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Just thankful to be alive today and happy that there are people that care about others....
Last night driving home after I stopped off at a girlfriend's house I took 635 home.
Going about 70mph I felt a big jerk and lost control of my car. I didn't do the moronic thing and slam on the brakes or jerk off the wheel though, either way "Mr. Civic" decided that he wanted to pull a few 360's into oncoming traffic - due to tire blow out..
After becoming nautious at seeing wall-oncoming traffic-highway-ditch. The Ditch started looking like the best bet to take the car out.
I actually think that I pulled a "Duke's of Hazard" when I landed into the Ditch. Not a scratch or bruise on myself and luckily no one else behind me got hurt. (If anyone saw that happen last night lemme know (635 and Jupiter Exit - 9pm-ish).)
Both tires (front and rear) on the Driver's side are toast and when I landed tore my rear bumper up and taillight - gone....
The coolest thing that happened that night is that 2 cars pulled over to check on me and to help me out. They let me call a family member who was nice enough to stay me with even though they were in the middle of busting their ass at work.
The funniest thing about it - guess what type of tires I had on......Firestone.
I got into work via cab today and a coworker of mine told me that I should at least check into Firestone's Consumer Affairs Dept.
Well I did, and they are sending me claims forms - have to get 2 estimates and pictures. Maybe I can get partially reimbursed - I won't hold my breath though.
Sorry that this is kinda long, I'll leave it on this thought.....this is the second time I've been through some scary sh*t and come out without a scratch....and it means to world knowing that there are people out there that do care and love you.
Can you get a big enough settlement for an Evo now?
Of course there's the story of how I drove my first car (Toyota Tercel) at 70 with a flat tire without realizing it ... till I saw the tread go flying through the air.
Glad to hear your ok. you have a great gaurdian angel. was there a pot hole or anything? it sounds odd that both tires would just blow like that. oh well, if firestone is going to help with the bill, more power to ya.
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Yep, the rear tire went out first - the tread completely came off, that's what started the whole thing, then from the spin - the front wheel came off of the rim half-assed. I towed it to a shop and they agreed. I got the tires in my trunk still, wanted to keep them just in case. Yea, I thought that whole deal only applied to SUV's as well. But obviously not.
I already shelled out $400 so far - half-way there....Junk yards are becoming my best friend right now, lol.
I've never filed that type of claim before so I may need some advice later on for dealing with this...
If you know any lawyers that want to work for free up front and after the settlement they can get a $chunk$ - let me know. I'm open to that......
Yup, may be I can help with this case. I had a family of my patient with these crappy tires on their ,yes`"mini van", the tires blew,shread, exploded you get the idea. Throwing the mom, out the window. She underwent three 360 thoracic region fusions with a whole sh*t of drainage afterward. The total cost for the medical 350K, yes 6 digits. The rest of the family were hurt badly.
Drop me a line on my private Email, I can hook you up with some friend with case building up. Good settleman so you can get 5 new SE-R B15 of course.
