Wheel Explosion
Category: Life of a Vet | Date: Mar 29 2007 | By: admin
The road in Mara has been horrendous this time around. During this trip, I broke my car break, shock absorbers and silencer. Then before reaching my house in Nairobi , I destroyed two wheels. One wheel had all the wires sticking out from the rubber and it was condemned off the road by my mechanic. Other one exploded when I was driving. I heard a big bang! from the rear side of the car, then my wheel was dead.

I was lucky that I did not get an accident when this wheel exploded.

What happens to a wheel after one year of Mara driving.
Now, I replaced my wheels to all terrain wheels. The rain is still continuing in the Mara and without proper wheel I will not be able to go back to Mara next week. The cost of four wheels totaled USD800. Together with USD200 for shock absorbers, total cost of car repair for this trip was painful USD1,000…
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