I was driving to work this morning on US 36 right outside of Boulder, Colorado. About 4 cars ahead of me, there was a white Corvette (maybe a 2000?). All of a sudden, I see a bunch of smoke and the Corvette starts to brake and pull off to the side. I'm cruising at about 75 mph, watching this Corvette up ahead pull over, when I look in front of me and see a bouncing lump of metal in the middle of my lane! I swerve into the next lane, and as I look at this chunk I realize it's the Vette's transmission! There was an oil slick leading from the tranny right to where the Vette was parking on the shoulder. An Audi A8 was pulling up behind the Vette, and I think his front bumper was cracked, though I was cruising by pretty quickly so it was tough to tell. I think he got hit by the bouncing tranny.

It was a very odd experience. I felt bad for the poor Vette driver.