freak accident with my on my first drive with my RX8
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freak accident with my on my first drive with my RX8
This sunday i just bought my yellow RX8 with mazdaspeed intake and high performance exhaust, as i get in the freeway a big metal rod came from the freway wall and slammed into the front of my bumper. I stopped and checked it was a big scratch on the front bumper running all the way down. So pissed i tried to scratch it off and to my amazment the scratch started to disappear. i was so relieved to see there is no dent or a single spot damage. but what kind of idiot would throw a longggg metal rod in the freeway not to mention at a brandnew RX8 with a customized body kit. i just had to get this out cause it's one those things i have to share. Do any of you have a crazy story like mine. the RX8 is one tough car in my opion any other car would lose a bumper.
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Someone didnt necessarily throw it out there window rather, it may have fallen out the back of a truck that was overloaded with junk. Trucking companies like to do that so they dont have to make extra trips which costs more money. The problem u experienced is more common then u think. Good thing it didnt cause any permanent damage.
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So much crap is thrown out on the freeway or comes out of truck accidentally. Our freeways look awful and so much crap to mess up our cars.
Glad to hear you and your car are ok.
Glad to hear you and your car are ok.
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I had the same sort of thing happen to me on the highway....a hunk of steel went right in the lower air dam. About $900 and a new air conditioning condenser later, the screens went on!!
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Wow, that's a close call....the only unnerving road debris "accidents" I've had thus far (knock on wood) was hitting a ferret (this thing was huge...about the size of a cat) on the highway and hitting a chunk of slush/ice on 95. I second that Rx8 only lane...or at least a sports car lane for people that actually value their vehicles (Prius' are excluded ).
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Could be worse, guy was trying out a 1.5 million dollar red Ferrari today and banged it right into a wall - total they think - it was an unusually lovely one that looked a lot like an 8!
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