This is why i hate driving on the freeways

dP3NGU1N

That doesn't make me feel better... Makes me sad

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enkei2k

Yeah, for some reason in the car sounds louder than the damage actually is.

One time I had slowly backed into a curb and heard a loud BAM. Went to check it out and it was only minor scuff below the dummy light.

Glad to hear the damage is minimal.

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gsxr750

Had the same thing happen to our 05 beater sentra coming back to nevada on the thruway and a eurotrash import doing some lane splitting it kicked up some truck tire debris took out the right side mirror , molding and 2 window trims.

About $600 in damage if claimed, but it fixed cheaply, it would have been a lot more in the Z.

It really sucks because California has some nice roads for the Z, but with all the trash on the roads , crazy drivers and wheel thieves , that may hit you at a motel and also factor in the dogs, its better to take the beater.

JungleZ

1 year of all city driving and i got about 7 easily noticeable rock chips , I only drive 5 miles to work

If I drove on the freeway more i might of needed a repaint by now

RonZwanson

I feel your pain. Pennsylvania is no better. I think we have like, the third worst rated road system (by state) in the country.

My route to work requires highway driving, and it's a major truck route, because it's the ONLY highway through the county I live in. The front of my black Z looks like a damn dalmatian. I came out to my car the other morning, and didn't realize that the "pebble" that hit me the previous night had left a giant claw mark next to my one fang.

My favorite was running over a truck tire though. I was following a pickup truck (which is what about 75% of people around here drive) at a safe distance, but couldn't see anything in front of him nonetheless. He just drives right over it, because he can, and BAM, truck tire. Right in in front of me at 70 mph. That was a horrible instant of "this is happening." I ran the thing over, and was SURE when I got to work my front aero lip would be torn off. Miraculously, there was like, no damage. Scary as hell though.

PA never cleans their roads. They're pot holed, cracked, uneven, and covered in crap. At least in Cali you guys have like, four lane highways. Ours were all built in 1789. Ugh.

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Dallaz

Since I've bought my Z this has been the main source of damages. Not long after I bought it a rock hit the windshield and it had to be replaced because the crack extended to the edge of the windshield. Best part is no one was in front of me for like a quarter mile, must have been flung from opposing traffic.


Then I hit a piece of a tire going about 70mph at night on the highway here, didnt see it until the last second and couldn't get over because of traffic, and it cracked my front lip, buckled under the car exiting the side, and also cracked the side skirt.


This is why we can't have nice things.

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Haboob

Our freeways physically aren't as bad as what y'all are describing, but there seem to be a ton of rocks. Even just small pebbles you can barely hear hitting your car seem to chip the **** out of the front end. About a month into ownership I had a rock get flipped up and chip my windshield, then about a half mile later, another chipped the roof.

Then there's five small chips on my hood now, but never heard anything hit it. And a huge gash on the front of the bumper - a rock went through my clear bra. The bra has other battle scars, but only one has penetrated it so far.

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kensin0429

Try living in palm springs ... I get all of the above plus 40mph sandstorm

Seriously **** the roads

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Haboob

Every Summer (well, and just the other day) we have our dust storms. Thankfully I am off of work by the time they usually rear their heads.

RN SHARK

Yeah, just last week I watched a ladder fall off the truck directly in front of me here in San Diego. Those things are harder to miss when they are still moving on the ground. I did miss it, but a couple cars behind me were not so lucky. (Also, I wasn't driving my Z.)

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RoshDawg

I believe I had a way worse experience than you. My brand new 911, with only 600 miles, lost her virginity when a piece of debris shot back from the car ahead of me into the front bumper, damaging the aluminum tub that secures the front trunk compartment, but also acts as a structural piece. I'm just about to get it back from the repair shop now, where it took longer than it took to make the entire car from scratch. UGH it boils my blood just thinking about it. I'm seriously scared to go on busy freeways now.

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Apoc370z

Reading that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.. It is bad enough when it is a 30k ish car, let alone a 911.

Cars like that are meant for remote canyon roads and show rooms, definitely not for busy freeways. Its like driving through a mine field. Rock chips alone will make your heart bleed

Arc

LMAO at the couch in the middle of the freeway. That's a hardcore spot to set your couch at to catch some views, or TV.

Driving on any freeway, you're going to get hit by some rock flying off another vehicle's rear tires.

Just stay far away from the vehicle in front of you and to the side.
There was a yellow school bus that was on my right (while on the freeway), and it kicked a rock at my 370Z windshield. Fortunately, it didn't put a scratch on it, but the sound was pretty loud.
At high speeds, sounds and impacts are multiplied x times even if it's a small object.

The Sienna mini van I drive sometimes, got a chip on the windshield from a rock, while also driving on the freeway.
Imagine that hitting your head, neck or shirt if you were on a motorcycle.
I also got rear ended at 60 MPH, while stopped at a light, in the mini van. Anyone here ever been in a large metal object while being hit by another large metal object at 60 MPH? It's quite loud and a bit disturbing to say the least.

Ezra

A little off topic but this is exactly why you should always wear a full face helmet, thick leathers with armor, boots, and gauntlet gloves. I've been hit with rocks, a bird, and one time a bee stuck me in the neck while on the expressway while riding a sportbike. Other than the bee, it wasn't a big deal

JungleZ

lol at amazing sports car