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05-10-2007, 12:33 PM
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I got tore up!!!
I got tore up on the highway by a flying piece of tire/steel belt.   It was flipped up by the truck in front of me and smashed into my Euro Plate and took my driver's grill with it. My passenger grill almost fell out, but it made it all the way back home with me. I took the plate off the car for the pics.   Here's my plate:  So, I'll be buying a grill later today. For now, I've hammered the plate straight again and took the passenger grill out.
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05-10-2007, 12:39 PM
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Ooooh that sucks. At least you recovered your plate. We have a road here (I-78) where trucks lose pallets all the time.
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05-10-2007, 12:41 PM
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I'm really thankful that it didn't hit my headlights. It did hit/roll over my windshield though, kind of scary.
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05-10-2007, 12:50 PM
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:-/ Scary indeed. Its a good thing it didn't make first impact with your widnshield, because it could have damaged it -- I've seen that happen. |
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05-10-2007, 01:13 PM
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I think it's time highway debris becomes a thing of the past  |
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05-10-2007, 01:28 PM
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Amanda, you've got every reason to be upset with what happened, a similar but very much minor thing happened to me many years ago, but as drz says, good thing it wasn't your windshield, on the driver's side no less. I can remember enough high school physics to figure out that f=ma at highway speeds can overcome break resistant glass. All things considered, better it be the grill than your smile. |
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05-10-2007, 01:52 PM
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True, but I don't think that it would have broken the glass straight through. Shattered and completely ruined? Sure, but I don't think that the tire would have gone through. And about F=ma, not so much. The modulus of elasticity of steel versus glass? Yeah. Plus, I was going at a constant speed, so no acceleration. The tire was just flung up in the air, so almost no x component of v either. Sorry, I'll stop talking about school, cause I'm done!!!
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05-10-2007, 01:59 PM
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Damn...That sucks, but at least it isn't as bad as it could have been if it hit other places. |
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05-10-2007, 02:02 PM
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Mis. Physics over there. Or engineering..same thing. Yea i dont think it woulda gone through the windshield. To much surface aera for the tire. plus all that other shit u were saying. good you and most of your car is ok. atlesat u didnt loose you CF hood at Bimmerfest going 140mph.
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05-10-2007, 02:05 PM
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That sucks shit happens. What can you do |
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05-10-2007, 02:07 PM
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That sucks but at least its not very much damage and is easily fixed. |
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05-10-2007, 03:14 PM
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Just so long as it's a matter of physics (and some parts replacement) and not reconstructive plastic surgery... |
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05-10-2007, 03:40 PM
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05-10-2007, 03:54 PM
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holy crap. thats sucks. i hate road debris. glad your ok tho. and your bimmer will be too. she is in good hands. 
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and DRZ, +1, def not the same
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