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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:38 AM
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fliped over and rolled couple times last night/early this morning.

if i can make it to towing shop tomorrow, i'll take and post pics.

landed on top of the car and crawled out and sent to ER

Desert Regional Medical Center
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cat scan & x ray showed no internal injuries
just cuts and bruises on both arms.
(left hand swollen like a balloon)

all i can say is wear your seat belt!!
they do save your life.

waiting for insurance to do the estimate
probably take couple days at least.

if totaled, any recommendation on my next car ??

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lol i guess i should've explained what happened.

if anyone is familiar with amboy rd. (near 29 palms) they have a "soft shoulder". i was being careless and my front side went in the soft shoulder then i tried to get back on the road, but my rear end (i guess i jerked the handle too fast) sled to the side. the car got back on the road but as i was pressing down on the brakes, the car started sliding side ways down the same direction i was heading (at that point i pretty much lost control of the car) and the weight started shifting and started rolling side ways.

the airbag did not deploy, guessing there was no frontal impact. I have no idea what kind of condition the car is in.
i'm going to try to get all the parts those werent damaged from the incident (d3, FTBL, etc)

by the way, thanks everyone for kind words.
i know i'm gonna feel like crap when i wake up tomorrow morning.
i'm already sore as is..
this forum alone makes me wanna get another tC and start fresh

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Aug 01
Went to the towing lot and saw my car for the first time.











i feel lucky i walked away from this with just cuts and bruises.

as for my next car, i've narrowed it down to
-TSX
-G35
-R32
-tC/2nd Gen xB

any opinions/feedback on those cars ?
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:47 AM
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wow, that sounds crazy! glad to hear you were able to make it out alive!
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:49 AM
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Get another tC! But worry about getting better for now! Glad your not injured internally!
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:50 AM
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Wow, What happened ??

Glad to hear your ok...
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:55 AM
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^x2!
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:56 AM
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Old Jul 29, 2008 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Keith
Wow, What happened ??

Glad to hear your ok...
x2


and with the insurance check get an s2000 or rx8. it wont flip :]
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:00 AM
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are part out the car after this???

im just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn!!! im glad you are in one piece!!!

what happened? how? for a next car i would get this:


this car looks awesome
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:00 AM
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came home late from a weekend party, huh? loaded wtih booz....hahha.....j/k! but yeah, why you rolled over for?
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:07 AM
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what happened..
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:14 AM
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Get better then worry about a new car...
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Kanchi
Get better then worry about a new car...
x2. Glad to hear you're without internal damages
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by CSOCSO
are part out the car after this???

im just kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! damn!!! im glad you are in one piece!!!

what happened? how? for a next car i would get this:


this car looks awesome
haha i sat in this car..it feels like poop, they have rear seats for no reason
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:19 AM
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yeah i wanna hear the story lol, glad to hear its only cuts and stuff, and get another tc if ya like em lol
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:19 AM
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holy **** dude. sucks for your car oh, and glad your not injured bro
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:24 AM
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if you flipped and rolled a couple times, my guess would be that your car is totaled.

glad you're ok and i hope you weren't doing something stupid.
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 05:38 AM
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glad you're ok!!
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:07 AM
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glad you made it out from a roll. + 1 on the story behind the crash.
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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wow that's really crazy! hope u have a fast recovery....
Old Jul 29, 2008 | 06:26 AM
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Great another careless accident. Dang people please learn how to drive. This is why we have the tC in the top 5 most costly to insure vehicles. Just heal up glad ur ok and pay attention and take a driving class or soemthing.



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