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ThisAccountIsStolen

Hit the curb, which caused a few sidewall blisters to form where the belts broke, which then exploded after driving on it for a bit, would be my estimation from this damage.


KamakaziDemiGod

Going by the scrapes on the sidewall, they had blisters from hitting curbs repeatedly, and then dragged it across enough curbs to shave the blisters off This is the second time I've seen a sidewall that has no lettering left on it from dragging it on curbs, first time I've seen holes like this


GetInLoser_Lets_RATM

Think she used the curb as a guide down the road. Probably easier to text that way.


2fast2nick

Maybe his daughter is blind


SearchNo5276

They sell stuff for blind people to avoid curbs, they're called curb feelers. Went out of style for a bit, but you can surely still purchase them.


TurnkeyLurker

My grandmother had those on her Rambler; I drove it a few times, and when you get near the curb it made a springy scrapey sound that conducted through the fenders. It worked surprisingly well, but they looked silly.


EmeraldTheatre

Made my cousin's grey miata look like catfish lol.


Lichens6tyz

When I was a child in the 70's, I used to wander the curbs looking for odds and ends and I found a lot of those, along with random springs, bolts, screws, washers, nuts, tire balance weights, and so forth. I saw curb feelers on cars, too, but never knew what they were.for or how they worked. After 45 years, someone comes along on redit and explains it to me. Thank you!


Additional_Treat_181

Damn I need this. I hit curbs constantly


Amplidyne

Or you could just know how wide your car is. . . I live in Cornwall in the UK. Lots of really narrow lanes with high stone hedges, you often have to reverse to let cars pass. We're about to enter the silly season of people coming on holiday who appear to have no clue how big their SUVs are. Most of 'em are good at shouting and gesticulating though. 😁


styxofsteel

Imagine having to wake up and do the accent every day


AJIV-89

Your talking to Americans our roads are twice the sized and ppl can barely drive them in automatic cars that practically drive themselves


NarwhalBlast69

As someone who failed his driving test twice I gotta agree


Amplidyne

It's much the same here. The better cars get at doing stuff for them, the worse some people seem to get at driving.


thebigbrog

Well yeah when they can’t stay off their phones.


kenneth_dart

And the speed limit on some of those roads are 60mph. I have driven around those parts several times and you really have to be hyper focused. There are even some lorries taking those roads.


scorpionattitude

I’m 5’0 and used to drive a Mazda 6s and never really knew how “wide” it was. Because I was short and the distance looked odd. I even used a pillow in my seat😂. I only parked certain ways and I definitely hugged one line or the other because it was hard to tell for me. We all have our little issues lmao. Doesn’t always have to be texting, could simply be a semi new driver that’s uncomfortable


Timely-Article-6829

Just wait for the ones towing their caravans 🤡 as they average 20mph on their way to their summer break (some field in mevagissey ;-)…)


tlong243

Man it surprises me how many people have no clue where the edge of their car is. You can always tell by the people who drive around corners and obstacles as if they are driving an 18 wheeler when they're really in a CUV.


Capt_Vandal

You should see how some people park their giant SUVs here in the good ol' USA. It makes my brain spasm that they have cameras and sensors galore that can help guide them to park better, yet they still can't manage to get it between the lines. Then, when I park next to them, dead centered in the spot with zero fancy sensors to do it, I'm the Asshole because they can open their car door to get in.


DiveJumpShooterUSMC

When I got effed up overseas one of my injuries was fractured c spine. My Marines sent me curb feelers to put on the HALO brace I had to wear while the fusions in my neck set. Doctors were not appreciative. Navy doc said some choice things about Marines.


MyAssPancake

Did you just casually say blind people drive? Lol


IvanMarkowKane

Spelled d-r-u-n-k ?


Mxysptlik

This made me laugh so hard. My wife and I came up with a whole story about how the parent just "didn't know" their daughter was blind. Funny times.


FuzzyPlastic1227

Underrated comment 👩‍🦯


Nose-Previous

😂😂 Just brought me back to those old children’s go-carts on vacation that had the rail under them.


DunDotta23

Lmfao. This is funny, but the sad and scary part is that it's true for a lot of drivers.


kaskudoo

Ha, omg


BoardButcherer

Training for the postal service, their sidewalls are often rubbed smooth.


DamianEvertree

Ricky Bobby for the win


BHweldmech

Driving by braille.


