Look what I hit today...

[tike0rz]

Pics now, story below.





I'm driving on a 3-lane highway(476), about 70mph, right lane. I am about 30 feet behind the next car in the far right lane going with the flow of traffic. Next thing I know, I'm faced with a 2 millisecond choice, straddle this unknown object (it was laying the way traffic was moving so other people must have straddled it), or take my chances and swerve around it.

I made the right choice by straddling it because there were other cars around, and its better to not swerve and potentially lose control of the car and endanger another life. So I try straddling it, but all the sudden the car goes fucking BAM!!! loud as shit! I'm like fuck...I cant fuckin get over it! I stop the car(no shoulder mind you) get out the Audi provided jack, and pull this fucking 8 foot like 40lb pylon from under my car within 1 minute like a pit stop dude.

6" x 6" x 8'. Thats right, 6 inches, by 6 inches, by 8 feet LONG.

After hitting it, I drug it about 60ft before stopping. There was so much friction between the wood and the asphalt it started to smoke and nearly catch fire RIGHT UNDER MY ENGINE. God forbid. Luckily, all that came out of it was 3 hours of my life gone, a slightly bent DTS and scared shitless friend. I realize I'm lucky.

cliffs: i hit a huge ass pole that was sitting in the middle of the highway. only bent my dts and scared my friend shitless.

Why are people so irresponsible? How could it have gotten there? Do you guys think there could be more damage?

I'm a pretty easygoing guy, but seriously this got to me...WHAT THE FUCK?

[Rajan147]

wtf, it looks like the remains of an animal. Hows the car run, keep an eye of fuild levels. Shit like this leaves you paranoid your shits going to break any second, and with the s4, its like living a nightmare.

Either way, I'm glad your safe.

[nocturnals4]

couldve been a fox a and fd up bumper
couldve been worse but good decision. When in doubt always straddle it

[qua(b5)ttro]

haha when i saw the pictures, i thought you hit the scarecrow from the wizard of oz... really though, thats a bummer man... i work construction and 6X's are a solid piece of wood, lift the car and give everything a really careful look, and be thankful your alright

[NastyNogaro]

ouch bro...

I've smashed some shit with my DTS and I expected to look underneath and find it hanging there. Much to my surprise there was barely a scuff on it. From the looks of the pics it looks like that's all that was damaged besides that black bracket thingy..

You just can't have a nice car in the tri-state area these days. Gotta love NJ roads

[gaspeedracer]

exactly why i drive with my weather guard on

[CruzS4]

damn dude, good thing you're alright. on the same road about a month ago, i was in the leftmost lane doing about 75-80, when about a quarter mile ahead of me, 2 lanes over, i see the straps holding a canoe on top of a van unravel, the freaking thing falls off and skids across the width of 476! luckily it was about 6:30 AM, i had spent an extra night at the shore and was driving the "red eye" home to make it to work on time, so there was minimal traffic and i was able to reduce my speed significantly and miss it altogether. but jesus had that happened when it was a little more congested it probably would have caused a pileup! pa/nj roads/drivers hah cheers

[jibberjive]

Last week I almost hit a 6' tall bookshelf standing up in the middle of the freeway. 5 mins before that I had to swerve to miss a 90% intact huge diesel tire on the same freeway. It's crazy how much crap there is on the roads.

[AudiSportB5S4]

Last week I almost hit a 6' tall bookshelf standing up in the middle of the freeway.

! HOLY crap. talk about a lawsuit. i would fingerprint that thing if i hit it!

[brmin88]

About 3 months ago one of my friend's hit a couch that was standing upright on the interstate in his Saab 9-3.

[tike0rz]

Yea..definitely could've been worse. I'm gonna lift it this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed!

[Videlov]

Oh man good thing, it could've been much worse. I'm reading here about people hitting couches and missing bookshelves, what the hell is going on? Do people do that on purpose or they just don't realize when it falls off.

One time my dad was driving, but it was on a regular city street. Some guy had a mattress on top of his car, but it was really windy that day. All of the sudden right in the middle of the intersection and strong wind blew and the whole mattress just lifts off, does a couple of flips and lands in the middle of the intersection.... That guy just kept on going.

[highPSI-S4]

damn that sucks, aleast your ok. And hopefully there's no more damage elsewhere.

[2ndEngineS4]

Hmmmm. The DTS . . .the solution and the problem. Glad you're okay. I would be surprised if there was any other significant damage.

[xx_s4quattro_xx]

i thought it was a bird or something until i read the story lol. Sorry to hear that though bro

[Kruat]

In my A4, I hit a alumn ladder. Lucky it was lying on it's face, so it was only 6-8" high. But it scared the shit outta me. It was also a good thing my A4 wasn't lowered at the time. It just floated right over it..lol no damage...

[BastardS4]

I caught a raised bolt on one of those godawful plastic speedbumps. luckily i was being careful and just nicked the DTS a bit. On another, i was less careful, the suspension compressed going down and bent my 02 sensor.

[Tugboatguy]

About 3yrs ago I'm in my Jetta just coming off the bridge on hwy 1 in Vancouver, just entering the curve at the south end and drove over a piece of flat iron 1/4" - 3" by about a foot long. It was laying length wise in the lane , so as I drove over it my front tire kicked the end up. The bar caught the plastic rocker cover just below the rear door , it digs into the road on the fwd end and starts to pivot up. Well i'm in a lowered Jetta the bar is 12", One second I'm at highway speed entering a curve, next Bang car go's up bang car slam's down again. Just missed slamming into the divider , definately BST .Toasted the rocker cover and punched a hole in the metal , ouch!

[RogueStatus]

About 3 months ago one of my friend's hit a couch that was standing upright on the interstate in his Saab 9-3.

how do you hit a couch?! hahaha im sure id see that thing coming