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Thorzdad · Apr 28, 2010, 09:44 AM

Had to share this one. My wife's boss drove over her iPad last night. It was in her bag along with her lunch. Luckily, the lunch survived intact. I guess Tupperware needs to make an iPad case, too.

I'm still getting the details about how this happened in the first place.

Eug · Apr 28, 2010, 09:48 AM

Ouch.

I take it it no longer turns on?

-Q- · Apr 28, 2010, 09:56 AM

How the hell do you drive over your baggage?

Thorzdad · Apr 28, 2010, 09:57 AM

It's dead, Eug. It's dead.
So is the bottle of wine she emptied afterwards. L

Oisín · Apr 28, 2010, 11:26 AM

Ouch, indeed. I hope her boss has third-party insurance.

harbinger75 · Apr 28, 2010, 11:28 AM

I would probably sit and cry for a while.

Thorzdad · Apr 28, 2010, 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by Oisín

Ouch, indeed. I hope her boss has third-party insurance.

Yes, she did, thankfully. She's pretty obsessive in that way.

Andy8 · Apr 28, 2010, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Thorzdad

Yes, she did, thankfully. She's pretty obsessive in that way.

Excellent!

Simon · Apr 28, 2010, 12:44 PM

That does suck. My condolences.

OTOH if given the choice I'd rather drive over my $500 iPad than my $2500 MBP.

olePigeon · Apr 28, 2010, 12:55 PM

If given a choice, I'd rather drive over your MacBook Pro, too.

Simon · Apr 28, 2010, 01:05 PM

Hehe.

ibook_steve · Apr 28, 2010, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by -Q-

How the hell do you drive over your baggage?

Agreed. I see these stories all the time and I don't understand how this can happen. Are people really leaving bags and things in front of or behind their vehicles before driving away? The only scenario where I can see this happening is if you're putting bags in your trunk and somehow you missed something. Details would be helpful here.

Steve

ide3308 · Apr 28, 2010, 02:04 PM

I did the same to my first iPod touch... left it on the roof of my car then had to trace my steps to the road where I ran it over :/

Snow-i · Apr 28, 2010, 02:39 PM

Note to self:

The Cheeze-it method of integrating an iPad into a car doesn't work...

Got it...

Thanks!

::maroma:: · Apr 28, 2010, 02:48 PM

A moment of silence please......

................

Thank you.

I suggest a closed casket funeral, that is not a pretty sight.

Thorzdad · Apr 28, 2010, 02:55 PM

Originally Posted by ibook_steve

Agreed. I see these stories all the time and I don't understand how this can happen. Are people really leaving bags and things in front of or behind their vehicles before driving away? The only scenario where I can see this happening is if you're putting bags in your trunk and somehow you missed something. Details would be helpful here.

Steve

Sure.
As I understand it, the events went this way.

Boss takes car through car wash on her way home.
Gets home. Parks in driveway. Opens garage door and starts hauling her junk from the car, including bag containing iPad.
Boss notices a lot of water drops all over her car. Decides to sit her load down and quickly dry off car.
Boss finishes drying car. Forgets she merely sat her bag down in the garage.
Starts car, pulls it into garage.
&@%$*!!!!!

You have to cut her some slack. She's easily the busiest person I know. And, she's medicated for fibromyalgia, to boot. She's a great lady.

::maroma:: · Apr 28, 2010, 03:58 PM

That's definitely something I could see myself doing, and I'm not what anyone would call the busiest person they know. And I'm not medicated at all. I'm just absent minded.

But I don't get the 3rd party insurance. She's obviously smarter than I.

vmarks · Apr 28, 2010, 10:00 PM

I wonder if there are good parts to be had. if the battery is crunched, I'd dispose of that, but the wifi card and motherboard might have survived, as could the mic, headphone jack, switches, and other goodies.

I'm interested in the dead unit. PM me.

imitchellg5 · Apr 28, 2010, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Thorzdad

Sure.
As I understand it, the events went this way.

Boss takes car through car wash on her way home.
Gets home. Parks in driveway. Opens garage door and starts hauling her junk from the car, including bag containing iPad.
Boss notices a lot of water drops all over her car. Decides to sit her load down and quickly dry off car.
Boss finishes drying car. Forgets she merely sat her bag down in the garage.
Starts car, pulls it into garage.
&@%$*!!!!!

You have to cut her some slack. She's easily the busiest person I know. And, she's medicated for fibromyalgia, to boot. She's a great lady.

It could happen. Heck, not too long ago, I walked all the way to school (about a half mile from where I park) and realized that I left my book bag on my trunk...

Thorzdad · Apr 30, 2010, 12:02 PM

So, I was thinking about this poor busted thing...

My wife's boss had gotten the doomed iPad set-up with all her work-specific files and what-not before she killed it. Providing it miraculously survived the smashing, would she be able to pull the logic board from the dead iPad and have the Apple Store move her data to her new iPad? (Yes, she's getting a replacement.)

Opinions? She's actually sending the busted iPad to me to see if I can extract the board.

Eug · Apr 30, 2010, 12:21 PM

Good luck. I'd be surprised if the motherboard wasn't dead too. It's not as if it's just a damaged screen. In this case, the screen and motherboard occupy the same foot print, and both were run over.

BTW, isn't the iPad backed up on her main machine like the iPhone is?

anthology123 · Apr 30, 2010, 12:34 PM

Will go down as one of the first iPads to die a quick and painful death

imitchellg5 · Apr 30, 2010, 12:36 PM

Oh don't worry, a BMW Z4 destroyed one before this

Thorzdad · Apr 30, 2010, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by imitchellg5

Oh don't worry, a BMW Z4 destroyed one before this

LOL. This one was killed by a Mini. Must be those BMW engines.

Oisín · Apr 30, 2010, 12:51 PM

BMW: The stronghold of Microsoft spies.

imitchellg5 · Apr 30, 2010, 01:29 PM

Maybe BMW iPad owners are mad when they learn that the iPod adaptor that they paid $499 for with their car doesn't charge their iPad

Eriamjh · Apr 30, 2010, 10:01 PM

Finally, an iPad killer: BMW

Lotus Esprit · May 1, 2010, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Thorzdad

Had to share this one. My wife's boss drove over her iPad last night. It was in her bag along with her lunch. Luckily, the lunch survived intact. I guess Tupperware needs to make an iPad case, too.

I'm still getting the details about how this happened in the first place.

This is easier to do than you think. I actually drove over my Dell notebook last summer which was in its carrying bag. It still turned on but the screen was cracked and the notebook itself was bowed. I called Dell and because I had complete care (accidental damage) I received a newer refurbished unit.

Too bad that Apple doesn't offer this type of warranty yet and you have to go to a third party for it.