Bizzy
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I was on my way home tonight, on a nice straight stretch of a 3 lane highway. Speed limit is 70 and I'm cruisin right at 70. I had one of those gut feelings that a cop was about even though I hadn't seen one yet.
I look in my rear view mirror and I see two cars zipping in and out of traffic like crazy so I pull into the furthest right lane (the SLO lane) and continue cruising along. They get up and one passes me in the center lane and the other guy is in the furthest left lane. Well there's a car going slower there so he zipped over from the furthest left lane, across the center lane and into my lane, almost bashing me in the side. I take the emergency lane to avoid him smashing me. It's full of gravel and dirt so I let off the gas immediately so I didn't start to slide or spin. (No brakes at first...just let off the gas). Well shit if there wasn't a huge hole coming up real quick....put the brakes on but I didn't feel like I could stop without spinning out in the gravel. The hole was almost the entire emergency lane BTW and probably 2 feet wide and about 1/4' deep. Doesn't sound huge...unless you're going pretty fast when you hit it. It all happened so fast I guess I should be thankful that nothing worse happened. But it gets more maddening.
I get back on the highway, I'm not sure how cause my feet were shaking and I could barely shift. Nerves I spose. Anyhow, I get going down the highway, going about 65 now cause I was pretty shaken and about 1 1/2 miles up from where I was run of I see a cop has one of the cars pulled over. The cop must have been just on the other side of the bridge/hill. I recognized the car in an instant. (GTP or whatever those POS's are called) So I pull over off the road, thinking I'm gonna get this a-hole in worse trouble than he was already in. I walk up to the cop, who seemed rather surprised and un-nerved that I was walking up to them. (I don't blame him...he didn't know who I was or what had happened). Anyhow, he comes over to me and I tell him what had happened. He said there wasn't a damn thing he could do because a) he didn't see it and b) I didn't get the plate number off the car. I'm like, no shit...I was run off the road! How was I supposed to get his friggin plate number? I had to think more about preserving my life and that of my car...I wasn't too concerned about getting his friggin plate number at the time. But I recognized the car!!! The punk kid (no offense guys) was just sitting in there with his buddy with a big smerk on his face! He knew what he'd done!
Anyhow, what I need opinions on are this. I now have (at slow speeds) a major wag in my ass end. I'm thinking rim because it feels like more the right rear than the other side. I also have a low sounding rubbing or thunking noise in what seems to be my right rear tire. The wagging and noise seem to go away as I go faster. Does this sound like a rim for the waggin? What about the other rubbing/thunking sound? Rotor??
I also have a vibration from the front end at higher speeds. Starts around 68 mph and goes away at about 73 or 74, then starts back up at about 80. That's the highest I got afterward, I was afraid to go any faster. It's almost rhythmic...vibrates for a few seconds, then stops, then vibrates for a few seconds and so on. In other words, it's not a constant vibration. When it vibrates the wheel shakes (not terribly) as does everything else up front. I know front end alignment is in order, but anything else I should keep my eyes open for?
Sorry for the very long post guys and gals, but I had to vent and get some opinions. I tell ya what, you always need to be observant and be defensive while driving. Had I not been paying full attention to what was behind me as well as in front I (and my baby) would probably be toast right now.
Shit! Shit! Shit!
(Sorry Gregr - forgive me this time please)
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SHO's are like kids...they test your patience but you gotta love 'em!
Beth
'91 Plus MTX, Mostly stock
K&N Filter, Coneless
Colgan Custom Bra
Racing Series Driving Lights
Mods in the works
Many items on wish list!
I look in my rear view mirror and I see two cars zipping in and out of traffic like crazy so I pull into the furthest right lane (the SLO lane) and continue cruising along. They get up and one passes me in the center lane and the other guy is in the furthest left lane. Well there's a car going slower there so he zipped over from the furthest left lane, across the center lane and into my lane, almost bashing me in the side. I take the emergency lane to avoid him smashing me. It's full of gravel and dirt so I let off the gas immediately so I didn't start to slide or spin. (No brakes at first...just let off the gas). Well shit if there wasn't a huge hole coming up real quick....put the brakes on but I didn't feel like I could stop without spinning out in the gravel. The hole was almost the entire emergency lane BTW and probably 2 feet wide and about 1/4' deep. Doesn't sound huge...unless you're going pretty fast when you hit it. It all happened so fast I guess I should be thankful that nothing worse happened. But it gets more maddening.
I get back on the highway, I'm not sure how cause my feet were shaking and I could barely shift. Nerves I spose. Anyhow, I get going down the highway, going about 65 now cause I was pretty shaken and about 1 1/2 miles up from where I was run of I see a cop has one of the cars pulled over. The cop must have been just on the other side of the bridge/hill. I recognized the car in an instant. (GTP or whatever those POS's are called) So I pull over off the road, thinking I'm gonna get this a-hole in worse trouble than he was already in. I walk up to the cop, who seemed rather surprised and un-nerved that I was walking up to them. (I don't blame him...he didn't know who I was or what had happened). Anyhow, he comes over to me and I tell him what had happened. He said there wasn't a damn thing he could do because a) he didn't see it and b) I didn't get the plate number off the car. I'm like, no shit...I was run off the road! How was I supposed to get his friggin plate number? I had to think more about preserving my life and that of my car...I wasn't too concerned about getting his friggin plate number at the time. But I recognized the car!!! The punk kid (no offense guys) was just sitting in there with his buddy with a big smerk on his face! He knew what he'd done!
Anyhow, what I need opinions on are this. I now have (at slow speeds) a major wag in my ass end. I'm thinking rim because it feels like more the right rear than the other side. I also have a low sounding rubbing or thunking noise in what seems to be my right rear tire. The wagging and noise seem to go away as I go faster. Does this sound like a rim for the waggin? What about the other rubbing/thunking sound? Rotor??
I also have a vibration from the front end at higher speeds. Starts around 68 mph and goes away at about 73 or 74, then starts back up at about 80. That's the highest I got afterward, I was afraid to go any faster. It's almost rhythmic...vibrates for a few seconds, then stops, then vibrates for a few seconds and so on. In other words, it's not a constant vibration. When it vibrates the wheel shakes (not terribly) as does everything else up front. I know front end alignment is in order, but anything else I should keep my eyes open for?
Sorry for the very long post guys and gals, but I had to vent and get some opinions. I tell ya what, you always need to be observant and be defensive while driving. Had I not been paying full attention to what was behind me as well as in front I (and my baby) would probably be toast right now.
(Sorry Gregr - forgive me this time please)
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SHO's are like kids...they test your patience but you gotta love 'em!
Beth
'91 Plus MTX, Mostly stock
K&N Filter, Coneless
Colgan Custom Bra
Racing Series Driving Lights
Mods in the works
Many items on wish list!
