my awesome adventure on deerfoot today

[bksze]

so driving along on deerfoot, doin ~120km/hr when all of a sudden, big ass smoke cloud on my right side, i see a piece of rubber hit the side of my car and fly across my windshield, my car was semi-swervin . . . so i slow the car down and pull over to the side, what i find . . .


http://www.bksze.com/dsc00584.jpg
this was the tire when i got home today
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00585.jpg
the big ass hole missing the chunk of rubber that ended up on the side of my car
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00586.jpg
more holes on the sidewall

[bksze]

http://www.bksze.com/dsc00587.jpg
holes along the sidewall
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00588.jpg
another shot of the big ass hole
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00589.jpg
three little holes on the same side of the tire

[bksze]

http://www.bksze.com/dsc00590.jpg
other side of the tire has holes too
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00591.jpg
another view of the other side
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00592.jpg
the big hole
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00593.jpg
another shot of the big hole
http://www.bksze.com/dsc00594.jpg
the damn nail that probably caused all this

so now i got rubber along the side of my car, shoud i just get some goo off?

and, anyway i can sue bridgestone? hahahaa i've had flats before but none that blew the tire out . . .

[^SkylinE^]

Shity deal man!!! think the company will send you new ones maybe there defect!

[boi-alien]

holy shit benji, take the rubber back and at least get a free set

[bksze]

i don't know where i'd go though, i'll take it to audi tomorrow and see if they can do anything about it . . . otherwise, i think it's outta my pocket, i guess i could write bridgestone and send them the pics but by the time they get to responding to me . . . i'll be through my second set of tires already haha

[GDCivicSi]

hahahaha.......
thats pretty harsh...........
perfect time to get your new rims and rubber..........

[DUBBED]

wow ive never seen that before...

yeah by the time you actually even get a response from a corperation like bridgestone you will probably have sold that car....

shitty deal...

[Superesc]

oh crap, so it just Blew off like that???

[V6-BoI]

Originally posted by Superesc
oh crap, so it just Blew off like that???

Yeah exactly, what the fuck??

[bksze]

like i said, i have no clue . .. the wheel didn't actualy blow off, just a hole in the tire blew out . . . other than that, i have no clue, your guess is as good as mine

[SI-vic]

Ouch that sucks man.
Hey well at least nothing else MAJOR damaged or anything, things could be worse.
But that still sucks

[jdmakkord]

chances are they will give you warranty, but only based on the % tread left. You will have to pay the balance of the cost. Same thing happened to me, except it was -34 outside, and 2:30 in the morning. One of my toyo winters went. Not a fun time!!!

[Silencer]

Do you have an S4?

[98type_r]

i've always been a fan of bridgestone products, but damn....

[cocoabrova]

Shit Benji, that sux:thumbsdow Just phone the dealer like you said, and see what they suggest. Most likely it'll end up being the scenario jdmakkord described......

[bksze]

well took it to audi, tires are not covered under audi's warranty, i didn't think so anyways . . . they told me to go to blaskin and lane . . . took it there and they said i had punctured the wheel and ran it flat . . . hecne the damage . . . i told the dude that i've had flat tires before and tires do not blow out when flat . . . they bruise or they tear at stress points . . . he gave me a card to his super and told me to contact him . . . all in all, i've already ordered the tire from my tires inc., pretty good pricing, better than kal tire and way better than audi's (who would've thought?) so wel'l see how good the service is on wed.