itsmejerry
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2002
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
- TDI
- 2015 Passat SE TDI Nav, 2015 Passat SE TDI, 2015 Beetle Convertible TDI, 2015 Golf Sportwagen TDI All Phase 2 Emission Modified complete. 50 State Legal Diesel!
I have not-so-great dash cam footage of me sliding (front end- understeer) on a newly wet (oily and slippery) road, as I'm entering an on-ramp.
Apparently 24 mph is too fast to take a turn in the rain, where oil seems to have percolated up from the road surface.
All that to say- I smacked the curb and bounced off.
Currently the car pulls right, and the steering wheel is turned left at 20 or so degrees from top dead center.
My ABS light blinked a few times as I drove home.
Tomorrow will be spent lifting the car, and replacing a tie-rod end, and checking to see if the strut is damaged, or if anything else needs fixing. The bottom of the tire seems to be more "in" than the top, so I'll start with the tie rod and go from there. Hopefully it's not a steering rack or strut.
No question- just had to vent.
Apparently 24 mph is too fast to take a turn in the rain, where oil seems to have percolated up from the road surface.
All that to say- I smacked the curb and bounced off.
Currently the car pulls right, and the steering wheel is turned left at 20 or so degrees from top dead center.
My ABS light blinked a few times as I drove home.
Tomorrow will be spent lifting the car, and replacing a tie-rod end, and checking to see if the strut is damaged, or if anything else needs fixing. The bottom of the tire seems to be more "in" than the top, so I'll start with the tie rod and go from there. Hopefully it's not a steering rack or strut.
No question- just had to vent.