Q: Damaged wheel

asked by on November 03, 2017

A car hit me on the side and it also hit my tire now my tire looks crooked. When i drive it it makes a loud noise and i can see that my tire is rubbing against something because it scratches the tire on the inside a little bit and smell like alittle burnt rubber

My car has 90000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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