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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:48 PM
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Unhappy I lost my little buddy...

My Cherokee has taken me thousands of miles, through good weather and bad, highway and trail. I'm gonna miss it. On Saturday, I was driving down a 4-lane road when some bonehead decides to pull out from my right, and go the opposite way. T-boned him, doing about 40mph. I left the scene on a backboard, and didn't get to see the car until today. Wow.

This was it in great shape, right after a bath:
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And here it sits today:
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Here's the guy I hit:
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Ouch.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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How are you ? and hey... insurance money will make it all feel better.. :}
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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Me? I'm sore. Got released with a lumbar sprain and a thoracic strain, some meds, and instructions to do nothing but rest for about 5 days. I'm not looking forward to shopping for a new car, although I do have my eye on a nice MJ.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:09 PM
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Glad you're doing as well as you are. Good thing you were wearing your belt, (just guessing by the wind-shield). You never know when it's going to happen to you.
Dan
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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maybe some good will come out of this bad... grab that mj and do work
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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Fullsize owners are such D***KS
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 04:30 PM
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it's a good thing that you are ok from the accident.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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So sorry about that she was a good looking girl. So what did the police report say? What was the percentages of fault? if you dont mind that is
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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sounds like he (the truck owner) deserved it
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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its ford, bound to happen, but glad your not to injured, how did the other guy end up?
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 06:13 PM
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sucks, glad everyone is okay though. cars can be replaced people not so much
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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The other guy, and his passenger, seemed fine. I believe that he refused treatment, his passenger rode to the ER though. For me the wreck was just a sudden and violent stop. They got turned quickly 90* to the right, that twisting is never good.

As for fault percentages, I've never heard of such a thing. The other driver was cited for failure to yield right of way, he admitted fault.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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well it sucks but look forward to buying a nicer newer xj and maybe having the cash for a nice lift
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 07:43 PM
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what are you talking about come duck tape and come-a-long will make it good as new.

no, im glad your ok, cant say much my uncle was hit head on by a f350 and he was in a dokata and sad thing is it messed the 350 up and shifted my uncles whole front end 9 inches, he was throw form the truck.
when he came to at the hp he was asking for his hat and when he could leave, ended up the 32 strictures and 2 staples. fill lucky you walked away was what you got.
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by gruenlich
The other guy, and his passenger, seemed fine. I believe that he refused treatment, his passenger rode to the ER though. For me the wreck was just a sudden and violent stop. They got turned quickly 90* to the right, that twisting is never good.

As for fault percentages, I've never heard of such a thing. The other driver was cited for failure to yield right of way, he admitted fault.
Haha took a law class a while back and we got onto the topic of percentage of fault. Long story short if no one claims fault and both vehicals were moving the fault will get split up in the court room i.e. say 70% 30% (just made up numbers) but its not the same in all states. It was one of those topics that caught my attention because it involved cars haha
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