Have you ever had one of those days when you're driving and your wheel just pops off your car? I'm not speaking metaphorically here folks. This literally happened to me yesterday. Luckily I was just attempting to pull out of the grocery store parking lot and barely inched towards oncoming traffic as my car did this wibbly-wobbly-wonky motion and then proceded to sink towards the ground with a nice
thunk noise. For a second I thought it was transforming into a robot, but then I crazily realized that, "My wheel just popped off...$%#@!?"
It doesn't look that impressive from this angle, but the wheel is literally holding the car up. If it had budged anymore, my car would have been kissing the asphalt.
This little bugger is the culprit. I hear these things rarely break. Don't I feel special.
The
craziest nicest man in a tow truck just
happened to be leaving Safeway as all of this happened. He gladly agreed to give me a tow (after finding out that he took my insurance) and instructed me to use the levers that pulled the car up while he guided the car with a jack. "Just push that one." Um, OK. He was a great guy, though. A big, fat shout-out to Art's Affordable Towing.
So I am out yet another good couple hundred dizzles. I really am trying not to focus on the monetary aspect of it, and concentrate on the fact that I wasn't on the freeway or in the middle of downtown when all of this went down. *staypositive* I am, however, slightly bummed that the passenger side fender wasn't ruined. I was kinda looking forward to getting another black one to match the other side, thus completely the ghettofabulousness of my ride. Guess there's always tomorrow. *fingerscrossed*
5 comments:
wouldn't it be cool if your car turned into a TRANSFORMER?!?!?!? ..... i kinda wanna see that movie; can ya tell?! :)
I've read reviews that the movie is a stinker. Still, I'll watch it if it goes to the Garland or something. I wish my scoot would transform. It'd be the cutest little Transformer ever. *meep meep*
I really thought you were going to say that you almost thought it would turn into a Transformer, little disappointed but nonetheless an absolutely hilarious incident to add to your bucket of experiences, any trips to safeway not included. I love how your blogs have pictures included, very easy to follow ;) lo siento con su coche...
~T
It was implied that I wanted my car to turn into a Transformer by the following statement: "For a second I thought it was transforming into a robot..." but I was afraid of copyright infringement. ;) And it's easier to post pictures than actual words. Too...much...effort...to...type...and...think...bananas...nuclear fusion...TILT...
First off I want to say I'm laughing with you and not at you LOL This EXACT thing happened to my Accord today! I was super bummed....and it was exactly like you explained in that the front end was just held up by the tire. I was waiting for it to start transforming....but it didn't LOL! Hopefully all went well with yours....mine is spending a night out at the shop! Thank god it didn't get into the fender too much, just a slight mark!
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