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billcom6
07/14/21 11:00:58 PM
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Driving home tonight on the highway, I get over to get off and as soon as I get in that lane there is a huge chunk of tire, too big and too late to avoid, so I hit it.
Knocked the plastic covering on the bottom of my car loose. No idea what other damage it did, but I was able to drive it the 2 miles home, so I hope nothing serious was damaged. Still fucking annoying regardless, cause now I have to take it in and rent a car in the meantime.

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BloodMoon7
07/14/21 11:01:55 PM
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All right. The mods are asleep so I guess I can do that.

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BloodMoney
07/14/21 11:04:11 PM
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The only damage is probably going to be the loose plastic covering (splash guard).

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billcom6
07/14/21 11:05:10 PM
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BloodMoney posted...
The only damage is probably going to be the loose plastic covering (splash guard).
Yeah, that is basically dragging on the ground, and the bottom of my front bumper is off a little on the one side.
Hopefully that is in.

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BloodMoney
07/14/21 11:07:17 PM
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billcom6 posted...
Yeah, that is basically dragging on the ground, and the bottom of my front bumper is off a little on the one side.
Hopefully that is in.

The guard is meant to do that. I know I havent seen your vehicle but I am 99% sure you got nothing to worry about.

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billcom6
07/14/21 11:08:37 PM
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BloodMoney posted...
The guard is meant to do that. I know I havent seen your vehicle but I am 99% sure you got nothing to worry about.


There is nothing else hanging loose behind (to the rear of the car) that piece.

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Another_Voice
07/14/21 11:10:34 PM
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^ yeah that's just the belly pan, cheap and easy to replace. It just keeps water and stuff out of the engine but you can take it off and drive without it for a while and probably wouldn't hurt anything
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Axiom
07/14/21 11:12:30 PM
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More like fuck semis and their retreaded tires
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theAteam
07/14/21 11:12:40 PM
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Actually surprised that's all the damage from a rogue tire on a highway

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Lokison
07/14/21 11:13:15 PM
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*unzip*

Like, right now?

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billcom6
07/14/21 11:14:10 PM
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theAteam posted...
Actually surprised that's all the damage from a rogue tire on a highway
I had begun to slow down a bit on the exit, so that helped.


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cjsdowg
07/14/21 11:14:39 PM
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Sorry you are lonely and have a broken car.

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billcom6
07/16/21 4:31:10 PM
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No additional damage besides that splash guard, but it ripped the whole thing so they have to replace it and the bracket, and that part won't be in till next week.
And the car rental place in town is out of cars.

So I guess I'm without a car for awhile lol.

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dj1200
07/16/21 4:56:20 PM
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poop. sorry, man.

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KStateKing17
07/16/21 5:00:41 PM
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Same thing happened to me last fall except a raccoon was responsible.

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Pogo_Marimo
07/16/21 5:08:43 PM
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You don't need to rent a car dude. It's just a splash guard.

Just don't take the car over any curbs or something stupid and you'll be fine for a week.

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treewojima
07/16/21 5:08:55 PM
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billcom6 posted...
No additional damage besides that splash guard, but it ripped the whole thing so they have to replace it and the bracket, and that part won't be in till next week.
And the car rental place in town is out of cars.

So I guess I'm without a car for awhile lol.

Where did you take it? There is zero reason to ground the car waiting for parts, it's perfectly safe to drive. Those belly pans are just there to keep road grime and road debris out of the engine compartment, and to a lesser extent reduce drag and maaaybe optimize airflow through the radiator shroud. They're also overpriced in my experience, at least OEM stuff.
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billcom6
07/16/21 5:23:26 PM
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I know I can drive it without the guard. I just like being safe than sorry. I have no place to go or anything so I don't really care about not having a car for the weekend.

Also I didn't talk to the actual mechanic so I don't really know what part of the bumper got cracked as well.

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