Show us your damaged stangs!
9/4/08, 08:13 PM
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9/4/08, 09:43 PM
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long story.... tried to squeese between the wall and a Miata... took the wall. only took about 1 second..not fast at all...need to get the pix from the neighbor, just after taking 2ed in a car show...LOL
9/4/08, 10:00 PM
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here it is... post #43 is where I started
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showth...08#post5556208
the front spoiler is the GT/CS. all stock except the fogs and the grill insert..( something custom made and handed to Marcello for production)
http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showth...08#post5556208
the front spoiler is the GT/CS. all stock except the fogs and the grill insert..( something custom made and handed to Marcello for production)
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9/4/08, 10:03 PM
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9/5/08, 07:01 AM
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9/8/08, 07:11 AM
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Sorry guys. Kind of forgot about this post.
I'm really not sure how I survived. The seatbelt definitely helped. When they extracted me, I was sitting where the center console used to be. My girlfriend was kinda of pinned against her door, but she was able to get out. I don't remember anything after the impact. I had 3 fractures in my hip, and a lot of glass embedded in me. But I came out very lucky.
I will say I had been drinking. And, while this accident wouldn't have happened if I had not been drinking, being drunk probably attributed to me not dying. If I was sober, I would've tensed up and the pole would've taken me out. Since I was drunk, my body was a lot more loosened up, so I just moved where gravity (and the pole) put me. I think this is why in drunk driving accidents, you see the driver actually survive but the passenger die.
In any event, I obviously do not drink and drive anymore, and hardly drink anyway.
I do miss the car.
I'm really not sure how I survived. The seatbelt definitely helped. When they extracted me, I was sitting where the center console used to be. My girlfriend was kinda of pinned against her door, but she was able to get out. I don't remember anything after the impact. I had 3 fractures in my hip, and a lot of glass embedded in me. But I came out very lucky.
I will say I had been drinking. And, while this accident wouldn't have happened if I had not been drinking, being drunk probably attributed to me not dying. If I was sober, I would've tensed up and the pole would've taken me out. Since I was drunk, my body was a lot more loosened up, so I just moved where gravity (and the pole) put me. I think this is why in drunk driving accidents, you see the driver actually survive but the passenger die.
In any event, I obviously do not drink and drive anymore, and hardly drink anyway.
I do miss the car.
9/22/08, 09:55 AM
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9/22/08, 01:24 PM
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Here's my 2:
The first one (9/06) my neighbor backed into the passenger side door while my Mustang was parked across the street from her. Had to replace door skin & got an old door ding on the rear fender repaired too. At least she admitted to it and took responsibility, she (a minister's wife) was on her way to church that morning and told me when she got back. She said she prayed for my car cause she knew how much I cared for it. Hard to be upset with her after she told me that.
The second one (5/07) some idiot claims I tried to cut him off. Mean while we were in bumper to bumper traffic(2-3mph crawl), 2 lanes both merging into one then merging into another before entering the Holland Tunnel into NJ and he didn't see the big blue Mustang hood in front of his stupid pickup truck. Had to replace mirror and door skin.
The first one (9/06) my neighbor backed into the passenger side door while my Mustang was parked across the street from her. Had to replace door skin & got an old door ding on the rear fender repaired too. At least she admitted to it and took responsibility, she (a minister's wife) was on her way to church that morning and told me when she got back. She said she prayed for my car cause she knew how much I cared for it. Hard to be upset with her after she told me that.
The second one (5/07) some idiot claims I tried to cut him off. Mean while we were in bumper to bumper traffic(2-3mph crawl), 2 lanes both merging into one then merging into another before entering the Holland Tunnel into NJ and he didn't see the big blue Mustang hood in front of his stupid pickup truck. Had to replace mirror and door skin.
Last edited by Mas35NYR; 9/22/08 at 01:26 PM. Reason: typo