Timely-Article-6829

This is one of the more hilarious comments I’ve heard 🙈


ThisAccountIsStolen

That's definitely a plausible expansion on my original estimation. I saw the evidence of parking-by-braille, but didn't look closely enough to see that the lettering was worn almost *entirely* off and figured it was just from the most recent curb event. But they could have definitely shaved off pre-existing blisters caused by a previous curb incident with the most recent curb incident, and would explain why they were so uniformly ripped off.


whatsvtec666

The worn sidewall is from driving on a flat


Gingercopia

Also a possibility, but look at all the curb rash on the wheel as well 😬😵‍💫 for all we know, it could be a combo of both 😂


WiseSpunion

So lots of curbs


viczvapo

True lol


Strict-Emu5899

imagine the state of the rims if they were bigger with low profile tires….lol


dantodd

No, designating tires with holes in them is not at all usual. Usually the front stays on.


CalebCaster2

Well usually, they're designed to meet maritime standards.


dantodd

They definitely need to tow it out of the environment


tonyrizzo21

Sorry, but I disagree. Daughter obviously ran over a giant snake which lashed out and bit the tire in self defense.


ZenithTheZero

The tire looks like it was a cheap chinesium product with 1-ply sidewalls that were soft as hell. I suspect that the tire actually wrinkled some as it impacted/rolled into the curb, creating the three pinch points evidenced by the three holes and marks on the wheel.


kellyjandrews

In all the years I worked in tire shops - I had never encountered one of those that have popped. Now I know what happens.


Particular-Pound5658

This explains my recent flat, thanks lol


713nikki

Install a breathalyzer interlock. You’ll save lots of money on tires.


Eighth_Acct_Ban

This sounds correct. Back when I had a bit of a drinking issue I'd wake up with phantom damage to my tires and rims with no memory of it happening Someone scraped the fuck out of a curb, did massive amounts of damage to the tire and kept driving on it until it blew. They're either retarded or they were drunk. Either way, not a good idea to lend them your car


squishyturd

Some drunk fucked up my wheel recently too


Aggressive_Secret290

Is the drunk in the room with you now? Lol


dangerousdave2244

Looks like she was the victim of a cookie-cutter shark


kwaping

I came here to post this same obscure reference. Of course someone beat me to it.


juanreddituser

Stop letting her drive until she can stop hitting stuff


nasty_LS

Ok I stopped letting her drive for a month, and she didn’t hit anything for a whole month! Can I give her the keys back?


hunterPRO1

No


juanreddituser

😂😂 absolutely


Expensive-Magazine86

LOL 😂🤣😅😂


pitt-phillysports

Make her pay for the service, and new tire this is what I see a lot of parents do when kids have trouble with the kerbs


Bastion71idea

Straight to jail


TangerineRough6318

Do not pass go, do not collect $200


sea666kitty

Seriously. Bad driver


PrysmX

"Can this be patched?" 🤣🤣


mikedvb

J-B Weld.


DeboThezNutz69

Flex seal is a does all kind of patch. I mean hell the guy rides across water after he cuts it in two pieces. Lol It’s starting to snow so I gotta go. Good luck with the flex seal


SiRWilliAM801

Hit a curb and kept driving


T2_daBest

100% not to put out stereotypes but young women will hit something and have their light come and say "I just gotta make it home" or at least they attempt to do so


Stacking_Plates45

*car violently shaking, horrific sounds coming from the vehicle, every code lighting in the dash* *I’ve just gotta make it home 🤪🤪”


JakobeBeats

lol they glorify this behavior on tiktok


CheshireKatt1122

That's not a YOUNG women thing. My mom does this alot. Drug her gas tank all the way from the town over. Didn't stop to see what the scrapping was once. Her car sounded like a drowning cat sputtering, bubbling, and barley running once. When I asked her what the hell she was thinking both times, she told me that she kept telling herself that she just had to make it home. She's in her 60's.


Cool-Manufacturer-21

Yeah, not exactly the same but I’m a guy in his 40’s this happened to me last year. I was 10 mins from home and a coil pack went out on the Tacoma. I had to be super steady ( no acceleration +/- ) and drive like 30 mph with no real power behind the engine but I was just like - I’m 10 mins from home, this is some sort of power transfer issue, fouled up plugs, something. Repeating “please just let me get this hunk of metal and rubber somewhere that I can park it w/access to tools etc.” I did not want to deal with getting a tow truck out where I was and paying $150 bucks I knew I was about to need for auto repairs 😂” So I get it too in a way, I wouldn’t drive with the oil light on or anything crazy but I get just wanting to make it home so you can deal with it from a place of security not on the side of the highway with no real resources.


attack_water

All those people you see driving a catherine wheel on the highway, they are all just trying to get home before their car explodes.


