Heart wrenching...
Hey i'm glad your ok and it was just you in the car. I'm also glad you hit a wall and not someone else.
Dude, I don't want to be a d*ck but WHY were you driving without winter tires on? I'm pretty sure those aren't all seasons you had wrapped on the volks...
I know how your feeling. I once did a 720 up around Harrisburg coming back to Philly; temp in the teens; ice and snow on the ground; worn out RE040s on Rims. I had just bought my Rio and was driving up from Atlanta (yeah, thats right. All the way from Atlanta). Made a few stops along the way.
After the spin out, I was facing opposite traffic. Well the only traffic at the time was a huge tractor trailer barreling my way. Needless to say I did swing the car around long enough for the truck to pass only to spin out and do a 360 AGAIN while going no more than 5mph.
After that day... I've always put winters on my cars. Including the fit. Lessoned learned, and I'm a preacher for winter tires.
Dude, I don't want to be a d*ck but WHY were you driving without winter tires on? I'm pretty sure those aren't all seasons you had wrapped on the volks...
I know how your feeling. I once did a 720 up around Harrisburg coming back to Philly; temp in the teens; ice and snow on the ground; worn out RE040s on Rims. I had just bought my Rio and was driving up from Atlanta (yeah, thats right. All the way from Atlanta). Made a few stops along the way.
After the spin out, I was facing opposite traffic. Well the only traffic at the time was a huge tractor trailer barreling my way. Needless to say I did swing the car around long enough for the truck to pass only to spin out and do a 360 AGAIN while going no more than 5mph.
After that day... I've always put winters on my cars. Including the fit. Lessoned learned, and I'm a preacher for winter tires.
Ouch. I heard of this place a little above Allentown, called http://www.wheelcollision.com/. From what I hear they do pretty good work. Hope everything works out ok.
Originally Posted by jasonjm,Dec 21 2008, 01:52 PM
Hey i'm glad your ok and it was just you in the car. I'm also glad you hit a wall and not someone else.
Dude, I don't want to be a d*ck but WHY were you driving without winter tires on? I'm pretty sure those aren't all seasons you had wrapped on the volks...
I know how your feeling. I once did a 720 up around Harrisburg coming back to Philly; temp in the teens; ice and snow on the ground; worn out RE040s on Rims. I had just bought my Rio and was driving up from Atlanta (yeah, thats right. All the way from Atlanta). Made a few stops along the way.
After the spin out, I was facing opposite traffic. Well the only traffic at the time was a huge tractor trailer barreling my way. Needless to say I did swing the car around long enough for the truck to pass only to spin out and do a 360 AGAIN while going no more than 5mph.
After that day... I've always put winters on my cars. Including the fit. Lessoned learned, and I'm a preacher for winter tires.
Dude, I don't want to be a d*ck but WHY were you driving without winter tires on? I'm pretty sure those aren't all seasons you had wrapped on the volks...
I know how your feeling. I once did a 720 up around Harrisburg coming back to Philly; temp in the teens; ice and snow on the ground; worn out RE040s on Rims. I had just bought my Rio and was driving up from Atlanta (yeah, thats right. All the way from Atlanta). Made a few stops along the way.
After the spin out, I was facing opposite traffic. Well the only traffic at the time was a huge tractor trailer barreling my way. Needless to say I did swing the car around long enough for the truck to pass only to spin out and do a 360 AGAIN while going no more than 5mph.
After that day... I've always put winters on my cars. Including the fit. Lessoned learned, and I'm a preacher for winter tires.
Sport car tire called me back and said the rims aren't fixable. So now should I even bother to try with Wheel collision...
I don't think winter tires would have helped in this situation, there doesnt appear to be any snow on the ground. This is just another case of wreckless driving (like in my case a couple weks back,) 95% of the time you can get away with it in the S but when the conditons arent perfect and you drive like a maniac this kind of stuff is bound to happen.
I'm not saying your a maniac! but I'm going to go out on a short limb and guess that you were driving a bit to aggressive for the conditions?
As for your rims, just get new ones, the one picture of your rim doest look like it can be repaired.
Good Luck
I'm not saying your a maniac! but I'm going to go out on a short limb and guess that you were driving a bit to aggressive for the conditions?
As for your rims, just get new ones, the one picture of your rim doest look like it can be repaired.
Good Luck


