Thread: Some times holidays just ain't worth it!

So, I get the first Christmas I have been able to have off for 20 years, I will fly to Cairns on the 23rd/12/11, the Missus will drive the D3 over a week or so before.
Thursday before the wife is due to leave the BB wheels with Cooper A/T3's finally arrive, late that night my truck driver phones to say the rivers are coming up so if the wife wants to drive out she better get going.
So I fit the new tyres that night in the dark by torch light.
A friend is driving out with the Missus & 5 kids, they leave at about 11:00 that night with the car loaded up, over a tonne of trailer & the pod on the roof.
Next morning the mate phones to say they got to Normanton fine, they will phone from Georgetown. Next phone call is from Croydon, mate thinks 1 of the wheels has thrown a weight, he will cruise into Croydon slowly.
A while later, he phones again, he is just in range & I keep missing bits of the call, basically I get that a wheel has fallen off.
So, I spend a few hours worried has hell, what has a wheel fallen off? Is everyone OK? Is the car OK?
Several hours later they phone from Georgetown, the car has snapped 3 wheel studs on the drivers side rear & lost a wheel nut on the passengers side front! What the ?
Have the car trucked to Cairns, thanks RACQ, trailer towed to Ravenshoe, thanks bloke going that way, & family & mate bused to Ravenshoe, thanks RACQ.
Next day get a call from the Cairns dealer, the center hole in the new wheels is to large & the studs were taking all the weight etc, nuts also wrong hence snapped wheel studs. Great please fix studs ($900) I will have the original wheels/tyres sent down (Thankfully in the trailer) but you will have to wait till I fly over because I have the wheel nuts. Great, what time will you be here? 23rd about half 3. Oh, we will be closed by then, I will wait for you.
So I finally get to Cairns, pick up the car & drive to Ravenshoe.
So Boxing Day, missus wakes me up, youngest, 3, has temp of 43, call ambulance, daughter & little-un go to Atherton by Ambulance, I follow in the D3.
Meanwhile the missus & son in law have a massive fight, he packs up with the grand kids, drives to Atherton & picks up the daughter & I spend 4 days in the hospital with the little Foster daughter. She gets better of her own accord, still don't know why, so back to Ravenshoe.
Holiday gets really good after this & Missus, 5 foster kids & I have a great time.
Back to Doomadgee, car has run like a top, only problem is a 6 stacker DVD is not enough for Ravenshoe to Doomadgee.
Send wheels & tyres back to Mt Isa.
They should be there by now & I will find out what the hell is going on.
Sometimes holidays are definitely over rated.
Jonesfam
PS I will post some pics of the wheel etc when I get a chance.

PCH
They are the same wheel as mine, mine are just the black version.
I think Performance just stuffed up, the correct stud holes, the wrong center hole.
Still waiting for them to get back to us.
Jonesfam