I killed my PT.

[fritz_t_coyote]

quote:Originally posted by KingKole02
[brI was traveling down the parkway.
Traffic was moving fine.
I watched as the cars in front of me were traveling about my same speed as I.
I turned my head to the left to check my blind spot while switching lanes, to look up and see the car in front of me abrouptly stop and me left with about a cars lenght and a half going 40. I had no way out.

1) Defensive driving class.
2) Blind spot mirrors.
3) Prayer: of thanks that you didn't hurt anyone. You could have killed a person, not just a car.
4) Hope it wasn't a Swoop and Squat that will end up with you paying insurance premiums that look like the Pentagon's electric bill.

[Mr.Barton]

quote:Originally posted by KingKole02

****Warning**** Long and involved explaination****

2:05 Saturday
A nice sunny day. Hot as the dikins at 90-95 with a 100% humidity or so and a light breeze
.
I was traveling down the parkway.
Traffic was moving fine.
I watched as the cars in front of me were traveling about my same speed as I.
I turned my head to the left to check my blind spot while switching lanes, to look up and see the car in front of me abrouptly stop and me left with about a cars lenght and a half going 40. I had no way out.
Screeehhhhh!!!!

BAM!!!!!!!!!

Things falling throughout PT,
all kinds of electrical stuff turning back on,
all the lights you DON'T want to see coming on in the dash.
Cars behind me screeching tires, they didn't hit me though, luckly.
So I put it in park, get out,
walk up to car in front to see if the driver is ok. She was
turn back to look at damage to my car and
it does not look good.
A little white smoke coming out and what sounds like hissing.

She called the police while I talked to the car behind me asking them to be witnesses.

We were informed to move the cars in the parking lot near where we were.
So she starts hers and starts to move it while I block traffic.
I get in mine and start it. Vaarrrooommmahhh.......Vaarrrooommmahhh.......
Starts then shuts off, great :/
So I get my passenger to strear while I push it off the road. Needed some help getting it into the parking lot completely because of 1/5 incline in lot slope. Im glad I asked the car behind us to stick around because they helped get it up the hill.

Being curious as I was I popped the hood to see what all kind of damage I had done. The hood was still in good shape and wasn't effected.
So I take a look down near the battery.
White smoke starts pouring out of the enigne area around the battery and hissing sounds can be heard.
My first though was to run, (**** the cars is on fire!!)
I told everyone to move away from it.
To my surprise that hissing sound was the acid in the battery eating through the battery cables and some other stuff that I don't know about yet.

Mean while the other driver that I hit was screaming at me about how I was an idiot for opening my hood and that I could have killed everyone.
What does she care? My insurance is going to cover her stuff anyways, she has no right to comment on my property.

The car is f***ed.
No power no anything
Its stuck with three windows down and no security system right now.
I getting charged 55 a night to have it stored in a garage that is "supposedly" save and secure. I have alot of stuff on my PT to have it ripped off would really send me off the deepend.

Now I wait until Monday to see the PT again and talk to an insurance estimatetor. I just hope all my stuff is still there. Pray

Hope she doesnt sue you[^]

[PT Chix]

SUM DAYS I WANAN KILL MY PT [:I]

[bigdogdad]

quote:Originally posted by PT CHIX

SUM DAYS I WANAN KILL MY PT [:I]

Let KingKole borrow it. Sorry King, had to[:I] Hope your up and running soon.[?]
P.S. KingKole, if I see you hitch hiking I'll stop and give you a ride. Just remember one thing though, no back seats, just dogs!![8D]

[PlasteredDragon]

Poor King! I feel for you bud. I hope you can get your baby repaired and back on the road soon. Glad you weren't seriously hurt.

[KingKole02]

Sorry it took so long to reply to this thread.

And yes all that posted funnies made me laugh, man that feels good.

Ok I hit the brakes at about 40 so....I figure I hit her at 20-30 or so.

I hit above the bumper which caused the fender to crush and the grille plus the headlight. I have pics that don't make it look like much but can post them.

I miss talking to you all so much.
Sense being relocated at work I don't hardly get on here much.

But yes all passengers and drivers were ok.

The damage was estimated at 2264.
The place that my car got stored at is also doing the work.
They seem like a decent shop and must have good business because there shop was pretty big and had lots of cars.
They even had 4 mechanics on my car even before I left the shop the first day. One mechanic was checking the engine even before I signed papers to realise the work order.

It has been in the shop since saturday. The insurance person was there on Monday and the parts were ordered on Tuesday early. So I hope to get it back sometime Friday or next week Monday.

Thank you all for you concern. I had no idea that I would have gotten so many replies.
Thank you.

[RallyDRock]

glad to hear that it will be fixed up soon!!

[stirfry]

Looks like light at the end of tunnel. you can smile now.

[KingKole02]

UPDATE:

Has been in shop for a week.
As of Monday the PT is a total lost and I have to find another ride. Plus my live is screwed on buying a new car now, forever.
Pshych!!!!!!

No I was told that the body shop had not gotten the front fender for my PT in yet. The manager also said that the fender would not get in the way of them fixing the other stuff in the mean time.

Im calling tommorrow to see how they are doing.

[Hooligan]

Does your insurance cover transportation in case of the car being "screwed".