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08-25-2008, 04:57 PM	#11
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	I didn't take pictures of the car. If it's around this weekend when I go back down there, I'll take a few pics.

08-25-2008, 04:59 PM	#12
Trench-Viper Veteran Offline --> Posts: 6,048 --> Join Date: Jun 2008	Waterplaning is nasty and its good you drove under the speed limit and were alert when it happend. Good that you survived!

08-25-2008, 08:46 PM	#13
Rambo ARAH for O-ringers Offline --> Posts: 6,074 --> Join Date: Dec 2007	Nice to know you are ok my friend. Some things are inevitable. Like when I joke. what happen with the airbags? __________________ HEROES DON'T DIE, THEY JUST RELOAD

08-25-2008, 09:22 PM	#14
Sonneilon aka 'Paul WS Anderson' ;) Offline --> Posts: 7,751 --> Join Date: Jul 2005	Airbags never popped. DIdn't hit in the right place. American cars or Americanized cars, the companies still haven't put the sensors in the 'right' or 'best' places yet. The tow truck driver said that he's seen cars crumped, hood flying and yet, the airbags never came out because the front of the car didn't hit the right place.

08-25-2008, 10:28 PM	#15
bravo Veteran Offline --> Posts: 942 --> Join Date: Feb 2006	a car can be replace, thank god your ok,. __________________ my feedback http://www.hisstank.com/forum/buy-se...tml#post389089

08-25-2008, 11:39 PM	#16
wildbill73 Veteran Offline --> Posts: 129 --> Join Date: Aug 2007	glad to hear your ok..

08-26-2008, 12:59 AM	#17
Outrider It's been a great ride! Offline --> Posts: 14,302 --> Join Date: Jun 2005	That's a really crappy thing to happen G, but the main thing is you are okay. It could have been a whole lot worse. __________________ "The future's uncertain and the end is always near." - The Doors "Roadhouse Blues".

08-26-2008, 03:58 AM	#18
Trench-Viper Veteran Offline --> Posts: 6,048 --> Join Date: Jun 2008	Did you wear your seatbelt?

08-26-2008, 04:27 AM	#19
ender098 Veteran Offline --> Posts: 3,665 --> Join Date: Dec 2005	Graham, Glad you're ok! Would hate to think what the world would be like with you! bummer about the car, though, man! Wish you luck in finding a new one. .

08-26-2008, 06:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Sonneilon

I totaled the 2003 Chevy Impala last nite. I was coming home from my mother-in-laws in Issaquah. I left around 6.30pm because I wanted to be on the road when it was still remotely light. It was raining heavily and visibility was poor. I made it off I-90 to I-405 and then to I-5. I hate interchanges and most of my worry was there.

I got to Everett and that's where everthing fell apart. I was following 2 other cars and we were going a bit under the speed limit. I saw other cars sliding a bit so I let off the gas to slow down and just roll thru it all. But that didn't work. I ended up hydroplaning and hit the barrier twice. Fortunately, I didn't hit anybody else AND I did NOT have the kids in the car.

Rough estimates said that the front end would take about $5-6k and so would the back end. Which, in the end, be more than what the car is worth at this point. The main reason the car is totaled is because the engine cradle was thrown 3 inches off (or so). For a Chevy, that means it's totaled.

I was on the phone with 911 within seconds after it happened. A couple of other vehicles pulled over to make sure I was ok. I gave a thumbs up and it was all good, as well as good could be.

I wasn't messing with my phone. I wasn't messing with the radio. Daydreaming, etc. My eyes were glued on the vehicles in front of me. But still, this shit happens.

As well, the Impala was my father's father's car. When he died in 2003 (or so), my father inherited the car. It was later given to me to use. This Labor Day Weekend, we will be looking for a safe, used car. I am currently driving the old Chevy S10 and... I was a bit fearful of driving the truck. No power steering, fat wheels (not stock) and well, it's a very differnt machine compared to what I'm used to driving now. Yet, driving it 2 hrs back north to home, I was pretty comfy. The new tires handle well and because it's a manual, I can feel the power better (than the Impala's V6).

I lived and that's gotta count for something. In any case, I think I'm handling things pretty well. I'm bummed about stuff. I'm irritated. Slightly freaked about driving in general. I made it to Bellingham, never went over 70mph (due to the truck in general, hauling stuff and watching the tarp bellow and well, I didn't feel like I was in a hurry to get anywhere.

Peace.

After it was all said and done, I felt like the USS Enterprise 1701 after Kahn beat the shit out of it in Star Trek 3: Seach For Spock (y'know, when it's pulling into the space port back on Earth...)

Dude, glad you're okay.