Mailbox got hit... can you identify the car?

[Big A]

I would check with the city before installing anything that doesn't "break-away," as it could very well be illegal, and in the very least open you up to a huge liability if/when someone hits it, accidentally or otherwise.

[03trubluGT]

Still desperately clinging to that old chestnut, huh? I bet those plate brackets in the 20's when the law was enacted were really flimsy, seeing as plastics didn't see mass manufacturing until the 40's. But hey, just like usual, don't let facts get in the way of the dumbass little fairy tales you tell yourself as job justification.

Nice.

[Cooter]

I would guess its 90s Yukon/blazer

poor guess considering most of them were 2 door, but even the 4 doors had a more "square" rear door window. The Explorer is slanted

[JC316]

It's a 96-01 explorer. The headlights are unmistakeable, they're split 70/30. If you pause the video, you can clearly see a blank space where the lights split.

[03trubluGT]

Did they get the plate number before it was collected?

[Ratt]

This is about as clear a screen cap as I could get:



It looks like one of several things. 2000ish Explorer, 01-03 Isuzu Rodeo, 2001ish Nissan Pathfinder (basically same car as a Rodeo), 95-02 4Runner. The headlights and taillights narrow it down, though. Definitely not a CRV as mentioned, as their taillights are up on the C-pillar.

I agree with JC316, as the video shows a horizontal blank space in the headlights. The only reason I said Rodeo or Pathfinder is that back looks more slanted than an Explorer, but that could just be the video, and the blank in the headlight could be a cracked headlight lens/housing making it appear to be split.

[JC316]

I agree with JC316, as the video shows a horizontal blank space in the headlights. The only reason I said Rodeo or Pathfinder is that back looks more slanted than an Explorer, but that could just be the video, and the blank in the headlight could be a cracked headlight lens/housing making it appear to be split.

It's more than just the headlights. The space between the lights, the style of wheel is distinctly ford with the giant center cap recessed into the wheel. The size of the rear quarter window is another factor, no other SUV from that era has one as big as an explorer. The Pathfinder and Rodeo are all tiny in proportion to the back passenger door.

Looking at the wheel, it's not the popular chrome, it's appears to be the sawblade style that was popular on the 00 XLS model. None of this really matters since they don't have a plate number.

[shumpertdavid]

As stated above a couple times, you can't install a mailbox in a manner that it can't be broken or knocked over. If you build it from pipe, make it bullet proof and some dumb for shit, no driving, stupid m-fer plows it and kills himself you're left with a good chance to be sued.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

poor guess considering most of them were 2 door, but even the 4 doors had a more "square" rear door window. The Explorer is slanted

laste 90s early 00s

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdamox.com%2Fcars%2Fwallpaper%2FGMC%2FGMC_Yukon_Denali.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pacificp.com%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D109502%26sid%3D4794b97e5252a7a2ad6d891f31477055&h=768&w=1024&tbnid=cNnvYQ5pLBK8wM%3A&zoom=1&docid=xQCctYygRmaScM&ei=ihyjVPibFcf_yQTp0YGoAw&tbm=isch&ved=0CFAQMyhIMEg4yAE&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=3013&page=9&start=258&ndsp=31

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:98-05_Chevrolet_S-10_Blazer_LS_4-door.jpg

[Cooter]

1999 Tahoe:



You didn't say S10... totally different than "blazer/tahoe"

The front end doesn't have the S10 slope and the headlights say Explorer. But S10 is certainly a better guess than a 90's Blazer/Tahoe

I don't know what it is, but it's not a full size blazer/tahoe from any generation IMO

laste 90s early 00s

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdamox.com%2Fcars%2Fwallpaper%2FGMC%2FGMC_Yukon_Denali.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pacificp.com%2Fforum%2Fviewtopic.php%3Fp%3D109502%26sid%3D4794b97e5252a7a2ad6d891f31477055&h=768&w=1024&tbnid=cNnvYQ5pLBK8wM%3A&zoom=1&docid=xQCctYygRmaScM&ei=ihyjVPibFcf_yQTp0YGoAw&tbm=isch&ved=0CFAQMyhIMEg4yAE&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=3013&page=9&start=258&ndsp=31

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi..._LS_4-door.jpg

[JC316]

I don't know what it is, but it's not a full size blazer/tahoe from any generation IMO

It's definitely not a tahoe, cause it's a freaking exploder. I should know, I've owned enough of the damned things.

He hit the mailbox because he was reaching into the glove box to turn the heater on, cause the fucking blend door is broken, then he skidded on his four, bald, mismatched tires.

Now he is not going to pay some poor car lot, which better not be my lot, because the front end is fucked up.

[Mike]

it's definitely not a tahoe, cause it's a freaking exploder. I should know, i've owned enough of the damned things.

He hit the mailbox because he was reaching into the glove box to turn the heater on, cause the fucking blend door is broken, then he skidded on his four, bald, mismatched tires.

Now he is not going to pay some poor car lot, which better not be my lot, because the front end is fucked up.

lol

[talisman]

It's definitely not a tahoe, cause it's a freaking exploder. I should know, I've owned enough of the damned things.

He hit the mailbox because he was reaching into the glove box to turn the heater on, cause the fucking blend door is broken, then he skidded on his four, bald, mismatched tires.

Now he is not going to pay some poor car lot, which better not be my lot, because the front end is fucked up.

haha

I've owned a handful as well, and am fairly certain that is an Explorer.

[lincolnboy]

Guess he won't be gettinf his mail.

[Frank]

I have an 8" x 8" solid "I" beam I intend to use if mine ever gets hit.