I was driving down to the store and some guys in this pickup truck hit the brakes and i hit mine but i could stop in time, sad part was i was only doing like 25mph.










Will be fixed in a week or so and the air bags didnt go off.

 

Hooooooooooly ****! You ok? And I DOUBT thats a weeks work, maybe 2 or 3.

 

what speed are the air bags supposed to deploy at?

 

it looks totaled dude.. the frame is bent for sure

 

Holy ****! HOpe you're alright.

That's kinda what I thought too, but the way he talks sounds like he's getting it fixed. *shrug*

 

I would get the insurance to help to get a new car... dude that thing is gone...

 

GM uses the uni-body design. If his frame were to be bent in anyway, the roof panels would have bent or crumpled in certain spots. and from what i can tell, his car did its job perfectly in the crash,it crumpled up as to absorb energy and cause him no injurys.

 

Yeah im ok, and the insurance said it wasnt totaled and they said a week to a week and a half to get fixed. When i went there thursday all the panles were off and painting the new ones.

 

well thats good... but as long as your good man.. everything is chill

 

Seen worse, done worse. It will be fine in about 2 weeks.

 

So I take it as he is at fault? But honestly that Cobalt looks totalled. Hope everything works out for you man.

 

Yeah but the crash was my fault thats 4 more points

 

Frame is not bent because the bumper of the truck went into the hood and did not touch his bumper. The air bags did not go off because the bumper of the truck did not make direct contact with the air bag sensor on the front bumper.

Same thing happened to me in that my airbags did not go off when I hit a deer with my Matrix at 120km/h. $15,000 in damage later it was all fixed. My frame was not wrecked at all, same with the engine or suspension. It was all cosmetic damage. Here is a couple of pics:



Glad to see that you are ok bro! That is all that counts here. The car can be fixed or replaced.

 

Ouch man. Sucks to see one of the few 4door ss's mangled up. Hope she gets fixed soon!

 

HaHa the funny part of the story was that the guy i hit was mexican and ran later when the cops got him he said the reason he ran was because he couldnt speak english.

 

Ouch that sucks that you were at fault. What is the exact story on how the accident occured?

 

Ok we were in traffic and the guy took off so i started going the he hit the brakes so i hit my and couldnt do nothing just hit him, then the mexicans took off and someone got the plate # so i pulled into a parking lot and and they gave me the # then when the cops came they said they got him and the reason they took of was because he couldnt speak english.

 

that looks worse than my GTO and they totaled that ****

 

Dude look at the second pic... he obviosly got hit in the bumper.. theres like a trailer ball hitch mark.. trust me i have one on my car... it went through my plate in the front... theres a chance that the frame could have been bent..

 

http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2467...95344219eAZDbh

that wasnt my car but pretty much an exact replica of the damage

 

With VERY few exceptions, when you rear end someone, you are ALWAYS at fault.

Was he legal? I ****** hate it when that happens. If you can't speak at least enough basic English to communicate in a situation like this - GTFO. What would have happened had you been seriously hurt? How the **** would he have gotten help? Would he have run and then left you there. I seriously hate that ****.

 

You dont live in herndon, va.........

 

looks like you went up under the truck instead of a direct bumper to bumper hit. sucks bro and glad to know your alright

 

I think he was legal, and yeah he didnt even stop right when i hit him he took off.

 

I find it hard to believe that they'd hire any cops in Punta Gorda without at least some basic spanish speaking ability. More than likely they had something with them they didn't want any cops to find, weapons, drugs, or whatever. Who knows, maybe the driver of the truck probably hit his brakes because he dropped a big fatty in his lap.