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Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:24 PM
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we were going around a slight bend in the road (35w) when i started to feel my back slip a bit... i kept the steering wheel steady and let off of the gas to slow it down... but it dident work and a few moments later my back spun out from behind and i did a spin head on into the concrete wall on the side of the free way









Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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gah!
I love the first one...she looks sad (the xB of course)
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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damn... what happened?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:27 PM
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ill update the first post with what happend
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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where's the emo one of you? it looks worse in person, poor box....
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:44 PM
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eh i decided to leave out the close up to spare peep from too much of my ugly face... heh
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:45 PM
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is it repairable?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:46 PM
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so josh what is the damage, are they going to fix or total?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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im not sure... im goign to stop by today and see if they have checked it all out...
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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Like Sus said, it looks worse in person.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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It must've been raining out?

No big deal - I have a buffer, we'll take care of it easy.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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wow, the VSC system did'nt do its job did it? Sorry to hear about that, bro.
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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nope... it diden tdo its job bc it wasent on... i had an appt. with my dealership a half hour b4 this happend bc they dident fix it right the previous weekend and the check engine light came back on
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:36 PM
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holy crap! that is a bad coincidense. how many miles were on it.oh and were you lowered?
Old Mar 30, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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about 22,000

and no i wasent lowerd but my tires were getting kinda lower on the tread...they were getting close to replacement time
Old Mar 31, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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Wow, glad ur ok. Thank heavens for airbags, cars are easily fixed...
Old Mar 31, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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oh joshie, you look so sad! (i would be too if this happened to me)

i hope it repaired properly (if its repairable), if its not i hope you'll get a new box!

keep us posted on the latest... i just wonder - would the stability control have helped keep the back end in check, IF its working properly
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sucks......... your gf looks sad.
Old Apr 1, 2007 | 12:31 AM
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Glad that you are okay. When my box was in an accident my insurance company paid $12,500 to fix it plus about 2k between rental cars and towing claims. Insurance won’t total out anything these days it seems. The worst part was it never got fixed the same and it was hit from behind. I ended up trading it in for a tC. Make sure they fix your car right if they are going to try and fix it. My first adjuster said my car had $4,500 in damage and that number started climbing to $6,800 then $9,000 then almost 12,500.
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Originally Posted by toeveryhour
sucks......... your gf looks sad.
haha thats not his gf, She is another member of scikotics, we are a family, she is more like josh's big sis ;)



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