2 stories along a similar line -
Back some time in the early 70's I knew a fellow who had a brand new
Lincoln Town Car. Big boat but quite beautiful. All white inside and
out. Half vinyl roof and leather upholstery. He was travelling south
through Wisconsin in late February and a rock rolled down one of the
hills along the road and out into the road in front of him. I don't know
how big it was but he ran it over and took out the oil pan and the
transmission pan and banged up the differential. They wrote it off. I
only saw the car once. He had just got it.
Much more recently and not nearly so dramatic but last year in the late
fall I went to pick something up in a suburb north of us and when
returning home in the 08 Honda Civic, ran over something on the road. It
was dark and I don't know what it was but it made quite a noise when I
hit it. Metallic sound like something crunched and then rattled as it
came apart. I wondered if an alternator had fallen off a car or
something like that. It was dark and cold and there was a lot of traffic
behind me so I did not try to stop or to go back to look for whatever it
was. I drove the car the rest of the way home which would have been
another 15 or more miles at highway speeds and it did not appear to be
harmed in any way. The next day I jacked it up and looked under to see
if I could detect any damage. I could see a scratch on the right side
sort of subframe but no real dent in it etc., so I assumed I had dodged
a bullet of some sort and was happy it had not done any real damage.
RB
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