People keep messing with my VX

[rowhard]

That does suck and roger on turning their sore butts over to the police. Good news for you. When I had the body work done in Jan following the car port collapse, Merlin said that there were a lot of front fenders in the supply system

[Riff Raff]

I think the Post It note prank is hillarious. At least they where smart enough to confine them mostly to the windows. I also like the fact that you drove around with them on.

As for the damage.....someone has to die!! I can't believe that a water balloon did that. That's crazy.

I'm with Bart...if you so much as look at the VX wrong we're going to have problems. Heck, I've lost girlfriends over that car because they thought that I loved the car more than them (they where right).

x2. I've told many a girl in the past-- "if you make me choose; you're gonna lose!" As far as the hooligans, please inform their parents of a death in their immediate families. Don't call the cops; call the coronor.

[rowhard]

x2. As far as the hooligans, please inform their parents of a death in their immediate families. Don't call the cops; call the coronor.

I do love the way you put things

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Sorry about your problems...but this is EXACTLY why I "themed" my VX with the skulls & crossbones...you touch...you die!



let the chanting begin..........mythbusters....Mythbusters.....MYTH BUSTERS!!!!

[JoFotoz]

Umm harris...

BTW - it was not a water ballon - you should know that.

...take a good look at the pic.

Bust balllllloooonnnn ...

...on the wing.

I agree its hard to believe...

..but he was there...and so is the evidence.

Why dispute it ...


jo



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[WormGod]

Umm harris...



...take a good look at the pic.

Bust balllllloooonnnn ...

...on the wing.

I agree its hard to believe...

..but he was there...and so is the evidence.

Why dispute it ...


jo



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Don't need to prove it to us. Disputing it would only be an issue with an insurance company. It's getting them to believe it that will be the challenge, heh.

[SlowPro48]

Must have been one of those sharp, square-edged water balloons. Check out the crease it made...

Glad it didn't hit a person! Could have been deadly. Or caused a concussion at the very least. Should buff right out of the VX though...

I dunno... I threw many a water balloon into a parking lot from a 4th floor balcony - hit many cars while aiming for the people hiding behind them - and never saw one cause any damage whatsoever. Could they have tossed something else and followed it up with a water balloon?

[tom4bren]

I've seen a wet roll of TP crush a hood.

No - I wasn't the throw-ee.

I was the target. Glad they missed.

[SlowPro48]

Yeah - I can see that happening. With wet TP there would be a fair amount of mass and it wouldn't compress much - so all the momentum would be concentrated in the area of a roll of toilet paper. With a balloon, it seems the energy would be dissipated since the balloon stretches and then breaks. Looks like the PSI delivered would be limited by how stretchy the balloon is. If the balloon hit a concave area and thus trapped the energy of the mass of water I can see how it would make a dent but still it wouldn't have the psi necessary to crease steel. If it hit a convex shape like the crown of a fender it seems like it would scatter the water and dissipate the momentum (in addition to the crown shape being structurally stronger) so it wouldn't even create a dent much less crease the sheet metal like that.

I'm not saying this couldn't happen, I'm just saying he might want to look around and see if there was something else thrown because if there wasn't then that is one FREAKY water balloon accident!

[Ldub]

I think all y'all armchair scientists might be missing an unknown here...

Did the person filling the baloons have a water softener in good working order???

I rather doubt it...

[nfpgasmask]

Maybe it was a Water Grenade!



Bart

[Thmstec]

I can assure you guys it was only a water balloon, that crease in the middle is where the metal wrapped around the FRAME of the car There are no scratches anywhere around the impact... and the area was free of any gel-like or otherwise soft things that could've been thrown. I'm just glad that I won't have to be convincing insurance that a water balloon did it.

[JHarris1385]

Umm harris...



...take a good look at the pic.

Bust balllllloooonnnn ...

...on the wing.

I agree its hard to believe...

..but he was there...and so is the evidence.

Why dispute it ...


jo



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.....Yeah I saw the same picture you did.

Slow..pro...went into detail.....

...I would say there was about a liter or less of water...at a rate of about...

....two pounds - max and that is saying this was a LARGE BALLOON....

Dropped from that height would do damage if it it was a solid.....

The fact that it is not a solid and the engery is spread over a wider contact area + the factor it hit one of the strongest points of metal -..

..I doubt it -

....Them saying they will pay for it..is as good as the paper it is written on.

[Ikkesh]

Post-it notes:

Water Balloon:
First of all, it was most definitely just a water balloon, filled with nothing but water. It was a small water balloon though, thrown from a 3rd story balcony. I think what caused the extent of the damage was a combination of things. I was going about 30 miles per hour, and at the exact moment I got hit with the water balloons, the front wheels where hitting a speed bump. So the car was being pushed upward, and the small balloon will cause more damage than a larger balloon... But yea, I'm still amazed that it caused the damage.

Mythbusters?

[Ikkesh]

Heavy water from a nuke reactor?