I Always Said My Hitch Was Like a Battering Ram...

LeeNetworX · 03-09-2011, 09:12 PM

...for those who don't pay attention. The lady that rear ended me at 60MPH while I was at a stop found out the hard way. She was taken to the hospital in an ambulance with lacerations from her seat belt, possibly more. The deputy told me she had just gotten her car back from the body shop; I can only assume she was in a previous accident not long ago. You can see how far forward she moved me, and that was after I slammed into the Frontier that was stopped in front of me. Something on 400 was slowing down traffic and the people ahead of me were at a stop.

Considering my Xterra is 7 years old and value is somewhere between $7-10K, depending on if the insurance company uses trade-in or personal sale value, it may be totalled. Quite a bit of frame damage in the rear and plenty of body damage all around.

I'm OK but banged up; getting sore all over now that a few hours have passed. Just very happy my son wasn't in the truck with me. The X has been very good to me; will be sad to see it go, if that's the case.

anthonyk · 03-09-2011, 09:19 PM

Damn, glad you're okay.

RedRider2k2 · 03-09-2011, 09:35 PM

Good to hear you're alright.

I would kiss it goodbye though. It will be wrote off.

Ninjakel · 03-09-2011, 09:44 PM

wow.....so glad you are ok, Lee!

and 1st thing i thought of was I hope the little man wasn't in the truck with you.

shmike · 03-09-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninjakel

wow.....so glad you are ok, Lee!

and 1st thing i thought of was I hope the little man wasn't in the truck with you.

My thoughts exactly.

Give it a few days and then see a doctor.

With an impact like that, you're bound to have some shit out of place.

Mikey · 03-09-2011, 09:45 PM

Glad you made it out. Here's hoping her insurance takes care of you and that she can't afford another car for a very long time.

wildchild · 03-09-2011, 10:02 PM

wow glad you weren't seriously hurt.
i would expect it's totalled.

derf · 03-09-2011, 10:10 PM

Wow, that looks pretty damn bad.

I would bet money that it gets written off

Phenix_Rider · 03-09-2011, 10:30 PM

LOL, if somebody hit my truck doing 60, the hitch would be in their lap. My rear bumper would shave the roof straight off.

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Originally Posted by Mikey

Glad you made it out. Here's hoping her insurance takes care of you and that she can't afford another car for a very long time.

If she has insurance...

Full Throttle · 03-10-2011, 01:36 PM

Hey dont let them just steal the car from you. Go get that mother and part it out. Thats at least 10k in parts man. well worth it. All the expensive parts ook to be intact. I doubt your radiator even busted. You could have a lot of money if you part it out. Hell ill buy the AC Compressor from you. Mine is shot in my Frontier.

03-09-2011, 09:35 PM	#3
RedRider2k2 Holier Than Thou Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: N.B, Canada Moto: 06 ZX10R, 18 400 Ninja, 11 KLX250s Posts: 463	Good to hear you're alright. I would kiss it goodbye though. It will be wrote off. __________________ Good judgement is the product of experience...Experience is the product of bad judgement. Sometimes The Faster It Gets, The Less You Need To Know. But You Gotta Remember The Smarter It Gets, The Furthur It's Gonna Go.

03-09-2011, 09:44 PM	#4
Ninjakel Post whorette Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Florida Moto: 2006 GSXR 600- Posts: 3,992	wow.....so glad you are ok, Lee! and 1st thing i thought of was I hope the little man wasn't in the truck with you. __________________ I'm gonna punch you in the ovary, that's what I'm gonna do. A straight shot. Right to the babymaker. --Ron Burgundy-- Anchorman

03-09-2011, 09:45 PM	#6
Mikey Raving Lunatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: San Antonio, Texas Moto: Concours 14 ABS, ZX6E Posts: 902	Glad you made it out. Here's hoping her insurance takes care of you and that she can't afford another car for a very long time. __________________ Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

03-09-2011, 10:10 PM	#8
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	Wow, that looks pretty damn bad. I would bet money that it gets written off __________________

03-10-2011, 01:36 PM	#10
Full Throttle ~Italian Stallion~ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North West Georgia Moto: 2000 Yamaha YZF-R6 Posts: 446	Hey dont let them just steal the car from you. Go get that mother and part it out. Thats at least 10k in parts man. well worth it. All the expensive parts ook to be intact. I doubt your radiator even busted. You could have a lot of money if you part it out. Hell ill buy the AC Compressor from you. Mine is shot in my Frontier. __________________

03-09-2011, 09:19 PM	#2
anthonyk WERA White Plate Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX Moto: '01 Aprilia Falco Posts: 1,041	Damn, glad you're okay.

03-09-2011, 10:02 PM	#7
wildchild cruiser Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the run Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09 Posts: 2,749	wow glad you weren't seriously hurt. i would expect it's totalled.