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- State of Jefferson
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Maybe I'm not understanding you, but it seems that would make them value life MORE.
I don't know anyone who values material things more than life.
Wife got T-Boned - Wrote off CX-5
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Maybe I'm not understanding you, but it seems that would make them value life MORE.
I don't know anyone who values material things more than life.
clownshoes2
2017 CX-5 GT No Tech - 2023 CX-30 GT NA
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To answer everyone questions...
Yes it was her primary vehicle.
Yes I have the new car replacement insurance. No I do not know when this ends or if it's pro-rated. I'm in Ontario so I'm not sure how it works, I will let you all know.
She's quite effed up actually. Fractured collar bone, fractured wrist, whiplash, severe concussion, bruised ribs, loss of hearing in her left ear, off for a month. Starts physio therapy on Monday.
Yes it was her primary vehicle.
Yes I have the new car replacement insurance. No I do not know when this ends or if it's pro-rated. I'm in Ontario so I'm not sure how it works, I will let you all know.
She's quite effed up actually. Fractured collar bone, fractured wrist, whiplash, severe concussion, bruised ribs, loss of hearing in her left ear, off for a month. Starts physio therapy on Monday.
clownshoes2
2017 CX-5 GT No Tech - 2023 CX-30 GT NA
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Thanks Breh!
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Sorry to hear about that, I guess I just assumed she was ok, hoping for the best. Hopefully she's back to 100% again soon.
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Sorry to hear about your wife's injuries. At almost 40mph that is a bad accident.
I almost got hit in a parking lot today. I was driving down the row and a car didn't look and just backed out of his parking spot. The left lane was clear so I veered to the left and we missed. I hit the horn too, but I was just about passed when I hit the horn.
Another reason why cars are totaled easily these days is because labor and parts are so expensive.
I almost got hit in a parking lot today. I was driving down the row and a car didn't look and just backed out of his parking spot. The left lane was clear so I veered to the left and we missed. I hit the horn too, but I was just about passed when I hit the horn.
Another reason why cars are totaled easily these days is because labor and parts are so expensive.
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Wishing your wife a very speedy and complete recovery!
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My cousin did this all the time (with full disclosure), and even kept a few for himself over the years. Ran flawlessly minus normal issues for the make/model. Would I buy one? No. But it did work, and for people on a mad budget...
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It*s not quite how I would describe T Boned but I don't for one second trivialise the seriousness of her injuries. It looks like it got hooked up on the front of the other car and if it*s bent the door and deployed the curtain airbag it*s bent the car too - that won*t be getting fixed. Over here you can buy a policy to cover the difference in the market value (what the insurance company pay) and the replacement of the car. I used to think it unlikely that a car of this value would get written off but they are designed to deform and absorb energy these days. Humans don*t suffer side impact very well although the car has done what it can to lessen the effect. I hope she makes a quick and full recovery.
clownshoes2
2017 CX-5 GT No Tech - 2023 CX-30 GT NA
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Apparently this is what the car is supposed to do. If your vehicle folds in on itself and gets all torn apart, that's not a good car. Cars that stay together is what you want. As someone previously stated, the energy is supposed to be absorbed and transferred to lessen the damage.
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You don't have to be an 'older person' to have grown up in the environment you described above. Many people are dealing with this RIGHT NOW.
Sorry, but your last sentence above is ridiculous. After reading many of your posts I'm fairly certain that you didn't really mean that as it sounds, right? No one in their right mind, 'older' or not, would place material possessions ahead of their lives.
Good point....I also don't recall my dad every telling me put my seat belt on. Well unless we're about to get pulled over by cops. Had a large Pontiac Lemans coupe.
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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Yea, Yrwie, you totally misunderstood me.
My mother was in a horrific car accident with her old big ass Ford Ltd. Although looking at the car you wouldn't suspect it was bad at all. It was barely ******* scratched. My mother? I didn't think she was going to make it.
Cars today crumple to save lives. Older folks that had those cars see a car today get totalled in a 20 mph accident and think it's a pos compared to that old Ltd that would never die. Although it's not just older people. They are just the ones that had those indestructible cars.
I saw a post on Reddit recently where a young lady was venting that her car was totalled in a "minor" accident. Meanwhile, she was unscathed.
She was unscathed!
Those of us that understand crash dynamics know that crumple zones save lives.
My mother was in a horrific car accident with her old big ass Ford Ltd. Although looking at the car you wouldn't suspect it was bad at all. It was barely ******* scratched. My mother? I didn't think she was going to make it.
Cars today crumple to save lives. Older folks that had those cars see a car today get totalled in a 20 mph accident and think it's a pos compared to that old Ltd that would never die. Although it's not just older people. They are just the ones that had those indestructible cars.
I saw a post on Reddit recently where a young lady was venting that her car was totalled in a "minor" accident. Meanwhile, she was unscathed.
She was unscathed!
Those of us that understand crash dynamics know that crumple zones save lives.
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7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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That's what people say who understand cash dynamics.
