How Do You Get.........??
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How Do You Get.........??
How do you get from here:
To here, two days before holidays?
Take one F350 with boat and trailer, add new pavement, a lot of rain, and one '99 Toyota Tercel.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, I was only doing about 30km(20mph), but the Toyota was a write-off. I couldn't believe the lack of damage to my truck compared to the other car.
Rick
Edit: Here's the whole story:
My wife and I were out on the water enjoying the Gulf/San Juan Islands when the weather changed abruptly. We decided to cut our cruise short because of the unseasonal, torential downpour. Heading for home, we needed to cross a four lane highway and the intersection had been resurfaced a week ago.
Due to the number of accidents at this intersection, I always check to ensure the cross traffic has stopped. We are the fourth vehicle in the line crossing the intersection and I'm looking left and then right. When I look out the windshield again, everyone has stopped and there's five feet between me and the Toyota.
OH, S###! I rear-ended the Toyota and "punted" it into the Mustang in front of it. The Mustang lost some paint off the rear bumper, and I faired only a little worse, but the Toyota folded up like a beer can. The boat slid ahead on the trailer, and took out the winch tower. It stopped 1.5 inches from my tailgate!
Great day gone bad, but thank God for "Built Ford Tough"!
To here, two days before holidays?
Take one F350 with boat and trailer, add new pavement, a lot of rain, and one '99 Toyota Tercel.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, I was only doing about 30km(20mph), but the Toyota was a write-off. I couldn't believe the lack of damage to my truck compared to the other car.
Rick
Edit: Here's the whole story:
My wife and I were out on the water enjoying the Gulf/San Juan Islands when the weather changed abruptly. We decided to cut our cruise short because of the unseasonal, torential downpour. Heading for home, we needed to cross a four lane highway and the intersection had been resurfaced a week ago.
Due to the number of accidents at this intersection, I always check to ensure the cross traffic has stopped. We are the fourth vehicle in the line crossing the intersection and I'm looking left and then right. When I look out the windshield again, everyone has stopped and there's five feet between me and the Toyota.
OH, S###! I rear-ended the Toyota and "punted" it into the Mustang in front of it. The Mustang lost some paint off the rear bumper, and I faired only a little worse, but the Toyota folded up like a beer can. The boat slid ahead on the trailer, and took out the winch tower. It stopped 1.5 inches from my tailgate!
Great day gone bad, but thank God for "Built Ford Tough"!
Last edited by Karic; Jul 16, 2003 at 04:06 PM.
How Do You Get.........??
