M5 Madness
Zcaithaca
08-09-2005, 03:38 PM
a few days ago i was riding with my dad in his BMW M5 and the tires started making a humming noise...i told my dad that the tires may fall off (jokingly) and he said he would get it looked at "soon".... today he was driving on the way to a city a few hours away and was going about 70 on the highway when his back wheel fell completely off...it rolled down the highway just like in the movies....he is fine just the cars rim and disk brake (rotor) is completely messed up i think the rear quarter p[anel was torn off too....srry no pics but i will maybe post some when the repairs are done..
Zachp911
08-09-2005, 03:46 PM
Damn, that really sucks. :eek7:
lamehonda
08-09-2005, 04:59 PM
Always check your lugs kids.
Zcaithaca
08-09-2005, 07:36 PM
yeah he has two sets or rims...summer and winter so when the BMW place changed them they didnt tighten the lugs...idiots...
blindside.AMG
08-09-2005, 08:05 PM
yeah he has two sets or rims...summer and winter so when the BMW place changed them they didnt tighten the lugs...idiots...
Who's the bigger idiot, the technician who "maybe" didn't tighten the wheel bolts or the person who heard a problem and still decided to go 70 down a freeway??
Who's the bigger idiot, the technician who "maybe" didn't tighten the wheel bolts or the person who heard a problem and still decided to go 70 down a freeway??
ec437
08-09-2005, 08:12 PM
Who's the bigger idiot, the technician who "maybe" didn't tighten the wheel bolts or the person who heard a problem and still decided to go 70 down a freeway??
Definitely the technician who didn't tighten the lugs.
Definitely the technician who didn't tighten the lugs.
blindside.AMG
08-09-2005, 08:15 PM
Definitely the technician who didn't tighten the lugs.
You mean WHEEL BOLTS. Lug nuts are different and not used on BMW's (as far as I know).
You mean WHEEL BOLTS. Lug nuts are different and not used on BMW's (as far as I know).
ec437
08-09-2005, 08:32 PM
You mean WHEEL BOLTS. Lug nuts are different and not used on BMW's (as far as I know).
You're technically right. They're not used on BMWs. But to to us normal people, it really doesn't matter which name gets used, regardless of the differences, because they both do the same thing. :rolleyes: Anyways, they obviously weren't tightened correctly and it was the shop's job to do that. As for driving down the freeway once a problem was heard, it was not known how urgent the problem was. It could have been coming from many places, like the differential for example. That would not have been as urgent.
You're technically right. They're not used on BMWs. But to to us normal people, it really doesn't matter which name gets used, regardless of the differences, because they both do the same thing. :rolleyes: Anyways, they obviously weren't tightened correctly and it was the shop's job to do that. As for driving down the freeway once a problem was heard, it was not known how urgent the problem was. It could have been coming from many places, like the differential for example. That would not have been as urgent.
blindside.AMG
08-09-2005, 08:54 PM
You're technically right. They're not used on BMWs. But to to us normal people, it really doesn't matter which name gets used, regardless of the differences, because they both do the same thing. :rolleyes: Anyways, they obviously weren't tightened correctly and it was the shop's job to do that. As for driving down the freeway once a problem was heard, it was not known how urgent the problem was. It could have been coming from many places, like the differential for example. That would not have been as urgent.
Correct, they do do the same job but accomplish it in a different way. Kinda like a turbo charger and supercharger do the same job but in a different way. If someone came to AF and said the supercharger on their Dodge SRT-4 blew up don't you think they'd be castrated on the spot? ;)
Correct, they do do the same job but accomplish it in a different way. Kinda like a turbo charger and supercharger do the same job but in a different way. If someone came to AF and said the supercharger on their Dodge SRT-4 blew up don't you think they'd be castrated on the spot? ;)
Zcaithaca
08-09-2005, 09:15 PM
i'm wearing a cup at all times from now on
ec437
08-09-2005, 09:29 PM
Correct, they do do the same job but accomplish it in a different way. Kinda like a turbo charger and supercharger do the same job but in a different way. If someone came to AF and said the supercharger on their Dodge SRT-4 blew up don't you think they'd be castrated on the spot? ;)
MUCH bigger difference :p
On a side note, my labrador retriever is chewing on a ballpoint pen.
MUCH bigger difference :p
On a side note, my labrador retriever is chewing on a ballpoint pen.
blindside.AMG
08-09-2005, 09:39 PM
Zaithica, just out of curiosity, how long ago were the wheels swapped??
jcsaleen
08-09-2005, 09:57 PM
Jesus... :screwy:
SupaMan89T
08-09-2005, 10:05 PM
ahh yes i love my locking lugs sucks tho hope you get it fixed my dayton came off my rivera and i rolled it 6 times shit like that sucks hardcore when it happens.
Zcaithaca
08-09-2005, 10:19 PM
Zaithica, just out of curiosity, how long ago were the wheels swapped??
maybe march...or april
maybe march...or april
Hybridology
08-09-2005, 10:25 PM
wait... you think he may have lost his rear quarter panel... and it's your dad's car... ummmmmmm....
Zcaithaca
08-09-2005, 10:30 PM
lol yeah i didnt see the car wrecked im just goign from what he told me...and i thoguht he mentioned that but i cant remember
fredjacksonsan
08-10-2005, 02:08 PM
"Never let the shop do what you should be doing yourself"
Zcaithaca
08-10-2005, 05:13 PM
"Never let the shop do what you should be doing yourself"
actually we had them do it because of somehitng like this....
actually we had them do it because of somehitng like this....
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