1 pothole= 2 new dunlops!

Ugh, so pissed!

Driving home from Philadelphia this weekend, I nailed a crater! Both tires, passenger side. Tha-Thump, Tha-Thump....

The wife screams (drama queen, who loves to get on my case about how I drive) she asks about 10 seconds afterwards if everything is allright. It seemed like it was. 5 seconds after that, when I actually had to make a turn, something didn't feel right.

Pulled over, and just the back tire was flat. Wphew, what I relief. It took us more time to get all of my Playstation s*** out of the trunk, than it did to change a tire. We continue to the party, where this story is told about how the Zoom Zoom car fell victim to the Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Camden NJ.

We get out of the party, everything still Kosher. The car sits all Sunday, as we take her car to hunt for a tire. TIP TO EVERYONE. NOBODY CARRIES THEM, go to TIRERACK.COM.

So today, I tell the wifey, that I'm taking her escort (she bought it BEFORE we were married...) I took it cause I don't feel comfortable driving on a donut tire all over South Jersey for my job. She calls me after I get out of the gym telling me my car is parked at a 7-11 cause the front tire was flat.

Ugh...then today after work, I figure it had to be a slow leak since hitting the pothole, so I go to rescue my car with my trusy air pump. First off, its not like she parked AWAY from everyone...Nope...my wife managed to find a front spot at the 7-11, so that EVERYONE getting their coffee, pulling in and out of the place can you know, park near it and all....

So now, its out of comission until Wednesday, when Tirerack.com will deliver my new dunlop 5000 series. $102 a pop.

But, someone was watching over our car, to not let that front tire go flat while we were out. By the grace of god, it stayed inflated until we got safely home!

I hit a small pot hole last year w/ about 900 miles on my P5. POW!!! rear passenger went out. Took me 3 hrs to find anyone who carried even a replacment size...BFGoodrich something (because I was 450 miles from home). Called Dunlop and they told me they stopped making the 5000 (wonder why) and I took my car in to Sears and being a Dunlop dealer they replaced for free.

There's a place around here (Deltona Tire) that may stock them. Either that or maybe the dealer.

Either way, get a spare when you can, AND make sure your rim isn't bent.

I'm pissed off today... my car is in the body shop because of a 71/2 inch deep pot hole. The damm hole bent my wheel and cracked my front end. They put me in a new Jeep Liberty for a rental and im going to have to wait at the least 5 days to get my baby back.
Damm ice truck drivers they tore more than ice of the roads this year. I'm sending my bill to the city along with a nice little letter, expressing my fustration. I saw on the news the other day that you could do that and if considered i could get my bill paid by the city.

Ouch I feel your pain man. I had a complete blowout from a huge pothole I hit when I had my tiburon and was rolling on 17's with 40 series tires. The worst part was I was in an area I wasn't familiar with (comming back from some girls house) at like 4am in the morning. To top it off I didn't have the keys to get the lug covers off the wheels to change the tire! UGH Let me tell ya it was a looooong night.
Cmack, the roads around here are horrible man! There's even some areas of Marlton that are absolutely ridiculous....especially for being a wealthy town.

Anyway on another note. I think I saw you a month or so back. I was turning into the side-street behind Barne's & Noble while you were comming out of it. If you remember a Laser Blue P5 that flashed his brights and waved........that was me. lol

Yeah Man!!!!

You were the first Lazer Blue one that we have seen ever on the road...You drove by, and I didn't shut up about it for 5 minutes (wife didn't share my enthusiam)...I remember that...

No s***...

hehehe, nice seeing ya!

Yeah I'm always in that area from Friday night till Sunday afternoon. My gf lives in Marlton. We gotta meet up sometime- that way I can smack you around a little in Pride FC for PS2.