HokAy

Okay so the East coast just got its first big snow/blizzard of 2009 and unfortunately i happen to work at a retail store that is suppose to have one of the biggest sales event of the year due to XMAS (Best Buy). So digged myself out of the driveway and into the streets, it was terrible out there RAWR! drifted most of the way to work, even the slightest inclines and hills were so bad ...As approaching to the shopping plaza, there is a slit in the road where one on the right side takes you into another way into the parking lots (my usual way going to work) which is like a 80 degree turn, So heres what happen, Oh just climbed an incline going up to this slit too . i was coming to make the right turn going around 20-25ish? and i felt that the car was sliding already when i just turn the wheel to the right slightly, and saw that i was comign too fast so i quickly turned left and was praying liek shit not to hit the man made island that was sticking from the spit, all of a sudden i heard/felt a big TUMP and bumped off towards teh other direction....

MAN let me tell you i was so pissed after that parked my car in the lot with the rest, and went around my passenger side and checked for signs of damage. nothing to the front end pass side or the sides or the pass wheel, rims looked fine. went in and literally punched TV boxes that we had selling on the floor.(given that this is around 8AM when no shoppers were around the store just employees roaming around..

Going home i was stuck in the lot cause the snow blew in even more and my front were stuffed with snow, traction control off, gassed it and backed off. took me 30 mins to clear the snow. What The Freak. On the highway going around liek 50ish nothing more than that. i felt that my driving wheel was alittle turned towards the right side when i was going perfectly straight??? and also i noticed and felt that there was slight vibration from the wheel as well

SO now im thinking that nothing aprearence wise is damage could this be my wheel alignment?? also i need a oil change as well, B1 Service came up last week...my question is should i bring this into teh Acura dealer to look at it and realign the wheel and change the oil or should i go to a representable shop? I really hate the snow. a bit long bit me need advice on what to do now, bought the car early this summer as well.

THanks guys.

Jesstzn

First off .. spiff up your writing skills or proof read before you post .. found this very hard to follow.

If the "front" was stuffed .. I am assuming the wheels ... the vibration could be snow packed on the back of a wheel ... I'd have a wheel alignment shop not the dealer look at it if its still vibrating after you clean out the wheels .

I never take my car to the dealer for anything but warranty.

Flipster23

iTrader: (15)

I understand what he was saying

HokAy

lol was still in a pissing/grumpy mood, i meant the SPLIT in the road. i was going 50 or so on the highway which was cleared by like 8 PM going home and i noticed a wobbly/vibration feeling on the steering wheel, also going straight on the road the steering wheel isnt centered..when the car is pulling straight ahead the steering wheel is slightly turned to the right...

guys from work recommended me to this shop that does oil changes so imma ask them to take a look at it. and believe me all most of the snow packed under the car and the bumper was cleared before i took off from work.

6spdtl-s

iTrader: (1)

if you drifted into a curb or something you probably bent a tie arm or something like that. Alignment is not the solution.

Jesstzn

So did I .. some what ... my front were stuffed with snow front what .. suspension? grill? wheels? wheel wells?

Yungwallstreet08

I agree, days like this I dont even take mine out. I am a manager at cvs and hate when it snows like this. The TL without snow tires is useless in snow like this. I have all season an I tried today to get my out of my parking lot with about 8 inches no go. I finally managed to get it out though.

TLin401

you Mother Nature

I feel your pain this happened to me last winter. I checked my bumper and it has a rash and I notice it every time I get into the car.

HokAy

getting snow tires next winter@! Blizzacks here i come!

TLin401

I have a friend that has those and IMO my tires are better than hers. When there is no snow on the ground she sounds like a truck because her tires hum.

dave_ramkumar

iTrader: (5)

today at wallmart i seen a ton of shopping carts all piled up into a mountain with snow

TLin401

That happens in a lot of places.

At my old job that use to happen and we would lose about 15 carts a winter.

YeuEmMaiMai

u bent something and it will be spendy to fix as most likely the subframe bent too...

04WDPSeDaN

iTrader: (1)

ONLY if you work as a body man or a auto tech then you have the right to state this.. Other wise your wrong on all counts.

You really don't understand what it takes to bend a subframe. Subframe would be the last piece of the puzzle to suffer a bend in a minor curb slide. Now if he got hit by another vehicle in the wheel area yes it's possible to have tweaked a subframe.

He most likely tweaked a lower control arm and or bent an outer tie-rod.
They would have to start with a visual inspection if they can't see anything with the naked eye they would go to step 2 which would be a wheel alignment then road test. If vibrations are felt there after they will end up doing a rotate depending on tire condition and check the balance all 4 wheels.

That's a more realistic response to his situation.

Jesstzn

See bold addition.

YeuEmMaiMai

"I was coming to make the right turn going around 20-25ish? and i felt that the car was sliding already when i just turn the wheel to the right slightly, and saw that i was comign too fast so i quickly turned left and was praying liek shit not to hit the man made island that was sticking from the spit, all of a sudden i heard/felt a big TUMP and bumped off towards teh other direction"


lol I guess reading what he said and how fast he said he was going totally missed you....

you do not bounce off of an object like that without bending something BIG AND EXPENSIVE to repair........ask me how I know.....I curbed my car going about the same speed and it was $5K to fix......

04WDPSeDaN

iTrader: (1)

I lost count how many curb slides ive seen come into my job ranging from kissing the curb to full blown taking it on at 30mph with dry conditions. Just today we had 6 vehicles with curb slides any where from 10-30 mph the most "Critical" one suffered a bad inner + outer tie rod on the passenger side with a bent rim.

The worse ive seen curb hit head on passenger side, bent the control arm back into the fender which also broke his axle and cracked his power steering rack 40mph hit dry conditions. I understand how fast he was going, what happend to you and at a cost of 5k, won't always be the story with the next guy who hits a curb. Not every vehicle is made them same, nor will the same issuse you had be the same he has. Subframe is last on the list to go. That's all I am saying, don't mislead without statements.

HokAy

UPDATE...upon daylight inspection i stand correct that my body was fine no damages taken, but found which part hit...my passenger side wheel. about half a size of a penny was chipped off on the outer rim part but not very noticeable until you really look at it thats why i didnt see it when i looked at it after the incident. AND Jesstzn is right on the wobbly part going 50ish, had some snow stuffed under or something because when i took her for a drive today it was fine going beyond 60 no vibrations at all, only thing now is that my steering wheel is slightly off towards the right when im going straight. got an appointment to do a oil change and wheel alignment/balance on Wednesday from a good shop from the guys at work suggested. ill update asap.

Toddy

iTrader: (5)

thank god it was 68 degrees here today.

HokAy

UPDATE! went for a oil change at the shop (snow was still on ground/ didnt want to get dirty) had inspection of the wheel and got a wheel balance because nothing was damage to the frame of the car just luckily a little piece chipped off the rim and had to get it rebalance. once back on the road it was much smoother than i thought. but after all the snow is gone imma go back and do a wheel alignment. FREAKEN SNOW! wish i was in Cali weather...