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We are alive, at least
My wife and I started our vacation yesterday and we were driving to New Brunswick to go whale watching among other things.
We got into a car accident at 6:30am yesterday. I lost control of the car in the rain.
I walked away without more than a few scratches. My wife almost lost her eye due to the air bag. She will regain full vision in it. We are lucky this happened n Montreal where her parents live.'
I'm waiting for the insurance to call me and find out what will happen next. I took pictures of the car but I'm just to tired to transfer them to the PC right now.
I will be online periodically this week to checck email and stuff.
Otherwise, I'll be back online by the weekend.
Glad to be alive.
We got into a car accident at 6:30am yesterday. I lost control of the car in the rain.
I walked away without more than a few scratches. My wife almost lost her eye due to the air bag. She will regain full vision in it. We are lucky this happened n Montreal where her parents live.'
I'm waiting for the insurance to call me and find out what will happen next. I took pictures of the car but I'm just to tired to transfer them to the PC right now.
I will be online periodically this week to checck email and stuff.
Otherwise, I'll be back online by the weekend.
Glad to be alive.
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Wow, man. I got into an accident two weeks ago with eerily similar damage. I was following my mother up I-95 to New York. I was in the center lane, I swerved to the left to avoid a tire that was occupying the entire lane, and overcorrected to the right. Having rear-wheel drive, when I tried to come back I spun out and did a 720 across three lanes of traffic and got hit in the same spot you did. No air bags deployed, though. Glad to hear you're okay.
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The insurance people told me my car is a write off due to the airbags being deployed. I was going about 100KM/H and I hit those highway concrete barriers they put between lanes or on the edge to stop you fom going over the edge.
So now I'm car shopping which isn't fun.
I did find a 2001 Impala fully loaded with 137,000KM on it for $8000. It's a V6. Not sure if I will take it as I have to find out how much I will get for my car.
Anyone have eperience with Imapalas?
So now I'm car shopping which isn't fun.
I did find a 2001 Impala fully loaded with 137,000KM on it for $8000. It's a V6. Not sure if I will take it as I have to find out how much I will get for my car.
Anyone have eperience with Imapalas?
That depends. What kind of V6? Is it a supercharged 3.8, non supercharged 3.8, or is it the 3.4?
If its supercharged, hit it. I've worked on them and they are very reliable and easy to maintain and do repairs on. They have a solid track record and are in many cars so its easy to get parts and even third party upgrades if it suits your fancy. Getting them to go faster is real easy and cheap. They are good on the gas too.
If its a 3.8 non-supercharged, that will be an issue because they had plastic intakes with a bad grade of plastic and over time the plastic degrades around the EGR stovepipe, and after 80k miles you will begin to leak coolant into the engine which will destroy it. It MIGHT have been corrected after 1999 but im not sure. You can fix it yourself as there are third party parts you can get to permanently correct this issue, that is if you care about the car that much to do work on it immediately after you buy it. The job itself is very easy, you just need a whole Saturday, common sense, and a willingness to go under the hood with a wrench. Its a common issue so Googling for pictures and a replacement procedure is easy, or join an Impala forum. Or you can check if it has already been corrected. If it has not and you are not willing to get a bit of auto-repair experience, then stay away.
If its the 3.4, well I honestly dont know enough about the engine. Do a Google search on the car and engine if you want more info. Google for an Impala forum and do a basic search there, you will probably get alot more info that way.
If its supercharged, hit it. I've worked on them and they are very reliable and easy to maintain and do repairs on. They have a solid track record and are in many cars so its easy to get parts and even third party upgrades if it suits your fancy. Getting them to go faster is real easy and cheap. They are good on the gas too.
If its a 3.8 non-supercharged, that will be an issue because they had plastic intakes with a bad grade of plastic and over time the plastic degrades around the EGR stovepipe, and after 80k miles you will begin to leak coolant into the engine which will destroy it. It MIGHT have been corrected after 1999 but im not sure. You can fix it yourself as there are third party parts you can get to permanently correct this issue, that is if you care about the car that much to do work on it immediately after you buy it. The job itself is very easy, you just need a whole Saturday, common sense, and a willingness to go under the hood with a wrench. Its a common issue so Googling for pictures and a replacement procedure is easy, or join an Impala forum. Or you can check if it has already been corrected. If it has not and you are not willing to get a bit of auto-repair experience, then stay away.
If its the 3.4, well I honestly dont know enough about the engine. Do a Google search on the car and engine if you want more info. Google for an Impala forum and do a basic search there, you will probably get alot more info that way.
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Here's a basic review:
http://www.epinions.com/content_112497626756
From what I gather from asking other people, you should have no problems with the 3.4. Hit it!
http://www.epinions.com/content_112497626756
From what I gather from asking other people, you should have no problems with the 3.4. Hit it!
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Lemme tell you a story about Impalas.
