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held up pretty well

 

Wow. I would of thought it'd be unrecognizable if hit head on at that speed.

 

Wow! Hope that wasnt anyone on here.

 

No way that was 96mph head on....IMHO

 

Must be 96mph composite - both people travelling about 48mph.

 

Dangg. Ouch. RIP HL xB.

 

Glad it held up that well. Hope your good

 

Well I guess thats proof that the Scion aribags do deploy. (couldnt resist)

Either way that sucks a fat one.

 

oh my god that sucks.....that couldnt of been 96mph

 

I would love to hear more background on what the situation with the accident was. This could be good proof that the xB holds up well in accidents.

 

It was a combined speed. Each of us travelling at around 45-50 mph. I was driving home from my girlfriend's, and the gentlemen that hit me was reaching down to change his CD.


Apparently when you're in a head-on collision, they combine the speed of both people in the accident and put that speed on the report.

The guy was totally cool with it, we were both glad we weren't seriously injured. (I had minor whiplash, he was fine.)

He was driving a brand new 645 bmw. Apparently these are equipped with "black boxes" onto which it records speed at time of air-bag deployment, amount of pressure on the brake system etc.

 

Our xBs have the same black box - hopefully neither will be needed to determine insurance stuff.

Was the other drive given a citation?

 

Nope he didn't receive a citation.

His insurance is going to take care of everything. He's a cool guy, pretty wealthy so I'm not really worried.

I'll be driving my old beater civic around for a while though haha.

 

I can just hear it now....."about that car I borrowed yesterday, I've got some good news and bad news, the good news is that the AIR BAGS work......."
Howard in Gilroy Ca.

 

Glad that your okay. I got the same situation with my BSP xb and it looked like youre's after the accident. The boxes really do held-up well.

 

Well, there go the 2 parts I could have used off your car!

Glad you are okay. Are you going for the RS 3.0?

 

i got ta go with what DWESTXB said

 

Maybe you should have read the whole thread before you posted

 

Sorry to hear about your car but the important thing is that you are ok.