stuff story time:
Finally the girlfriend and I got the same day off from work so we decide to try for the beach in RI, which is about 2 1/2 hours away. We're about 15 minutes out from the beach, the sun is shining, its gonna be a great day. I'm traveling on the highway and as we begin to cross a bridge I hear a clunk and metal scraping. I pull over to the side of the road and check the car and my trailing arm near the back left wheel rusted completely through and snapped off and was scraping against the wheel. Well I was already 2.25 hours away from home and only 15 minutes from the beach so I said forget it, and kept driving.
Well, since the trailing arm prevent front and back motion of the wheel, it made braking completely impossible so I had to downshift literally everything. We made it to the beach only for the weather to turn nasty and cold and after only 2 hours decided to head back home.
I made it back, driving on the highway, about 45 minutes away from home when stuff really started hitting the fan. The tire was now rubbing against the rusty wheel well. I pulled off the highway, called AAA and realized it would be $4 for every mile towed so I was like, Im not gonna pay that. I was able to get the car home using back roads.
Anyways, I replaced the trailing arm and bushing for only $75 or so the my 2001 Camry is back in commission but my bumper is about to fall off at any moment and my gas tank is rusting. I just need this thing to survive 2 more years of school.
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