So, I just totalled the car.... - Page 4

monster · 12-04-2011, 09:48 PM

Actually, it was eerliy quiet. Really. The barriers didn't make much noise, we didn't hit anything hard and there was no other traffic around when we got out. And we were just spinning.

monster · 12-04-2011, 09:48 PM

Nothing like as loud as your downtown 10mph fender bender (and yes, they can be loud).

ZenGum · 12-04-2011, 10:01 PM

Judging by the photo, that was nearly a text-book "safe" crash.

The barrier had a little give in it, the car has taken bump after bump on its cruple zones, and so all the energy was absorbed and used up. The rigid passenger shell is unharmed, as are the passengers. Good car.

monster · 12-04-2011, 10:04 PM

Except that the wires of the barrier were supposed to catch us, but we slipped through and ended in the oncoming lanes. the Sherrif was pissed because these were new barriers and we were the first to test them ...and they failed. Apparently, 15 other crashes requiring towing in that area that day.

monster · 12-04-2011, 10:09 PM

The emergency services were pretty impressed. And yes, we did bring them out. Eventually. I called 911 as soon as Hebe had stepped out of the car. She asked me if I had a preference for a tow truck. i'm like well I have AAA but I really think you mostly want to get the police here and get it out of the way. Seems like she thought I was just trying to get faster service or something. She called me 5-10 minutes later and said "they won't tow you on AAA unless you call them yourselves" (meanwhile shitload of traffic is steering round, people on both sides stopping to check we're OK and to tell us to stay away from the car....) I said there's no police here yet.... and she was "oh, I thought your car was on the median....."

two minutes later max, cop pulls up. We end up with three cop cars, two fire trucks (gas all over the road), fire chief's truck, tow truck and a couple we don't know why they're there......

zippyt · 12-04-2011, 10:22 PM

Good crash , Good crowd !!!
And you walked away !!!!!!!!

+25

glatt · 12-05-2011, 07:40 AM

Jeez. Stopped in the middle of the oncoming traffic. I'm glad you are all Ok.

monster · 12-05-2011, 09:32 AM

No traffic though. And was mostly on the shoulder. Woulda scared the shit out of anything oncoming and probably caused more accidents. So very lucky.

Spexxvet · 12-05-2011, 10:32 AM

Glad to hear everyone's ok.

Clodfobble · 12-05-2011, 02:16 PM

Damn, I'm late to everything. I'm really glad you guys are okay.

DanaC · 12-06-2011, 05:33 AM

I read but was too lazy to comment at the time :p Glad you're all ok Monstah.

daynarankin · 12-08-2011, 11:04 PM

That’s really tough luck! Still, glad to know you’re safe, have adequate car insurance and that you have the support of other people. It could have been a lot worse.

footfootfoot · 12-09-2011, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zippyt

ah hell that aint totaled !
a little bondo , some paint , a little duck tape and you would be All set !!!!

Yeah, hit it with a sneaker and buff it out.

Check out Top Gear crashing a Smart car. They are amazing. You have to see the video

monster · 12-09-2011, 11:39 AM

OMG my near death experience got smapped (I like this typo, I'm leaving it in

) !

infinite monkey · 12-09-2011, 06:00 PM

I don't know what is smapped?

12-04-2011, 09:48 PM	#46
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Actually, it was eerliy quiet. Really. The barriers didn't make much noise, we didn't hit anything hard and there was no other traffic around when we got out. And we were just spinning. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-04-2011, 09:48 PM	#47
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Nothing like as loud as your downtown 10mph fender bender (and yes, they can be loud). __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-04-2011, 10:01 PM	#48
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Judging by the photo, that was nearly a text-book "safe" crash. The barrier had a little give in it, the car has taken bump after bump on its cruple zones, and so all the energy was absorbed and used up. The rigid passenger shell is unharmed, as are the passengers. Good car. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

12-04-2011, 10:04 PM	#49
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Except that the wires of the barrier were supposed to catch us, but we slipped through and ended in the oncoming lanes. the Sherrif was pissed because these were new barriers and we were the first to test them ...and they failed. Apparently, 15 other crashes requiring towing in that area that day. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-04-2011, 10:09 PM	#50
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The emergency services were pretty impressed. And yes, we did bring them out. Eventually. I called 911 as soon as Hebe had stepped out of the car. She asked me if I had a preference for a tow truck. i'm like well I have AAA but I really think you mostly want to get the police here and get it out of the way. Seems like she thought I was just trying to get faster service or something. She called me 5-10 minutes later and said "they won't tow you on AAA unless you call them yourselves" (meanwhile shitload of traffic is steering round, people on both sides stopping to check we're OK and to tell us to stay away from the car....) I said there's no police here yet.... and she was "oh, I thought your car was on the median....." two minutes later max, cop pulls up. We end up with three cop cars, two fire trucks (gas all over the road), fire chief's truck, tow truck and a couple we don't know why they're there...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-04-2011, 10:22 PM	#51
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Good crash , Good crowd !!! And you walked away !!!!!!!! +25 __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

12-05-2011, 07:40 AM	#52
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Jeez. Stopped in the middle of the oncoming traffic. I'm glad you are all Ok.

12-05-2011, 09:32 AM	#53
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	No traffic though. And was mostly on the shoulder. Woulda scared the shit out of anything oncoming and probably caused more accidents. So very lucky. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-05-2011, 10:32 AM	#54
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Glad to hear everyone's ok. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-05-2011, 02:16 PM	#55
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Damn, I'm late to everything. I'm really glad you guys are okay. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

12-08-2011, 11:04 PM	#57
daynarankin Neophyte-in-training Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 3	That’s really tough luck! Still, glad to know you’re safe, have adequate car insurance and that you have the support of other people. It could have been a lot worse. Last edited by glatt; 12-09-2011 at 11:04 AM. Reason: remove link

12-09-2011, 11:39 AM	#59
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	OMG my near death experience got smapped (I like this typo, I'm leaving it in ) ! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

12-09-2011, 06:00 PM	#60
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I don't know what is smapped?

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