My wife took our 99 Accord today on a 3 hour trip to a weekend with the girls. She calls me an hour after leaving in tears and says she is stuck on the side of the road. She says that she had a "blowout". So I pile the kids in the Tahoe and proceed to rescue her. We get there about 45 minutes later and holy *****...
The tire completely shredded, blew the front bumper loose, it was hanging at a 45 degree angle, also did significant body damage to the driver's front fender and blew off the wheelwell skirt and the mud guard. I also noticed some electrical issues on the way home, the right turn signal doesn't work, neither do the hazards. Also the dashboard lights are out. Must have cut a wire when the tire blew or something. We put the spare on and drove it back to San Antonio, I stopped by an NTB on the way home and got a new tire put on, luckily the rim was ok.
Now I gotta figure out if I should fix it with my insurance or just sell the thing as is. We've been planning to sell it in about 9 months anyhow. Wonder how much Carmax will give me for it? Pics below:
The bumper with my Macgyver duct tape job to get it home:
Views of the fender damage:
The culprit:
The wife is a bit shaken but unharmed, thank God. How much will this cost me to fix??