Wreck
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Burning Brakes
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From: If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a veteran.
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Not My Fault
Fault is not in question. Despite witness accounts that I may have been :bs speeding :bs (there was simply not enough road between my access road and the point of impact for me to break the posted 50MPH, but I probably would have thought a red Vette with a LOUD chambered exhaust was speeding too), the police accident report clearly states that the other driver was at fault. In fact, he was cited for failure to yield. I was traveling northbound on a US highway and he wanted to turn left to go southbound. He never looked to his left, which is where I was coming from, and pulled out in front of me.
As to your other point, I had to mentally convince myself that I had hit a telephone pole and that there was no other driver involved or else the cops would have rolled up onto the scene of a homicide rather than just an accident. :reddevil The closest the other driver got to me was when I hit him. :nono: The cops were our liaison as he would not come within 20 yards of me. Amazing how wise he suddenly became after making such a stupid decision trying to turn. And, yes, I am being treated for whiplash, but in my back, not my neck. :sad:
As to your other point, I had to mentally convince myself that I had hit a telephone pole and that there was no other driver involved or else the cops would have rolled up onto the scene of a homicide rather than just an accident. :reddevil The closest the other driver got to me was when I hit him. :nono: The cops were our liaison as he would not come within 20 yards of me. Amazing how wise he suddenly became after making such a stupid decision trying to turn. And, yes, I am being treated for whiplash, but in my back, not my neck. :sad:
Safety Car
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Re: Wreck (L48Shark)
Welcome to the forum, Ford... :cheers:
... sorry to hear about your accident :cry
However it looks very 'repairable' from the pics - new clip, hood, radiator, supports, etc. and you'll be rollin' again. Keep the vette dream alive - we're with ya buddy. :flag
... sorry to hear about your accident :cry
However it looks very 'repairable' from the pics - new clip, hood, radiator, supports, etc. and you'll be rollin' again. Keep the vette dream alive - we're with ya buddy. :flag
Burning Brakes
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From: many sticks land of mountains
Re: Wreck (verskel)
It's totally fixable. I'd say your pretty lucky.
If the insurance co. totals it, take the money and buy it back from the
salvage yard at a cheap price and start fix'n.
Drive On,
TJ
If the insurance co. totals it, take the money and buy it back from the
salvage yard at a cheap price and start fix'n.
Drive On,
TJ
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Burning Brakes
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From: If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a veteran.
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Re: Wreck (TJRed76)
It was totaled and I bought it back to fix. There is another thread out there titled "total loss" where I detailed that part.
