So I was driving to grandmas this morning, found a nice empty 4 lane road covered in ice, and decided to start sliding sideways back and forth accross the road running around 40ish. Had some real sideways slides and then hit a dry spot with the front..... that slowed the front down too much and I went sliding to the left slamming into the curb with the front tire as the car was turning backwards. Over the curb with the front, then the rear.... ohh **** the horizion is not where I last remember it. I am hanging by the seatbelt watching the change from the center console fall to the passenger side door which is now the floor (as far as grav1ty is concerned)
The motor sounds real funny better shut that off, click the seatbelt and stand on the door, Hit the cell and called my brother (both going the same place so he was not far away) Then pushed the door stright up (kinda heavy in that direction) look over the rocker and see 2 dudes standing there asking if I was ok.
Yeah I'm ok (bet they think I am crazy as I am smiling ear to ear)
One of the men offer to help shove the car over. So I hop out and we walk around the front and to the... umm roof.
The car is in the ditch about 5 feet from the curb resting on one of those tiny wire fences with barb wire on the top and a tiny 4 inch tree. The tree is dead center of the roof. I brace off the tree and we rock the car a couple times. WOOMP... Back on all 4. Take a quick look and hop in the car, put it back in park and start it. Starts and runs like normal. Put it back in gear and it wants to move but it is stuck. The guys give a quick shove and it is back on the street...
From the time I hit the curb till the time I left, less than 5 min. Damn it... my camera was in my pocket and I did not take any pictures... I am so retarted.
Anyway.. I need to get it inside and look it over good but looks like it broke the passenger mirror, small dent above the door openings in the roof. rocker reshaped front to back, bent front rim, and the rear tire equalized from dirt in the bead (it lasted to the destination). May be a coolant issue but not sure, the overflow dumped all over.
All in all tho have never rolled a car and it was kinda fun (no one got hurt) and I got to drive away....
Hope that is out of my system now!
Happy Thanksgiving....
I am thankfull to be here!
How bout you all?
The motor sounds real funny better shut that off, click the seatbelt and stand on the door, Hit the cell and called my brother (both going the same place so he was not far away) Then pushed the door stright up (kinda heavy in that direction) look over the rocker and see 2 dudes standing there asking if I was ok.
Yeah I'm ok (bet they think I am crazy as I am smiling ear to ear)
One of the men offer to help shove the car over. So I hop out and we walk around the front and to the... umm roof.
The car is in the ditch about 5 feet from the curb resting on one of those tiny wire fences with barb wire on the top and a tiny 4 inch tree. The tree is dead center of the roof. I brace off the tree and we rock the car a couple times. WOOMP... Back on all 4. Take a quick look and hop in the car, put it back in park and start it. Starts and runs like normal. Put it back in gear and it wants to move but it is stuck. The guys give a quick shove and it is back on the street...
From the time I hit the curb till the time I left, less than 5 min. Damn it... my camera was in my pocket and I did not take any pictures... I am so retarted.
Anyway.. I need to get it inside and look it over good but looks like it broke the passenger mirror, small dent above the door openings in the roof. rocker reshaped front to back, bent front rim, and the rear tire equalized from dirt in the bead (it lasted to the destination). May be a coolant issue but not sure, the overflow dumped all over.
All in all tho have never rolled a car and it was kinda fun (no one got hurt) and I got to drive away....
Hope that is out of my system now!
Happy Thanksgiving....
I am thankfull to be here!
How bout you all?
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