Doing 70+ MPH in the fast lane, see out the corner of my eye an 8" piece of wood flying through the air from the other side of the freeway - heading straight for me at window height.
I just ducked - thinking it was coming in through the side window.
HUGE BANG!
I raise my head, and realize I'm still in one piece - windows are still there!
Look at my wing mirror, and see the mirror is now shattered, but the housing looks ok.
Pull off at the next junction - get out expecting the worst
Can't believe it - I have slight scuff marks on my mirror housing, and a cracked mirror
That's it!
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Talk about lucky!!
Head off to the nearest dealership (Mission Viejo) - new mirror $76, fitting $26 - in and out in 20 mins
A little more action than I was expecting on my drive.08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
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7th Nov 2008 5:19 pm
flinty99
Member Since: 17 Mar 2008
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 2558
You were lucky.. Did you remember to also pick up your lottery ticket as well?
Glad your ok, could have been much worse.
7th Nov 2008 5:27 pm
AndrewW
Member Since: 06 Aug 2007
Location: Saddleworth
Posts: 2302
Well done, cd! Good escape.
I know the feeling - my brother's caravan stabiliser came off (the type that is half a leaf-spring with a friction-pad on the pivot). I was following him @ 60mph on the M5 motorway (middle lane), when from under his caravan out bounced and spun this 20 pound short javelin!
I had to wait to see which way it was flicking / spinning, with my dodging manoeuvre potential limited by traffic either side and a caravan in tow which would not like a twitchy tail-flicking dodge.
I got it right and the thing hit the Mantec plate (all hail JMC!) and went under car and caravan - the plate carries a battle scar, but no other damage The oil cooler would have bought it without the plate...
I think I flicked the object up into the path of a truck, but I was a bit to busy to concentrate on my mirrors...
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7th Nov 2008 8:04 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Not in this car, but I've also been hit on the roof by a lage lump of wood (kindly dropped off a motorway bridge by scrotes) a few years back - left a dent 6 inches behind the top of the windsceen - I considered myself about a foot from death
Must be me - I've also been shot at (probably only an air-rifle) whilst driving a car,an old Ford Cortina - this was I was driving down Ordsall Lane in Salford about 20 years ago Heard an almighty metallic tink as I was driving a long - got out someway down the road to see what was up to see a pellet dint in the front wing...Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
SN - I also got shot at driving through Corby - hell of a shock!
Took out my drivers side headlamp and left a bullet hole in the leading edge of the bonnet on my GTi!
Fu ing rough place to live Corby....08 LR3 SE V8 - 02 D2 SE7 V8
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9th Nov 2008 4:02 am
crews control
Member Since: 18 Mar 2007
Location: Dorset
Posts: 5011
Ahh... the good old days...
hunting Cortina's down Ordsall Lane.
You'd never shoot till you could see the whites of their collars.
I can still smell the fear.
That's the trouble with the youth of today,
No initiative or sense of fun.
It's all Grand Theft Auto on their PS's & Wii's now...
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The oil cooler would have bought it without the plate... 
ing rough place to live Corby....
