Freak road event: Stick speared my bumper

[jelloslug]

Look at it this way, now you have someplace to mount a front parking camera...

 

[NOLA_Mike]

This recently happened on the interstate in New Orleans:

Thousands of roofing nails that fell off a truck Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 26)

Especially fantastic for cars without run-flats and no spare tire...

 

[rocketdallas]

Wow, I'm glad you were okay and it didn't do more damage. I had a similarly strange incident last year with a landscaping truck dropping a pitchfork on the road and the car in front of me ran over it, kicked it up, and shot it into the front end of my car.

Surprisingly, my damage was minimal also. Hope the repair is quick for you.

 

[GatorGuy]

Can anyone else share the worst thing they've seen fly off the back of a truck or car?

A person.

Saw a guy riding in the bed of a pickup who looked over the edge and fell right out. They were on a highway too going a decent speed.

 

[artsci]

Judging by the picture and the location of the puncture, wonder if this could be covered up by the license plate holder (i.e. if you don't mind going the less expensive route by not replacing the bumper + paint job)

I thought about that as well, but I think the license plate holder may be worse than the hole. I think it can be repaired without replacing the bumper. I found a local shop that can do it but I need to have them check the damage first. That happens tomorrow am.

Given all the stories in this thread I consider myself lucky.

 

[NOLA_Mike]

I thought about that as well, but I think the license plate holder may be worse than the hole. I think it can be repaired without replacing the bumper. I found a local shop that can do it but I need to have them check the damage first. That happens tomorrow am.

Given all the stories in this thread I consider myself lucky.

I would suggest checking on the price to just replace the bumper cover too. Last I checked, Tesla had lowered the price considerably (like $350 for the bumper cover + painting).

Mike

 

[artsci]

Any damage to your Battery cooler? It in about the same spot behind the bumper.

I think they will have to replace the bumper. But I love the license plate idea.

I think the battery cooler is ok but will check when the bumper comes off.

 

[Solarman004]

Can anyone explain to me how freaking mentally impaired do you have to be to put loose wood, sofas, and mattresses in the back of your car? It is my biggest pet peeve on the road and seeing this wood spear in the face of a Tesla just sent me into the rage. Testosterone pellets be damned!

Years ago, while jogging on a road shoulder, a stake-bed truck passed me carrying a large load of unsecured cinder blocks. Just as it passed, one flew off and exploded on the ground about 8 inches from my foot.
Clearly, some folks either don't think or don't care.

 

[jelloslug]

Years ago, while jogging on a road shoulder, a stake-bed truck passed me carrying a large load of unsecured cinder blocks. Just as it passed, one flew off and exploded on the ground about 8 inches from my foot.
Clearly, some folks either don't think or don't care.

The ones that scare me are flatbed trucks carrying basketball sized rocks with no tarp, sides or anything to keep them on the truck bed.

 

[Rockster]

In 2016 I heard of two women transporting a mattress on top of a van, with one of them attempting to hold it on the roof with her body weight. Once they got onto the highway, mattress slipped off, woman died.

Never underestimate people's inability to predict even the most obvious consequences.

I blame cartoon physics. It's why we see so many people in online videos doing things that can only end badly. They got their ideas about Newtonian physics from cartoons...

 

[whitex]

I blame cartoon physics. It's why we see so many people in online videos doing things that can only end badly. They got their ideas about Newtonian physics from cartoons...

Sadly, I think you are correct.

 

[Solarman004]

After seeing the OP photo, I should probably rethink transporting my kids in the frunk...(although it is easier to clean)

 

[CuriousG]

Anyone know if paint protection film may have saved it from embedding into the bumper?

 

[Saghost]

Anyone know if paint protection film may have saved it from embedding into the bumper?

Not likely. It'll give a little more absorption and bounce, but this punched right through the plastic bumper with minimal bend - that's way too much force for a PPF to absorb.

 

[appleguru]

I thought about that as well, but I think the license plate holder may be worse than the hole. I think it can be repaired without replacing the bumper. I found a local shop that can do it but I need to have them check the damage first. That happens tomorrow am.

Given all the stories in this thread I consider myself lucky.

Please share the estimate for repair when you have it. Last time I looked into it, cost was essentially identical to have a shop repair the bumper covers vs buy a new one + paint it...

 

[buttershrimp]

Anyone know if paint protection film may have saved it from embedding into the bumper?

Dragon skin kevlar should do it.

 

[buttershrimp]

Some people should not be allowed to drive. It is far harder and more expensive to get a drivers license in Europe. As I get older, the more sense that makes to me.

Have you watched the Kardashian show? I'm not so sure here in America.

 

[brkaus]

I noticed my truck spare tire missing one day. The kind that hangs under the bed on a cable/winch.

To this day, I hope it was stolen and not a freak accident where the cable broke while I was driving.

 

[artsci]

Please share the estimate for repair when you have it. Last time I looked into it, cost was essentially identical to have a shop repair the bumper covers vs buy a new one + paint it...

That's what I'm thinking but I'll post the cost estimate tomorrow.

 

[Saghost]

I noticed my truck spare tire missing one day. The kind that hangs under the bed on a cable/winch.

To this day, I hope it was stolen and not a freak accident where the cable broke while I was driving.

An old Astro minivan dropped one in front of me on the freeway a decade or so ago, when I was driving an ancient Mercedes diesel. I tried to straddle it - it turns out that the oil pan is the lowest part of that car, and about two inches lower than the spare was thick. That was fun. :-/