Hello Everyone!,

Just want to let all of my brothers and sisters vette drivers know that my days of driving my vette came to a smashing end.

On December 17th, 2004 at 4:50 p.m. I was on Highway 50, westbound heading to Davis to p/u my daughter from UCD. Traffic was heavy. It was so heavy that we all came to a dead stop. As I was sitting in my vette, waiting for traffic to move again...then it appeared. The pick-up truck was heading towards me at a high rate of speed. I was wondering if he was going to slow down, but he did not. With horror, I watched this truck heading towards me like a torpedo. This left me with no place to go...then I heard a brief skidding of his tires as he hit his brakes and then a thunderous thud sound along with broken glass moved me from lane one to lane two, speading vette debris all over. It took me a while to get myself together. So, when I tried to get out of my broken vette, it took me several hard hits to get my door open to get out. At that point, (being in shock and badly shaken) I asked the driver for his information. This man hit my vette so hard that the headlamps on my vette popped up! He is speed was about 50 or 60 mph! His truck suffered some damage. His right from fender, headlamp and a flat right front tire. His airbag delpoyed saving him, but did not have such luck. I was told that airbags deploy only when the car is struck in the front.

Shortly after the accident, they hauled my broken, twisted vette away and I was taken to the hospital for treatment. My entire left side of my body, neck, head and lower back suffered injury. It was pretty bad. The hospital sent me home with a enough drugs to knock out a couple of elephants and a rhino. The vette sustain serious damage and when I saw it at the body shop, the entire body of the vette look bent. The left rear wheel is turned out towards the left, fiberglass is broken, ripped in some places and the left exhaust pipe was cramed up between the tire and body of the car. It just did not look natural.

Right now, it looks like it may be total for a loss. I do have a attorney and I will let him fight my battles. As for me, I am still healing and I thank God that I am still alive!

Morgan

"It's good to be alive!"

 

Dayum that sounds horrible. Hope you feel better I was gonna say, glad to see your not seriuously injured, but it kinda sounds like you are beat up somewhat. Get well soon.

As for the Vette, well, hopefully your driving of vette days will have a new begining and you'll get a good settlement and be able to get another one

 

Very Sorry !

At least YOU are OK and please relax in the knowledge that you can replace your ride, no matter how special it is to you, but not a life !

Merry Christmas

 

Man glad your alive and safe

 

Glad to hear you maded out safetly. As for vette you will end up getting a new one. Remember that you survived and still living. The lawyer will take care of your battles. Take your time recovering. Enjoy your Holidays with you and your's.

 

Morgan -

You said it all right there bro! Take care - stay with us on the Forum, and let us know how you are doing from time to time. I think I can speak for everyone else here that we will be looking forward to the news and pix of your new ride whenever that may be. You and your family have been blessed with a Merry Christmas instead of tragedy.

 

OMG!!! Thank goodness you are ok!!! 50-60 mph????!!! What explanation did that ahole give you for ramming into you? Was he on his cell phone, eating, shaving, having a complete mental fart??!!! I mean c'mon, he obviously wasn't paying attention to the road or else he would have seen all those cars come to a complete stop. The fact that you heard him brake hard at the last second proves that. In such a situation, I'd be scared that I'd kill that man. You've got a lot of self control to tell this story so calmly. Hopefully, the insurance for the damages to you and your vette will pay you enough to get a new C6. Good luck and I hope you recovery quickly.

 

Sorry for the heartbreak. Just remember Vettes can be replaced, people can't. Thank God you made it to own another Vette again soon.

Thank God your daughter wasn't with you yet (right? - no mention of her in accident).

Good luck and keep your head up!

 

Really really sorry for your misfortune and I'm glad you made it out alive.

 

Just glad you're safe and sound.

When the new Vette rolls up the driveway, hopefully the bad dream will be over

Hope this doesn't spoil Christmas for you.

Best wishes.

 

Thank God you were able to walk away. Cars can be replaced, you cannot. Please take care and take time to heal.

 

Thanks God you're alive and well.

 

Did the driver have insurance? So many don't in this state. Was he drunk? Look into diminished value if they fix it. I am very happy to hear you were not seriously injured.

 

Yes! And this IS a good Christmas for you and your family.

It's fortunate that this happened before you picked up your daughter.

Relax and enjoy the Holidays.

 

Wow!! Not a good situation. BUT you are ALIVE!!! HUGE bonus!!!! This will be a very good Christmas for you. Take care and try and forget it for the holidays. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

 

Glad you are ok!! Get well and let us know how the car turns out!

 

Thank you Frank Tank! Christmas will be good because I am here to enjoy it.

Thank you and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

 

Thank God you were not killed in that accident aches and pains can be taken care of and one day you will be in another vette.Please have a happy holiday and thank God you are still here to have one.

 

Thank you MSGvette!

Morgan

Happy Holidays!!

 

Glad you're OK. The vette can be replaced. Think of it this way, it sacrificed itself for you.
Have a nice holiday.