The accident investigator and insurance investigator are going to have a field day with you.

 

:rotfl: Then you'd think he would know more about the importance of tire pressures and that trip around a race track is a bezillion times safer than one of my trips to the store. No matter what his experience is, his comments, wild speculation and tomes of dribble had no place in Ed's wreck thread.

And... how do you know how many times I've been to the store? That's just creepy.

 

Unfortunately I think you are right. Since this is a solo accident it really points to driver error unless they can figure out otherwise. That is why I would get the tire company involved as well as really letting them know you had it serviced and exactly what was done. It is possible that you just had gunk on your tires, but then again maybe they did something wrong. I kow I wouldn't deflate my tires on the ground. IT could unseat the bead or something and is also just bad practice. I am not an expert, but any time I see my hot rod neighbors do tire work they either have the wheel off the car or it is up on a lift. That is just my opinion...

I would go to the yard and make sure the lug nuts are also not stripped and tightened apropriately.

Someone mentioned a crash investigator. It may cost you out of pocket money, but in the long run if they can prove you didn't do anything wrong it may be worth it's weight in gold.

My wife backed into a pole in a parking lot five years ago and it did $1,400 in damage. They made it nice again but all of a sudden we were paying 70% more.. Ouch!!!! When I asked them why they said it was due to the accident, and in six months they would review it again. Well I did the calculations and i would have payed them back for the work plus 30%!!!! That is not why I pay insurence, so we switched and got a lower rate than what we were paying before. So in the long run it makes sense to fight this tooth and nail and not let them chop it up to your fault...

Bring in experts, and what ever else you can think of. Ask the tire manufaturer if it ok to deflate the tires while on the ground.. Make the phone calls and get experts involved. It may be in the end it was brake fluid or something like that but make sure it doesn't go against you...

I always hate hearing about follks totalling their cars, but it erks me even more when the insurence compaies screw you down the road for something that shouldn't have happend.

It could be as simple as the tire company saying under no circumstances should the tires be deflated while on the vehicle, if it is not on a lift. This inserts doubt into the service companies procedures, and will bring fault away from you.

I am so glad you are ok... Good luck on this..

 

boing

 

last time i checked it doesnt snow in davis... no black ice either i would think

 

How do you get Davis from

"In college, I was heading out to West Virginia"

???

 

Ed lives in Davis. He was comparing the two incidents...

 

My point was you can roll going 50 (and not leave skid marks). I wasn't trying to offer an explanation as to why Ed wrecked.

 

this whole thread is about him wrecking... wtf?