Had to Order a New Wheel :-/

[jasheppard84]

So, I hit a pothole last week while on the interstate. To add insult to injury, I was braking to avoid getting my front end ripped apart by someone who suddenly decided they needed to be in my lane, which magnified the impact. Blew out a front tire, and the wheel is no longer round. I ordered a matching tire (easy-peasy), but getting the wheel for a reasonable price was proving to be a bit tough. Local dealers were quoting anywhere from $625-$725 USD, with 10+ days' lead time.

See here for how that part turned out: Stock GT 19" Wheel Kit Part Numbers, Included Items

I have a dealer appointment tomorrow, and they will check out the rest of the suspension while doing a mount-balance-sensor sync. Hopefully, I haven't messed anything else up.

 

[DaJackson]

Have you contacted your insurance company? Also there are situations where the State DOT can be responsible for car damage due to road conditions.

If neither of those are options might as well spend a couple hundred more and get a full set of aftermarket wheels.

 

[jasheppard84]

Have you contacted your insurance company? Also there are situations where the State DOT can be responsible for car damage due to road conditions.

If neither of those are options might as well spend a couple hundred more and get a full set of aftermarket wheels.

Every time I call Progressive about anything, my rate goes up. Not even kidding. I literally called them to ask whether they had a new car purchase program, and my premium went up $10 a month, mid-term. When I called them again to ask about it, they said they re-rated my area. The following month (also mid-term), it was up another $7. It's still the least expensive insurance I've ever had, so it's fine. I have to have it, so I do.

ODOT says they had to have known about a pothole for 72 hours prior to an incident in order for it to be reimbursable.

I like the look of the factory wheels. I paid ~$525 for one, shipped. Sure, they're expensive, but the fact that it includes the TPMS sensor ($40-$50), center cap ($20-$30), and even lug nuts ($5-$15) softens the blow a little.

 

[Kia Stinger]

So, I hit a pothole last week while on the interstate. To add insult to injury, I was braking to avoid getting my front end ripped apart by someone who suddenly decided they needed to be in my lane, which magnified the impact. Blew out a front tire, and the wheel is no longer round. I ordered a matching tire (easy-peasy), but getting the wheel for a reasonable price was proving to be a bit tough. Local dealers were quoting anywhere from $625-$725 USD, with 10+ days' lead time.

See here for how that part turned out: Stock GT 19" Wheel Kit Part Numbers, Included Items

I have a dealer appointment tomorrow, and they will check out the rest of the suspension while doing a mount-balance-sensor sync. Hopefully, I haven't messed anything else up.

Sorry to hear that. Bad drivers, man. There are just too many of them. And there just had to be a pot hole right in your path.

 

[jasheppard84]

Sorry to hear that. Bad drivers, man. There are just too many of them. And there just had to be a pot hole right in your path.

Yeah, tell me about it. Got that "pit of the stomach" feeling when I felt the KA-THUNK, then the TPMS chimes started... At least that particular stretch has a super-wide breakdown lane... Only had one butthead almost run me over while I was putting the spare on. The little ricer Civic driver thought it would be a good idea to use it to pass, and that laying on his horn was a good way to let me know he thought his life was more important than mine. I literally felt the heat of the exhaust as he "farted" by.

People, man. They just don't care.

 

[mldavis2]

People, man. They just don't care.

Put your wheel back on and get revenge.

 

[jasheppard84]

Put your wheel back on and get revenge.

The thought crossed my mind.

 

[iclicku]

Man sorry to hear that.
A general question I have is what could you have done differently if you had a dashcam and had plate info? Could insurance go after the other person?

 

[Chris]

Man sorry to hear that.
A general question I have is what could you have done differently if you had a dashcam and had plate info? Could insurance go after the other person?

Highly doubtful. The other car did not cause damage a pothole did.

 

[jasheppard84]

Man sorry to hear that.
A general question I have is what could you have done differently if you had a dashcam and had plate info? Could insurance go after the other person?

Probably zilch. There was no collision. Just a douche being a douche, and me on the receiving end of the bad luck. I hit my brakes, the front end dipped, and the wheel hit the hole, hard. That's all it is, is bad luck, Karma. I've been the douche before.

 

[iclicku]

Probably zilch. There was no collision. Just a douche being a douche, and me on the receiving end of the bad luck. I hit my brakes, the front end dipped, and the wheel hit the hole, hard. That's all it is, is bad luck, Karma. I've been the douche before.

Well I appreciate your outlook on the situation. Still hurts! Good luck moving forward.

 

[mldavis2]

Yeah, I'm on my sixth windshield for my G8. I spend too much time trying to keep up with gravel trucks.

