Driving down the highway southbound this morning and in the northbound lane a rock truck loses his rear axle which bounces over the center median and come within inches of hitting me in the 914 and just misses a cayenne turbo that was next to me. Holy shit! Thank god for my little car's ablility to swerve hard at high speeds, otherwise you would be reading my obituary.

omg...

glad you are safe bro

Crap! I hope the guy stopped.

Glad you're okay.

Amazing! I am glad you are OK. Have a cold one and relax. It wasn't your time.

Spooky.

So... uhh, wanna put your car (or what's left of it) to me in your will

How does the axle fall off a truck? I've broken a LOT of shit, but this is a 1st...

BJH

So did you have to go home and wash out your pants?

I have actually seen this also. that big U bolt that holds the axle to the leaf springs snaps and the drive shaft gives up. scary to see it as it happens. I did not see it as it happened like you , i saw the aftermath.

Just tell the wife: see, 914s are safer than other cars

truely unbelievable...

So now you can write a tech article entitled "How to get shit stains out of basketweave material"



Seriously.. glad you are OK. Just another reason not to drive an SUV.....

There was a guy killed here about 2-3 weeks ago from a trailer hitch that fell off a SUV, went right thru the windshield and took him out on I-5. The guy who lost the trailer hitch bailed, like you wouldn't notice a missing trailer hitch.

Defensive driving, glad you made it out alive. If it's not the asshole on the phone or doing anything but drive, it's the one who never does any maintenance.

Don

Today would be a great day to hit the casinos don't you think!

Glad you are ok. It would have been a shame to scratch that pretty paint, or your noggin

Glad you're ok. My 914's PO was driving on Hwy. 280 in the SF South Bay area when a three-piece wheel on the truck in front of him disintegrated. Half of the outer rim bounced off the pavement and embedded itself in the front trunklid - a few feet more and the result would have been much worse.

Another friend, unfortunately, was on the same section of road almost 20 years later when a similar incident happened - the wheel went through the windshield and killed him.

Here in Phoenix, road debris incidents are common - covered loads are a rarity.

Hi

Thats some serious good Karma !

Did some good in your life and this is paypack, the other Porsche was just dambed lucky

Later

Way to be alert!!!

My 914s nimbleness has saved me from being run over by an obviously homicidal deer once on the way to work, so I know how you feel!

I would have been pissed if something happen to that car! Take care....

Dan

Two hours after the "incident" I was heading back the other direction and was caught in the traffic jam from the same truck. The axle apparently broke off of the tractor. I hear it made the news. If my diesel truck would not have been in the shop and I would have been driving it, that would have been bad. The assembly would have definately hit me.

Nah, you'd have been driving slower and it would've happened before you got there!

Actually, my diesel has 600+ hp and 1100 lbs/ft torque and it hauls ass.