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Hi Folks,
I went to Tampa (from Miami) this weekend and had to drive across Alligator Alley. There was lots of traffic and I got stuck behind this huge dump truck. We're all going at least 80 and both lanes are packed and I can't get out from behind him. I started slowing down slightly to try to get out of this whole thing but no one would get into the space between me and the dump truck. It was spewing rocks like a son of a gun! I kept hearing them popping against my car.... POP! BLAM! And with each new pop a swear word emerged from my lips. I could see the rocks coming at me... little white balls of terror impacting me at a combined speed of 160 mph. It was a nightmare. I was stuck behind it for a good two minutes before I could get out.
When I got to Tampa I inspected the front of my car. No surprise there were rock chips GALORE! Some of them so big and deep I can sit the tip of my pinky finger in them. Right down to the bare metal. I'm devastated!
Are these spots going to start to rust if I do nothing? And if I want to do something, what can I do besides a whole darn repaint.. which I can't really afford at the moment.
I'm sick to my stomach at the look of the hood of my beautiful car. One even got the side of my driver's door. Not only a rock chip but also a little dent it hit so hard.
I'll post pics soon. It's too dark right now.
I went to Tampa (from Miami) this weekend and had to drive across Alligator Alley. There was lots of traffic and I got stuck behind this huge dump truck. We're all going at least 80 and both lanes are packed and I can't get out from behind him. I started slowing down slightly to try to get out of this whole thing but no one would get into the space between me and the dump truck. It was spewing rocks like a son of a gun! I kept hearing them popping against my car.... POP! BLAM! And with each new pop a swear word emerged from my lips. I could see the rocks coming at me... little white balls of terror impacting me at a combined speed of 160 mph. It was a nightmare. I was stuck behind it for a good two minutes before I could get out.
When I got to Tampa I inspected the front of my car. No surprise there were rock chips GALORE! Some of them so big and deep I can sit the tip of my pinky finger in them. Right down to the bare metal. I'm devastated!
Are these spots going to start to rust if I do nothing? And if I want to do something, what can I do besides a whole darn repaint.. which I can't really afford at the moment.
I'm sick to my stomach at the look of the hood of my beautiful car. One even got the side of my driver's door. Not only a rock chip but also a little dent it hit so hard.
I'll post pics soon. It's too dark right now.
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