ROFL - Things not to do at autocross! - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

larryn · 06-12-2007, 03:54 PM

http://teamjamoto.com/dixeregionpage.htm#8301600

ADHD · 06-12-2007, 04:04 PM

OH FUCK!!! ya always recheck your lug nuts! WOW what an idiot

T Bone · 06-12-2007, 04:10 PM

The wheel bolts looked like they sheared off.....

He probably used the wrong seating pattern on the bolts or the bolts were extremely cheap.

larryn · 06-12-2007, 04:16 PM

15mm spacer with 16mm lug bolts?

T Bone · 06-12-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lni

15mm spacer with 16mm lug bolts?

With 33 IQ

DrewKo · 06-12-2007, 06:47 PM

LOL!!!! So if i take the average joe car (like maybe a lexus or infiniti) and remove the lug nuts from each tire, how long do think it would take under normal (none track) driving before any one of the tires flies off?

bartman32 · 06-12-2007, 06:55 PM

Dude that SUCKS!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrewKo

LOL!!!! So if i take the average joe car (like maybe a lexus or infiniti) and remove the lug nuts from each tire, how long do think it would take under normal (none track) driving before any one of the tires flies off?

When I was a kid we were on a family vacation in our van. I kept hearing this clicking sound so I told my father to stop the car. I had him roll forward a little and the lugs were so worn they were litterially slipping into the next hole. Hitched a ride into town got a tow truck. When the tow truck lifted the van the wheel just fell off by itself!

Don't know how long it was like that but had the wheel fallen off while we were driving the van certainly would have flipped as it was a bubble top with a bed up high.

Flame suit on...

"One time at Band camp..."

HappyG · 06-12-2007, 06:57 PM

That's funny, but so sad...on the bright side, at least it was in a controlled environment and not on a busy street in the middle of traffic...
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hotrod2448 · 06-12-2007, 06:59 PM

Link isn't working for me but, I get the idea.

shimshimhada · 06-14-2007, 09:51 AM

Apparently, the shop put in lugs with the wrong thread. He should have checked regardless.

chbrules · 06-29-2007, 07:40 PM

Holy

SoYank · 06-30-2007, 04:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrewKo

LOL!!!! So if i take the average joe car (like maybe a lexus or infiniti) and remove the lug nuts from each tire, how long do think it would take under normal (none track) driving before any one of the tires flies off?

Lug nuts: 150 feet; 300 feet if absolute straight line.
Lug bolts: fewer than three rotations if you're careful getting in the car in the first place.
Knock-off spinner: several hundred feet or first turn. But these aren't on the "average joe car".

ksfrogman · 06-30-2007, 07:24 AM

ROFL. I bet he changed his tires and wheels himself for the event, and forgot to tighten them.

davig · 06-30-2007, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shimshimhada

Apparently, the shop put in lugs with the wrong thread. He should have checked regardless.

Apparently that's the storythat he got new lugs that were a close but no cigar fit. However, it also passed tech at the event.

spacedogg · 06-30-2007, 10:32 AM

R

Josh49 · 06-30-2007, 04:33 PM

That'll buff right out..

daveyg · 06-30-2007, 10:47 PM

cgnahc · 07-06-2007, 05:22 PM

Oh man! That sucks. Not even room to jake it up.

06-12-2007, 03:54 PM	#1
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larryn Major General Drives: '97 332ti, '08 135i Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 8,242 iTrader: (1)	15mm spacer with 16mm lug bolts?

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DrewKo Lieutenant Colonel Drives: 335i Montego Blue Saddle Brown Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 1,571 iTrader: (4) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00]	LOL!!!! So if i take the average joe car (like maybe a lexus or infiniti) and remove the lug nuts from each tire, how long do think it would take under normal (none track) driving before any one of the tires flies off?

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HappyG Captain Drives: 06 BMW 330i / 6SP Join Date: May 2006 Location: CA Posts: 975 iTrader: (13) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	That's funny, but so sad...on the bright side, at least it was in a controlled environment and not on a busy street in the middle of traffic... ________ SMOKEOUT 2011 Last edited by HappyG; 05-17-2011 at 04:03 AM.

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