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Hey everyone, I joined CEG sometime last year and posted a few pics of my Contour, but soon after was in a bad accident with the death of another SVT. (RIP) I broke both legs and my right hip in the process, but survived. I'm grateful everyday to still be here. Just recently I started driving again, lo and behold, got another Contour SVT! It saved my life once, why not again?(Hopefully won't have to). So just wanted to say hi again, and here's a link to my car domain, would love to get some input! http://members.cardomain.com/wp_masterGlad to be back. -Arjuna
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Good god, what happened? Did you hit that tree or did someone hit you? 
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Yep hit that 600 year old or so oak tree, came around the bend in the road in the back of the picture going a bit too fast, the ground was slightly wet due to the morning fog and dew and back wheels lost traction. Started fishtailing, when I tried to correct I oversteered too much and ran head on into that tree.
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Glad your alive and welcome back!
Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars ~ Hobart Brown
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Originally posted by Speed Demons:
Good god, what happened? Did you hit that tree or did someone hit you?
thats like the fith pic ive seen of a contour in a major acident and the driver survived,its a testiment to how tuff these cars are.
98 svt sil/blu 3.0 oval heads full P&P, msds headers,bat kit,2,1/2exhaust 30 inch glasspack and 2 spintech mufflers 14.78@94mph
with my mechanical arm i can shift gears in less then a twentieth of a second for sale $7000
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i don't suppose you have any pics of the other side of the car? not trying to be morbid just curious to see what you went through.
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 I had my seat belt on and thankfully the airbags deployed or I would've been gone for sure. What I believe happened was at impact the dashboard and and all that came toward me, while I slid toward it and slammed my knees into the dashboard. It hit so hard that my right leg(car hit on front right side) had so much force that it broke my right hip bone, then the right femur itself splintered even coming out of the skin, the left leg did not hit as strongly and *just* had a clean break. They drilled out the middle of the femur and I now have a titanium rod in each leg, with two screws in each knee, a screw at the top in the femur in the thigh, and two titanium plates on my hip. P.S. I hope picture link works
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00 black/tan svt, #2052 of 2150, born 2/1/00
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"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than a sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Wow I can't believe thats all that happened to you after that! Really glad to hear that although you were damaged you still lived and are now ok! Welcome back, hope to see you around!!
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Wow!  You must have been going at a good speed, or that tree was really out to get you. I had a GL and a wall came out and hit me going 65mph(freeway) and it didn't look half as bad. Glad you are OK. It's amazing how well these cars are built when regarding accidents.
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new ride: 98 Silver frost SVT with all my old goodies!!!!
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