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Offline WhiteHawk

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« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2006, 02:53:50 PM »
wow guppy.  .  My worst nightmare is losing a child.

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« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2006, 02:54:49 PM »
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"if a big chevy had hit me at 40mph, i would be most definitely dead."


That's exactly why I wouldn't want to drive a tin can such as yours.  You can't control what hits you, only what you drive.  If we all drove small cars, the road would still be full of pickup trucks and commerical vehicles.  


I'm glad you're okay, and you should be thankful you didn't get hit by something bigger.  Perhaps give that some thought when you buy a replacement vehicle.


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very true sir, i eat my words. i had not considered the fact that big vehicals will be on the road even if 99% drive small cars.







Guppy, my appologies for posting such a trivial thread, I should have seen that it may bring memories back to others.


my deepest sympathies, i know what losing family and frineds to motor accidents feels like but nothing can make anyone understand your grief.

that car would be considered a family sized saloon, bigger than avergage, in England.
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« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2006, 02:56:31 PM »
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wow guppy.  .  My worst nightmare is losing a child.


Trust me on this one.  No nightmare can come close to how horrible the reality of it is.  I spend a lot of time wishing it was a nightmare, because then I could wake up from a nightmare.  I just have to live with this.
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« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2006, 02:58:18 PM »
now i feel stupid and pointless beyond words.




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« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2006, 02:58:50 PM »
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Guppy, my appologies for posting such a trivial thread, I should have seen that it may bring memories back to others.


my deepest sympathies, i know what losing family and frineds to motor accidents feels like but nothing can make anyone understand your grief.

that car would be considered a family sized saloon, bigger than avergage, in England.


No apologies neccessary.  I'm very glad you are ok and posting about it might make folks drive a little safer or think a bit more about how and what they drive.  Nothing can change the past, but if your experience and mine can maybe prevent it happening to someone else because they think about it a bit more, it's worth it.
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« Reply #20 on: August 02, 2006, 03:00:25 PM »
Damn Dan, I didn't think it'd been that close to a year.

A few years ago, I was road testing a Chevy K-20 pickup when a girl pulled out in front of me. I was going about 40 MPH. She was driving a car about that size, a Sunbird I think, and pulled out from a side street in the rain. The big Chevy 4X4 damn near pushed the driver's door to the console. It bent a fender, knocked out a headlight, bent the bumper, and cracked the grille. I had a bruise on top of each thigh from the steering wheel, as I was standing on the brakes when we collided. I have no idea how she survived.

The laws of physics support the big car theory. It has more inertia, and it has more mass to absorb the energy transfered in a crash. Having worked a few wrecks as a deputy, and as a tow truck driver, I can say that in most cases the larger, heavier car tends to spare its occupants more of the damage than the smaller cars. I really do like trucks and at least mid sized SUV's. As much as I love a smaller, quicker car, and I own a Firebird, as well as two G body GM cars and a Corvair, I know driving them is riskier. The only thing the Firebird has going for it is the good handling and the air bags. Other than that it is a light, low, plastic death trap.
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« Reply #21 on: August 02, 2006, 03:03:52 PM »
drive this --be safe
http://www.macktrucks.com/

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« Reply #22 on: August 02, 2006, 03:19:43 PM »
To heck with Mack, Pete 379 is the way to go.  If I was a millionaire, I *would* drive one of those.



B@tfinkV--Don't feel stupid.  This is a subject that most people never give a second thought to until it's too late.  


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« Reply #23 on: August 02, 2006, 04:47:08 PM »
Oh, Guppy....I'm am so deeply sorry for you.  :(


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« Reply #24 on: August 02, 2006, 05:56:09 PM »
ummm....your steering wheel is on the wrong side, no wonder you crashed!   :noid

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« Reply #25 on: August 02, 2006, 06:55:26 PM »
Glad yer okay, Batfink! :aok

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« Reply #26 on: August 02, 2006, 09:58:52 PM »
Jeez, glad to see you got out of that one.

Very sorry about your loss Guppy, my condolences to you and your family.
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