 

[jasheppard84]

Yeah, I'm on my sixth windshield for my G8. I spend too much time trying to keep up with gravel trucks.

Ha, I know what that's like! I've put at least 2 windshields on nearly every car I had until my Fiesta (my car before the Stinger).

On the other side of that... Have you ever actually tried maintaining "safe distances" on the road? Things like, "3 seconds between the front of your car and the rear of the car in front of you", "500 feet behind dump trucks/emergency vehicles", "far enough behind a tractor-trailer that you can see their mirrors"? The rest of the people on the road go INSANE! I've been flipped off, horn- and high-beam-blasted, cut off and brake-checked, been spit at, had lit cigarettes flicked in open windows, had things thrown at my car... And most of that was in the suburbs, where "they" tell you it's supposed to be "nicer".

 

[iclicku]

Ha, I know what that's like! I've put at least 2 windshields on nearly every car I had until my Fiesta (my car before the Stinger).

On the other side of that... Have you ever actually tried maintaining "safe distances" on the road? Things like, "3 seconds between the front of your car and the rear of the car in front of you", "500 feet behind dump trucks/emergency vehicles", "far enough behind a tractor-trailer that you can see their mirrors"? The rest of the people on the road go INSANE! I've been flipped off, horn- and high-beam-blasted, cut off and brake-checked, been spit at, had lit cigarettes flicked in open windows, had things thrown at my car... And most of that was in the suburbs, where "they" tell you it's supposed to be "nicer".

If you want to know the current state of our society I just point to the road.

 

[jasheppard84]

Well I appreciate your outlook on the situation. Still hurts! Good luck moving forward.

Thanks for the luck wishes. It sucks. "Funniest" part is that I had to borrow a car from a family member... A lime-green Kia Soul.

 

[jasheppard84]

If you want to know the current state of our society I just point to the road.

That about sums it up, I'm afraid.

 

[mldavis2]

Just kidding about the gravel trucks. I live in the SW corner of Missouri and take quite a few long trips in the MidWest. If you're not on an interstate highway, you're usually on a chip-and-seal road with winding curves and little opportunity to pass if you drop back 1/4 mile to protect your windshield, or on some back-country road stuck behind some farmer throwing mud and rocks and cow-crap off his tires as he pulls out in front of you, clueless that there are any other drivers on "his" road. Most of my windshield damage has come either from a rock kicked up by passing traffic (passing the the OTHER direction, not passing me), or from semi's that crowd the shoulder just enough to pick up gravel from there.

And as I've written elsewhere, that is one of a couple of reasons I went with a GT1 instead of a GT2 because I "think" (no proof) that the HUD windshields must have (or used to have) a special film coating to be able to display the HUD on them and they are more than double the price of a regular windshield.

 

[iclicku]

Just kidding about the gravel trucks. I live in the SW corner of Missouri and take quite a few long trips in the MidWest. If you're not on an interstate highway, you're usually on a chip-and-seal road with winding curves and little opportunity to pass if you drop back 1/4 mile to protect your windshield, or on some back-country road stuck behind some farmer throwing mud and rocks and cow-crap off his tires as he pulls out in front of you, clueless that there are any other drivers on "his" road. Most of my windshield damage has come either from a rock kicked up by passing traffic (passing the the OTHER direction, not passing me), or from semi's that crowd the shoulder just enough to pick up gravel from there.

And as I've written elsewhere, that is one of a couple of reasons I went with a GT1 instead of a GT2 because I "think" (no proof) that the HUD windshields must have (or used to have) a special film coating to be able to display the HUD on them and they are more than double the price of a regular windshield.

You are correct. I had to replace a BMW windshield that had HUD and it was twice as much.

 

[voon]

Wow, I never ever had to replace a windshield in my entire life. Sucks about that pothole ;( No idea what ODOT is but they can claim any pothole to not be known to them... How can anyone prove the opposite? Anyway, good thing it didn't go worse with a broken tire.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Ha, I know what that's like! I've put at least 2 windshields on nearly every car I had until my Fiesta (my car before the Stinger).

On the other side of that... Have you ever actually tried maintaining "safe distances" on the road? Things like, "3 seconds between the front of your car and the rear of the car in front of you", "500 feet behind dump trucks/emergency vehicles", "far enough behind a tractor-trailer that you can see their mirrors"? The rest of the people on the road go INSANE! I've been flipped off, horn- and high-beam-blasted, cut off and brake-checked, been spit at, had lit cigarettes flicked in open windows, had things thrown at my car... And most of that was in the suburbs, where "they" tell you it's supposed to be "nicer".

Around here you can't keep any distance between your vehicle and the one in front of you. As soon as you do, somebody slips into the space. It's ridiculous...