Volvoson Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 Sorry again man How did it happen, I can't put it together from the pictures.. Don't need to share, I am just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 I'm glad those cops were nice to you man. Sometimes they make a report w/o asking and it ends up going to the DMV and then finally to your insurance company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan_B Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 So why did you crash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burchs1 Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 Judging from the picture the pothole is the evil culprit.So why did you crash?← Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaterp Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 pothole and volans, just wondering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 He drove off the road before the pot hole. Maybe a nail hit the tire but if I had to guess I would guess something consumed was the cause of this event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 BTTSo what happened. You didnt 180, if you had you would see 2 tire tracks then 4 then 2 again. This all is so weird. Drunk? Someone else driving? You cannot post pics then leave us hanging. We wanna know. Glad your alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volvoson Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 BTTSo what happened. You didnt 180, if you had you would see 2 tire tracks then 4 then 2 again. This all is so weird. Drunk? Someone else driving? You cannot post pics then leave us hanging. We wanna know. Glad your alright.←For sure, the suspense is killing me...When I had my accident, I posted the story before the pics, not vice versa :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Jim Posted May 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Ok okWell I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened and how I reacted.No ETOH had nothing to do with it, Volvo power and my heavy foot had everything to do with it.I was on my way home at 8:30 pm or so from a tech rehearsal of a local high school play (I am providing sound equipment, mic’ing the stage & band and doing sound effects for the performances). I was looking forward to some food a beer and relaxing a little, I have been driving this road for over 25 years. I had been accelerating up a slight incline and leveled off I could see the road ahead and it was empty so I continued to accelerate that is till that black patch launched me around. The two skid marks where made by my passenger side tires you can see the gravel on the side near the patch is kicked up that was the rear tire coming around. Both the tires on the passenger side impacted the grass first the rear bead was popped by a small birm (bent the hub or spindle too), which spun the car around the other way and scraped the right front bumper against the hill. The bead on the right front tire was full of gravel and grass. Then I continued forward to where I came to rest.That’s what I can put together at least. The Insurance estimate is a little over $5,000 I’m sure I can fix it for less. The bumper was pushed up and to the left the fenders are off to the left some too if you look at the hood lines. I took it to a four-wheel alignment shop and it aligned so I don’t think the frame is bent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Ok okWell I’m still trying to figure out exactly what happened and how I reacted.No ETOH had nothing to do with it, Volvo power and my heavy foot had everything to do with it.I was on my way home at 8:30 pm or so from a tech rehearsal of a local high school play (I am providing sound equipment, mic’ing the stage & band and doing sound effects for the performances). I was looking forward to some food a beer and relaxing a little, I have been driving this road for over 25 years. I had been accelerating up a slight incline and leveled off I could see the road ahead and it was empty so I continued to accelerate that is till that black patch launched me around. The two skid marks where made by my passenger side tires you can see the gravel on the side near the patch is kicked up that was the rear tire coming around. Both the tires on the passenger side impacted the grass first the rear bead was popped by a small birm (bent the hub or spindle too), which spun the car around the other way and scraped the right front bumper against the hill. The bead on the right front tire was full of gravel and grass. Then I continued forward to where I came to rest.That’s what I can put together at least. The Insurance estimate is a little over $5,000 I’m sure I can fix it for less. The bumper was pushed up and to the left the fenders are off to the left some too if you look at the hood lines. I took it to a four-wheel alignment shop and it aligned so I don’t think the frame is bent.←We wanna pic of the black patch. It sounds evil. How mush of a lip is there? Asphault to cement or does it stay the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Franke Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 We wanna pic of the black patch. It sounds evil. How mush of a lip is there? Asphault to cement or does it stay the same?←You mean similar to this one on the first page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che'_Moderator Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 You mean similar to this one on the first page?←That cannot be the patch in question. You can see hw was already off the road before he hit that and he was already skidding. If those marks are the two right side tires he was also sideways when he hit that patch. Ergo not what caused the loss of control. Is there a fast peak on the incline? Road Atlanta has a fast dip like that which causes the car to get very light and brakes to lock if your not expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veneficus Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 Glad you're ok man. That looks like a heck of a wreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan_B Posted May 22, 2005 Report Share Posted May 22, 2005 His story doesn't make since to me You hit a black patch of what?, and how would that make you fly into a ditch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S70 R Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 glad your ok man, that must of been pretty scarey heading in to the forest like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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