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Old 03-30-2007, 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









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Old 03-30-2007, 06:26 PM
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gah!
I love the first one...she looks sad (the xB of course)
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damn... what happened?
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Old 03-30-2007, 06:27 PM
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ill update the first post with what happend
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Old 03-30-2007, 06:42 PM
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where's the emo one of you? it looks worse in person, poor box....
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eh i decided to leave out the close up to spare peep from too much of my ugly face... heh
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is it repairable?
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Old 03-30-2007, 06:46 PM
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so josh what is the damage, are they going to fix or total?
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Old 03-30-2007, 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...
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Like Sus said, it looks worse in person.
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It must've been raining out?

No big deal - I have a buffer, we'll take care of it easy.
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Old 03-30-2007, 07:13 PM
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wow, the VSC system did'nt do its job did it? Sorry to hear about that, bro.
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Old 03-30-2007, 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
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holy crap! that is a bad coincidense. how many miles were on it.oh and were you lowered?
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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
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Wow, glad ur ok. Thank heavens for airbags, cars are easily fixed...
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Old 03-31-2007, 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.
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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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