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

[gwynnega]

Oh no! I am glad that you, the car, and surrounding cars are fine.

Weirdly enough, this afternoon in my car, a wire dislodged itself from the exterior trim (because the plastic had deteriorated) and started clattering disconcertingly against my driver's side window. (They cut the wire at my service station and ordered replacement parts.) Much less hair-raising than a tire blowout, to be sure!

[asakiyume]

Point the first: SO GLAD you are okay, that you got the spare put on w/out needing AAA, and that no other cars got hit.

Point the second: Holy crap, unnecessary! Universe, please!

[sholio]

Oh my gosh!! I'm so glad you're okay! <3

[troisoiseaux]

Glad to hear you're okay!

[yhlee]

ZOMG! I am glad you're okay and sorry this happened to you. *support support*

[davidgillon]

Ow! Glad you're okay. Better the tyre in pieces than you!

[pameladean]

Eeeep, go you for good driving, but REALLY WTF to almost everything else, except the gas station guy.

P.

[larryhammer]

Yikes! Glad you and all around you are okay.

[isis]

Yikes! Glad everything important is fine for some value of fine.

[sovay]

Oh no! I am glad that you, the car, and surrounding cars are fine.

Thank you!

Weirdly enough, this afternoon in my car, a wire dislodged itself from the exterior trim (because the plastic had deteriorated) and started clattering disconcertingly against my driver's side window.

I have to say, even if not directly dangerous, that sounds like a real what the hell, car moment.

[sovay]

Point the first: SO GLAD you are okay, that you got the spare put on w/out needing AAA, and that no other cars got hit.

Thank you! I did run slightly against the curb before I got the car back under control, which was not optimal for the wheel rim, but it was not, like, a streetlight or a barrier or a person.

Point the second: Holy crap, unnecessary! Universe, please!

My feelings exactly!

*hugs*

[sovay]

Oh my gosh!! I'm so glad you're okay!

Thank you!

*hugs*

[sovay]

Glad to hear you're okay!

Thank you!

[sovay]

ZOMG! I am glad you're okay and sorry this happened to you.

Thank you!

*hugs*

[sovay]

Ow! Glad you're okay. Better the tyre in pieces than you!

Thank you! I found the missing tire piece in the road! I am not keeping it as a souvenir!

[sovay]

Eeeep, go you for good driving, but REALLY WTF to almost everything else, except the gas station guy.

Thank you! Adventures in road safety!

[sovay]

Yikes! Glad you and all around you are okay.

Thank you.

[sovay]

Yikes! Glad everything important is fine for some value of fine.

Thank you. Your icon is extremely expressive.

[desireearmfeldt]

Yow. I'm glad you're okay.

[moon_custafer]

Woah! Glad you’re ok!

Could temperatures have affected the tire (I don’t know how hot it is where you are)?

[chanter1944]

Whoa! :( Very glad that you're okay, that the car is okay, and that the mechanic was competent and straightforward. Yikes! says I, in dismay at the exploding tire situation.

[sovay]

Yow. I'm glad you're okay.

Thank you!

[sovay]

Woah! Glad you’re ok!

Thank you!

On inspection of the exploded tire, my father thinks it had suffered a previous injury from being parked too hard into a curb and blew up along the fault line, to mix several metaphors. If so, we have no idea when it would have happened; my problem with curbs is that I am normally too far out from them and more specifically can't remember even worrying about running into one prior to the blowout. It is a thing to keep an eye on in future.

[sovay]

Very glad that you're okay, that the car is okay, and that the mechanic was competent and straightforward. Yikes! says I, in dismay at the exploding tire situation.

Thank you! I found it dismaying!

[kenjari]

Glad you're ok! I had a tire blow out after I ran into a curb a while ago. Luckily, I was going slow enough that there wasn't much of a jolt. It was still pretty unpleasant.