I was in a parking lot full of snow and my friend was teaching me how to skid sideways and then how to get out of the skid (Because I slid sideways earlier that same night, driving slowly too!, and I had no idea how to get out of that kind of skid so I was just sliding along sideways till I stopped).
We went down the parking lot most of the time but I tried it once going uphill, and well there was a concrete curb covered with snow, I tried to slow down but didn't have enough space and I didn't want to turn and ram a pylon instead. Anyways, I ended up hitting it diagonally at like 15mph or so and the front driver's side tire got flat. The bumper is also a bit loose but I figure that's from the car's weight resting on it after the tire went flat and my friend pushed the car off the curb. It could also be loose from when I drove through a 2 foot snowbank in that same lot... meh.. it was a lot "heavier" then it seemed, I sure felt that and I think the bumper did too.
Anyways, I couldn't get the spare tire on because ONE lugnut couldn't be removed (the wrench would not fit over it). So, I drove on the tire (thereby destroying it) 1km to a garage where I parked it there (it was 3am) and called for a ride home. I got them to change the bad lugnut and put the spare on (since they told me the tire was destroyed and they couldn't remount it on the rim), and I'm getting two new tires for the front. That doesn't bother me too much because the front tires were nearly bald anyways.
What does bother me is that I'm wondering if anything else could be messed up. When I drove home on the spare the alignment seemed ok (other than the obvious pull because of the different tire sizes), and I didn't hear any noises that weren't there before. But I'm wondering if my steering, CV joints, bearings or anything else could have been messed up. For a 14 year old car, it seems to be putting up with my abuse, but damn that was a nasty shock.
Oh, I saw a police car doing a powerslide in his crown victoria at a light, now that was crazy. I've never seen a cop do something like that before.
We went down the parking lot most of the time but I tried it once going uphill, and well there was a concrete curb covered with snow, I tried to slow down but didn't have enough space and I didn't want to turn and ram a pylon instead. Anyways, I ended up hitting it diagonally at like 15mph or so and the front driver's side tire got flat. The bumper is also a bit loose but I figure that's from the car's weight resting on it after the tire went flat and my friend pushed the car off the curb. It could also be loose from when I drove through a 2 foot snowbank in that same lot... meh.. it was a lot "heavier" then it seemed, I sure felt that and I think the bumper did too.
Anyways, I couldn't get the spare tire on because ONE lugnut couldn't be removed (the wrench would not fit over it). So, I drove on the tire (thereby destroying it) 1km to a garage where I parked it there (it was 3am) and called for a ride home. I got them to change the bad lugnut and put the spare on (since they told me the tire was destroyed and they couldn't remount it on the rim), and I'm getting two new tires for the front. That doesn't bother me too much because the front tires were nearly bald anyways.
What does bother me is that I'm wondering if anything else could be messed up. When I drove home on the spare the alignment seemed ok (other than the obvious pull because of the different tire sizes), and I didn't hear any noises that weren't there before. But I'm wondering if my steering, CV joints, bearings or anything else could have been messed up. For a 14 year old car, it seems to be putting up with my abuse, but damn that was a nasty shock.
Oh, I saw a police car doing a powerslide in his crown victoria at a light, now that was crazy. I've never seen a cop do something like that before.
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