What most likely needs to be fixed?
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What most likely needs to be fixed?
Alright so today I was making a right turn into a three-lane road, but right as I went in the front tires lost grip and I started skidding (went back to check it out afterwards, and I saw a lot of sand and pebbles right on the turn entry), and eventually I ended up hitting the road divider curb at maybe 20mph. Well, luckily this happened only a few hundred feet from my house, so I drove home (all the while my front tires were grating against the wheel well... and were smoking).
Here is a pic of the front left wheel, which is what took the main force of the impact. I'm just wondering what you think may be damaged, maybe a rough estimate on how much it would cost to fix. Also do you think it's still okay to use that wheel (there's a crack along it... so I'm not sure if it is still strong enough to hold or if it might collapse if I drive on it).
Thinking about it, things could have been much worse.. this is a really minor crash in comparison with others... but I don't think it will be too cheap to fix.
Here is a pic of the front left wheel, which is what took the main force of the impact. I'm just wondering what you think may be damaged, maybe a rough estimate on how much it would cost to fix. Also do you think it's still okay to use that wheel (there's a crack along it... so I'm not sure if it is still strong enough to hold or if it might collapse if I drive on it).
Thinking about it, things could have been much worse.. this is a really minor crash in comparison with others... but I don't think it will be too cheap to fix.
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Yeah so now I'm stuck with a dilemma. How do I get my car to the shop? I was going to just call AAA and have them tow it to a shop (still not sure which one though) except I was thinking how would they tow it? If they hooked up their tow to the front of my car... well, since its RWD the back wheels wouldn't rotate freely. Therefore, they'd have to hook their tow to the rear end... but that has two problems. 1. It would cause my front end to maybe scrape along the ground 2. my front wheel is wedged against the wheel well so basically it smokes a good deal and burns rubber every time it's moved
Not sure what to do from here.
Not sure what to do from here.
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where would they hook up the front end though? obviously not by the bumper, that'd just rip it out... but yeah I guess out of stress I completely forgot that it could just get towed in neutral... haha. sad.
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