Hit a shoe!!!!!!
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Instructor
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From: Millington mI
Hit a shoe!!!!!!
Yep, you read that topic correctly.
I was driving down the expressway, there was a big lump in the road. I was boxed in and couldn't change lanes when I saw it so I tried to straddle it.... thought it was a paper bag - but the big THUNK! when I ran it over told me different.
My passanger informed me that it was a shoe of all things (downtown Flint.... I tell ya!) Anyways I was wondering what that damn shoe could've hurt on my vette? It hit in about middle of the car, just about where the radio is (I think)
Should I be worried? Should I have it checked out? Or do you think I'm ok. I drove the car 40 miles home after the incident... I didn't notice anything obviously wrong.
I was driving down the expressway, there was a big lump in the road. I was boxed in and couldn't change lanes when I saw it so I tried to straddle it.... thought it was a paper bag - but the big THUNK! when I ran it over told me different.
My passanger informed me that it was a shoe of all things (downtown Flint.... I tell ya!) Anyways I was wondering what that damn shoe could've hurt on my vette? It hit in about middle of the car, just about where the radio is (I think)
Should I be worried? Should I have it checked out? Or do you think I'm ok. I drove the car 40 miles home after the incident... I didn't notice anything obviously wrong.
Le Mans Master
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From: Santa Maria, CA
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (Bradley3)
Yeah, you might want to check out the laces and the arch, the sole and the heel. Oh, did you mean the car? :D J/K. My car is up on jackstands right noe and looking at everything there, maybe might have a gander at your engine ground wires(near the oil filter and oil temp sensor). Also, heaven forbid the one-to-four shift wires/plug should become disconnected :lol: :lol: !!!Have a gander at your oil cooler cooling fins up front under the crossmember. Also the intake for the radiator. What year is your vette?
Racer
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From: Chicago, Illinois
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (Bradley3)
Drove 40 miles after hitting a piece of leather and had no problems!!!!!!! Wow, you must have to much time on your hands to waste the energy to ask others if you should worry. Worry about a potential war, Bin Laden or something else that means something!!!!!!!!!!
Burning Brakes
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From: Kelowna BC
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (RJS91RGTP)
Drove 40 miles after hitting a piece of leather and had no problems!!!!!!! Wow, you must have to much time on your hands to waste the energy to ask others if you should worry. Worry about a potential war, Bin Laden or something else that means something!!!!!!!!!!
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From: Fair Oaks CA
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (Bradley3)
i wouldn't worry too much, but you should check out your oil cooler hoses (near where the oil filter attaches). Maybe check out your O2 sensor wire and your rear brake lines, just in case the shoe somehow hooked onto one of them. Also, make sure the shoe didn't jam into anything and stick there, like your Y-pipe (though after 40 miles, you probably would have cooked it enough to smell it). You'd know what I mean if you ever hit a bird while motorcycling and had it stick between your header pipes and the engine. :U
I once hit a piece of angle iron, which put a dent in my oil pan and caused an oil leak. Had to replace the pan.
-WL
I miss my Ford ... but my aim is getting better.
I once hit a piece of angle iron, which put a dent in my oil pan and caused an oil leak. Had to replace the pan.
-WL
I miss my Ford ... but my aim is getting better.
Pro
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From: Flushing NY
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (Bradley3)
should not have no probs I wish I only hit a shoe with my m3 instead of a rear end on the expressway? and that was because I was boxed in cars on both sides of me oh well maybe it was meant to be cause thats where I made my 396 possible yyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh baby " There are no substitutions for cubic inches...."
Instructor
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From: Fayetteville AR
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (red-y)
Well, I came around a corner and found myself running up on a broken cinder block in the road. I hit one piece pretty hard, put the car on a lift and just a few scratches on the underside. A shoe? Nah, wouldnt worry about it. :cheers:
Burning Brakes
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From: Puyallup Washington
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (Bradley3)
My best guess: unless the shoe was occupied at the time, you should be just fine! A shoe is pretty small and soft. My car was backed through a chain link fence backwards at about 70 mph. It really made a mess of the bumper cover but the only damage on the bottom was a scratch on the muffler. Maybe the car was not on the ground at the time, I don't know, I bought it that way. This was no garden fence, it was the heavy duty freeway type fence.
Don't worry!
Don't worry!
Melting Slicks
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From: Northern CA
Re: Hit a shoe!!!!!! (moffitt)
Take a peek underneath and check for leaks or a damaged oil pan; if everything looks okay and all fluids are still topped off, you're probably fine. A shoe is probably not hard enough to do considerable damage.
Something ripped open the oil filter on my brother's Camaro once; luckily it was just a slow leak and he caught it in time.
Something ripped open the oil filter on my brother's Camaro once; luckily it was just a slow leak and he caught it in time.
