Wrecked the Vette!!!!!

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Mar 6, 2009 | 09:19 PM

#61

dgrant3830

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Wow, those pictures really tell the story. Its amazing you are still moving at all.

Mar 6, 2009 | 09:47 PM

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ProGo98

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WOW! You are lucky to still be around. They make more Vettes, they don't make more of you. Good luck with the recovery and hug you wife and kids at every opportunity!

Mar 6, 2009 | 09:53 PM

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krm_wi_C5

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Originally Posted by spdracr39

Glad you're gonna be okay and so sorry about the car.

By the looks of things, you are a lucky guy, could've been worse. I hope you are in a different 'vette soon!!!!! Good luck!

Mar 6, 2009 | 09:59 PM

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ajg1915

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Glad to see that you're going to be alright.

I had one experience on black ice myself. I'll never forget it. I just got lucky that I had a longer distance to scrub off some speed as I was doing 70mph at the time.

I banged up the Jeep pretty good cosmetically, but it was still drive able.

Time for a C6

Mar 6, 2009 | 10:06 PM

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FLORIDA

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Sorry to hear the news. You are lucky to be alive. Get well soon.

Mar 6, 2009 | 10:07 PM

#66

urfubar

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From: greenville north carolina

Be careful with the pain meds bro...they can get more addicting than the vette...

I was shot years ago in the marine corps in the ankle and...like ten surgeries later...it was like percocet were m and m's!!

Ibuprofen is my best friend now and of course, tylenol extra strength arthritis!

Biggest and MOST important thing is that you are ok and the car can and will be replaced...hard to replace you brother!

Take care and we all will be praying for you!

God Bless you brother!

Mar 6, 2009 | 10:17 PM

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IrishMac

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You'll heal in time. Just be thankful you are able to still post.

Mar 6, 2009 | 10:17 PM

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savage1

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Glad you are OK. Looks and sounds nasty. Sorry about what you are going thru but you have a great attitude and that means you will be successful in recovering and getting another vette. Good luck, it will just take some time but hang in there.

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Mar 6, 2009 | 11:40 PM

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BillY2KFRC

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Man, scary to look at those pics, could have definitely been way worse. I can't believe what happened to that seat, and you were in it, nuts! Get well!

Mar 7, 2009 | 12:05 AM

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KWIKSILVERZ

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Wow! I flipped and totaled mine beginning of January going 35mph!...broke a couple ribs and had a concussion and bulging disk. I just got my "replacement" Vette and all is well

Sorry to hear about your loss, but you are alive and you'll heal soon enough to get another Vette.

Mar 7, 2009 | 12:11 AM

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Novat_99

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Wow...from the looks of it, you're very lucky to still be around. The vette can always be replaced...best of luck on speedy recovery.

Mar 7, 2009 | 12:21 AM

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borlavette

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all of that and you were only going 30

Mar 7, 2009 | 12:29 AM

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mark man

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Holy f_ _ k you my friend are a lucky man get well

Mar 7, 2009 | 12:30 AM

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Best of luck on your recovery. Damn, that car took quite a hit.

Mar 7, 2009 | 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by KWIKSILVERZ

Wow! I flipped and totaled mine beginning of January going 35mph!...broke a couple ribs and had a concussion and bulging disk. I just got my "replacement" Vette and all is well

Sorry to hear about your loss, but you are alive and you'll heal soon enough to get another Vette.

Wow, how did it flip at 35? I saw a big BMW flip at at 35 years ago. Glad you are ok too.

Mar 7, 2009 | 07:48 AM

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all of that and you were only going 30

Yup, that is what is crazy. For all the spirited driving, high speed driving events and drag racing at Etown, who would have thought.

Mar 7, 2009 | 10:45 AM

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INaband

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thanks for the hydro-formed frame rail...
that's a scary looking wreck..

Mar 7, 2009 | 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by INaband

thanks for the hydro-formed frame rail...
that's a scary looking wreck..

I think the frame being as strong as it is, saved my life. Not sure if same hit in my Infiniti would have been so good. Probably the scariest experience of my life. I hate the closed MRI machine so much that I had to be under anaesthesia for many hours just to go over my entire body. I still have not slept much due to pain since the accident. In time I will be fine though.

Glad to be alive, but this is the first time in 22 years without a Corvette, gonna bother me come July!

Last edited by spdnman; Mar 7, 2009 at 11:08 AM.

Mar 7, 2009 | 11:56 AM

#79

HiVoltge

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Gald to hear that you're still in 1 piece...must have had an angel on your shoulder that day...

God bless..

Mar 7, 2009 | 05:58 PM

#80

ToplessBlonde

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Glad to be alive, but this is the first time in 22 years without a Corvette, gonna bother me come July![/QUOTE]

Your insurance should pay by then. Just go get yourself a nice c6

Glad to hear you're doing okay, considering!

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