View Full Version : Get Well Soon Garik!
All i can say is holy sh!t.
Our friend Garik (M3_killer) was in a serious accident. He went up to angeles crest with his buddies (in his ti, yes). What happen was he hit a patch of ice and it spun his rear end. The car rolled down the mountain. He rolled down for 800 feet. He didn't break any bones but he did suffer from internal bleeding in his head. He got a concusion. He has been in the hospital for almost a week now. He had surgery in his head to prevent brain damage. If i heard correctly, i think i heard something about he might or might not recover any feeling on his left side of his face. As of right now he's in a lot of pain.
All i can say is from everything i was told, garik is lucky to be alive. The ti is dead. That doesn't matter to me, aslong as he's ok.
I know he cant read this right now but, I wish you the best buddy, hope you recover well and soon. Well pay you a visit on saturday if you're home by friday. Good luck G and stay up!
minicoop900
02-06-2008, 06:12 AM
didn't really know him, but he helped me with a few things, send him my regards.
CirrusSR22
02-06-2008, 06:32 AM
Yikes! That's terrible :( Get well soon Garik!
Marv17
02-06-2008, 08:35 AM
Yeah. i was glad to hear he will be okay. But not just "okay", but at least he is alive and can recover. We all just want our friend to get better and get back on his feet.
Although we pick on you Garik, we're all your friends.
And i thank his sister, Meg, for informing me and Hugo about his mishap on angeles crest.
PettitWC
02-06-2008, 09:50 AM
holy **** man, 80 feet down a mountain up angeles crest? that's nuts hugo, those hills are rough. I just hope he's alright and wish him a speedy and full recovery.
now that's two of the old SoCal cars that are totaled...unlucky man.
800 feet down a mountain up angeles crest?
Fixed.
ashylarry
02-06-2008, 10:29 AM
damn... get well soon. I'm telling all you guys to be careful out there especially with the storm and what not. I wish him the best
Bobbak
02-06-2008, 11:56 AM
OMG thats terrible news get well soon garik
BakeR318
02-06-2008, 03:36 PM
Wow..unlucky. Hope he gets better soon.
thesk8nmidget
02-06-2008, 03:39 PM
i hope for a speedy recovery!!! and my thoughts are with him.
elchicano318ti
02-06-2008, 04:17 PM
Sh!t that sucks, hope he gets better.
DocDuvi
02-06-2008, 05:14 PM
Thats terrible to read!! Hope he gets well soon good fellow Ti enthusiast!
b.u.ti-ful
02-06-2008, 05:24 PM
Speedy recovery.
lazoh
02-06-2008, 07:06 PM
We are with you Garik and Socal guys let's make sure to stop by his house on saturday if he is good enough condition to receive visitors!!
Get well soon pal!!!
StealthBimmer
02-06-2008, 07:17 PM
Get well soon Garik our fellow ti member!
96cali
02-06-2008, 07:54 PM
Man that's intense. Hope he'll recover!
Clarification please- did he roll 800 or 80 feet?
BakeR318
02-06-2008, 08:23 PM
I believe it's 800. If you take a look at google maps near Angeles Crest Highway, its a pretty mountainous area..800 feet looks possible.
thesk8nmidget
02-06-2008, 10:25 PM
did he have friends in his car or following him in other cars?
tiFreak
02-06-2008, 11:28 PM
man, that sucks, I hope he makes a full recovery
Man that's intense. Hope he'll recover!
Clarification please- did he roll 800 or 80 feet?
8.0.0. feet. Eight Hundred.
did he have friends in his car or following him in other cars?
He had two friends with him who walked away. Our friend garik was rushed to the hospital. He was minutes of actually dying.
thesk8nmidget
02-07-2008, 12:02 AM
well im glad his friend are alright and could walk away from it! I'm sure they are the reason he got the needed help in enough time to save his life!
well im glad his friend are alright and could walk away from it! I'm sure they are the reason he got the needed help in enough time to save his life!
Yea his friend pulled him out. Garik ended up in the windshield. Not sure if she told me rear or front.
thesk8nmidget
02-07-2008, 03:22 AM
oh gosh was he not wearing his seatbelt?
oh gosh was he not wearing his seatbelt?
im sure he was but who knows what happen.
BakeR318
02-07-2008, 03:57 AM
Man I've been thinking more and more about Garik's accident..I really hope he's okay. HuGo, do you know exactly where on Angeles Crest the accident occurred? I've been looking at the elevations on google earth trying to find out where it all happened. Seriously though, best wishes go out to him..his friends deserve purple hearts.
I have no idea but we know for sure he was atleast 800 feet up there. He must been up there pretty good to be where ice/snow is at.
30yrMbr
02-08-2008, 03:12 AM
Garik, Get Well soon buddy. That is bad news and good news, you survived but the Ti didn't.
Not to be a bummer, but this is why I spend my fast times on the track, and not on the street. I drive Angeles Crest/Forest up to Willow Springs, enjoy the ride and push it a bit, but always keep in mind that the real fun comes at the track and this is just a warm up. Let's keep street racing for the ricers and be smart and go to the track for the good stuff.
