Mechanized car wash popped my tire

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  1. douglasjre

    douglasjre Senior Member

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    Car behind me must have been on their brakes initially and when they released the rollers snapped at my real spinning my steering and creasing my tire against the tracks. PXL_20220617_215521372.jpg PXL_20220618_191743152.jpg

    Anybody else here get any car wash damage?
     
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    Let the insurance deal with it.
     
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    If this is a cheap china made tire, the sidewalls are made of cardboard instead of steel. I had an entire tire separate after a flat.

    Is the car wash taking responsibility?
     
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    never seen anything like it
     
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    That tire appears to have had an odd wear or damage pattern even before the carwash sealed the deal. Worth eyeing the others.