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Watch out for flying 1,000 spoke wheels

April 29, 2008

Posted by Chris

Tags: forum fun, wait, what?

Spotted on BimmerForums, this poor guy was cruising down the highway in his E36 when all of the sudden wheels that look to have been fired off of a Donk waxed his car. The damage to the car sucks. But let’s be realistic, cars can be replaced…life can’t. Luckily, the driver survived, minus a hole in his throat, a potentially broken shoulder and abrasions from the splintered glass. View this link for more pictures.

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5 Responses to “Watch out for flying 1,000 spoke wheels”

Jim Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Losing an M3 is a tragedy in itself- but talk about adding insult to injury…I’m scratching my head over how something like this could happen…brings a new meaning to “it fell off of a truck,” doesn’t it!
SaabRally99 Says:
April 29th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

I hate when that happens!
EWAustin Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 8:21 am

There’s a reason we don’t touch the ‘knock-off’ style wheels at my work. Most of the special wrenches that come with them are PLASTIC… And being an (approx) 16 sided nut, there’s no way for it to get tight enough with the plastic wrench.
Charley Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 9:37 am

They ended up finding the guy who’s car it fell off of.
Raza Says:
April 30th, 2008 at 5:42 pm

I was driving to work one day and a rock shot out from underneath the tire of the car in front of me and hit my windshield. Put a major crack in it. I ducked for a second, before I realized that it’s going to hit the windshield and not my face.

I don’t know what I’d do if a wheel came at me. Probably grab the ejection handle. However, my car doesn’t have an ejection seat. So I’d be fucked.