Again, get well soon, and if you weren't trying to pass your buddy or avoid being passed, ignore everything I said.
youngnikolai
02-08-2008, 05:30 AM
Wow... really sorry to hear about it. Hopefully you'll be reading this soon, but we're all thinking about you Garik!
teetime4one
02-08-2008, 05:38 AM
sad news...
recover soon Garik
Sean
30yrMbr...we dont know for a fact whether he was up there going normal or going fast...only he knows...but i guess whatever it was, hes survived. And most likely he wont remember either since his sister told me he doesnt really remember what happen that day.
I went up to angeles crest today with my cousin to take a few shots...i was nervous the whole time. It was kool to see snow. I havent seen snow in years. I tried to think of where he could have fallen off and landed on the the roof of his car...but i didnt see any signs of the possible location.
thesk8nmidget
02-10-2008, 07:43 PM
:(
Well we got an update yesterday and garik is finally home and doing well. He said he can barely move around and wont be able to do many things for a while.
larryn
02-10-2008, 10:03 PM
Wow! Hope you get a chance to read these posts soon, Garik! Get well, buddy, you are in my prayers.
thesk8nmidget
02-10-2008, 10:04 PM
well at least he is back in the comfort of his own home!!
now for the recovery!!
PettitWC
02-11-2008, 12:56 AM
great news!
minicoop900
02-11-2008, 01:02 AM
thats why i love bmws, they'll save your life in most cases.
we had an old e28 535i that's side went into a tree at about 70mph, it hit passenger side front door, i was sitting in passenger seat, i crawled out, we pulled it back onto the road with a truck, and we drove it back home.
thesk8nmidget
02-11-2008, 04:17 AM
yeah bmw's are very well built high speed mini tanks
kelso
02-11-2008, 06:21 PM
wow thats intense, 800 feet and all 3 survived! lucky to be alive, and im glad they all made it out with their lives! get well soon
M3_KILL3R
02-18-2008, 04:26 AM
hey guys thanks for caring.......ya im alive and doing much better every day...i did wear a seatbelt but my friend in the back wasnt and he was actually thrown out of the hatch of the car. Im doing the worst...if you can believe it. Ya my head got broken and i had internal bleeding. The car is a ball but now has been crushed. im so sad that shes gone but im more happy to be alive.
i wasnt speeding if that what you guys are thinking i was doing 35mph but that black ice is not kind.
also angles crest goes up to 2000 feet so my fall wasnt anywhere near the top
Glad to hear you're ok garik. The same week you got that accident a friend of mine died. He got hit by a train. It would have been really really bad for me to have gone to two funerals in such a short time. But things happen and you're alive and that's the best we can hope for.
Next meet at you're house, no? Well grill out? This way, you actually wont miss a meet. :biggrin: :icon_poke
But in all seriousness, im glad you're ok ara :smile:
Marv17
02-18-2008, 04:40 AM
yes yes. ARA. well at least now you can upgrade cuz you have to. SC'ed Ti? lol. jk, just glad to hear from you garik. although we all pick on you the most within the group we still care about ya buddy.
but yeah, take it easy for a while. want ya back on your feet asap.
cooljess76
02-18-2008, 04:44 AM
Garik it broke my heart when I heard you got hurt. Needless to say, I'm very happy that you're still with us. Having plenty experience with black ice and driving on icy roads, I know it wasn't your fault. I wish you and your friends the best with recovery and I'll help you find another car. Luckily the BMW is replaceable. It's gonna be hard for you to get back behind the wheel and every time you feel your car hydroplane or jerk from hitting puddles and whatnot, it's gonna scare the crap outta you for a while. Just hang in there and take it easy buddy. Get well soon,
Jess
M3_KILL3R
02-18-2008, 05:07 AM
thanks jess
thank you hugo
thank you 318ti.org
im just glad im here still and that i didnt have VERY serious injuries
something saved me that day and im meant to be here
PettitWC
02-18-2008, 05:13 AM
Garik, glad to see you back up on the forum!!
lazoh
02-18-2008, 11:45 PM
Glad to see you back pal and if you need another TI let me know since I bought a second TI the week of the meet :). Hope to see you soon brotha ARA!!
Maybe you were grounded on the way down and your life wasn't taken away. To soon? Im sorry. Great to hear you're recovering fast. So i heard someone pulled you out to save your life or someone did something. What was it? What i dont understand is, there's no reception up there, how did they call for help?
I also might have a second ti with a supercharger :smile: it'll be for sale too.
tiFreak
02-19-2008, 02:53 AM
holy crap Garik! I just barely realized you are one of my myspace friends :eek:
M3_KILL3R
02-19-2008, 09:34 PM
Glad to see you back pal and if you need another TI let me know since I bought a second TI the week of the meet :). Hope to see you soon brotha ARA!!
nah my dad said he would get me a A4 he has his mind set on that car...and im jobless so i cant complain about what car im gettin lol
Maybe you were grounded on the way down and your life wasn't taken away. To soon? Im sorry. Great to hear you're recovering fast. So i heard someone pulled you out to save your life or someone did something. What was it? What i dont understand is, there's no reception up there, how did they call for help?
