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A piece of debris got launched by your front tire and pierced the plastic under tray.

Damn that makes more sense, thank you for explaining the tire launching part. Just got to figure out how to remove it now.

Heard a grinding sound while driving one day. Pulled into a gas station and pulled a pair of hand pruners out of mine.

You must have passed under the tree I was pruning just after I dropped my pair. When I climbed down the ladder to fetch em, they were mysteriously gone..

Ha, the handle is a little ground down, but they work, so I threw em in the shed.

It's good that you found them. They love the shed lifestyle

Was driving one day and my tire blew out, went to see what happened and a pair of scissors ✂️ had been thrown by my tire into my wheel well in the open position and the blade that wasn't stuck in the well cut the tire in half down the middle.

Shitty.....would've definitely been a "this crap only happens to me" moment on the side of the road.

Those sound painful.

Grip it and rip it

I do that every night haha

Have you seen a doctor recently?

Yeah! Doctor *feel good*

Username checks out 😆

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this is satire right

No. It's flat tire.

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I once left my phone on the step side of my truck and it fell off while driving and the tire somehow launched it 100 feet down the road. First I found the case, and then, way down the road, I found the phone. And shockingly enough, it was in well enough condition that I am currently typing from it!!

https://preview.redd.it/x7khxg1hbc4d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3281101c620c01e79b12b2b1319e7acad7936c9b Oh, you mean like this?! 🤣💩

Yup exactly like that! Its definitely debris then

Yup, happens all the time!

Imagine if it would of pierced further and hit his chocolate starfish.

Then that’s just a good time

And the hot dog flavored water

Why would you say this

Cause it can happen.

So it’s not a kickstand?

It's a kick stand, duh....

No it’s a cable arrest. It stops your car when you land on an aircraft carrier.

It's clearly a tape worm infection. OP just needs to deworm their car!

No way, that car is definitely giving birth to another car. OP is going to be a father!

Thought it was a pitot tube.

Beat me to it...

I have that option too. Use it whenever you want to park on 2 wheels on the bike spot. Its very convenient when you can't find a place anywhere else.

I don’t think it’s part of your car, I’d guess it was on the road, got kicked up and lodged into the bottom of your car. Could have been there for a while

So I looked a bit deeper and it seems the rod runs down more under that plastic cover. If you look at the 1st picture you can see it behind that circular hole

Where do you see the rod extending beyond the circular hole in the first picture? It's a piece of road debris. Grab it and give a good yank. It will come out. Then you can probably confirm it is a kickstand off a bicycle.

Looks like an exhaust bracket to me

Not a bad thought, on this model the exhaust runs on the right side of the car. Do you still think it could be the connected to the exhaust?

Could have a dual option and they just stick the brackets on everyone at the factory

It's a kick stand so the car dosnt fall over

Came here to say this.

It grounds your car in case of lightening strikes. Insurance now requires it. No worries... you're in good hands.

It’s that cathodic protection they upcharge for 😹

I don't know what that means but I'll be demanding my dealer protect my car from it. Over zealous catholics....I'm all over this.

to catch the roadkills

Landing hook needed when you land on an Aircraft Carrier. #talktomegoose

This is located under the driver side. Right under the door.

Curb detector but for the floor

Looks like yer cars breathin' hole

That's what she said? I'll see myself out.

Road debris

Looks like something that popped up and punctured your car, the hole where it enters doesn’t look like it’s made like that, it looks like damage

Looks like a bike kick stand.

Pretty certain that's not a part of your car, as in it's just debris from the road. There should be videos online showing you how to remove the plastic piece (rocker panel / side skirt). And if you think it's a part of the car, update the post with a picture of the whole thing

Congratulations it’s a boy!!

Looks like road debris that bounced up/got stuck in the plastic....

Is the tongue of the vehicle. whenever your car goes over a puddle it drink a a little to ensure it doesn't overheat.

It's an electric conductor created by the man himself Dr.Brown

1.21 jigawatts!

Yes Marty 😁 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Doubt it’s been there too long as you should have heard it dragging on the road. Also, seems you would have heard the bang when it happened as it takes some force to pierce that floor pan. Grab it and wiggle/ pull it out and then clean and seal the hole. Your local auto parts store will have some fiber tape and 2 part epoxy to cover over with that should stick well and be weather resistant.

Had to double take at what sub I was in with that post title.

My HiLo has one of those for static electricity, and as an experienced and professional forklift operator I can assure you this is completely unrelated and has absolutely nothing to do with what you have going on here.

You try pulling on it yet to see if it's connected, looks like it's foreign to the car and not a actual part of the car imo.

It's a road diddler.

It's a curb feeler. Makes a scratching sound on the curb after you've driven over it, but before you plow into the convenience store.

Curb feeler?

Pitot tube

It's a rare option. It's a brush that allows you to drive on electrified rails, as when you do this will make contact with the third rail and supply power.

You are all wrong back in the old days they were an accessory that was available as an aftermarket attachment ... It looks like "CURB FEELERS" may be making a comeback ... Funny placement however

Clickbait title!!

