bear vs toyota

[AndyL]

Towing buddy forwarded this to me - figured y'all would like :) (even if some details don't make sense...)


This happened to one of the land owners near Waterton. The body of the car was unscratched...

Last Monday morning he came out to find the inside of his 18 month old Toyota Sequoia trashed.
A grizzly bear had somehow got a door open (easy considering the way the handles are) and once inside got trapped when the door shut behind him. Probably the wind.

The Toyota was a platinum edition, all the door panels were ripped off, the headliner torn to pieces, all headrests, the leather seats, the dash shredded. The steering column was twisted sideways. Two of the six airbags went off, the other four the bear ripped to pieces.

You can imagine a trapped grizzly being hit with an airbag in an enclosed space must have figured he was in for the fight of his life. When the bear ripped off the door panels he clawed all the wiring harnesses out. Toyota figures every wire he pulled or clawed at resulted in bells, voices or sparks. The head mechanic at Calgary Toyota doubted if they had the expertise to put it back together.

To add insult to injury the bear took a big dump in the back of the SUV and then broke out the rear window. Fish and wildlife officers have inspected the damage and figure it was a 3 year old grizzly. The vehicle has been written off, cost new over 70,000, they stopped counting repair costs at 60,000!



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[xnvy]

:rofl: That's crazy.

[pf0sh0]

holy shit!!

[Mibz]

That's awesome.

[Sentry]

Holy fuck I wish there was a video of it trapped in there going ape shit with the airbag blowing up. :rofl:

[black13]

:rofl: Dumb bear

[BokCh0y]

that is effing crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kloubek]

Imagine walking out to that in the morning. A story to tell your grandchildren for sure.

[corsvette]

There must have been somthing that Bear really wanted in that SUV, they usually don't try to squeeze into unknown confined spaces, especially a Grizzly.

[Jeff Lange]

Yeah it was towed in and looked pretty crazy, especially since the outside of it was still totally fine.

It's rare that you see what looks like a perfectly fine Sequoia and upon closer inspection it's totally obliterated inside. The turd in the back was a nice touch.

From what I had heard, apparently there wasn't much left inside, possibly a granola bar or something like that. It's unusual.

These are the pics I took when it arrived:

http://i.imgur.com/WZqdw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oeOHw.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/HuvkD.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ccvOI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/X9K6w.jpg

Jeff

[ekguy]

lol is that bear shit in the last pic?

[AndyL]

:rofl: OMG confirmation... Here I was thinking it was possibly a email legend...

[K3RMiTdot]

HOLY SHIT

[Rat Fink]

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[xnvy]

Originally posted by Rat Fink
If it ever makes its way into shady hands and finds it way back onto the streets, I would love to see a carproof of it. That would be a good example for one of their commercials :rofl:

"smells outdoorsy" Automaxx? :rofl:

[AndyL]

Toyota's next ad campaign...

"Sequoia - Tough enough to contain a grizzly"

:rofl:

[Maxx Mazda]

Automaxx is totally gonna pick that one up!

[big A]

Thanks for the pic of the turd. I wouldn't have believed it if there was no proof.

[euro_racer]

LOL! Good to finally read the story behind this... This car was at the impact auto auction and sold on wendesday... Seen it in person and could not comprehend how something like that can happen. It was quite the mess

[imhungry]

Originally posted by euro_racer
LOL! Good to finally read the story behind this... This car was at the impact auto auction and sold on wendesday... Seen it in person and could not comprehend how something like that can happen. It was quite the mess

I wonder ow much it sold for???

And poor bear :cry:

[projekz]

The new Sequoia Grizzly edition!:rofl:

[chkolny541]

bear shit hahahaahah

completely confirms everything OP has said

[AndyL]

Originally posted by chkolny541
bear shit hahahaahah

completely confirms everything OP has said
I didn't say it - I copied/pasted an email from a towing buddy - had been forwarded a few dozen times before... I was doubtful, but google didn't reveal bear v toyota stories, so figured maybe it was plausible???

[tom_9109]

Went for 21k or 23k. Can't remember which.

[DboyNismo]

mustve been a very hairy situation. i bet the owner really had a shitty morning.

but in all seriousness, holy smokes thats crazy. i wonder whose blame the insurance company would file this under?

man 0, nature 1

[Darell_n]

Looks like an acetylene accident to me ....:D

[JustinMCS]

That's quite the story. Did he get full replacement cost through his insurance?

[Jeff Lange]

I'd also like to confirm that the bear didn't just get into one of the doors, it broke the glass on the tailgate and climbed in through there. Not sure how it broke it, as typically glass can take a beating, but it was in fact shattered.

I also don't recall any damage to the steering column, but I wasn't really looking too closely. Not sure what they meant by "twisted sideways" in that email.

Jeff

[syritis]

looks like my bed when i wake up with a hang over.

not much luck for toyota's this month.

[Gibson]

Why would somebody want to buy this thing from auction? If you had a car with a destroyed interior, you just strip whatever is left and use it as a track car. The Sequoia is bigger than a small house. Maybe just use it on a farm to haul stuff around?

[davesparky6]

Think how much worse this could have been.... Bear gets tired, falls asleep in the car, car owner opens the door and climbs in without noticing the damage(A stetch, but still).....

[spikerS]

Originally posted by Gibson
Why would somebody want to buy this thing from auction? If you had a car with a destroyed interior, you just strip whatever is left and use it as a track car. The Sequoia is bigger than a small house. Maybe just use it on a farm to haul stuff around?

exterior panels in mint condition, engine and drive train would be fine, tires, rims, ect...

it is basically a parts car. plenty of reason to buy this if you are from a Toyota dealership.

[TeamBestBud]

Originally posted by syritis
looks like my bed when i wake up with a hang over.



You shit in your bed when your hungover?

:rofl:

[G-ZUS]

Originally posted by Gibson
Why would somebody want to buy this thing from auction? If you had a car with a destroyed interior, you just strip whatever is left and use it as a track car. The Sequoia is bigger than a small house. Maybe just use it on a farm to haul stuff around?

Parts, or somebody will buy it then buy another smashed one and use parts from 1 to the other to make a complete one and re-sell.

[soloracer]

Originally posted by Jeff Lange
I'd also like to confirm that the bear didn't just get into one of the doors, it broke the glass on the tailgate and climbed in through there. Not sure how it broke it, as typically glass can take a beating, but it was in fact shattered.

I also don't recall any damage to the steering column, but I wasn't really looking too closely. Not sure what they meant by "twisted sideways" in that email.

Jeff

How do you know that the window wasn't broken by the bear trying to get out? I would believe the bear got in through an open door and then when locked inside went apesh!t trying to find a way out. It would seem to me that is the logical conclusion instead of thinking that the bear was so determined to get in that he broke the back window without damaging any other part of the exterior of the vehicle and then was too dumb to figure out how to get back out again.

[Jeff Lange]

It's what I was told, I don't know if someone saw it or what happened, however, I wasn't there, so I guess I just don't know.

Jeff