I also might have a second ti with a supercharger :smile: it'll be for sale too.
damn a SCed Ti sounds too good :frown: hey man that car saved my life...
M3_KILL3R
02-19-2008, 09:35 PM
Hugo if you remember simon..who was our vid guy. he pulled me out of the car and kept me awake. While another guy who fell out ran up and a car goes by and there was a team of ambulences doing some type of training like 2 minutes from us. So basically more miraculeous luckk
thesk8nmidget
02-19-2008, 10:14 PM
damn garik you were too lucky in toooo many ways!
M3_KILL3R
02-19-2008, 11:57 PM
damn garik you were too lucky in toooo many ways!
i dont even know where to begin to tell you how lucky we got....just the fact that im still able to type here and only got away with a couple scares. I never thanked god in my life till now.
Marv17
02-20-2008, 01:25 AM
wow. guess that was your BIG TIME LUCK of all time. well good thing that the team was there to come to the rescue.
an A4 huh? well its still a nice car regardless garik. i've liked that car for a long while now. its nice. so when is the socal guys able to go for a visit?
Yea man when you going to let us visit?
I guess this was the only time you got lucky huh? And the time where you actually needed it.
Im new at this so be easy, what happens if you were to go to sleep? Brain damage? Death?
A4 isnt bad at all!
teetime4one
02-20-2008, 01:53 AM
skip the A4 and get into a volvo V50...or S60.
much more comfortable to drive...and safer!
elchicano318ti
02-20-2008, 02:11 AM
I don't now my friend got a 2001 A4 and its nice. I think i rather go with an A4 and if got a little bit more just go for an S4.:biggrin:
M3_KILL3R
02-20-2008, 02:15 AM
Yea man when you going to let us visit?
I guess this was the only time you got lucky huh? And the time where you actually needed it.
Im new at this so be easy, what happens if you were to go to sleep? Brain damage? Death?
A4 isnt bad at all!
well if i were to sleep at that moment, due to my brain injury(broke my skull and the broken piece cut an artery in my head). Basically i was bleeding on top of my brain inside and not all the blood was escaping.I had a concussion and on top of that the break/bleed. If i slept i woudlnt wake up :frown:
the A4 is great in my book...im very down with it but i cant drive for 2 more months so their just going to give it to me in june for my birthday(TOOO FAR)
and the visit dont even trip guys i look totally fine only addition is a huge scar on the side of my head. Other than that i look exactly the same(THANK GOD)
M3_KILL3R
02-20-2008, 02:17 AM
skip the A4 and get into a volvo V50...or S60.
much more comfortable to drive...and safer!
i hateeeeee volvos and saabs loll
saftey is the last thing i wry about ...i didnt die in this accident helll no i wont die again
tiFreak
02-20-2008, 02:18 AM
skip the A4 and get into a volvo V50...or S60.
much more comfortable to drive...and safer!
+1, my friend has an S40 with a turbo 1.8 and that thing hauls, Volvos are actually pretty nice cars if you can ignore their past of ugly boxes on wheels
M3_KILL3R
02-20-2008, 02:24 AM
+1, my friend has an S40 with a turbo 1.8 and that thing hauls, Volvos are actually pretty nice cars if you can ignore their past of ugly boxes on wheels
i dont know man i cant push myself to drive that car lol
plus he has his mind set on the a4...dont see why he has to like the car i drive :rolleyes:
teetime4one
02-20-2008, 02:43 AM
sit in a volvo for three hours...
turn around and drive the A4 (or any other Audi) back the same three hours.
then come back to this thread and tell me what car has the better comfort and feel behind the wheel. i have 40 volvo's to chose from at work...40 Audi's...i'll drive the volvo every time.
BUT, i'm 37 years young.
have had a bad a$$ case of hemorrhoids about three years ago...Audi's don't work for me.
but, they could be cool for you.
enjoy your new car
tiFreak
02-20-2008, 02:47 AM
BUT, i'm 37 years young.
don't you mean "old"? :tongue:
M3_KILL3R
02-20-2008, 03:15 AM
sit in a volvo for three hours...
turn around and drive the A4 (or any other Audi) back the same three hours.
then come back to this thread and tell me what car has the better comfort and feel behind the wheel.
i can totally agree with you but i dont like the look of volvos. i love how their one of the best cars if we talk about built and their sweeds they make everything good(damn socialists lol) but i am at an old age of 18 so i want something closer to my age :biggrin:
Marv17
02-20-2008, 03:58 AM
why not a RS4 while you're at it?? :biggrin:
now those are nice. my cousin has one and DAMN does that thing have power.
M3_KILL3R
02-20-2008, 04:01 AM
why not a RS4 while you're at it?? :biggrin:
now those are nice. my cousin has one and DAMN does that thing have power.
your cousin must have some cash ...i dont have 60-70k laying around for a car especcially not after this loll
...my supercharger sport 318ti? You didn't die in one, tumbled 800 feet. We can say its safe and now fast? Maybe? :smile:
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