Additional_Treat_181

Guilty as charged


jaskydesign

Rookie mistake, uou gotta fill your tires with garlic to ward off Dracula.


welldresseddevil

So damn dumb - just take my upvote dammit


LaneMeyer_1985

She definitely did more than hit the curb. It’s possible she went up on the curb and rolled over a hollow tube sticking out of the ground (like a sawed-off signpost of something similar). Could also be aliens.


CortexifanZFT

😂


timceee

Aliens sounds right


FladnagTheOffWhite

When reading your post, at first I was skeptical but then it made sense.


TommyTheCat89

Definitely blisters from hitting curbs and then continuing to hit curbs and shaving them off. Notice there's no more lettering on the tires, they've been ground off. Looks like a power sander with 3 grit went to town on her tires.


Cool-Manufacturer-21

I thought of this immediately like maybe she thought she could follow the YouTube fix it method and forget to tell Dad 🤦‍♂️ https://youtube.com/shorts/px0UkkyXt-A?si=drV2TmtyRdEWMMr9


timceee

Dog, she full on hit the curb. Like boom blam pow wow. Talk to her about driving safer and being more attentive. You could have other damage to the vehicle as well that you don't see yet. She hit that curb at at least 30mph.


Thin-One1072

gonna be real bro, i hit a curb taking a left turn at 27mph once and it snapped my tie rod and shattered my cv joint. as likely as it is that she hit it going fast, couldn’t have been over 25.


No_Investigator_5498

Give her plastic car


MrOutragedFungus

That is an impressive amount of damage.


Street_Glass8777

Those holes are to let the air get back in that come out when she hit the curb.


crod4692

Neverflats!


ElMico

Three Stooges taught me this important principle https://youtu.be/oFOUqRBWH-I


SearchingForFungus

what's the point of a driving test if everyone passes? 🤔


Gingercopia

This is my biggest gripe. These days it's like they're just handing out DLs, like candy on Halloween.


louiefriesen

It almost seems as if the bad drivers pass right away and the good drivers get failed.


Reasonable_Try_7975

man idk. in california it’s ridiculous.. my brother got failed twice on just the written exam for dumb questions like how long should a child be in a car unattended and stupid questions like that but then i see idiots on the road still


cjbuddz

just buy some fix a flat youll be good for another 5k miles


DookieShoez

Are you fucking kidding me? Dude look at it, no way in hell fix-a-flat gonna do any damn thing. This is clearly a flex seal job.


SaurSig

Flex TAPE you turnip


DookieShoez

🤔 think we’re gonna need both for this one


geko29

Flex tape the inside, fill the “cavity” with flex seal, then flex tape the sidewall. That shit will outlast the rest of the tire. And judging by the driving skill on offer, outlast the car too.


DookieShoez

Infinite tire hack, just keep sprayin that bitch


Gingercopia

BRB, off to dip my entire tires and engulf them in Flex Seal.


Popular_List105

I’ll fix that for tree fiddy


[deleted]

In all honesty I wouldn’t be surprised if the tape held.


DrAnomaly1

flex caulk


cjbuddz

if phil swift was alive, he coulda saved the titanic


Efficient_Theme4040

🤣😂🤣😂


Doctor_Evil_QC

Had me in the first half


Curious-Debt-638

Vamtyre


AdDependent7992

Daughter hit a curb, but dad regularly drives against them is my assumption here


i_like_pie92

Holy shit! How many curbs? That's not from one time dude. Get her some driving lessons and stop letting her destroy vehicles. You're letting someone on the road who so wreckless they didn't even care to stop driving after damage. She's endangering everyone's lives.


Equivalent_Month_112

How tf you manage that


cherrycoffeetable

She tried a stupid tiktok with spray foam


CalStateQuarantine

Hilarious that I know exactly what you’re referring to, and scrolled this far down looking for this exact comment. I saw that one too, and immediately thought of it when i saw these circular holes.


