Had my first ever high speed incident in a car.
There is a construction zone on a nearby Autobahn.
Right after the construction zone ends in the one direction, there is an off ramp that is closed that itself is right before a tunnel.
I was driving there, going no faster than 50mph, when there was a loud woomp noise followed by me hitting the pylons used to block the off ramp.
I noticed immediately I had broken my right side mirror.
My car started vibrating profusely.
I didn't want to stop in the tunnel so I drove to a parking area about a mile after the tunnel.
Unfortunately I had close to no reliable cell reception there - took me 5 tries to call the police and 2 tries to call the road side assistance included in my insurance.
Apparently the pylons were ok.
My side mirror is splintered and the back part is missing.
I'll have to see if I can claim that through insurance (glass breakage is technically covered).
But I'll probably have to pay for 2 new tires out of pocket anyway.
The wheel housing is scratched from the outside but insurance will most likely not cover that - so I might just leave that as is.
The tires are from 2020 - so pretty new and they are really nice tires driving wise.
I send a message to the Hankook customer service and see what they say.
2 new ones of the newer version will set me back about 200€.
An entire new side mirror would be several hundred bucks - I hope insurance will cover that, even if they just replace the glass and cover for my 150€ deductible.
Worst part was getting phone reception.
My phone kept dropping connection. No mobile data and it took me 5 tries to call 110.
The one time you need your phone to work it doesn't.

There is a construction zone on a nearby Autobahn.
Right after the construction zone ends in the one direction, there is an off ramp that is closed that itself is right before a tunnel.
I was driving there, going no faster than 50mph, when there was a loud woomp noise followed by me hitting the pylons used to block the off ramp.
I noticed immediately I had broken my right side mirror.
My car started vibrating profusely.
I didn't want to stop in the tunnel so I drove to a parking area about a mile after the tunnel.
Unfortunately I had close to no reliable cell reception there - took me 5 tries to call the police and 2 tries to call the road side assistance included in my insurance.
Apparently the pylons were ok.
My side mirror is splintered and the back part is missing.
I'll have to see if I can claim that through insurance (glass breakage is technically covered).
But I'll probably have to pay for 2 new tires out of pocket anyway.
The wheel housing is scratched from the outside but insurance will most likely not cover that - so I might just leave that as is.
The tires are from 2020 - so pretty new and they are really nice tires driving wise.
I send a message to the Hankook customer service and see what they say.
2 new ones of the newer version will set me back about 200€.
An entire new side mirror would be several hundred bucks - I hope insurance will cover that, even if they just replace the glass and cover for my 150€ deductible.
Worst part was getting phone reception.
My phone kept dropping connection. No mobile data and it took me 5 tries to call 110.
The one time you need your phone to work it doesn't.
