EURON8 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I learnt 2 things today. 1: The importance of making sure you have the correct and tight wheel nuts 2: AAplus is so mean to have when you breakdown. Free tow home I was driving down the motorway and the slight shake the lada recently developed got 10x worse instantly. So i pulled over and found these next to my car. The left front wheel was only held on by one bolt and somehow the three broken ones manged to stay in their holes till i was almost pulled over on the side then fell out. i found them just behind the drivers door as i was walking back after checking under the front for broken steering parts. lucky they did stay in that long or i wouldnt have noticed what the problem was and may have driven off. I think they snapped due to being abit loose. either that or the fact that due to closer inspection of the snapped off ones, they are close but not quite a perfect fit for the wheels. Either way i learnt a vaulable lesson and am off to buy some decent new ones that are 110% perfect fit for the wheels. Just letting everyone know to check these things and not to make a stupid mistake like i did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 ive been using aa plus for a couple of years now, easily the awesomest out there are teh wheels teh right pcd compared to the car? get some offset studs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 What's AA Plus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 with normal aa its only like $60 towards a tow, but aa plus its up to the value of $1500 i think, we got a tow from meremere dragstrip back to onehunga for free for example. And they can give you accomodation etc http://www.aa.co.nz/membership/options/ ... efits.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Nah, the trick is to work as a contractor to AA and First Assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Lol My card says I've been a member since May 2002. Have only used them once when a key got stuck in an EA ignition and maybe grabbed the odd accomodation guide. Need to find a less-reliable car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corrupt Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 i also know the importance of correct wheel nuts, especially for the seating style of the wheels in question... my first cortina got written off after a similar thing while on the motorway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wax Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 in my old '80 sigma wagon, when we went and scrapped out the national front in wellington(05 i think?) one of those pussy ass excuse for skinheads undid the wheelnuts on one of my wheels, sheered off one like in the pic and yeh, the wheel nearly came right off.. gave me a bit of a tingle, i was doin 100k round a bend when it happened... just had three studs ever after til i sold it, even thru a warrant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Haha my mate's got some AA thing but doesn't even have a car. Says to call him if I need it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 yeah also with aa plus, you can be in any car, doesnt have to be your own or anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durty Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 yeah also with aa plus, you can be in any car, doesnt have to be your own or anything can do that with normal aa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 when i picked up the escort from waimate,i was driving back home,in the lindis pass the arse was vibrating hard out,was getting worse,so i pulled over and found all 4 wheelnuts were only held on by 1/2 a turn...so damn lucky man...i had no wheel brace,so i flagged down a guy in a suby,cos i knew that subys are basically the only car with a 19mm wheel brace ....did them up and got home ok... it slotted my rostyle spare pretty good... my tip is: allways have a wheelbrace check wheelnuts on cars you buy etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteretep Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Yeah, a few years ago my dad had his Prado stolen, it was gone long enough that we got a new car but a few weeks later the police found it out at the Hunua's being prepared to be stripped. Anyway, Toyota signature class ending up buying the car(only coins etc were taken) and selling it to a friend of a friend of my dads, on the way home from buying it on the motorway people starting pointing out at the new owners wheels as she went over to the harbour bridge. Turns out the signature class 108 point check doesnt include checking wheel nuts, she just got home but every wheel nut was fully mashed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goat Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 ^thats pretty shocking. Considering how they wank on about the quality of their cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 A guy I used to work with was entirely roffle, traded his Lancer for an SW20 MR2 and started harping on to me about it being extra awesome and faster than my bike and one of the things he listed when he talked about it was that it was "Signature Class" .. I fucken roffled and said.. OH MATE NO WAI?!! YOU MEAN, YOU BOUGHT A SECOND HAND TOYOTA... FROM A TOYOTA DEALER?! OMGWTFBBQ IT MUST BE AWESOME !!! ORDER ME TWELVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blair Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 OH MATE NO WAI?!! YOU MEAN, YOU BOUGHT A SECOND HAND TOYOTA... FROM A TOYOTA DEALER?! OMGWTFBBQ IT MUST BE AWESOME !!! ORDER ME TWELVE Once again your stylish wit would have had dumb founded!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 i knew that subys are basically the only car with a 19mm wheel brace ....did them up and got home ok... + Holden Camira + Peugeot 205 + Peugeot 306 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 wouldve had to wait a while for one of those to roll past i still dont have a whel brace sorted though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Wheel braces are the best. I got a flat once an my pox locknut key rounded the locknut an I couldnt get it off with the factory elbow shaped socket thing. A 4-way wheel brace got it off first try with the right leverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EURON8 Posted December 25, 2007 Author Share Posted December 25, 2007 are teh wheels teh right pcd compared to the car? get some offset studs? Yeah the wheels are 4x98 same as lada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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