Driving back from Toronto monday night on 87 right by exit 13, I ran over a truck tire that was laying in the middle of the highway @ 80MPH. When I hit it, the right side of the car lifted and then I almost lost control of my car. Sliding around in the middle lane with 2 tractor trailors on both sides of me I managed to keep from hitting them. I pulled over and I must admit, I really didn't want to look at the damage. I ended up loosing the front and right underbody kit, the front bumper was also damaged. I also need an alignment. I got to the bridge and told the supervisor. He called a state trooper and I filed a police report. Now I have to wait 30 days to get a copy of the police report to evem attempt to claim for any damages. Well at least it was a great weekend til that point. I also asked the trooper to have someone remove the truck tire before someone gets killed. Thank god no one was hurt.

 

damn! glad nobody got hurt. hope ur car'll be fixed sooN!

 

Damn! That's some scary shhht. I can't believe a piece of tire did so much damage:wow:

 

Holy $hit! I think we hit the same piece of tire. I was coming back home from Canada on Rt. 87. I was racing a mb s430 and jetta/passat. At the last second I noticed the tire and tried to swerve but it was too late. Even the s430 hit it too. I thought my front lip was ripped off. But when I went to inspect at a gas station, I was surprised that it was still on and only the corner was hanging.

 

That sucks big time man. I once hit something (still don't know what it was), it was late one night and it felt like an alternator from a car or something. It blew one of my tire, dented my rim and I also need an alignment. Called and reported to CHP, but the sad thing was that while I was changing my tire on the shoulder of the freeway, 4 more cars hit the damn thing and they had to pull over too. Piece of $hit California freeway.

 

oh $hit man, that really sux dogg...sometimes luck isn't on our sides...all you can do is hope insurance covers that stuff...good luck in the claims process...Shyne

 

Man that sucks! I hope everything turns out ok...

Rosh

P.S. Where in NY do you live?

 

Where in canada where u @. this happened to me around 3am. what time did u hit the tire.

 

long island, bayshore.

 

I don't remember where but it was around 2 am.

 

good thing noone's hurt, you're pretty lucky
that would be a disaster at any speed not to mention that you were going at a whopping 80mph
anyways, hope you get your car fixed soon

sigh
my brother totalled my TLS few days ago... only spent 2 months in that car

 

STI...sorrie to hear that ur car is totalled...

DJ...glad to hear it's just a minor damage to ur car....

it's hard to see those tires at nite....becareful guys

 

In addition to the damage I mentioned above, I looked at my car yesterday and noticed the rock shield under the fender is also missing. Damn don't even feel like driving this car anymore.