Holy good lord. HOW. Someone explain this.

"OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars" (jakeauern) 09/27/2016 at 19:30 • Filed to: None

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How did this even happen. I need an explanation.

http://franklinhomepage.com/franklin-polic…

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:32

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If i get Kinja’d - http://franklinhomepage.com/franklin-police-handle-lexus-separating-in-crash-near-mcewen/

Nick Has an Exocet > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:35

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... Where is the rest of it?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Nick Has an Exocet 09/27/2016 at 19:36

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I have no clue. More pictures need released but that is insane.

bob and john > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:37

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actual answer: older BoF suv that was rusted. probably didnt actually take all that much to separate them.

smart ass answer: can opener and some patience.

whoarder is tellurium > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:38

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Lexus rocket detached its first stage too soon.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:39

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Ejector seat malfunction.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > whoarder is tellurium 09/27/2016 at 19:39

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As Elon would call it - RUD (Rapid Unintended Disassembly)

whoarder is tellurium > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:40

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YES!

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > bob and john 09/27/2016 at 19:40

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Tennessee trucks wouldn’t normally be THAT rusty though.

bob and john > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:41

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maybe the truck wasnt originally tennessee?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 09/27/2016 at 19:41

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Hahaha

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > bob and john 09/27/2016 at 19:43

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No clue but pictures don’t show that much rust.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:46

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Looks like body-on-frame, minus the frame.

deprecated account > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:54

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Ejecto seato, cuz!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 19:56

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I’m guessing that was an RX right?

Die-Trying > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:08

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it looks like when two cars are scabbed together into one......... looks like the bottom just let go of the top half..........(cold spot welds?)..........

Die-Trying > Nick Has an Exocet 09/27/2016 at 20:09

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TheTurbochargedSquirrel > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:14

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It looks like they hit something with the bottom of the car which opened it like a tin can.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:22

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Look at the rear axle. Half-shafts look to be very small - which indicates it may be a fwd-based SUV. Also, if you zoom in on the steering wheel, it looks like the Toyota-Lexus 3-spoke job from the mid-2000s with the cruise control stalk on the bottom right area.

Now look at the seats:

Power seats with side airbags and a fold-down armrest indicate that this is either a 2003-o8 RX or a mid-late 2000s GX.

Studying the sewing, it looks more like the RX:

That’s a passenger seat from an 04 RX330. The seams are the same.
I’m confident that the vehicle in question was a second-generation RX. The proportions of the wheel wells in the top photo seem to work, too.

A second article gives more details .

So what happened here, is that she was driving way too fast, hit the (probably concrete) median in a way that the subframe/engine cradle was the first part to hit, and that’s where they separated. The further collisions served to split the car even more and then it wound up both in a parking lot and on an embankment.

So what do I win?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/27/2016 at 20:24

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My dad thinks it was an RX350 because the size of the engine. Also theres no axle out back.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/27/2016 at 20:25

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My dad thinks it’s an RX350 because the mass of the engine and the lack of a rear axle.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:38

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The front suspension looks about right for an RX as well but Toyota probably used that in everyting.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/27/2016 at 20:40

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No Toyota has that steering wheel as well.

EL_ULY > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:40

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Not a Volvo.

I love my old peeps at Lexus but those cars were embarrassingly flimsy in the later 2000's

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > bob and john 09/27/2016 at 20:41

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Talked with my dad (maater tech Lexus and Toyota). It was jst sheer impact that ripped the subframe out of the car.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 09/27/2016 at 20:42

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Eyewitness said they hit the embakement and the vehcile jumped the road at the end of the off ramp.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:45

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I don’t even see a steering wheel.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > EL_ULY 09/27/2016 at 20:46

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My dad is bewildered to how it ripped like that.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/27/2016 at 20:50

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It’s with the picture that doesnt have the seats and engine.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 20:54

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Oh yeah. That’s a Lexus wheel.

wafflesnfalafel > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 22:16

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“the driver was injured,” ya think? Never seen a crash where the unibody was split in two like that.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > wafflesnfalafel 09/27/2016 at 22:20

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My dad has worked on these cars since they were new and still has no idea how that could have happen. His comparison was a piece of 2x4 through a pine tree. Just so many forces anything can happen.

EL_ULY > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 22:32

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It shouldn’t surprise him. We used to get ES and IS in (2006-2010) all the time that hit a road bump or curb so hard that the roofs would get creases. Those cars are hella weak structurally. It doesn’t surprise me at all how horrid they did in 2012 at the IIHS small overlap test. At Lexus training school they gave us 2 pieces of body steel from Lexus and Mercedes. The Lexus steel was quieter but flimsy compared to Mercedes.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > EL_ULY 09/27/2016 at 22:34

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Ah. Yeah the dealership didn’t have a body shop so he never dealt with that kind of stuff.

EL_ULY > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/27/2016 at 22:51

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The cars didn’t have body damage, but after a huge wheel impact they had a series of issues including a sunroof inop. Pinch protection will not allow it to open or close properly after an impact due to frame issues.

Good thing those issues are now solved.

The car above was a freak accident but the destruction doesn’t surprise me for Lexus. If it were an XC90 or XC60, then wtfbbq?!?

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > EL_ULY 09/27/2016 at 22:54

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The new XC90 is built just for this type of accident if I remember right.

Berang > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 09/28/2016 at 04:18

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The steering wheel is still inside the cab.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Berang 09/28/2016 at 07:54

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I found it eventually.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 09/28/2016 at 08:40

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Key word, “Airborne”. Probably flipped a few times and disintegrated in the process.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 09/28/2016 at 09:23

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We think the subframe gave out when they hit the embakement, then the rest of car flew over the road Forza style