[DeTomaso] speaking of wheels falling off---

[GW]

In the course of one year I had 2 separate semi trailer set of wheels 
come my way; duallies! One set is still very vivid. I slowed to pick an 
avoidance speed, the car behind me went to pass. When he saw what I was 
doing the bastard matched my speed which locked up both lanes. He gave 
me no room to maneuver. As I slowed the 2 tired bounced right in front 
(2-lane highway) and as soon as hitting the ditch started a grass fire!




boyd casey wrote:
> I have heard of several incidents where wheels came off of vehicles and the
> vehicle that lost the wheel did ok but the errant wheel killed the driver of
> the car it hit. This has happened more then once in recent memory. The one I
> remember more clearly the wheel cam e off a car on an interstate and crossed
> the median. As you know the speed in a head on is car +car b + speed of
> impact so a car traveling at 60 mph and a loose wheel traveling at 60 mph
> and bouncing through the windshield and landing smack in someones lap at 120
> mph effective speed, it's not a pretty picture!. When I was in college
> (Loyola in New Orleans) I was driving a VW "Super Bug" from my fathers Ford
> dealerships used car lot when I noticed a VW wheel Passing me on the left!
> The  left rear wheel came off and  the next thing I knew I was sliding to a
> stop and the wheel was making great time on it's own! Luckily it didn't hit
> anyone. I was always having problems with the cars that I was given to drive
> from the cheapest used car inventory. And every time I had a problem I got
> downgraded to an even cheaper car until finally I was relegated to the
> status of pedestrian!
> Boyd
>
> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Art Stephens <artstephens at verizon.net>wrote:
>
>   
>> When I crashed my car,  one of the rear wheels with broken upright,  half
>> shaft and disc brake assembly attached,  was found days later in a gully
>> about a quarter mile past the car!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <JDeRyke at aol.com>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 12:15 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] speaking of wheels falling off---
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>>
>>     
>>> I've also had a 'memorable' experience with OTHER PEOPLE'S wheels falling
>>> off. Commuting to work one morning in N CA in my modified Corvair, a
>>> cement
>>> pumper truck on its way to a job site broke a rear axle flange off,
>>> freeing a
>>> gigantic 'flotation' tire, wheel & brake drum at 50 mph on the freeway.
>>>       
>> He
>>     
>>> was some ways behind me and I saw the accident in my mirrors, but as race
>>> announcers say, in heavy traffic 'I had nowhere to go' except to lean
>>> away.
>>> The 250-lb assembly bounced off guard rails and hit my drivers door a
>>> glancing
>>> blow that knocked the 2500-lb car sideways half a lane, in spite of the
>>> traction from the same size tires I run on the Pantera. The wheel finally
>>> stopped in the median-strip Oleander bushes. Lucky me- I was the only car
>>> it hit!
>>>  The dent in my car was a foot deep but luckily was confined only to the
>>> door.
>>> A gigantic traffic jam occurred between my banged up car and the concrete
>>> truck tipped at an angle across 2 lanes. Once he saw I wasn't hurt or
>>> angry,
>>> the truck driver (also the business owner!) was very apologetic but was
>>> MUCH
>>> more worried about the full load of concrete he was to have processed,
>>> rapidly setting up behind us in a second truck (pre-cell phone days). 2
>>> hrs
>>> later I drove the beat up car into work and got no crap about being late.
>>> His
>>> business insurance bought me a new door and a full paint job. FWIW- J
>>> DeRyke
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