Blue Goose
CEG'er
Going into town on saturday night around 7:00 or so and it was me my sister (behind me) and my good friend andy(shotgun). we were maybe 2 miles from our house when somehting went wrong. bakcend came out right, overcorrected left and since ive powered out of so many slides (expecially in winter) i could tell that we it was too bad of one and we were going around. i saw us heading for the ditch (sideways) and thought to myself, well this isn't good hope we don't get stuck in there. the problem was, when we hit the ditch we wern't slowing down. the car was fine going down the ditch (still sideways) and it happened so fast that all i remember is somehting wierd happening. then all the sudden we hit. or landed is more like it. the car went down to the bottom of the ditch, had too much momentum to go up the other side because it was steep enough that the center of gravity on the car was too high and it could only take so much. we flew about 5 feet, landed on the roof and slid another 10 before the Contour came to a stop. i can not describe what it was like thinking ok, this will be a pain and then all the sudden you hear this awful loud noise and your on your roof sliding. instinct took over and after freeing everyone, kicked the driver door open and we scampered out. we all walked away without a scratch. i will never forget when we landed on the roof- everything from the scrreaming tires to the glass shattering and the loud BAM it made when we landed. seeing the car with all 4 wheels up in the air demolished right infront of me is a also a very distrubing sight i hope i never have to see again.
But the biggest part for me was that my sister should be in the hospital right now because of a slightly dysfunctional seatbelt(we were all wearing them and they saved us), not to mention me and andy should be hurt more. i could care less about the car, i mean yea its gone and taht sucks but that stuff happens. however jsut knowing that i am responcible for my passengers and could have killed them because of my driving is a very, very sobering thought. my driving will forever be different, especially with other people in the car. i guess the biggest part is that while i wasn't screwing around, it shouldn't have happened and i could have seriously injured us over somehting that was avoidable. when you land on your roof jsut the glass and noise and everything is somemthing that will stick with you. however, the shock kinda wore off taht night and now im jsut a little paranoid when im riding with other people when they screw around and turn too sharp or swerve stupidly as it brings back memories of that night. i guess for those who have done this (probally most on here) you know what its like. for those who don't, its really unexplainable. but that was all the bad part. looking back after it happened, i saw the tracks and we had stopped the backend from coming around (i had the whel locked turing into the slide) and the front was starting to come back around. if we had 1 more lane we may have made it witout rolling it. and can you say small town- we knew all 3 officers at the scene and were friends with the wrecker driver! but thats a good thing.
I guess i can say some good came out of this- i am definitly not going to mess around with other people in the car again, and my stupid car can get replaced with a better one. it was a great car except that it randomly ran rich and got terrible gas mileage and no power and is seemingly unfixable ( i had done everything up to this point). So now taht it is over, the insurance will give me $3k for it!!!! My jaw dropped when i heard taht as i was thinking 2k. 56000 miles, excellent condition except for that engine problem. but these cars arn't worth anything so i was happy to hear that. So now I am looking for a SOHC Explorer or SVT Contour. anyway, heres the pics. they don't look near as bad as it is. not all the grass everywhere, especially in the rim on the last pictures (i swapped the SVT rims for the steelies while a friend was taking the pics at the junk yard). and the sunroof didn't shatter! here they are:
*I have no idea how to use these new forums so I'm going to paste the links and see what happens. can someone help me out with this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0273.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0274.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0275.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0277.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0278.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0279.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4116.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4123.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4143.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4147.jpg
But the biggest part for me was that my sister should be in the hospital right now because of a slightly dysfunctional seatbelt(we were all wearing them and they saved us), not to mention me and andy should be hurt more. i could care less about the car, i mean yea its gone and taht sucks but that stuff happens. however jsut knowing that i am responcible for my passengers and could have killed them because of my driving is a very, very sobering thought. my driving will forever be different, especially with other people in the car. i guess the biggest part is that while i wasn't screwing around, it shouldn't have happened and i could have seriously injured us over somehting that was avoidable. when you land on your roof jsut the glass and noise and everything is somemthing that will stick with you. however, the shock kinda wore off taht night and now im jsut a little paranoid when im riding with other people when they screw around and turn too sharp or swerve stupidly as it brings back memories of that night. i guess for those who have done this (probally most on here) you know what its like. for those who don't, its really unexplainable. but that was all the bad part. looking back after it happened, i saw the tracks and we had stopped the backend from coming around (i had the whel locked turing into the slide) and the front was starting to come back around. if we had 1 more lane we may have made it witout rolling it. and can you say small town- we knew all 3 officers at the scene and were friends with the wrecker driver! but thats a good thing.
I guess i can say some good came out of this- i am definitly not going to mess around with other people in the car again, and my stupid car can get replaced with a better one. it was a great car except that it randomly ran rich and got terrible gas mileage and no power and is seemingly unfixable ( i had done everything up to this point). So now taht it is over, the insurance will give me $3k for it!!!! My jaw dropped when i heard taht as i was thinking 2k. 56000 miles, excellent condition except for that engine problem. but these cars arn't worth anything so i was happy to hear that. So now I am looking for a SOHC Explorer or SVT Contour. anyway, heres the pics. they don't look near as bad as it is. not all the grass everywhere, especially in the rim on the last pictures (i swapped the SVT rims for the steelies while a friend was taking the pics at the junk yard). and the sunroof didn't shatter! here they are:
*I have no idea how to use these new forums so I'm going to paste the links and see what happens. can someone help me out with this?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0273.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0274.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0275.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0277.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0278.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DCP_0279.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4116.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4123.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4143.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/brycehummel/DSCF4147.jpg
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