Vortec4800
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Well the 4Runner has seen better days...
I stop at a red light like I normally do, windows down (it's a nice day out in Arizona, not 110F like normal) and just reached for a drink from my large sprite from in-n-out burger. Just as my lips reach the straw I feel some serious pain in my neck and back, everything is moved, and I realized I'm half-way through the intersection and still moving. I slam on the brakes (again, wasn't I already stopped?) and stop in the middle and wonder what just happened. Apparently the lady behind me in the Saturn who was going around 50 - 60 mph didn't agree with the idea of the red light and decided to keep going. Unlucky for me, I was directly in the way. She never even touched her brakes. I backed up my truck a good 6 - 10 feet (which still still in the intersection, even after that) to try and get out of the way as much as possible, and got out to make sure the other people in the Saturn are alright. The lady is alive (luckily) though she doesn't look too well. The cops soon show up and the rest of the accident BS goes on. They decide that I should be taken to the hospital, as I've got some back and neck pain and would like to get checked out. They stuff me in an ambulance and away I go.
When I went to look at the truck later I got to investigate closer at the damage.
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure they're going to total it out.
The frame is bent pretty severly in many places, and the entire body is tweaked. The spare tire is lodged into the rear axle, and the floor of my loadspace area has buckled in. The roof of the truck has small buckles in it, and the entire rear axle has shifted - the rear suspension will not go up or down at all. The only door that actually works is the driver's door, the others require some grunt to open or close. I was holding my soda at the time, and the entire inside of the truck is covered (literally everywhere). I found the top of the cup and the straw sitting neatly in the back right door pocket. The rear window and hatch area is covered in soda as well. The driver's seat is also in less-than good condition as well, I bent it back and sideways when I went flying back into it.
Here are the pictures so you can see, I'm not sure what's going to happen but hopefully I'll be able to get another 4Runner (probably from the dealer) and try it all again. You better believe I'll be taking off my black wheels, custom HID lights, safari bar and black magics to put on the new truck.
As far as my personal injuries, I've got some back and neck pain (typical) but nothing is seriously damaged. I'll be hurtin for a couple weeks, but I'll be alright. They might be able to bend the frame back into place, but there's no telling what the strength will be like after they're done. They also have to take the body off the frame to pull it back out, which means they'll have to put it all back together. There's no telling how well it will all go back together, and I have a feeling Toyota's nice fit and finish will be out the window entirely.
Here are the pics:
http://community.webshots.com/album/190590205xZejHg
I stop at a red light like I normally do, windows down (it's a nice day out in Arizona, not 110F like normal) and just reached for a drink from my large sprite from in-n-out burger. Just as my lips reach the straw I feel some serious pain in my neck and back, everything is moved, and I realized I'm half-way through the intersection and still moving. I slam on the brakes (again, wasn't I already stopped?) and stop in the middle and wonder what just happened. Apparently the lady behind me in the Saturn who was going around 50 - 60 mph didn't agree with the idea of the red light and decided to keep going. Unlucky for me, I was directly in the way. She never even touched her brakes. I backed up my truck a good 6 - 10 feet (which still still in the intersection, even after that) to try and get out of the way as much as possible, and got out to make sure the other people in the Saturn are alright. The lady is alive (luckily) though she doesn't look too well. The cops soon show up and the rest of the accident BS goes on. They decide that I should be taken to the hospital, as I've got some back and neck pain and would like to get checked out. They stuff me in an ambulance and away I go.
When I went to look at the truck later I got to investigate closer at the damage.
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure they're going to total it out.
The frame is bent pretty severly in many places, and the entire body is tweaked. The spare tire is lodged into the rear axle, and the floor of my loadspace area has buckled in. The roof of the truck has small buckles in it, and the entire rear axle has shifted - the rear suspension will not go up or down at all. The only door that actually works is the driver's door, the others require some grunt to open or close. I was holding my soda at the time, and the entire inside of the truck is covered (literally everywhere). I found the top of the cup and the straw sitting neatly in the back right door pocket. The rear window and hatch area is covered in soda as well. The driver's seat is also in less-than good condition as well, I bent it back and sideways when I went flying back into it.
Here are the pictures so you can see, I'm not sure what's going to happen but hopefully I'll be able to get another 4Runner (probably from the dealer) and try it all again. You better believe I'll be taking off my black wheels, custom HID lights, safari bar and black magics to put on the new truck.
As far as my personal injuries, I've got some back and neck pain (typical) but nothing is seriously damaged. I'll be hurtin for a couple weeks, but I'll be alright. They might be able to bend the frame back into place, but there's no telling what the strength will be like after they're done. They also have to take the body off the frame to pull it back out, which means they'll have to put it all back together. There's no telling how well it will all go back together, and I have a feeling Toyota's nice fit and finish will be out the window entirely.
Here are the pics:
http://community.webshots.com/album/190590205xZejHg
damn, I loved your 4Runner too, its hard to believe you were just posting pics of the emblems and now this. Just be glad you're okay and still walking around. Last October I was sitting at a red light just like you with my 02 Explorer, and I was on my cell phone, and I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a truck speeding towards me and I KNEW it was going to hit, so I told my g/f on the phone "F(@*#, I'm about to be hit" and sure enough, he nailed me and there was nothing I could do. The damage wasn't nearly as bad ($3800 worth) but I had a lot of back pains for weeks after that. I probably should have been checked out, but I just didn't have the time. 
