Car Accident last night.
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Car Accident last night. Upon driving home last night on the Hwy, I encountered a problem. The truck in front of me <img border="0" alt="[shoot]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> ran over a sheet of F%#*ING plywood that was on the road <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> . This caused the plywood to flip up in the air and, gravity doing its job, come down right in front of me, causing me to hit it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> . Damage pics are at the bottom of the my link. Going to get it fixed soon. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="gr_sad.gif" /> Share your stories if you would like. <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: Car Accident last night. damn that sucks man. hey could have been worse. I have seen the aftermath of something simaler where the car hit the wood a little higher, on the windshield you can guess what happend to the driver and passenger.
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From: Vidor,Texas
Re: Car Accident last night. Glad to see you are alright! Damage could have been alot worse from that stand point (I know that dosent help) Be sure and insist on genuine Gm parts. Dont let the Insurance if you turn it in screw you.
Re: Car Accident last night. Dont feel bad I just got hit from the rear while stopped at at stop sign!!! <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Lady ran right in to me, now my cars getting fixed at her loss of 2,250!!! <img border="0" alt="[evil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" />
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Re: Car Accident last night. hey man dont be crazy like me and go back stock the clears cost less than one stock amber also you car would look sweet with the xenon front bumper happy trails and good luck <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: Car Accident last night. I had similar damage to the front end recently. Expect to pay a little over 400 for a new front cap. Since you are getting a new one, now would be the time to consider any custom work like shaving the emblem or the mounting holes for the grill.
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Re: Car Accident last night. Damn I didn't think about any custom work I could do! Thanks for the info! Where can I look at this Xenon front bumper? <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: Car Accident last night. Hey man, sorry about the car. I know exactly how you feel, except mine was worse and I had to get the whole driver's side replaced and now have a bent K-member. Nice price of $4400 for all my repairs. Good luck with it. She'll be back to her old beautiful self again, you'll see!
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Re: Car Accident last night. I've been very close to that situation, but that piece of ply wood flew out of a pick up truck in front of me n it went over my car n then hit the ground, so it missed my car, felt very lucky, we were in a supra though.
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Re: Car Accident last night. No the guy didnt stop, it was dark and on I-40, It didnt come out of his truck or anything, he just ran over it. To tell you the truth, I probably wouldn't have stopped either. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" />
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Re: Car Accident last night. </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by JMWS6:
<strong> Dont feel bad I just got hit from the rear while stopped at at stop sign!!! <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Lady ran right in to me, now my cars getting fixed at her loss of 2,250!!! <img border="0" alt="[evil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not that bad, i got hot by a guy going 50~ ish and he did 9 grand in damages to the back of my car ... insurance flat out refused to total the car w/ bent rear subframes. What made it worse was it was my insurance paying for it cause the ***** didnt have insurance ... <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
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<strong> Dont feel bad I just got hit from the rear while stopped at at stop sign!!! <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> Lady ran right in to me, now my cars getting fixed at her loss of 2,250!!! <img border="0" alt="[evil]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" /> </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Not that bad, i got hot by a guy going 50~ ish and he did 9 grand in damages to the back of my car ... insurance flat out refused to total the car w/ bent rear subframes. What made it worse was it was my insurance paying for it cause the ***** didnt have insurance ... <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
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Re: Car Accident last night. Could have been MUCH worse!
Last year about this time I ran over a rock in the road about the size of a bowling ball! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> There is a lot of construction going on around where I live, and taffic was pretty heavy (but moving) and I couldn't see it until it was too late. The truck in front of me cleared it without a problem. But there was no way I was clearing it and there wasn't anywhere to go. I had a divider to my left, cars on my right, and would have been rearended if I had slamed on the brakes and prolly would have hit it anyway.
Annyway... When I ran over the "boulder" it hit the k-member (putting a HUGE dent in that) actually lifted the frontend up off the ground and when it came down it punched a hole in the oil pan as big as my fist. As soon as I saw all the black smoke, and that I was losing oil pressure at a rampant rate, I pulled over immediately and shut the car off (saving the engine from certain doom).
To add insult to injury. The construction company would accept responsibility! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> I had to shell out 500 bucks! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> My insurance company claimed it as a colision! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> And then they messed up on the billing for th shop that fixed everything! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
Damn! ...That was a year ago and it still pisses me off thinking about it! <img border="0" alt="[angel]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_angel.gif" />
Last year about this time I ran over a rock in the road about the size of a bowling ball! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> There is a lot of construction going on around where I live, and taffic was pretty heavy (but moving) and I couldn't see it until it was too late. The truck in front of me cleared it without a problem. But there was no way I was clearing it and there wasn't anywhere to go. I had a divider to my left, cars on my right, and would have been rearended if I had slamed on the brakes and prolly would have hit it anyway.
Annyway... When I ran over the "boulder" it hit the k-member (putting a HUGE dent in that) actually lifted the frontend up off the ground and when it came down it punched a hole in the oil pan as big as my fist. As soon as I saw all the black smoke, and that I was losing oil pressure at a rampant rate, I pulled over immediately and shut the car off (saving the engine from certain doom).
To add insult to injury. The construction company would accept responsibility! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> I had to shell out 500 bucks! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> My insurance company claimed it as a colision! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" /> And then they messed up on the billing for th shop that fixed everything! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />
Damn! ...That was a year ago and it still pisses me off thinking about it! <img border="0" alt="[angel]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_angel.gif" />