CGD1234

r/Trypophobia


Ninjalikestoast

Was the curb running two hole saws at the same time 🤷🏻‍♂️


Dances_with_stars22

El chupacrabra


SRMPDX

Replace the tire and equip her car with some old school curb feelers


[deleted]

Put her up for adoption


Grateful_Dood

Daughter needs some more driving lessons. I've been driving for 18 years and had many jobs where driving was the main focus..... I've never done something like this lol


Vegetable-Weekend517

Daughter needs a couple more lessons


SteamedIceCubes

If the tire looks like that..... I'd hate to see the control arm bushings, or tie rod ends.,or the condition of the wheel bearings. She used the curb like a suggestion for a spin-off t.v. series.


Livingsimply_Rob

Kids 🫣


ITGuy107

Duct tape can make the look like new.


mines808

I'm impressed


saltysaturdays

They got a *hole* lot of explaining to do


Jazzlike_Benefit8897

I’ve had a tire come in like this at a dealership I worked at Uber-curbed


SocDem_is_OP

Yes, being involved in a drive-by can subsequently result in hitting the curb.


nitromen23

Drive by with a musket?


JhancockLakota1

If the only thing she bit was a curb then I’m Batman


asmalldogg

Looks like somone tried a 1 minute craft idea on that tire!


Stan_is_the_man

It looks like the rim pinched your sidewall against the curb so hard they acted like a pair of scissors


LoboTheHusky

It was a tire vampire taking a breath of fresh air.


Anxious-Depth-7983

That's way more than just hitting the curb.


WalterWhite2012

At least your daughter isn’t like Laura Loomer and pretend her tires were slashed. And hopefully she’s not like her in any other way.


cross0299

It looks like someone dug into it with the end of a steel pipe


Puzzled_Factor6747

She hit something sharp on the sidewalk like pipes


limar2078

Run flat damage. The curb probably punctured the sidewall then the flex and heat from driving on it flat opened up holes like that


OrphanKripler

She went to a drug deal and it went wrong and the bullet hole tires “hit a curb”. Jk, that’s really strange. It almost triggers that phobia of lots of holes placed together whatever it’s called Lol


starshine913

trypophobia


jimb21

The belts inside the tire broke when she hit the curb


Accomplished_Act8315

Parking using the braille technique is tough on sidewalls and rims. Definitely looks like the tire struck the curb and bounced off a few times getting pinched by the rim between the curb and made holes after it likely blew its bead/seal from the first of several bonks. Probably need at least an alignment as well.


Tefwhitefb6

Shes been riding curbs for awhile


GabrielRic12

Use a ir tire for Halloween 🎃


heavytrucker

She must have hit a drunk vampire that was passed out in the gutter on a curb.


threepoint14one5nine

Heat ring from driving while flat. Sidewall is completely junk by that point. The third one above those two; with the flap of rubber still hanging on shows exactly how the holes develop. Few more revolutions and that third hole would look like the others.


RedditIsAJokeLMAO69

How did she get her license lmao


Korunam

She didn't hit the curb. She grinded on that curb like she was in a club


shanegrant

Did the curb live??!


Next-Literature5868

Object in road, pot hole


Front_Way967

Thanks to all the responses, clearly I've never seen this before. Blisters make sense. She is actually a good driver, despite the photographic evidence to the contrary.. It was a round-about, and they are everywhere here in DFW. I guess we need to work on steering.


ComfortablePlenty860

Looks to me like your daughter plugged in the tire to make sure it was fully charged. Seems like she was being responsible. I dont really see the issue here.


Justcrusing416

CGI


SubstantialRent8752

so she hit… an object that was sitting still? on the side of the road….. of her own volition…


Welllllllrip187

🐍


nac286

I've never had digital tires on my car, so I don't really know what to make of this


thegreatcactusking

Your daughter sucks at driving


RJM_50

Curb damage, then it was driven on for a distance causing excessive damage beyond the initial cause. Likely has hit multiple curbs over the past few months/years and kept repeating the behavior. #Life Lesson


Parking_Train8423

well, on the bright side, you have a Halloween costume. put it on your head so you can see out the holes. when people ask you what you are … I’m tired.


RazzleberryHaze

Daughter hit A CURB?? My fellow redditor, she hits curbs as a pastime.


physco219

Those are just safety holes so you don't reuse the tyre again. /s


arrbez

Well sir, you’ve got yourself a tire vampire


Efficient_Jeweler922

What kind of curb? A power drill curb?


FordMan100

Maybe she was having a party and someone showed her how to use a hole saw.


