My Rim Almost Fell Off On The Freeway

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Okay, so I picked up my friends, and got on the freeway. After hitting a couple unavoidable bad spots (on I-80, man, I hate this freeway), I started feeling a bad vibration. So I take the next exit that I could, pull over, and check my tires and suspension. Everything was good, so I thought it was just the lane. So I hop on the on ramp, and as soon as I speed up, the vibrations come back. So I pulled over on the shoulder, and check things out. This time, I decided to check the lug nuts. To my surprise, on my left rear wheel, one lug nut was gone . The other three were hanging on for their lives . I tighten all three (and check and re-tighten the other rims), and went to class. Aaarrrrgh, I-80 has cost me two alignments, my tow hook cover, and now a lug nut! Well, I'm actually thinking the excessive heat here caused the lug nuts to expand, and the crappy lanes vibrated them loose.