Phillyboi

Ok, its 9am and here I am going to work through my normal route. Its the fastest way but not my preffered way to go. Anyways the road is a bit crowded and there is some minor contruction going on. I noticed a car next to me and I really couldn't move up to far or slow down to get away from it. Next thing I see in the corner of my left eye (was in the right lane) was the car steering into my lane while I am still there. The f*cker wasn't paying attention. He was comming pretty fast and my first reaction was to steer right not to get hit. Just a gut thing to do since I couldn't stop or slow down because of all the cars around. Well I drove right into the cement curb and scratched up the rims. Pretty deep at the edges. The a$$ than noticed and moved back into his lane. Thank god he didn't hit me! I was so mad I didn't even think about getting his license plates and I just pulled over to look at the damages. Body of car was fine at least just the rims.

Called dealer and they said they can fix it back to factory new of 99.95 per rim...I thought that wasn't a bad deal. Buts its still 200.00 bucks out of my pocket.


Thanks for listening.

Phillyboi

Ok, its 9am and here I am going to work through my normal route. Its the fastest way but not my preffered way to go. Anyways the road is a bit crowded and there is some minor contruction going on. I noticed a car next to me and I really couldn't move up to far or slow down to get away from it. Next thing I see in the corner of my left eye (was in the right lane) was the car steering into my lane while I am still there. The f*cker wasn't paying attention. He was comming pretty fast and my first reaction was to steer right not to get hit. Just a gut thing to do since I couldn't stop or slow down because of all the cars around. Well I drove right into the cement curb and scratched up the rims. Pretty deep at the edges. The a$$ than noticed and moved back into his lane. Thank god he didn't hit me! I was so mad I didn't even think about getting his license plates and I just pulled over to look at the damages. Body of car was fine at least, just the rims.

Called dealer and they said they can fix it back to factory new for $99.95 per rim...I thought that wasn't a bad deal. Buts its still 200.00 bucks out of my pocket.


Thanks for listening.

Batman-JGII

Man sorry to hear that but like you said it could have been worse. Good Luck with that.

TL'n IT UP

Damn what a rough experience .. at least its pretty minimal and no body dmg. 200 isnt to bad either

crazymjb

Thats why we got the tire and rim protection thing for 300. As soon as my dad lets my mom drive(the woman aims for potholes) it will have paid for itself. I would have called him in for reckless driving.

leedogg

Theres a reason cars have horns, this would definitely be one of them.

Phillyboi

Somehow this posted while I was writing it. The correct post is Titled: Some A$$ almost side swipped me.

ndx2

The way I see it, if you have time to use your horn, you also have time to avoid the jackass without any problem. Obviously, this jackass surprised Phillyboi...

How are your tires, Phillyboi? If you're running on stocks, and the wheels just have cosmetic damages, get 'em repaired when you need to get new tires... imo, it'll save you the mounting/dismounting cost.

Glad to hear the damage was minimal, though.

Ron A

Fixed it up for you.

Phillyboi

Your right, when I was about to be hit, a horn would not have not anything at this point besides moving the car over. My tires looked fine, but the edge of the stock wheels have been scratched. The dealer was charging me 99.95 for each wheel repaired. Wouldn't matter about mounting/dismounting i guess.

WdnUlik2no

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was he on a cell phone? If I weren't in the TL and my other car I would probably have let the guy hit me.

sorry to hear about your mishap, $99.95 per rim is a pretty good deal. You may can get better though. I got two of my rims restored to factory for $100 total. See HERE

WdnUlik2no

if you have the same tire and rim protection that I have, then it is worthless. it only covers if the rim is damaged to the point where it causes your tire to leak air. cosmetic damages are not covered. Check this out. A lot of us including me got suckered into to buying this crap because the person told us that curb and other cosmetic damages are covered.