SapphireSpite
Well-Known Member
Tanzy;869149 said:This happened in 2009, you are talking to a ghost.
It was just after a right bend, as I was straightening out the wheel, there was a loud bang. The car lurched and slipped off the road. Fortunately, there was a patch of loose rocks gravel on the side of the road (you can see in the picture) that caught the car and I could roll it into it and stop.
Got out of the car then I realised the gravity of the situation. One tire repair kit, no wheel left to repair. No spare tire. Called PML and they sent a flatbed to drag me out then send me to Ipoh. Waited 2 hours for the truck.
Reached Ipoh and they do not have any 19" wheels in the entire town to fit BMW. Furthermore, it was a saturday. Closest they have is 17" but it couldn't even clear the stock rear brakes. By evening, someone sent up a pair of 18" from a lorry scrap yard in the outskirts of KL. That managed to fit with a set of hard as rock rubbish tires. Paid and drove off slowly. Reached KL around midnight.
Good thing you are still alive