I'm very embarrassed to tell this story, but I will anyway.
For the past few weeks I noticed a weird sound coming from my car. It was a light clicking noise from my tire and kind of sounded like it was flat. I dismissed the sound until last Saturday night.
After a long night of clubbing and driving around the city, I made a hard right 2 blocks away from home and something happened. My alignment was off. One of my passengers said that the problem was my axle. After trying to at least push the car to the curb, the tire looked as if it was hanging by a thread and wouldn't budge. I had to leave it on the most deserted block in the neighborhood.
When my mom mentioned the situation to my sister, she offered the services of her friend who owns a tow truck. He picked up my car Monday morning and took it to the mechanic.
After jiggling the tire, it came off and 3 lug nuts fell out. The other was broken. He asked if my brakes gave out at any point (which they didn't) and told me that I was very lucky to have not been hurt because the tire could've fell off while driving or my brakes could've given out. I asked him what caused the damage and he said, 'Your tire was installed improperly.' Of course I didn't tell him that I did it because I was embarrassed enough.
In the end, I was very lucky. I could've been hurt, stranded, or had to pay hundreds of dollars to fix my mistake.
The lesson for today is: be patient.
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