jmoskow
Member
This is a sad post and a happy post.
A little while back I was run off the road by a driver coming at me in my lane. They were over the double-yellow...I suspect they were texting. I swerved to avoid a head-on collision. This is the last thing I remember.
I ended up smashing a mail box and continued into a front yard where I managed to thread my 4Runner through a car-sized gap between two trees. The drivers-side front tire hit the left tree, was ripped off and thrown 60 feet. That impact forced the car to the right into the other tree and smashed the passenger side to bits. Thankfully I was alone in the car. Continuing forward, the car took a nose dive and the wheel-well of the missing tire dug into the ground, causing me to flip over, hood first. Air bags deployed. I was wearing my seat belt. First thing I remember is crawling out of the car through the passenger side window. I walked away from this! Called 911.
I was walking around, taking photos, talking to people who stopped. Then EMS showed up and I agreed to get checked out. I was pretty banged up but no permanent damage. The 4Runner didn't fare so well. I knew immediately the car was totaled. My baby. Gone forever:hurt:
The car or driver that forced me off the road was never found.
Fast forward a couple months and I'm back in business with a 2006 Sport Edition V8. She's getting the same goodies as my 2001 Sport...Old Man Emu and BFG All Terrain's. I've been meaning to write this for awhile and now that I have a new 4runner with OME/BFG, it feels like the right time.
At the end of the day it was just a car. It did what it was supposed to do and protected me. I walked away from the accident and I owe that to my Toyota 4Runner.
A little while back I was run off the road by a driver coming at me in my lane. They were over the double-yellow...I suspect they were texting. I swerved to avoid a head-on collision. This is the last thing I remember.
I ended up smashing a mail box and continued into a front yard where I managed to thread my 4Runner through a car-sized gap between two trees. The drivers-side front tire hit the left tree, was ripped off and thrown 60 feet. That impact forced the car to the right into the other tree and smashed the passenger side to bits. Thankfully I was alone in the car. Continuing forward, the car took a nose dive and the wheel-well of the missing tire dug into the ground, causing me to flip over, hood first. Air bags deployed. I was wearing my seat belt. First thing I remember is crawling out of the car through the passenger side window. I walked away from this! Called 911.
I was walking around, taking photos, talking to people who stopped. Then EMS showed up and I agreed to get checked out. I was pretty banged up but no permanent damage. The 4Runner didn't fare so well. I knew immediately the car was totaled. My baby. Gone forever:hurt:
The car or driver that forced me off the road was never found.
Fast forward a couple months and I'm back in business with a 2006 Sport Edition V8. She's getting the same goodies as my 2001 Sport...Old Man Emu and BFG All Terrain's. I've been meaning to write this for awhile and now that I have a new 4runner with OME/BFG, it feels like the right time.
At the end of the day it was just a car. It did what it was supposed to do and protected me. I walked away from the accident and I owe that to my Toyota 4Runner.
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