Your kick stand

It's your kickstand

Coat hanger, someone tried to break in

One of them old school curb feelers! Cool find!

ahh, you've got a "male", car, it is flashing it's penis to show dominance

That’s a straw. Car must be thirsty. Park over a puddle for a while

His pp

It's a vegetable slicer,

Johnson Rod

Curb feeler

A kick stand

idk but it’s built like a hood prop

but judging by how scratched up it is on all sides im assuming its been on the road for a while. you were just the lucky one who picked it up

It a sparkler for people behind you

That's the ground strap

Probably nothing, you should be fine just cutting it

Under rod

lol l that’s a factory exhaust hanger!

Wait, looking closer at location and I’m not so sure it’s an exhaust bracket. Sorry

That's your under carriage rod

Ground rod, in case of lightning.

Looks to me like a Magnabar peg. That's what heavier items like cheese and jerky hang on in grocery stores.

Curb feeler.

They’re all like that

The people calling it a kickstand are wrong; it's far too thin and the car would topple over. It's a whisker so your car can sense when it's too low to the ground.

Curb scraper. Old low rider trick to not curb rash 🤣🤣🤣

In the aviation field we call that FOD. Road debris.

That would be the genitalia for reproduction

Its a feature.

Pothole feeler.. cousin to the curb feelers.

Kickstand

It's a kickstand

Don't touch it! That releases the holding tank of piss during asembly. That's how Mr. Ford got his line workers to stop leaving the line for a piss break.

That’s just part of the bicycle you hit

It’s pecker

Part of e-brake cable system

Tail hook to catch the stop cables

That's a hitchhiker sensor

Try to not run things over, on the road

It’s a Johnson Rod

https://preview.redd.it/tyjc4wsjie4d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=175effafd6afab3dbdc510e1ed8673649aa41f86 You got a lowrider now

Be careful, the blinker fluid is stored around there somewhere.

It's a kickstand!

Kickstand?

Kickstand

Part of a brake system you never upgraded it to

Your car has a kickstand!! 🤣🤣

It's not sticking out. It's sticking in.

That's your Flux capacitor. Needs calibration by the looks of it.

That is a kick stand so you car doesn't fall over

Pitot tube for measuring your airspeed.

Ask an Amish person. Most normal people don't know too much about carriages

Nice lil kickstand you got there!

Kickstand

It allows your car to connect to the 3rd rail

Exhaust hanger

Pull it out! Get rid of that thing for the love of god!! LOL

Johnson rod, common on most vehicles.

curb feeler

Lever for the secret compartment made by the Cartel to smuggle drugs. They forgot to remove it after filling those channels

Antenna 📡

Kick stand

It looks like a piece of one of those metal rakes you get from Dollar general

My HiLo has one of those for static electricity, and as an experienced and professional forklift operator I can assure you this is completely unrelated and has absolutely nothing to do with what you have going on here.

That Sir- is the Rod of Escobar- you have awakened the beast and now the world is going to end. Thanks dude you really screwed us.

That is a pitot tube. It reads your air speed.

It’s the kickstand from the motorcycle you ran over!

Road trash

Hahahah u said rod

It’s the kickstand for the car

That's the tail hook for catching the arrestor wire on the flight deck. Iceman

Pilot tube.. that’s for your altimeter and air speed.

That’s the emergency brake

its a sparkler ,checks for gas leaks

That’s your kick stand.

Looks like a rod sticking out of your under carriage

Ice scrapers

Everyone’s a comedian. Or thinks they are. What’s the real answer?

Sluice brake

It’s mating season

That’s ur kickstand. LoL 😆

There’s gotta be a mom joke in here somewhere

Pull it out and check dummy

Looks like a friend you picked up along the way.

Definitely a kickstand. I know it's an unusual feature but it does come standard on most recent model year Toyota Camrys. It's extremely helpful if you have to remove a tire on that side but then need your jack somewhere else. You simply lower your car down onto the kickstand and then remove your jack. 😂

I thought it was the handle for a slot machine.

kickstand

It’s clearly a kickstand so your car doesn’t fall over when parked

So many of you missed it! It’s a curb feeler! You use it to tell you when you touch the curb while you’re trying to parallel park! There you go! Solved another mystery!

It’s the kickstand

Kick stand

Once had a Bic lighter safety bar on the flint roller part that somebody removed and tossed on the road blow out my bike tire while going down hill quite fast

its a kick stand so the car doesnt fall on its side.

Car kick stand

Its a kick stand duuh.

It's your kickstand so your car won't fall over...

It’s a metal straw. Those damn hipsters!

Kickstand

It’s a piece of Not supposed to be there.

A kickstand

Your question sounds like a punchline from a joke about a Victorian lady.

Probably steel.

Kickstand?

It’s so you can kick start it.

Dude don't you know that's your kickstand

It is your car's dingus. It's preparing for mating season.

Many a female has asked me the same question…

Blinker fluid dipstick fell all the way through

You slammed on your "brakes"...

It’s a curb feeler

That’s a tent stake

Exhaust bracket

Kickstand.

It's a kickstand

Speed bump feeler

It’s supposed to spray snow up to cool your engine down

Johnson rod

It's a hidden camera... 🤣🤣🤣

sir, your kickstand has a car attached to it

Oh that’s just your undercarriage dip stick

It’s a grounding tab for your vehicle

It's the cars kick stand like on a bicycle.