The Tank!!
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IJ. said:Once in the ambulance and 3 times on the table on 3 different days
Yikes...glad you're ok...you are ok right?
yeah i crashed mine into a tree doing like 45mph and i still drove it for two months after that and it drove like a charm.
But seeing her like this is too much :cry:
That was probably the worst night of my life!!
But seeing her like this is too much :cry:
That was probably the worst night of my life!!
7Mboost said:
As a result of doing something stupid or losing control, I would rather hit the tree than someone else. Hitting a mom with a loaded minivan, hurting everyone with me surviving would be worse than hitting a tree and dieing.
Damn IJ, that's hardcore. More details via PM if you're willing. Mine wasn't a car accident, but something similar happened to me when I went in for back surgery. I had a reaction to the anesthesia and basically drowned in my own blood. Internal bleeding FTL. Stopped breathing and my heart rate went down to something ridiculously low like 8 beats per minute or something. It happened twice! Praise God they brought me back. I was in the I.C.U. for 3 days!
Jag: No probs talking about it in the open
Where I type # = broken bit
# nose
# base of the skull
Subdural haematoma
(closed brain injury)
# right scapula (shoulder blade)
# 5 ribs
Bilateral HaemoPnumoThorax (Collapsed punctured lungs)
Massive internal injuries
Laparotomy x 3
# 6 bones in my back
# Pelvis in 2 places (in the middle like a wishbone and through the right hip)
Coma for 2 weeks
ICU 3 weeks
Flat on my back for 3 months after the accident
MRSA infection
Renal (Kidney) failure
Post Op pneumonia
Surgery 7 times and admitted to hospital 12 times
Had to learn how to walk, talk and so on all again
Spinal surgery 3 times.
That's just the stuff that springs to mind right now there was more
Where I type # = broken bit
# nose
# base of the skull
Subdural haematoma
(closed brain injury)
# right scapula (shoulder blade)
# 5 ribs
Bilateral HaemoPnumoThorax (Collapsed punctured lungs)
Massive internal injuries
Laparotomy x 3
# 6 bones in my back
# Pelvis in 2 places (in the middle like a wishbone and through the right hip)
Coma for 2 weeks
ICU 3 weeks
Flat on my back for 3 months after the accident
MRSA infection
Renal (Kidney) failure
Post Op pneumonia
Surgery 7 times and admitted to hospital 12 times
Had to learn how to walk, talk and so on all again
Spinal surgery 3 times.
That's just the stuff that springs to mind right now there was more
jesus... now i understand your grumpyness :sarcasm: someone/something was looking out for you. what kind of car was that?
Threadjack!
I used to have the same coil on my '82 Celica. One of my less than bright wrench buddies tried to test it by holding on to the coil lead while touching the head, because he was convinced it was dead. Then he got me to crank it over. I thought it was a bad idea, but he theoretically knew more about wrenching than I did back then...
He dropped like a sack of potatoes. I thought I'd killed him until I checked for a pulse. Then I just threw a bucket of water over him and laughed.
/Threadjack!
I used to have the same coil on my '82 Celica. One of my less than bright wrench buddies tried to test it by holding on to the coil lead while touching the head, because he was convinced it was dead. Then he got me to crank it over. I thought it was a bad idea, but he theoretically knew more about wrenching than I did back then...
He dropped like a sack of potatoes. I thought I'd killed him until I checked for a pulse. Then I just threw a bucket of water over him and laughed.
/Threadjack!
IJ, you have great style. Thats a bad ass car. I love the color.
Glad your ok.
V8 on that lil Z= FUN.
Glad your ok.
V8 on that lil Z= FUN.
I hope never to test my "Tank" in such fassion, and definatly not ln a wreck like IJ had.:aigo: Sounds like a scary ordeal IJ; amazing that you survived such a wreck.
As already mentioned by IJ, I think we shouldn't have a false sense of security.
Just because our cars dont break apart doesn't necessarily mean its better for the safety of the occupants. Newer cars are made to disintegrate to absorb the forces of the crash, so we should keep that in mind.
Our cars are heavier and built with the consideration of the car, not so much about the occupant as newer cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XPbydQPIo
Just because our cars dont break apart doesn't necessarily mean its better for the safety of the occupants. Newer cars are made to disintegrate to absorb the forces of the crash, so we should keep that in mind.
Our cars are heavier and built with the consideration of the car, not so much about the occupant as newer cars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0XPbydQPIo