BobbyG2 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Hey guys, just figured I'd share some pictures of you of my first ever car accident. Everyone was ok, and the other driver got the citation for the accident. Here's some pictures: He U-Turned in front of me, I was in the left lane so I got as far left as I could and slammed on the brakes and hoped for the best, he seemed to me to be trying to get into the right lane but turned to get back into the left lane where we collided. We hit and I launched his car forward, felt like bumper cars to me, his car shut off on impact, I pulled off to the right side of the road in the grass and turned my hazards on, got out to look at the damage and noticed coolant draining, so I turned it back off. Both my and my passenger were shaken up but ok, all 4 passengers (even the two in the back seat) were all alright as well. I wish there was a way for me to of avoided this collision but there really wasn't much else I could do. I thought I was gonna get the ticket for rear ending them but he got a ticket for violation of right away. He thought I switched lanes but I was in the left lane the whole time. I'm sure their car is totaled, it's crushed up to the back window and the back window came out, you can see it laying on top of the crushed trunk. It could of been worse if it bounced back and hit the passengers, or bounced up through my windshield. As far as I can tell, my truck is fixable. I need a new passenger fender, hood, bumper, grill, passenger light assembly, heater core, and possibly radiator. I'm going to call my insurance company in the morning. Think my insurance company will pay to fix it? It's a 1998 Mercury Mountaineer, 5.0L AWD. I'm hoping that I can get it fixed and continue driving it especially since I now know first hand of how safe it is. I'll post some daytime pictures in the morning for the gearheads here to assess what's broken or not. *New vehicle and system coming soon.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCP Audio Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Dayum, you made light work of the ass of their car! hah glad everyone is alright. It sucks when you can see it happening but nothing you can do PSN: Rcp_soundz Good rule of thump is go by what fuse size is being used in these amps. The higher the more amperage it pulls, this is what I look at. I'll stick a 300 amp fuse in a potato and sell it to you for $2k. 1991 Mazda 323VERY small build thread here: http://www.stevemead...23-small-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katt Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Glad to hear you're okay man! Sucks to hear about the accident, could of been worse, thats how i look at things. Sure fucked there car up though! If insurance doesn't fix it, and you can buy it back, if they want to junk it, and you wanna keep it, or however it works, i'd think you should be able to fix it, but wouldn't it have a salvaged title? Not sure, but if it comes to that, it may work. *06 330i - Sundern x12 - saz-3500* *91 Foxbody V1 S-Trim Notch* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crandis16 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 it's hard to tell what's going on in the pic, but that sucks man. My first accident turned out totaled.... those damn trees will come out of nowhere. I don't think it'll be the easiest task to gather parts, but I don't think it will be too expensive. My Red zx2 Build Log My Black zx2 Build Log My Red zx2 UBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG2 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Oh, and before anyone asks, my subs are OK I'm also wondering why my airbags didn't even go off. I guess I slowed down enough when I hit the brakes that it wasn't enough of an impact to set them off? *New vehicle and system coming soon.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCP Audio Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I dont know if this is correct or not, but in some cars the sensors for the airbags are inside the engine bay a bit, so if you have a fender bender they wont go off. but if the damage goes past the bumper it sent of the bags. I could be talking complete shit here though hah PSN: Rcp_soundz Good rule of thump is go by what fuse size is being used in these amps. The higher the more amperage it pulls, this is what I look at. I'll stick a 300 amp fuse in a potato and sell it to you for $2k. 1991 Mazda 323VERY small build thread here: http://www.stevemead...23-small-build/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG2 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Yeah, that's mostly all what happened to me, the other car is done... *New vehicle and system coming soon.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyG2 Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Here's the daytime pics: vvvvvv Heater core pushed up against the radiator, don't think it damaged the radiator. vvvvvv ^^^^^^^^ Subs jumped up and tore the headliner ^^^^^^^^^^^^ *New vehicle and system coming soon.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n8ball2013 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 is gonna be a crapshoot n if its a total or not. theres a couple grand in damage there. THERE IS NO BUILD LOG! 1998 Chevy Silverado ext cab Alpine CDA-9887 4 Team Fi 15s 2 Ampere Audio TFE 8.0 2 Ampere Audio 150.4 3 Digital Designs CS6.5 component sets Dual Mechman 370XP Elite alternators inbound! 8 XS Power d3400 6 XS power d680 Second Skin Stinger Tsunami Wiring Sky High A Real Voltmeter not a piece of shit stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95legwagon Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 hey.... sorry to hear that happened and glad everyone is ok but i have to say.... thats not the heater core..... its the transmission cooler. just to help you out when you go looking for parts im particularly glad the subs didnt come up and hit you .....had a buddy that had that happen with a 2 12" prefab.....fucked his neck all up and now he has a cannibus card lol i think there real i was looking through that guys stuff he sells and it looks like he finds stuff at auctions and just sells it Yea, it looks like someone got the mids about a month ago....shit. If I had a whole Hertz front stage my ears would jizz all over my cheeks. / LOL My Low Budget Build: Green 1995 Subaru Legacy wagon 147k- $1K headunit- pioneer premier deh-p650-$25 4 Lead acid batts. 1 up front and 3 in back- vented outside.- $50 4 vvme L11 10"s <- $30 shipped a piece 6 cu. ft box (after displacment) tuned to 32ish hz with 10 inch sonotube. -about $50 all together maybe a lil more 2 aspm 1300 strapped Selenium 6"s in the front doors on headunit power- for now -$20 quantum tweets in door-for now -$10 boston acoustic 5 1/4 in rear doors- for now-Free big 3 1/0 and 4awg throughout. roof sound deadened (not peel n seal ftw)-free on 80 amp alt (bench tested to put out 100 amps faithfully) <--?-$10 for test about $430 for everything<----Not bad at all still gotta add 3 way crossover, amp for front and rear door speakers and maybe eq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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