ZumnRx8

^^^sorry dude no airplane here lmao. was it ugly???

photo chick

last night..

WB on 20th and Pico in Santa Monica @ around 10:30pm
SS on Mc Fadden and Beach going into a lot @ 4:50am
and hung with mr. MIA

scremn8

wow you found him..
is he still trying to get air time..

photo chick

ya, he's been doing solos lately and working on getting the final license. having fun though!

photo chick

on my way to school this morning, the freeway slaughtered my tire..



during the process of changing it and getting a new one, i saw a few 8s

9:18am - BB on the 405N approaching the Seal Beach exit
9:45am - Grey on the 405N approaching the 605
1:15pm - white in the parking lot of the Costco in Signal Hill
4:30pm - BB going south down Irvine Center Dr. btwn Yale and Jeffery

RX OCHO

^ wow ..glad you are ok pc.

rollerbldes

Woah! Are you ok??

Was this in the cursed section of the 405?

photo chick

ya, i'm fine. i'm surprised with how calm i was when it happened. i always used to tell my mom that i'd freak out if i blew a tire on the freeway.

the actual popping part happened on the 405N around Magnolia. i heard a big boom, checked my mirrors, my steering, and glanced at my tires but didn't notice a difference. i kept driving and at the point where the 22 spills into the 405, the car dropped down. that's when i saw rubber all over and people stopping to let me by.

i tried to change it myself but couldn't even lift the jack (it's one of those big hydraulic ones). instead CHP, highway service patrol, AAA, and a friend all pulled over and helped me out.

now it's all better and ready for the weekend

ps. what's the cursed section of the 405?

shadycrew31

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was it me??!!????

sorry to hear about your tire hey at least your safe.. time to upgrade and get some 22"s.

photo chick

i don't know if it was you! it was parked on the street in that neighborhood. i had to keep up with mike, so i didn't get a good look at it.

Jedi54

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glad to hear you're okay PC

rollerbldes

Oh it's a theory of mine.. the part of 405 between 5 and Jamboree. I've had my windshield cracked, and tires pierced in that section. Once I saw a brake rotor-looking metal disk tumbling around in the middle of the road and had to swerve to avoid it. Once my friend was driving in that section and was smacked on the side by another driver who was merging. Worst part he didn't have insurance at the time...

Good to hear you're all right. Were they *stone tires?

photo chick

damn..ya, people on the 405 in that area are always frantic.

the tire was a michelin, but the pressure has been down on all of them for a while and i've been meaning to fill them up. guess they're all better now!

risky business

nissan sentra? am i right?

lol my first thought before i read the words next to the times was..... damn he was changing his tire from 9:20 till 4:30!

photo chick

1. Maxima
2. she*

and no, changing the tire took 10 minutes. getting a new tire took 3 hours

photo chick

this made me think of you

Jedi54

iTrader: (7)

omg, where'd you get the picture of me?!

photo chick

i'm a spy

scremn8

^^ i love that picture..

Atilla

iTrader: (1)

this page made me lol

Glad you're ok PC - it's all that awesomeness you pull on the freeways that caused that blow out - you need tires that can keep up with you

RX OCHO

this would be a good avatar pic for jedi

BlueKnight

That car rocks. It is called Ariel and can be found at http://www.arielatom.com. 0-60 in 2.9 seconds. Ariel Atom 3 base price is $65,000. It looks like a really fun toy but don't think it is street legal. If it is I might buy one ;-)

eviltwinkie

I'll have to check your car out when I get back...but yeah...looks like it deflated and then you drove on it...during which the rim chewed the sidewall off...

Normally, most rims become damaged when that happens, they will chip the outer lip, warp, crack, or bend...depending on the material...since it looks like an alloy wheel, it most likely chipped on the lip somewhere...or developed fissures...

I can tell from the photo, that it appears it indeed chipped the lip...AND you have some rubber on the inner fender well which could have been caused by the incident itself...considering that, THAT wheel has been particularly problematic from what you told me...it might be leaking air slowly...

Considering how much drive time you have...AND your style of driving "maximum maxima lena style"...I would definitely keep an eye on it...

Tire failure is bad...good thing you haz teh kart skilletz to pay teh billetz...most other people would have freaked out and lost control...

Good job yo...

ZumnRx8

i thought all passenger cars had to have TPMS now by law? what year was yours 02? i think its 05 models and up. (to PHOTOCHICK)

photo chick

i have no clue what TPMS is. it's a 2000 nissan maxima though.