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Assessing likelihood of tire going 'splode
Aoi Tsuki
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As of last Tuesday, my husband's shitty old Crown Vic's front left suspension is gone--it went crunch when he tried to turn left, and he says it's officially kaput. It'd cost more than the car is worth to get it fixed, so we went ahead and got him a decent used car and all is well now as far as his transportationing goes.
Here's the thing: his dad, Jake, owns the title on the shitty old car, and he's insisting that we get the Crown Vic over to my husband's parents' house before Jake calls the veteran's group to which he wants to donate the car. We've told him it would be easier and safer to just have them pick it up from here, but Jake is digging his heels in and now my husband figures it'll be easier just to drive the damn thing over there. It's not far, but even if he avoids the interstate, the routes there tend to be over rough, hilly, pot-holey roads, and I don't know enough about cars to argue convincingly that his tire's going to explode or something if he tries it. Am I being paranoid, or do we need to put our feet down?
Here's the thing: his dad, Jake, owns the title on the shitty old car, and he's insisting that we get the Crown Vic over to my husband's parents' house before Jake calls the veteran's group to which he wants to donate the car. We've told him it would be easier and safer to just have them pick it up from here, but Jake is digging his heels in and now my husband figures it'll be easier just to drive the damn thing over there. It's not far, but even if he avoids the interstate, the routes there tend to be over rough, hilly, pot-holey roads, and I don't know enough about cars to argue convincingly that his tire's going to explode or something if he tries it. Am I being paranoid, or do we need to put our feet down?
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if it effects the steering then no.
if the spring broke, probably. the suspension generally isn't the only think keeping the tire from scraping against the wheel well or you'd be guaranteed to have an accident every time a suspension broke at high speeds. still, if its a long way with alot of hills or full of places that he could bottom out, I'd avoid doing it. its not worth it just to make his parentss happy. also, if the tire is for some reason scraping against the wheel well, don't drive it.
IMO, if your husband's dad wants to drive it over there first, tell him to come and pick it up any time.
This seems most reasonable to me. It's not like you guys want to keep it, so there's nothing stopping him from coming to take it if he wants it that badly, or possibly he could pay to have it towed to him. But even if the car doesn't bottom out in some dangerous way, the time and expense involved with being stuck on the side of the road just doesn't seem worth it to me. I wouldn't drive a car anywhere I wasn't pretty sure would make it though, and I wouldn't want my husband doing it either.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
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Don't do it, and if his dad tries to come over and take it, don't let him. Get the damn thing towed. It's not safe to drive, and there's absolutely no justification for endangering yourselves & other people on the road over a fucking towing bill.