surferA3

Fun little story to top off my morning. I was driving on the freeway, a metal box (about 1ft. by 2ft) comes flying off of a truck at about 70 MPH. It bounces off a car to my right, i swerve to avoid my tires being ripped off and causing a horrible accident, so the box of doom rips through my undercarriage...it then proceeds to bounce and smash the lights of a car behind me. This happened right at my exit so i get off and head home (like a 1 min. drive). I stop the car and look underneath to see all my oil gushing out and gashes and flaps hanging down like a mangled piece of road kill. Im about to cry...not really, but really. Dealing with insurance and repair...any comments or anything are appreciated.

jefex

Man i feel for you that blows. Sorry no advise from here though

Craig3Q

Highway patrol spends too much time on the wrong stuff.

gapey

ugh that really sucks. I just got my Audi A3 on Sunday and had a big rock hit my windshield and leave a quarter sized crack in my window. I was ticked. But to have something like this happen wow that is horrible. I hope the damage is easily fixable!

Anjoe

Oh man, so sorry! The good news is you weren't hurt!!!!!!!

absoluTT A3

oil pan, etc. It shouldn't be too bad... maybe a dented exhaust pipe or muffler too. Could've been much worse.

I knew someone who had to deal with a similar road debris situation. Furniture came off of idiot's pickup truck. Cars to the left, insufficient shoulder to the right, no time to brake. He had to veer right... over a curb... tore up his underside so bad, the car was just a grand or so short of being totalled.

surferA3

glad i didnt get into a really bad accident, thanks for the well wishes guys

noobie_boobie

Without knowing WTD the damage was. Could easily have been leaking fuel or brake fluid...

Insurance may not cover engine damage due to loss of oil/contamination if they want to be di<kheads.