defconskylude

As I was going on a freeway on ramp @ 40mph, there was a pick up truck in front of me and all of a sudden I drive over this huge ass rock. It's the most painful sound I've ever heard.

I took the car to a mechanic and he said the gas line is leaking underneath and there's major sub frame damage. FML!

He said it'll cost about $1500-2000 and said to call my insurance company.

I'm so lucky my son wasn't in the car because it would've caught on fire or probably exploded.

justnspace

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sucks to see your car hurt.....

get it fixed and get her back on the road!!!

tobwac

Thats sucks man

Flipster23

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damn that does suck and yea good thing ur kid wasnt in the car..

its rayden

your son's presence would've ignited the leaking fuel?

glad you're ok though, and it sucks that you have so much damage.

defconskylude

its weird just seeing the steel fuel lines exposed like that without a protective shield. but then again i didnt know what it looked like before the damages. maybe the subframe was shielding it.

defconskylude

no, i have 8 month old son. it wouldve been terrible if my car caught on fire while my son was in the car with me

kowloonsniperhk

Damn, glad your ok. Do you know if the rock came from the truck?

defconskylude

it didnt come from the pick up truck that was in front me otherwise i wouldve seen it rolling towards me and it wouldve hit my front bumper or hood

i think the rock fell off from another truck and it just sat there.

got a call from my insurance and theyre getting an adjuster out there.

btw i rented a 2010 camaro. man this car looks bad ass but interior sucks balls

KillerG

hey man glad to hear you are safe but sorry to hear about your awesome tsx. hope it all gets sorted out ok. The other day i was driving my corolla and a blown tire pushed my 40mph winds was thrown under my car. Never know whats gonna happen out there

TSXKid2010

Dang that sucks! The hell is a rock doing in the middle of the road.

Hope to see your car up and running soon!

Enjoy what you can of the Camaro. LOL.

KillerG

put a giant set of nuts on the back of it please

defconskylude

nuts on the back of the camaro?

i just rented it for the day just to see what it felt like. im just going to be using my wife's RDX until the TSX is up again

KillerG

it was a funny picture in my head

defconskylude

hehe

im a bald asian dude driving a camaro.

ed_423

i'd love to test drive a camaro lol

and damn good luck. that situation is pretty dangerous. did you quickly pull over to the side? or you continue driving?

09TSXTech

Good luck on the repair. Do you have any picture of the damaged area?

saucy

Good luck with it all, keep up updated on the repair.

defconskylude

i didnt pull over the side because nothing was showing on my gauges except for the TPMS. i just went to the office, worked for 5 hours and then drove to the shop.

defconskylude

thanks. i dont have any pics of the damage.

insurance called and theyre covering it. theyre saying im at fault since its a single car accident. they said to talk to my agent to see if this will affect my insurance premium going up.

they said even if i hit a furniture, manhole, pothole, tires, i would be at fault.

PyroDave

sorry to hear about your baby =(

insurance wise i guess its being considered a collision. comprehensive covers stuff like acts of god(tree falling on it) right? i would thing that maybe theres a loophole that the rock is a road hazard like a tree limb. then again, i don't know much about insurance policies(my parents deal with that) i just know what i read about the tire warranty haha

ed_423

damn that sucks...i know if you hit a pot hole u can call the city to get money back from repair...would this work?

defconskylude

well i guess it depends on how much it costs to repair. if your premium is $500 and the repair cost is like $300, then get it straight from the city. if its more than $500, like my situation will be about $2-3k, then i go insurance. i dont know if the city will reimburse you $2-3k plus rental costs if you avoid the insurance route

ed_423

ahh, well w/e you do, good luck!

MrOtocinclus

Sorry to hear about this incident, truly a freak occurrence if there ever was one. Hope the resolution is as smooth and timely as possible.

TrixieSX

Man that sucks, I've always thought about something hitting the exposed gas lines under our cars. I've always said to myself this car is not going for rock climbing so it doesn't really matter until... This!

I'm glad it didn't catch fire with or without your baby. That would have been more trouble.

defconskylude

returned the camaro

now im driving this. i know my wife hates this so i decided to rent it for $6 just to annoy her and to get that priceless facial reaction. i pulled up to the driveway and and laughed hysterically with her disgusted look.

ed_423

^ nice move defcon.

hows the cube, box, tissue box, etc...

MrOtocinclus

Looks like it would make a nice baby mover...

defconskylude

acceleration is better than the camaro

its roomy and fun to drive. im getting a lot of looks probably because the car is so ugly

KillerG

worth seeing he wifes reaction!

TSXKid2010

HAHA! NISSAN CUBEEEE.

I saw one of those parked next to a Toaster Scion yesterday. Funny sight.

defconskylude

Insuranced TOTALLED my car!!!!!!!!!!!

fck. what happens next? ive never dealt with something thats been totalled. the car is a 3 year lease and ive only been into it 1.5 years. im taking all my after market parts off. im losing out on the window tint, hood, and headlights.

since they will total it, can i keep the hood and headlights?

time to get a '10 TSX manual. maybe tech?

justnspace

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oh man!

bitter sweet news!
youve done a lot to the car

09TSXTech

So sorry to hear that defcon.

There must be some other damages, a 2-3K fuel line and frame damage won't normally totalled a vehicle like the TSX. There must be some other big ticket item damaged underneath, ask for the report.

Hopefully you are all squared with Acura Finance with regard to the lease and value (insurance payout).

You may be able to get a great deal on a 2010 TSX 6MT Tech model, although it's already March 2011, so it may be slim pickings out there.

its rayden

frame damage is a big deal... depending on the damage, it could be well over 10k to repair. so i'm not surprised it was totaled. i would try my hardest to get the hood and headlight off the car. maybe even replace them with junkyard parts if you can find them.

pbhak002

do you have gap insurance? also insurance pays for mods under 500 i think. I just changed to mercury and that whats stated in the policy. lol As for your hood and headlights I dont think you can keep it but you can try and ask. My mom's recent ES and old C-class got totaled, but they didnt let me keep the Merc's front badge . I guess u can say ur hood and headlights were stolen Man your losing out on the mods man I guess u can remove ur lips, and tips lol but i feel for you man

defconskylude

yea ive put so much of my man juice into this girl.

its awesome that ill be getting a new car but its taking away the hard work and pride that i had.

defconskylude

real quick, what should i expect to pay for a 2010 TSX base AT and a 2010 TSX base V6?

my 09 TSX base AT was $29k at the time.

a local dealer only has a 2010 TSX V6 for $34k sticker price

ill be doing some searching in the meantime.

dookimonsta

i got my 2010 tsx v6 for around 31k. sorry to hear about your car man