Bronco vs. Retaining Wall...Bronco wins!

[Calm horse]

That's a whoops!!! Looks like the 2dr will live another day...

I could see a mordoor being nose down with the rear hung up, ready to be mounted!!!

Team 2 Door = Purpose Built and Bad Ass

The mordoor wouldn't have rolled down the hill!

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[BigFootie]

I've heard that sound before. Fortunately it was my neighbors car jumping the culvert in my driveway and smacking into a 30 year old maple tree squarely in the rear.

I did get the call once to say my car was in the road. It was in gear, I guess it just didn't feel like fighting gravity that day.

Glad it turned out ok. Most of that will buff out, even the concrete.

 

[THEMANatwar]

That's a whoops!!! Looks like the 2dr will live another day...

I could see a mordoor being nose down with the rear hung up, ready to be mounted!!!

Team 2 Door = Purpose Built and Bad Ass

Some of you 2 door fellas are a different breed for sure.

 

[JBlanco]

At first I thought that had to be in around San Francisco, then checked his location...

 

[MaxPower]

That's a whoops!!! Looks like the 2dr will live another day...

I could see a mordoor being nose down with the rear hung up, ready to be mounted!!!

Team 2 Door = Purpose Built and Bad Ass

Stop projecting your 2 door insecurities LOL

 

[kodiakisland]

Where's the people mad at the neighbor for calling it a car?

 

[AK SNO RIDER]

Hard to say for sure from the pic but that sure looks like the wheel is split open to me.

 

[Bellime]

A boo boo. Get it a band aid

 

[EquusBronsis]

WOW..Two Clydesdales to move one Bronco!

 

[PNW Guy]

These Broncos are tough!

Looking at these two pictures I would be a little concerned about how the grille seems to be out of place a little bit almost like the front frame rail got bent up just a bit. It appears that the fender gap to grille is bigger at the top than the bottom. And it might just be the light or camera angle but it also looks like the piece that goes under the grille and lines up to the fender at the fender flare is sitting out of place onto the flare. First picture I quoted blown up shows this better.

All in all it could have been much worse. Could have taken a bath in the lake at the bottom. And that crash bar probably saved most of your suspension from getting ripped off completely. Glad everyone is alright which is the important part.

 

[mattymik]

Dude.

You gotta get a lift/level kit for that house. Major Carolina Squat going on there

Stay away from Rough Country though.

 

[bikesandguitars]

Any verdict on exactly how it happened?

A friend parked his near new Jeep Trailhawk in his driveway and came out later to find it 200 feet down the hill, totaled. Jeep sent a person to exam the wreck and stated that they would not cover it because the e-brake was not engaged. It’s in the manual, “the e-brake must always be applied when parked on a hill.”

insurance covered it.

 

[Danny's Bronco]

Wow that's crazy looking! Glad the Bronco should be ok, and more importantly all the people are ok!

I had a car roll out of a parking spot in a multi story parking garage once. Hit so ladys car on the other side. Police, mall security and the fire department all came out. I felt terrible about it! She never even turned it into her insurance. I was like 16. Parents were pissed!! If I wouldn't have told them they never would have noticed. Just my luck

 

[Jacksonholio]

I have a very steep driveway. It has claimed a few cars...you have to be very careful where you park, how much you're angled down, be sure to remember to park in reverse if you have a manual, be sure to set your emergency brake...and even if you follow all these points, you have to trust your gut.

Well, yesterday I drove home, parked, went through what I believed was my normal ritual, but I was a bit distracted. Ran in the house to sort a few things. Was there for about five minutes when I heard a loud bang. Got a text from the neighbor confirming the worst...the Bronco had rolled down the hill.

Past my driveway, there is a ravine lot that ends in a lake. That is always the fear...will something just keep moving, and end up there?

Well, the Bronco came to rest, very precariously, on a concrete retaining wall. It took out a bunch of shrubbery that I was meaning to prune anyway, and landed in a manner that sacrificed the capable bumper, the passenger tire and the tie rod on the passenger side...but somehow escaped any further damage.

I called AAA and my insurance company and got things squared away.

The tow company knows the mountain style lots in my area. They sent both a winch and a flatbed, with two drivers and a trainee.

Long story short, it looks like all this little adventure will set me back is a bumper, a tire, maybe a wheel, the suspension bits, and we'll see if any sensors need replacing. Oh, and some concrete touchups on the retaining wall. I'm already considering the spontaneous landscaping as a plus.

But from what I can see, no body panel dents, no paintwork.

These Broncos are tough!

That's the modular bumper, not the "capable"

 

[Billy Goat]

YAY111 FOR CRASH BARS1111

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