Only a scratch, luckily!!!
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Only a scratch, luckily!!!
I ran over a 10 foot x 6 inch piece of jagged metal today on the highway.
It was a stretch of highway with a constant radius turn (partially blind turn) so the debris came up quick with little time to react. The black Lamborghini Aventador directly in front of me looked to have gotten the worst of it. He dropped from 70 mph to 40 mph instantly and so did I. The SUV behind me nearly rear-ended me.
Honestly, if I had not been gazing at the beautiful rear end of the Aventador I may have reacted a split second quicker and looked to the other lane to see if it was open.
Luckily, only damage to my C7 was about a 3/4 inch long x 1/16 inch wide scratch on the front driver side fender just in front of the wheel, down in the corner near the lower air deflector. It is deep enough to have removed some paint. Need to fix it.
Has anyone used the Touch-up Paint Pens? If so, any feedback?
It was a stretch of highway with a constant radius turn (partially blind turn) so the debris came up quick with little time to react. The black Lamborghini Aventador directly in front of me looked to have gotten the worst of it. He dropped from 70 mph to 40 mph instantly and so did I. The SUV behind me nearly rear-ended me.
Honestly, if I had not been gazing at the beautiful rear end of the Aventador I may have reacted a split second quicker and looked to the other lane to see if it was open.
Luckily, only damage to my C7 was about a 3/4 inch long x 1/16 inch wide scratch on the front driver side fender just in front of the wheel, down in the corner near the lower air deflector. It is deep enough to have removed some paint. Need to fix it.
Has anyone used the Touch-up Paint Pens? If so, any feedback?
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Glad it wasn't anything more serious. Best of luck getting the scratch touched up.
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Where did this happen?
I ran over a 10 foot x 6 inch piece of jagged metal today on the highway.
It was a stretch of highway with a constant radius turn (partially blind turn) so the debris came up quick with little time to react. The black Lamborghini Aventador directly in front of me looked to have gotten the worst of it. He dropped from 70 mph to 40 mph instantly and so did I. The SUV behind me nearly rear-ended me.
Honestly, if I had not been gazing at the beautiful rear end of the Aventador I may have reacted a split second quicker and looked to the other lane to see if it was open.
Luckily, only damage to my C7 was about a 3/4 inch long x 1/16 inch wide scratch on the front driver side fender just in front of the wheel, down in the corner near the lower air deflector. It is deep enough to have removed some paint. Need to fix it.
Has anyone used the Touch-up Paint Pens? If so, any feedback?
It was a stretch of highway with a constant radius turn (partially blind turn) so the debris came up quick with little time to react. The black Lamborghini Aventador directly in front of me looked to have gotten the worst of it. He dropped from 70 mph to 40 mph instantly and so did I. The SUV behind me nearly rear-ended me.
Honestly, if I had not been gazing at the beautiful rear end of the Aventador I may have reacted a split second quicker and looked to the other lane to see if it was open.
Luckily, only damage to my C7 was about a 3/4 inch long x 1/16 inch wide scratch on the front driver side fender just in front of the wheel, down in the corner near the lower air deflector. It is deep enough to have removed some paint. Need to fix it.
Has anyone used the Touch-up Paint Pens? If so, any feedback?
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I try to avoid that area...
I've been trying to avoid that stretch of road since my windshield had to be replaced from a rock that flew up on the 101 North just south of Shea a couple of months ago. All that road construction adding the new lanes has caused all sorts of issues for cars driving through there.
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I've been trying to avoid that stretch of road since my windshield had to be replaced from a rock that flew up on the 101 North just south of Shea a couple of months ago. All that road construction adding the new lanes has caused all sorts of issues for cars driving through there.
I've seen another Torch Red on the road around Chandler/Gilbert a couple times, maybe that was you.
Last edited by RedC7AZ; Feb 18, 2015 at 06:47 PM.
