DrRick

since i post here from time to time (and also since scalbert was kind enough to drop me a note) i thought that i would give you guys an update on my car. more like an obituary. on wed, the grinch was killed. bad road conditions, scurrying animal, and poor driving decisions resulted in a wreck that i was blessed to have walked away from. timing for this is horrible but it couldve been so much worse. i will still stop by from time to time, since you guys are definitely a class-act. but right now i think that i need to find a forum for guys without a car. click here to view the body see yall around.........



Doc



I have nothing. You hear me.....NOTHING!!!

Dom418

Ouch

dbox

damn bro that really sux ass. you plan on getting another gs? best of luck whatever you decide.

chikai

damn wild animals...now I know to run them over if I were to ever get in that situation.

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

Damn Rick... that sucks. Thank god you're OK though. You can always get another car!!

ferizzo

Doc,

Sorry to hear and see that happened to you and that beauty. Glad to hear that no one was hurt (at least not too badly). Good luck with everything and let us know when you get a new car.

dbox

sometimes its just as bad hitting the damn things. i remember an email i got not to long ago... a dodge durango driver with a huge buck in his windsheild! looked like the damn think just jumped in his truck head on. the whole roof was crushed, it looked really bad. animals crossing the roads can be very dangerous.

tw1112

Ouch sorry to see/hear that happen! Do you have any ideas as to what you are going to get now? Man, glad you got out of that one okay...it looks pretty bad.

haiduc

that sucks Dr. Rick.

at least you waled away from a rollover. seatbelts do work.... to anyone that still doesnt believe in them.

so.... time for a GS430?

SiGGy

Wow, glad you could walk away from it. Sorry to hear/see your bad luck. I hope thanksgiving and x-mas goes good for you this year. Something to lighten the blow anyway...

Deer get hit all the time out here. And they almost always total the car. It really sucks.

Best of luck to you...

Scrib

Glad to hear you're OK!!!

TypeSKid

Dr. Rick:


I feel for ya man. That's terrible! I wouldn't wish that on anyone.


I'm glad that you are ok.

About how fast were you going when this happened?

And exactly how many times did it roll?



Sorry about your loss!

SinnedTL

Im not getting Yoko AVS DB's thats for sure...

Chaptorial

Damn. These things just shouldn't happen to a nice car and cool person. Got any plans on your next car?? Type-S maybe?

Chrisbert

What road is that?

mattg

damn, that sux. very cool that you walked away unscathed. looks like it could have been worse for you.

the car on the other hand is

ch1276

sorry to hear about that....that sux, but at least you are ok

1SICKLEX

Doc every time I see those, I wanna puke...

The girls tonight though will take your minds off that!

scalbert

Again Rick, sorry to that happen and glad you did come out fine.

But damn, were going to miss you around the ATL...

Red Rider

Glad you're O.K. dude, you've got a great attitude about the whole thing, good luck

darrinb

glad that your pk, let us know what kinda car ur gonna get

typeR

good luck...like the six million dollar man you can build it stronger,faster,better...

peiqinglong

DAMN DUDE! That GS WAS SO DAMN HOT! Glad to hear that your okay and everything...despite the GS being beautiful...atlas, it was not worth what a human life is.

Loseit

iTrader: (1)

sorry dude...glad to see you are ok. The car looks like it protected you pretty well.

Loseit

iTrader: (1)

now you can buy that Acura that you always wanted :P

JRock

That's really sad to see. Glad you're okay.

What mods did she have?

NOVAwhiteTypeS

ouch.... damn man sorry to hear bout this misfortune....

atleast you walked out safely

DrRick

thanx for the sympathies, fellas. it is "officially" a total loss. my original plan was to get a supra or wrx or something fun like that as a weekend car while keeping the Grinch for daily duties. but now things have kinda changed. luckily, it looks like they are gonna give me a pretty good deal as far as reimbursement. more than likely ill pick up another 400/430. this time black on black with the NAV. no disrespect to anyones car here, but for what i want, i cant think of a better all around car for the money. hopefully i can get most of the mods off of the car (intake/exhaust/ecu/sways/grill/etc........spring and shocks are trash) and just transfer it to the next car. i will definitely keep you all posted. thanx again and be careful.......


Rick

1999TL

animals f*cking suck A couple months ago two cows were crossing the road. This was like a back highway in Texas...need i say more. Anyways, they were taking up both lanes. This was at night, so right when i saw them, i swerved and ending up swiping the cows tail. Had about $2800 worth of damage to the rental. Could have been a lot worse.

Then just two weeks ago, I was on I-20 and I see a deer in the road, and it's running towards my passenger side. So I start drifting more towards the right and it hit my rear view mirror. Again, that could have been a lot worse. And again, it was in a rental. But I learned one thing since the cow, always get the insurance. When i hit the cow i didn't, and when i hit the deer I had it.

OH yah, and both incidents happened at night. Probably could avoid both totally in the daytime.

astro

my condolences, you had a sweet car with a lot of work put into it...

I hope whatever you replace it with, gets the same kind of loving treatment.