So I crashed...
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So I crashed...
as the title says my night was not the best, driving down the road on my way to a photoshoot doing around 50mph, it had recently rained so roads were slick, the Hurricane has been bringing over lots of random little rain storms. Going straight car hydroplaned and went off the road. Im probably the luckiest person alive as the car was inches away from slamming into a guard rail and I just barely missed a huge tree. It could have been a lot worse and luckily there were no other cars around. the body doesn't have a scratch, while the rims are damaged badly, and possibly suspension damage. on another note if anyone has an extra rim, my style of course, color doesn't matter please let me know, email- Phillipberk.uschool@gmail.com or text (561)-236-6280. PS. Very glad I had a dash-cam, very worthwhile investment.
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SinF (09-04-2019)
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If the damage really is just to wheels and tyres then I wouldn't even bother making a claim.
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Yep, can't see much in the way of tread grooves/channels or sipes for channelling away water so despite the dash cam footage the insurance company might put up a fight claiming defective tyres were the major cause of the off.
If the damage really is just to wheels and tyres then I wouldn't even bother making a claim.
If the damage really is just to wheels and tyres then I wouldn't even bother making a claim.
Ya tires have 10,000 miles on them but they had a weird tread pattern, they were definitely on the way out. Didn't plan on claiming insurance anyway, new wheel is 500 bucks, new tires are a 1000, alligment and under body protection another 500 so not worth the premium raise and carfax.
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Ya they are the Indy tires, the dealer had just put them on when I bought it, random question, the car was a CPO, and I know for a fact that those are not factory tires, was I dooped? were they supposed to put on factory tires?
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From what I've seen on the CPO report it just specifies they must be above a certain tread depth -- I don't think it specifies the brand. Mine came with the OEM Pirellis but only because they had been semi recently replaced by the PO so the dealer didn't need to. I used them for burnout practice.
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Factory tires, P-Zeros are not great for wear and wet handling. You want Michelin Pilot 4S.
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Burt Gummer (09-06-2019)
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It happens that on a few occasion I found myself off the track and in the green. In such cases I find stabilizer links and front control arms should be treated as a suspect, even if rims are not bent.
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Or for anyone that wants to spend slightly less than PS4S, you can go with the Continental Extreme Contact Sport.
Full Tire Rack test here:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=223
Full Tire Rack test here:
https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tests...y.jsp?ttid=223
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