I leave the office tonight and jump on 101 southbound from San Tomas. I enter the freeway and just in front of me a bus explodes

I find myself dodging pieces of metal as they are falling off this wreckage as it's trying to get to the side of the road. I think I've got it made when a bowling ball size piece of twisted metal falls right in front of my car - I drive straight over it and I hear it tearing apart the underside of my car.

I make it to the side of the road all the time hearing this gawd awful noise. I hit my emergency flasher and get out to assess the damage.

My new GT2 bumper and lip are damaged, and I see all sorts of pieces hanging down below my car.

I called my shop and he sent out a tow. It's in the shop, but he had all of his lifts occupied, so I have no idea what sort of damage I experienced.

What a crappy way to start off the weekend

My crackberry doesn't have a camera, but here's a pic I took just last weekend:

 

A Diesel Buss exploded? There must be some very high atmospheric pressures in SF. Or maybe it's all the methane in the air.

glad you're ok. Post a pic of the damage.

 

Sorry to hear!!! Maybe you'll be lucky and you just have a bunch of broken plastic covers underneath...

 

Sorry to hear bro. Hope you fix her soon.

 

that sucks, sorry to hear

 

Wow! What are the odds of that happening? Sorry to hear.

 

screw the bumper - anyone on the bus hurt?

 

sorry but a bus is not more important than a turbo

 

Nobody on the bus except the driver - as it turns out, the bus was just purchased to be converted to an RV and the driver was delivering it to the shop for conversion...

I guess they purchased a lemon

Thanks everyone for the good wishes.

 

very nice pic hopefully u can restore the damage, and all that will be lost is time good luck steve

 

damn Rich that sucks!

 

didn't you just have your bumper painted

 

Oh that sucks. Right in my neck of the woods too. Sorry about that!

 

ouch..sorry to hear about it. Hope everything goes well with the repair!

 

Sorry hear that. The bright side is you made it out without being hurt.