SlasherX
04-06-2002, 10:47 PM
was on my way to work around 3:30 in a line of traffic in pendleton when somebody two cars ahead of me decided to stop in the middle of traffic to make a right turn without their signal. this caused everyone to obvioulsy hit their brakes hard. lady in front me hit hers hard, i hit mine, and didnt hit her. then i look into my rear view cuz i saw somethign big and blue still coming towards me in my periphal vision. yup..a 1977 ford f-100 pickup truck then nails me at 30mph sending me into the car in front me as well. Mustang sandwhich.
my body and head went flying on teh first impact when the truck hit me, and the eat belts stopped me...i then hit the lady in front of me sending my neck and body back...unfortunately, the ehad rest is pretty far away from my head and i kinda tweaked my neck hard on that quick reversal.
when it was over, i looked aroudn the car for my cell phone immediately, i had to find it..i foudn my sunglasses, stereo faceplate, and otehr things all inteh back seat..my cell undr my driver seat. i pop open my drivers side door and get out all dizzy like , stumble and catch myself before falling..after that not much is too clear..i just know i called for rob and ken to come by sinc ei just saw them 5 minutes ago. i then called my mom but she wasnt in..meanwhile the truck driver was calling cops.
so what are teh damages? well, i get off some days from work, got osme medication for sprained and pulled back and neck muscles..also was told to get tylenol for the headaches im going to be having. as for the car..well, im proud to say that this 1977 ford truck took more damages than my car. sumbitch hit me with his brakes locked up, left 15 foot long of rubber and then tried to turn out of hitting me (brillant guy)..so his bumper was bent and twisted, his engine fan was broken when plastic shards hit the blade, his drivers die front panel was bent sharply in 3 spots, and the lis goes on..he has some framework ahead of him, no doubt.
meanwhile, my pony took it hard on the back bumper, puncturing it and scratchign it to hell, and putting it out of alignment, my trunk lid was scraped and my tailights have some marks on em and are pushed in. clsoer examination to the underside of the car and my rear bumper and frame was pushed back into my gas tank, and when you open the trunk you can see that even that is pushed in as well. so tehre is frame damage. teh front of the car has puncturing on the front bumper, misalignment, and is scraped up..gonna need a new one of thsoe as well.
now i get to call my insurance company, my lawyer, all monday and find out what all is up with this...if there is definite frame damage, im going to fight to have the car totalled, as its worth only 8,500 right now with its mileage and depreciation. so i may get the navigator sooner than i thought..otherwise, ill just be car less for awhile. we'll see..the driver of the pickup truck got a citation for "driving too fast for conditions" and his insurance company is state farm, just like mine, with full coverage, just like me...so it shouldnt be too hard a battle once Kirk my lawyer gets involved.
but overall i am VERY pleased with my mustangs ability to withstand a hit, i mean count the weight of the pickup truck with this guy, his 3 kids, and his wife in it, plus tools and stuff in his truck bed all hitting my mustang dead in teh center of its rear at 30ish mph. i walk away with sprained muscles and a driveable car.
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my body and head went flying on teh first impact when the truck hit me, and the eat belts stopped me...i then hit the lady in front of me sending my neck and body back...unfortunately, the ehad rest is pretty far away from my head and i kinda tweaked my neck hard on that quick reversal.
when it was over, i looked aroudn the car for my cell phone immediately, i had to find it..i foudn my sunglasses, stereo faceplate, and otehr things all inteh back seat..my cell undr my driver seat. i pop open my drivers side door and get out all dizzy like , stumble and catch myself before falling..after that not much is too clear..i just know i called for rob and ken to come by sinc ei just saw them 5 minutes ago. i then called my mom but she wasnt in..meanwhile the truck driver was calling cops.
so what are teh damages? well, i get off some days from work, got osme medication for sprained and pulled back and neck muscles..also was told to get tylenol for the headaches im going to be having. as for the car..well, im proud to say that this 1977 ford truck took more damages than my car. sumbitch hit me with his brakes locked up, left 15 foot long of rubber and then tried to turn out of hitting me (brillant guy)..so his bumper was bent and twisted, his engine fan was broken when plastic shards hit the blade, his drivers die front panel was bent sharply in 3 spots, and the lis goes on..he has some framework ahead of him, no doubt.
meanwhile, my pony took it hard on the back bumper, puncturing it and scratchign it to hell, and putting it out of alignment, my trunk lid was scraped and my tailights have some marks on em and are pushed in. clsoer examination to the underside of the car and my rear bumper and frame was pushed back into my gas tank, and when you open the trunk you can see that even that is pushed in as well. so tehre is frame damage. teh front of the car has puncturing on the front bumper, misalignment, and is scraped up..gonna need a new one of thsoe as well.
now i get to call my insurance company, my lawyer, all monday and find out what all is up with this...if there is definite frame damage, im going to fight to have the car totalled, as its worth only 8,500 right now with its mileage and depreciation. so i may get the navigator sooner than i thought..otherwise, ill just be car less for awhile. we'll see..the driver of the pickup truck got a citation for "driving too fast for conditions" and his insurance company is state farm, just like mine, with full coverage, just like me...so it shouldnt be too hard a battle once Kirk my lawyer gets involved.
but overall i am VERY pleased with my mustangs ability to withstand a hit, i mean count the weight of the pickup truck with this guy, his 3 kids, and his wife in it, plus tools and stuff in his truck bed all hitting my mustang dead in teh center of its rear at 30ish mph. i walk away with sprained muscles and a driveable car.
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