Got miles before me, miles behind

[sovay]

I am fine. The car is fine. The right front tire which blew out so hard that I thought someone had hit me because of how violently the car lurched sideways is not fine; it is in the trunk with a considerable chunk missing. The spare tire previously in the trunk was changed on for me by a reassuringly matter-of-fact mechanic at the Gulf station I was able to pull into, whom I thanked because it seemed really stupid to have to call AAA from a gas station. There was no obvious etiology such as a dire pothole or a bolt in the leftover rubber. I have been in cars whose tires were losing air before, but never one where it just exploded. Could do without repeating the experience. It did not rise to the level of my parents' experience in Philly, where three of their tires detonated in quick succession on the highway in what later turned out to be some kind of manufacturing scandal. I did not hit any of the cars around me, which I really was worried about.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I had this happen to me once on a motorcycle and it isn't a recommended experience.

Glad you're okay!

[sovay]

Glad you're okay!

Thank you! I am glad you survived your motorcycle.

[umadoshi]

O_O I'm so glad you're okay!

[sovay]

I'm so glad you're okay!

Thank you!

[teenybuffalo]

Glad you are OK!

[sovay]

Glad you are OK!

Thank you!

[konstantya]

DDD:

Glad to hear you're okay, the car's okay, and there was also no damage to surrounding cars/people. <3 Still, that must have been quite a fright, and I don't envy you the experience!

[sovay]

Glad to hear you're okay, the car's okay, and there was also no damage to surrounding cars/people.

Thank you! It was not frightening in the moment, but afterward, who ordered all this adrenaline?

[nineweaving]

Good god! Just saw this. I am so very glad that only the tire was destroyed. I hope you are recovering, mentally and physically, from this terrifying shaking-up.

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

I am so very glad that only the tire was destroyed. I hope you are recovering, mentally and physically, from this terrifying shaking-up.

Thank you! I'm doing my best. In the moment, it was much less terrifying than a thing I couldn't believe I had to deal with when I was just trying to return a car after a doctor's appointment.

*hugs*