Econoline vs. Civic -- Deathmatch
02-06-2005, 08:19 PM
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Econoline vs. Civic -- Deathmatch
well...i'm sorry to report that my hatchie is no more...i'll start that the beginning:
I was on my way to my girlfriend's house, and there is a four-way intersection near my home. As i pulled up to and stopped at the intersection a truck approached from the right, and came to a stop at his stop sign...i had looked left and right, and as i made my way throught he intersection...WHAM!!...out of no where this huge white Ford Econoline van slams the me from the left side...it was dang near close to a t-bone, but thankfully i was ok. The driver swears he stoped at the stop sign, but there's no way he could have considering the damage done to my car, especially when you throw in the fact that he would have to accelerate uphill through the intersection into me. So anyway, it's quite a tragic incident, but the good thing is no one was hurt! And what really stinks is i didn't get to see my girlfriend that day either! So yeah, i still haven't heard from the insurance company about what's going on yet, but i will let you guys know. I even bought an engine swap to put in, and now that's shot...so guys...i got stuff for sale...i got three FS threads with stuff, and depending on what happens with insurance i might part out my car for some extra dough.
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I was on my way to my girlfriend's house, and there is a four-way intersection near my home. As i pulled up to and stopped at the intersection a truck approached from the right, and came to a stop at his stop sign...i had looked left and right, and as i made my way throught he intersection...WHAM!!...out of no where this huge white Ford Econoline van slams the me from the left side...it was dang near close to a t-bone, but thankfully i was ok. The driver swears he stoped at the stop sign, but there's no way he could have considering the damage done to my car, especially when you throw in the fact that he would have to accelerate uphill through the intersection into me. So anyway, it's quite a tragic incident, but the good thing is no one was hurt! And what really stinks is i didn't get to see my girlfriend that day either! So yeah, i still haven't heard from the insurance company about what's going on yet, but i will let you guys know. I even bought an engine swap to put in, and now that's shot...so guys...i got stuff for sale...i got three FS threads with stuff, and depending on what happens with insurance i might part out my car for some extra dough.
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D15B7 w/90k and new parts!!
02-07-2005, 03:52 AM
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yeah, i'm pretty sure there's frame damage to where the door hinge is, and i think my a-arms and cv joints are messed up...and on top of that he hit my wheel pretty hard and i think he messed up my tranny mounts cause the tranny seemed kinda loose when i tried to put it in gear...
02-07-2005, 10:23 AM
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I always do a quick look before I proceed. I had a close call in a '91 Civic Hatch CX few years back. I was in the middle of an intersection waiting to turn left when my light had turned red and the traffic was waiting for me to get out of the intersection. So I put it in 1st and started to move when out of the corner of my eye I saw a car coming right at me. This asshole decided to run a yellow light from far away but of course was red when he got there. He went through the intersection in the left hand lane and had to swerve around me!!! It's a good thing I saw him and that I stopped.
Checking before proceeding is good advice nowadays because newer cars are made higher off the ground. We who have lower riding cars are more at risk than ever. There never seems to be a shortage of idiot drivers who think they save time by violating simple traffic rules.
Checking before proceeding is good advice nowadays because newer cars are made higher off the ground. We who have lower riding cars are more at risk than ever. There never seems to be a shortage of idiot drivers who think they save time by violating simple traffic rules.
