Tyre damage

Mr-White · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:02

After my ssd died last night, I was driving to work this morning and some **** forced me into the bank because he was driving too quickly. Now I'm left with a completely ****ed tyre.

MW

Clarkey · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:07

Looks pretty worn out anyway, and the rim looks undamaged. Worse things have happened..

Cookeh · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:10

Doublepost fail.

Howard · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:10

That's a blowout waiting to happen

New tyre time

Cookeh · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:11

Oh noes!!111!!ON3!!

Quick! To the Internetz!!111!!

B@Th*nG · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:25

how much tread's left on that? 3mm, max?

B@

Mr-White · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:26

Rims undamaged, the black mark is actually rubber from the tyre.

I have a brand new allow and tyre as a spare in the boot, just a bit pee'd off I have to change it and then replace the tyre. That wear mark is where I hit the bank, the tyre still has enough tread on it.

It happened 5 hours ago, it wasn't really quick

MW

DRZ · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:28

Why would someone else going quickly cause you to drive up a bank? Unless you thought they were actually going to hit you or were on your side of the road??

Dr Who · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:30

Ah in comes the OcUK motors traffic police to tell you about how bad your driving is.

DRZ · 23 Aug 2011 at 13:36

Dr Who said:
Ah in comes the OcUK motors traffic police to tell you about how bad your driving is.

If you keep your head in your rectum then you might just suffocate

Alternatively, if the OP didn't overreact like a sissy girl then the other car caused an accident and should be reprimanded for it

mattyfez · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:13

Needs replacing anyway by the looks of it - if the rest are like that you should get them all done.

Berger · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:42

DRZ said:
If you keep your head in your rectum then you might just suffocate

Alternatively, if the OP didn't overreact like a sissy girl then the other car caused an accident and should be reprimanded for it

Or have his windmirror taken off and the other person to **** off never to be seen again.

Now whats cheaper, a new wingmirror or a new tyre.

Weigh it up next time

Type_R · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:42

DRZ said:
If you keep your head in your rectum then you might just suffocate

Alternatively, if the OP didn't overreact like a sissy girl then the other car caused an accident and should be reprimanded for it

mattyfez said:
Needs replacing anyway by the looks of it - if the rest are like that you should get them all done.

Exactly, looks like the tyre could do with replacing anyway. Its a blessing in disguise that this happened. How long were you planning on continuing driving on that 'barely legal' tyre?

panthro · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:48

Just out of interest, what does a dead SSD have to do with the tyre?

Luke · 23 Aug 2011 at 14:58

Just demonstrating a run of bad luck probably.

Mr-White · 23 Aug 2011 at 15:41

DRZ said:
Why would someone else going quickly cause you to drive up a bank? Unless you thought they were actually going to hit you or were on your side of the road??

Ah I forgot to mention this was driving through the lanes. The roads not marked with 2 lanes and in places gets quite narrow. He came round the bend too quickly, I swurved so he could get passed and not hit me and caught the front passenger side wheel on the bank.

Berger said:
Now whats cheaper, a new wingmirror or a new tyre.

when I've replaced just the glass in the mirror before it was £50, think tyres are about £130. They're 235/45/17

mattyfez said:
Needs replacing anyway by the looks of it - if the rest are like that you should get them all done.

It does look worn from that pic but they're not. There's now a big scuffed part along the edge of the tyre where I hit the bank which makes it look worse.

Luke said:
Just demonstrating a run of bad luck probably.

^This

MW

[SKR]Phoenix · 23 Aug 2011 at 16:20

Be thankfull there wasn't a nasty accident and you were killed. Buy a new tyre and move on.

/thread

Mr-White · 23 Aug 2011 at 16:38

This is true, just a little **** about it all lol

I'm getting the new tyre on the spare put on the wheel tomorrow morning

MW

Something strange has happened since the forums were kicking out database errors earlier. Every time I click quote I get the same quote I clicked on earlier lol

Dr Who · 23 Aug 2011 at 17:21

DRZ said:
If you keep your head in your rectum then you might just suffocate

If you take yours out you might have been able to see how it could happen

Any driver of neglible experience could tell it was an oncoming vehicle who forced him off the road.

But I guess I just have a lot more experience than you

Dr Who · 23 Aug 2011 at 17:30

Mr-White said:
when I've replaced just the glass in the mirror before it was £50, think tyres are about £130. They're 235/45/17

If it is just the glass it isn't too bad, but it could destroy the whole thing like happened to me.

Either way, attempting to avoid is the best course of action, sadly you came off badly on this occasion.