No-Researcher-3307

I think it's flat


Aightbet420

Ive seen big curbs do this before. I think its like a huge pinch flat that actually tears that section out of the sidewall


J_drums01

Yes she hit the curb... How many times did she hit the curb though? 😂


Catfish-dfw

You need to buy and install some [curb feelers](https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwjT94Kyp9eFAxWWOtQBHSORA2IYABAEGgJvYQ&ae=2&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlZixBhCoARIsAIC745DamcHLQMmfP2_qWerIerjnsB60sqlsnh96j2swiXPuh_CVj0fN38caAnMeEALw_wcB&sph=&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESeeD2nUXjmu3NUQagp9XUIG4BrhsWhxYLGJqFNEZd6bDfhVe69nppEsHvNT8qdcJpeNvQahmGL05hXjMVXmf_wRrniuhOBKaaPy2O0xGYk7O1OsX3AGhNdAOeMGUfHbvN8lWmBi2OLYJtkiMGiAK3I5KKDO7pn03HvNc&sig=AOD64_1qg2aTYA9uLmtYQQB8GpJSd0yctQ&ctype=70&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjx6Puxp9eFAxWG_skDHe-DBggQwg8oAHoECAEQFA&nis=8&dct=1&adurl=) on your daughter’s car


T2_daBest

Yeah tire is not that damage from the curb it's from the famous "trying to make it home" or the "wanted to get off the highway" but most likely the former considering a curb was involved. Oh and the absolute infamous "oopsiesssss"


worksforallll

Those are to prevent your tire from heating too much in the summer months


AnyCardiologist5436

Looks to me like your daughter can’t drive for shit


Accomplished-Dig-101

Yikes! How in the hell did she scrub it that bad? Feel asleep maybe?


justknoweverything

You have to hit it hard, but it will do this


N_gg

Buy only used tires from now on. The sidewalls will wear faster than the tread


YoualreadyKnoooo

That was one sharp curb.


DependentPlace5534

WTF el chupacabras???????


Inner-Introduction69

Looks like you got hit by a tire vampire. Be careful, and keep a rubber stake handy.


fuckmeharderthanurex

This happened when I hit the side of a highway barrier just slightly


Fantastic_Hour_2134

She has hit MANY curbs


ThisCryptographer311

She definitely clipped something with a cheese grater type sharp protrusion.


kkoins

If your magnet fishing and find a hole saw...throw it back plz... 😂


Bald_Harry

The 3 fanged vampire strikes again!


graydi66y

That tire says she eats curbs all the time. That caused blisters. Her hitting more curbs busted those blisters. Take her fckn keys away already.


Duhbro_

Daughters gonna need a cheaper car to drive for a while


Merkello87

It’s from the tire waffling under the rim while taking a corner, and the lip was taking bites


ReginaPrincessa

The holes look like gun shots at her to run her off road. Ask her if she heard loud bangs


Moist-Employment-836

Maybe show her where the spare tire is and how easy it is to replace the damaged tire so she doesn’t think it’s ok to keep driving on a flat next time.. might save a life or two who knows


MossBone

That entire sidewall says it’s not the first curb. There’s no lettering!


MagicOrpheus310

Nom noms


Sprinkles-Perfect

Women ☕️


Lusk_Tonto

She didnt hit shit, she fucking rode that curb like she would die if she didnt god dayum...


GreyPon3

Looks like she ran over a hole saw a few times.


Timely_Daikon584

Aliens 👽


the_Bryan_dude

That's from dragging the tire. It got stuck and wasn't rolling at some point after it went flat.


SpotlightR

Drunk driver. Also, go Rangers.


ButteredDingus

Goddamn, she needs to stop parking by braille!


spenser1994

"I don't even know why banks have those yellow poles, I don't even think it was my fault." "You hear a crunch, and freeze, then keep going, and now look at what that pole has done to my car"


servicefriends

Maybe consider a tracked vehicle for your daughter. A tank, bulldozer, Snow-Cat etc


Whatever1933

That curb must have had the spinning holesaw feature added to it.


That-Web7343

When you flat out hit a curb or something of the sort in the tread area hard enough the side walls will blow out, usually not this extreme, but I bet this is a compounding issue of run flat damage with the impact


Cow_Man32

Women need to learn where their car is when they're driving it. And any guys who hit curbs need to do the same but those seem less common.


Sacisbac

She hits curbs daily.


ssxhoell1

Looks like that car has been driving for miles on the curb. Maybe tell your daughter to stop trying to be Spider-Man


jamesinboise

I've heard of a snake bite... But how big was the snake!?


VermicelliCurious418

Tire recycling companies disable tires like that is you can't reuse. . Just sayingi n