I was doing 60mph in a line of traffic. Some dick up ahead would NOT pass a bus in the right lane. A few people starting zooming up the right lane and cutting people off to get in. Someone cut too close and someone else slammed the brakes...
I was behind a fagwag. Minivan. I could not see shiite past it. (I hate those things). All of a sudden, it's brake lights went on and it's ass went up in the air. \"Oh shiite\" I said, and laid on the brakes. I was a second too late, and plowed into it, doing at least 50.
Dead stop.
BAM!
The car behind me could not stop in time, and rear-ended me at about the same speed. I took the hit and was punched into the fagwag in front of me.
BAM!!
the car behind the car behind me slammed the car behind me, whihc propelled it into me again.
B A M !!
The car behind the car behind the car behind me (figure that one out..) apparently didn't hit the brakes at all, and slammed both cars into me.
All in all, I took 5 hits. One in front, four behind. I got me senses recollected, and got out to see how bad my car was destroyed. I had to be a complete loss given the impacts I received. Everything inside was tossed helter-skelter.
I got out, checked the rear bumper.
Guess what? a 4-inch crack you could barely see.
Ok..ok, what about the front? I smeared the car in front of me..
...Nothing...
??
Nothing. Not even chipped paint.
The car 2 cars back was destroyed. Literally. The front looked like it hit a tree at 5000mph. Some POS Escalade. Serves the moron right for buying some trendy piece of ★■◆● anyway.
the car behind me had a caved in front end and a caved in rear.
I drove away. Checked various parts of the car...no damage to anything. It runs as well as it did before.
I was doing 60mph in a line of traffic. Some dick up ahead would NOT pass a bus in the right lane. A few people starting zooming up the right lane and cutting people off to get in. Someone cut too close and someone else slammed the brakes...
I was behind a fagwag. Minivan. I could not see shiite past it. (I hate those things). All of a sudden, it's brake lights went on and it's ass went up in the air. \"Oh shiite\" I said, and laid on the brakes. I was a second too late, and plowed into it, doing at least 50.
Dead stop.
BAM!
The car behind me could not stop in time, and rear-ended me at about the same speed. I took the hit and was punched into the fagwag in front of me.
BAM!!
the car behind the car behind me slammed the car behind me, whihc propelled it into me again.
B A M !!
The car behind the car behind the car behind me (figure that one out..) apparently didn't hit the brakes at all, and slammed both cars into me.
All in all, I took 5 hits. One in front, four behind. I got me senses recollected, and got out to see how bad my car was destroyed. I had to be a complete loss given the impacts I received. Everything inside was tossed helter-skelter.
I got out, checked the rear bumper.
Guess what? a 4-inch crack you could barely see.
Ok..ok, what about the front? I smeared the car in front of me..
...Nothing...
??
Nothing. Not even chipped paint.
The car 2 cars back was destroyed. Literally. The front looked like it hit a tree at 5000mph. Some POS Escalade. Serves the moron right for buying some trendy piece of ★■◆● anyway.
the car behind me had a caved in front end and a caved in rear.
I drove away. Checked various parts of the car...no damage to anything. It runs as well as it did before.
holy crap merlin. Glad to hear you're alright man. Can't imagine what that was like. Close calls are bad enough. Just two weeks ago I was heading to work and some dip\"expletive\" cuts all the way from the right hand lane next to me across to the far left lane to stay on the freeway.
Was so close infront of me while I was applying the brakes and I had to swerve into the other lane to avoid the collision. Lost control of the truck and started fishtailing. Damn near ran smack into the concrete barrier before getting control of my truck back. It had been raining...
Anyways, friggin sucks when stuff like this happens. Again, glad to hear you and the wife are safe and sound Be careful out there
Was so close infront of me while I was applying the brakes and I had to swerve into the other lane to avoid the collision. Lost control of the truck and started fishtailing. Damn near ran smack into the concrete barrier before getting control of my truck back. It had been raining...
Anyways, friggin sucks when stuff like this happens. Again, glad to hear you and the wife are safe and sound Be careful out there
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Wow, Merlin, glad to hear you're okay.
Those pics gave me a bit of a flashback to an accident I was in about 10 years ago. 70-75mph, impact with an unmoving object in my Dad's little Toyota pickup.
If it weren't for the seatbelt and airbag, I wouldn't be here today. To this day, I still can't remember what happened during the seconds before the impact, and the rest is pretty fuzzy.
Anyway, take the time to get things straightened out, and pay attention to any little aches and pains, as they can be signs of something more serious from the impact.
Let us know how it goes.
Those pics gave me a bit of a flashback to an accident I was in about 10 years ago. 70-75mph, impact with an unmoving object in my Dad's little Toyota pickup.
If it weren't for the seatbelt and airbag, I wouldn't be here today. To this day, I still can't remember what happened during the seconds before the impact, and the rest is pretty fuzzy.
Anyway, take the time to get things straightened out, and pay attention to any little aches and pains, as they can be signs of something more serious from the impact.
Let us know how it goes.
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