Today, I came back from a 700-mile round trip. I hit a massive pothole I couldn't avoid and blew out a tire and bent my rim. I was less than a mile from my house. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I got not one but two flat tires after hitting two separate potholes big enough to take chunks out if my original rim and to bend the shit out of my spare. This was in about a 3 mile radius and within minutes of each other. FML
Today, on my way to work, I hit a pothole about the size of Alabama, bending my wheel and flattening my tire. After changing it and having to explain myself to my furious boss, I went back on that road in my other car to take a picture of the pothole. While looking for it, I hit it again. FML
Today, my husband blew a tire in a hidden pothole on the way to work. I picked him up in my car later that day, only to hit an entirely different pothole, bending my rim, and catapulting my hubcap into the woods. FML
Today, I ran over a pothole that was so small it barely qualified as a hole, more like a dent than a hole, but somehow it was still enough to completely crack the rim of my tire and made me 3 hours late to work. I get paid by the hour, so this will hurt my paycheck. FML
Today, I found out that I have enough driving skills to manage to hit a pothole and have two of my tires go flat. FML
Today, I was driving to visit my parents for the first time in two years. After spending about $4000 to make sure my car wouldn't break down on the journey, around the halfway point, the front tire popped and the engine blew out. I'm about 5 states away from both my parents and my home. FML
Today, with 3 miles left of a 16-mile bike ride, I got a flat tire and had to push my bike back to my car. FML
Today, I got a flat tire. The spare was also flat, so I had no other choice but to walk home. I got to my house and realized I'd left the front door key and garage clicker in my car 5 miles away. FML
Today, I finally got my car back after it was in the auto shop for a week. On my way home, I started swerving all over the road. It turns out they didn't tighten the lug nuts on one of my wheels properly. FML
Today, I got a rental car because my car needed new tires and I had a long drive ahead of me. Today, the rental car got a flat tire. FML
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Top comments
RichardPencil 32
They say 52% of accidents occur within 5 miles of home. This is why you should never go home.
darkshadus 10
Were you in Pennsylvania? because the pothole is the state animal lol
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Comments (13)
darkshadus 10
Were you in Pennsylvania? because the pothole is the state animal lol
Badabim 12
Quite the pot twist
DMA 11
Damn, FYL indeed. Too bad it couldn’t have happened ruining through your trip, ruining the remaining half and making it harder to get back.
Natassy 24
At least now you could walk home
Steve97 32
That sucks but hey at least you didn't do it on a company car like I did. Explaining the damage to your boss is not fun >.< just make sure none of the other suspension components are damaged and the alignment is ok.
baristalbc 18
I’d rather it be a company car. Accidents happen, your employer should accept that. But better a car that isn’t mine.
RichardPencil 32
They say 52% of accidents occur within 5 miles of home. This is why you should never go home.
1gullible_bugger 34
that has also happened to me. I was a little further away from home, but exactly the same thing happened. Ever since then, I always keep a couple cans of tire sealant in my trunk, and I invested in a portable compressor to hook up to the car's cigarette lighter. the sealant is not permanent, but I managed to wait till the next day when I could get in for an appointment to get everything fixed. I suggest you do the same. Haha
Josh Thiele 10
I mean, go slow over it then
WHSKitty4ever 23
Were you using your cellphone at the time it happened?
baristalbc 18
Isn’t that better than having the same accident 350 miles from your home?