I fought a manhole cover. And the cover won! no 56k

[capblueberry]

On my way to taking Sharons friend Clara home the road Clara lives on isn't very smooth.

Spot a manhole cover elevated about 3 inches above the rest of the road, I say no problem i will just straddle over it. As i do it grabs hold of my exhaust, runs it through my rear bumper, and thus sets off my air bags. As the air bags came out I was burned on my arm, Sharon was burnt on her leg, and Clara who was in the back was cut on her forehead from a piece of the dash that flew off when the air bags deployed.

Was only going 5-10 miles per hour and not 10 seconds before it happened i said i didn't like this road cuz how bumpy it was. But anyways here are the pics.



its hard to see but thats how elevated the manhole cover was when i drove over it.



Theres the manhole



Bent the 3 inch metal pipe 90 degrees somehow.



Ripped the exhaust right off.



Airbags work!



on the wrecker.

but anways thats it. oh and one more thing i hate SC roads...the county is definately gonna be hearin from me shortly, this isn't going unanswered and i will not pay for the county's slackness.

[ThuG LyFe]

ouch good luck trying to get money from the government.

so is there any damage to the engine? or the headers? hope you can fix that thing back up and ur friends are alright.

[MySXisSlowerThanUrs]

Now that JDM!

[capblueberry]

no engine damage what so ever, not even any front damage, only damage to my exhaust and rear bumper. airbags of course which also caused damage to my dash!

the girl that was hit in the head was sent to the hospital for the cut on her head and she is ok, she was just freakin cuz forehead injuries tend to bleed alot, she isn't even going to have to get stiches just gonna get tapped up and she will be fine.

[stanthes13man]

wow....thats crazy, a friend of mine lost his pan like that.

[Gabes13]

damn, that sucks

[brandonDavid]

same thing happened to my buddies accord after we put the coils on, except he was going through an intersection and his airbags didn't deploy. we had to turn around and pick up the exhaust though. sucks man.

[capblueberry]

i just dont understand how it the rods that attach to the hangars off the exhaust managed to go straight threw my bumper, i was only going 10 mph maybe.

i also dont see how my exhaust got bent like it did, doesn't make sense to me.

[sr20det_s13]

Man that must give you so much HP since its tilted 90 degrees. Kidding man that sucks never seen that before and thats one big *** man hole did you see it before you drove over it?

[Philipio]

That second picture's hot, you should have rocked it like that if it was still connected.

[kamikazestorm420]

how low is your car?

[spooled240]

That second picture's hot, you should have rocked it like that if it was still connected.

bozoku ftw!!

good luck with the settlement, I live around some really bad roads that tear up shocks, tires, etc..which is the fault of the city, i think. We pay a lot in taxes when we get payed, when we buy stuff, when we make money on investments or "capital gains", I think it's not too much to ask for some decent as$ roads for everyone's daily use

[MySXisSlowerThanUrs]

things could of been worse, you could of been killed by a manhole cover! That would suck for people telling others how you died, and they would be like how did they die........ He Drove over a MANHOLE!!

[got chub]

if SC is anything like NC you can sue the city/town/county for the damages to the vehicle.

one lady pulled in to the parking lot at my work and took the corner to sharp and hit a whole. it blew the tire, cracked her bumper and bent her lower control arm. the city paid for everything cause she went from city rd to a business that is also owned by the city

hope everything works out for you

[TRBOMOFO]

that is some of the craziest S&*% i have ever seen i think

good luck mang

[dsc4130]

thats nuts, contact the street department

[amolao]

Either your car is extremely low or you had some heavy weight's riding in the back seat.......

[StricNyne]

on my friends rsx it tore the exhaust right off the head dealership was not happy

[Kalypso]

that sucks...

[Dire91]

that blows, how low was your car?

[leveloneae86]

sorry to hear what happened. something like this happened to my brother but on the freeway and he was on a motorcycle. the road normally doesnt have it and it was at night. his bike started wobbling but he got control of it and procceded home. who would one contact about this?

[Hcraig13]

Sorry to hear that. I hate airbags. The only time they help is in insanely bad accidents. Thats another reason i drive an s13

[tramp_drift240]

if your cars lowered at all, i doubt theres any chance you'll be able to get any money from the govt. for what happened.

they'll say that your car was illegally modified, or something like that, and that cars with factory equipment wouldnt have been affected by such a hazard in the road.

good luck with it.

oh, i think the exhaust bent from either hitting the towhook in the rear, the bumper cover itself, or maybe one of the hangars really didnt want to let go.

who made your exhaust?

[capblueberry]

I cant remember how much my car was lowered exactly because it was done before i bought it, i wanna say about 1.5 inches.

the cops said that they dont think it will go anywhere in court because it was lowered, but it wasn't illegally low or anything

way i see it, if a car is of legal height, the roads should be in good enough condition for it to handle it.

my exhaust was a megen type 2 catback.

but my dad went to the neighborhood where it happened now and i know he is going to raise hell about this, my dad doesn't let **** like this go.

im bettin we will get some money outta this.

[capblueberry]

one more picture, me and my gf talkin to the police

[RB24D]

Damin I feel your pain mine is not done yet but I also live in lexington sc by the highschool.What road were you on ?If you notify the county they will usually pay for the damages just dont mention you car is lowered.

[MastaYu]

dag that suxs

[spooled240]

was your exhaust hanging really low? cuz mine does

[Dittoz7]

Time For A F*cking REMATCH!

[capblueberry]

Damin I feel your pain mine is not done yet but I also live in lexington sc by the highschool.What road were you on ?If you notify the county they will usually pay for the damages just dont mention you car is lowered.

its a road down off 378 near the hospital, if you go past the hospital and take a left at the light near the burger king, it was down in there.