole last Friday and thought I broke the car. It was bad. But after looking at it briefly, I didn't not notice anything. I went to the dealer yesterday to try to get a service appt when the porter there notice a bulg on the side wall of my tire. I went to the tire store and told me I had broken the belt of the Cont. I just replace the rears with PS2, but had lots of tread still on the fronts. Looks like I will now be getting PS2 on the fronts now. I think I could have gone 23K on the Cont for the fronts. Right now I have 18,500. The rears were switched out after 17K. Not to bad tread wear.
I am in So Cal, so pot holes are normally not an issue. Except these rains have killed our roads. Be carefull out there.
amgB
I am in So Cal, so pot holes are normally not an issue. Except these rains have killed our roads. Be carefull out there.
amgB
01-18-2005, 07:13 PM
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'03 Yukon XL Denali, '06 Eclipse GS
Good thing your wheels weren't affected, but hey, what an excuse to get a brand spankin' new set of Michalin SP2 tires! 
01-22-2005, 01:34 AM
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1989 Toyota Tercel EZ - dyno'd @ 70whp/77wtq
Better check your suspension and around it...... my wife hit a pot hole w/ my max, and screwed up the alignment that somehow no one except a body shop could fix.... cost me $400 to straighten it up. 
01-22-2005, 09:42 AM
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'07 Porsche 997TT
Funny story, about a week ago I was on the LIE headed into Manhattan and hit this wicked bump. Not a hole, but a raise in the pavement. Maybe it was a hole at one point, I don't know. It amazes me how they fix this stuff. It's like someone says "hey, about a speed bump right here". Anyway, it was jarring and I was sure I would have a bubble on the tire, or worse yet a wheel or screwed up suspension. The good news was nothing affected. Car still drives great, no vibration, etc. I know exactly where this "bump" is, so I no to avoid it.
Yesterday i'm on my way into the city again, this time in my MIGHTY Ford Taurus company car (makes me want to shoot myself everytime I get in it) not caring what the hell I run over, into whatever. So, I hit the SAME EXACT bump as I did in my car last week. No bubble, but I know the front end is seriously screwed up. All kinds of noise, rattling, etc. The Benz definitely took that hit a lot better than the POS taurus. Maybe they do make these things better, LOL.
Yesterday i'm on my way into the city again, this time in my MIGHTY Ford Taurus company car (makes me want to shoot myself everytime I get in it) not caring what the hell I run over, into whatever. So, I hit the SAME EXACT bump as I did in my car last week. No bubble, but I know the front end is seriously screwed up. All kinds of noise, rattling, etc. The Benz definitely took that hit a lot better than the POS taurus. Maybe they do make these things better, LOL.
01-23-2005, 02:37 AM
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To all,
Thanks for your comment. The new PS2 are great.
So far I can't tell any alignment problems. But the way I hit that bump, I will get it realligned anyways. The ps2 costs so much, a reallignment is necessary just to make sure I have even tread wear.
Thanks.
amgB
Thanks for your comment. The new PS2 are great.
So far I can't tell any alignment problems. But the way I hit that bump, I will get it realligned anyways. The ps2 costs so much, a reallignment is necessary just to make sure I have even tread wear.
Thanks.
amgB
