jjbunn
Jedi Knight
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Out for a drive, doing about 30mph, I hear a horrible bang, and the TR6 swerves to the left, into the adjacent lane. I grapple with the steering wheel to correct course, but then there's another horrible crunching noise: the driver's side front wheel has come clean off! Suddenly the car is on two wheels only, the whole car is at 45 degrees and I think it's going to flip over. The top's down, so I brace myself, and struggle to hold the steering, and I think I may have thrown my body to the left in an effort to tip the car back down - everything happened very quickly. The car rights itself, and I end up skidding down the street, mount the curb, and come to a grinding halt.
No injuries, I'm just shaken, thank goodness.
But the car is a real problem. AAA came and towed it back to my house, and it's now in the street, on a jack stand. I have no idea what to do about it. I can't drive it. It looks like the axle simply snapped. The bonnet is warped, the front driver's side fender is shot. See the photos below. A repair of this size is simply beyond my capabilities or equipment, especially since I can't actually move the car at all. I'm going to have to have someone come and take it away. Frankly, I have little motivation to repair it because I couldn't bring myself to ever sit behind the wheel again.
Any advice most welcome: I'm a little desperate :-(
No injuries, I'm just shaken, thank goodness.
But the car is a real problem. AAA came and towed it back to my house, and it's now in the street, on a jack stand. I have no idea what to do about it. I can't drive it. It looks like the axle simply snapped. The bonnet is warped, the front driver's side fender is shot. See the photos below. A repair of this size is simply beyond my capabilities or equipment, especially since I can't actually move the car at all. I'm going to have to have someone come and take it away. Frankly, I have little motivation to repair it because I couldn't bring myself to ever sit behind the wheel again.
Any advice most welcome: I'm a little desperate :-(