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Apologies for the verbose story in advance. For the past two weeks, my 2014 smartcar fortwo pure, with almost 70000 kms, had a slight vibration at high speeds over 100 kmh that got noticeably worse in the last 3 days whenever going over 60-70 kmh. I assumed it was a wheel alignment and balance problem. Today I went over a deep pothole at a fairly high speed of 50, kept driving then i noticed my car did a weird fish tail thing while making a 90 degree left turn just before pulling into a burger joint. Then when I came out, the left front wheel seemed deflated quite a lot, luckily a gas station was 500 m away so drove in there and put air into the tire and was able to keep on driving home. On my way home though, I stopped at a Canadian Tire to ask them how much for a tire repair. Guy tells me $35 so i figured i will take a day to decide since the tire seems to be holding ok for now and new tires are $100.each. At this price, considering the front tires are quite worn out, im seriously just contemplating going for a new set. Anyhow, as i go to start the car for my final leg home about 10 mins away, i noticed it took a few more cranks to start than usual with a higher pitched noise. And as I am driving, instead of hot air, the heater fan is now blowing cold air and i could definitely hear the whirring of the ac unit. The engine light is also on at this point. Upon parking, a smell of overheated rubber and a definite boiling water sound coming from the front of the vehicle. Im not mechanically inclined at all obviously, but Id appreciate someone explaining to me whats going on so i sound somewhat knowledgable when taking it in tomorrow in the hopes that saves me a bit in repair costs. Thank you in advance