Well if you guys followed my transmission post, you know what I just went through. Well yesterday I had a shitty birthday. Just got my car back and she was running like brand new. Coming home from taking my dad to an appointment I nailed a rock in the middle of the interstate. I had no where to go so I was hoping it was small enough to fit under the car. Well I nailed it, sounded like I hit a car. No lights came on, no loss of speed/power, steering was fine and did no damage to the front end. Nothing was leaking.

Drove it home (15 miles) had no issues. Now the exhaust seems loose, makes a rumbling sound from the back in reverse and my wife said she can feel it under the front passenger floor board. When you drive you hear something rattling around. From looking under the front i see something that looks like wire mesh hanging down a hair. Nothing hanging or sagging down from the middle to rear of the car.

Does anyone have a picture of the underside of a 2011 Cooper Hardtop, or have any idea what I damaged? Im figuring I'm going to file an insurance claim cause it was an accident. Sucks my collision is a $500 deduct.

 

Probably be cheaper in the long run to skip the insurance route if it's just an exhaust problem

 

i have pictures of the damage uploading shortly

 

 

 

 

after the 3rd pic is where i think the rattle while driving is coming from nothing is wrong with the tail pipe or the muffler. looks like it came out and hit the plastic cover on the spare tire and came out. i'm assuming the 3rd pic is the cat.

 

With a $500 deductible, I think I would take it to a muffler shop and get an opinion..