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I was driving down I-35 north tonight, and started to hear a thumping sound from the rear tire.then boom, and chunks flew. As you probably can assume I had a blowout. now I have to go find tires tomorrow.It's a pain in the ass to find 185/70/13's. now my car looks more ghetto than it did .now it's got a donut,rubber streaks on the side,it ebnt back a peice of the body and bvroke the side mount for the bumper.I was majorly pissed.

dude that sucks sorry to hear that.

Also very sorry to hear.. I am afraid to have a blowout turning on the highway or something, I dunno just sort of a fear of mine.

Dude, that sucks!!! sorry that it had to cause damage to your car too. good thing it wasn't any worse though.

It got worse.today I had to get a new tire, or so I thought.I ended up having to buy 4 cheap ass tires .good thing is that the ride is smooth,quite,steering wheel rattle is gone, and the wheels don't chirp when i take a turn at 30 mph.

Ohhh and now my fuel gauge stopped working.I think that the exploding tire might have hit to close to the sensor and f***ed it up.

BTW:: tires cost me $280 out of my meager paycheck, which they took a lot more tax out of my check than they should.sorry about the b****ing

the only good thing that happened today is that today we got in a brand new 2003 cobra,black with black conv. top.

Maybe that was your problem...I usually drive up when I'm driving on a north bound road. :rolleyes: Just kiddin', sorry about the mishap.

Smart a$$.some how I knew you would find a way to make a smart a$$ comment

BTW: do you have anyidea what might be wrong with the fuel sensor

Why did you have to get four new tires? I thought at least a couple of them were in decent shape.

As for the 'sensor'...its doubtful your tire had anything to do with your fuel guage dying. In that system there is the guage, a sender on the tank, and the leveler(floater) inside the tank. There are a number of things that could fail and screw up the reading...including the guage itself. Fill up the tank and see if it helps, to check the floater inside the tank. I'd say to drive hard to see if the floater is maybe stuck but I know you'll be doing that anyway.

I thought that at least 2 would last till I got differant wheels this summer so I could get better tires,but that plans shot to hell

BTW:just after I filled up, the gauge stopped moving, so could the floater be hung up by chance.I know I sound totally ignorant, but I am totally puzzled and I've had a lot on my mind lately.And my driver side struts and springs are going out.when i replace them I think I'll go ahead and upgrade while I'm a it.

Typically after you fill up the guage needle will rise to the top and stay there. Is that not what happened? Or did you fill up and the guage didn't move at all? The floater(assuming your car has one)can get stuck and sometimes just have to be replaced. I'm pretty sure newer cars are still using floaters or something similiar...not positive though.