Got in a wreck July 16, 2005, have been in and out of shops and dealing with insurance ever since. Now, finally, the car is within a week or two of being back in my hands and I realized that I hadn't ever posted about it here. So:
I was driving on a six-lane road with a small concrete median with very few other cars on the road, just before dusk (still pretty light, but I had my running lights on anyway, always do). I'm in the centermost lane (median right to my left) and about to enter an intersection, and some 17-year-old new female driver turned across my lane from the facing direction. Below are the results:
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/5.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/6.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/7.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/8.jpg">
More of these photos <a href="http://www.gellpak.com/images/wreck">here</a>.
... bent the frame a bit, had to have one frame rail straightened and the other straight up replaced. Here are some photos of it in the shop in the past couple of weeks:
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a5.jpg">
That was on the frame puller and with the new fenders hanging for alignment. A week later, various other body prep jobs that needed doing were in the works:
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b5.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b6.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b7.jpg">
... and that was last Friday. I expect I'll have some more to show in the next few days, and I should have it back within a week or two.
Also, just (finally) got word about the insurance decision. They couldn't decide fault. Each company pays its own policy-holder's damage. Mother Fu*ker. I even had a witness that corroborated my statement, but the other company sweated her into retracting her statement.
I was driving on a six-lane road with a small concrete median with very few other cars on the road, just before dusk (still pretty light, but I had my running lights on anyway, always do). I'm in the centermost lane (median right to my left) and about to enter an intersection, and some 17-year-old new female driver turned across my lane from the facing direction. Below are the results:
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/5.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/6.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/7.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/8.jpg">
More of these photos <a href="http://www.gellpak.com/images/wreck">here</a>.
... bent the frame a bit, had to have one frame rail straightened and the other straight up replaced. Here are some photos of it in the shop in the past couple of weeks:
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/a5.jpg">
That was on the frame puller and with the new fenders hanging for alignment. A week later, various other body prep jobs that needed doing were in the works:
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b5.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b6.jpg">
<img src="http://www.gellpak.com/images/myspace/wreck/b7.jpg">
... and that was last Friday. I expect I'll have some more to show in the next few days, and I should have it back within a week or two.
Also, just (finally) got word about the insurance decision. They couldn't decide fault. Each company pays its own policy-holder's damage. Mother Fu*ker. I even had a witness that corroborated my statement, but the other company sweated her into retracting her statement.