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Tonight was def. a night that set my definition of BMW as "the god" of all vehicles. On my way home from eating with a few friends, i followed through traffic at about 80mph, i made a quick glance at my phone and hesitated to turn and i had to jerk the wheel to correct myself. My 318TI's rear end quickly slipped from behind and i continued into the curb and went air born into a strip of land by the highway, hitting the wall, bouncing off to only land on all four wheels. My friend who followed behind proceded to the vehicle with caution, affraid to check if i was alive or not, and i started crawling out of the window to see a trail of shattered peices and a box of metal which was once my BMW. This is what i needed inorder to slow down, my friends also had a change in opinion about speeding. I will have pictures tomorrow of the car i crawled out of with minor bruises, a broken finger tip, and some cuts on my left hand.
I know that was alot but it def. wasnt enough to stop me from pruchasing another BMW in the near future.
Thanks and god bless to anyone else who has experienced the same wreck. |  |  | | 12-14-2004, 09:47 AM | #2 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 22 |
damn... hope to see some pics of that, good to see you're alright though. __________________
1995 318Ti | | | | | 12-14-2004, 10:06 AM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 |
a crash you can walk away from is always a good one. glad to hear you're alright.
my brother and i walked away unscathed from a totaled 735i. my brother then wrecked the ti i'm driving now, and totaled another (we had two). so yeah, they're really safe cars. | | | | | 12-14-2004, 02:28 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 465 |
sorry to hear about it!..... | | | | | 12-18-2004, 09:43 PM | #5 | | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kingwood, Texas Posts: 6 |
sorry for the long wait on the pictures http://dig.striked.org/CRASH/ Enjoy | | | | | 12-18-2004, 10:28 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 140 |
WOW! I'm so glad that you walked away without hurting yourself too bad! The damage on the car looks much worse than what I had imagined! You can hardly tell it's a ti! | | | | | 12-18-2004, 10:43 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 411 |
wow, now its a true compact. How the hell did the back of the car get damaged? | | | | | 12-19-2004, 01:45 AM | #8 | | Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 22 |
oh my god.. that car is crushed up nicely.. lucky you weren't hurt badly man... __________________
1995 318Ti | | | | | 12-19-2004, 06:18 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 3,244 |
Just curious- did the airbags deploy? Was anyone in the rear seat? The rear looks like it's about 10" behind the front.  Congrats on surviving and having the smarts to know it's a second chance on normal life. __________________
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| | | | | 12-19-2004, 06:27 PM | #10 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 124 |
WTF???????
i got nothing to say....a wreck like that might change the way you look at life, ah?
god bless you man | | | | | 12-20-2004, 06:59 AM | #11 | | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: cary, nc Posts: 2,259 |
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second chance at normal life...thats what it is... __________________ 1995 318ti Active
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Wow, that was some crash. Am really glad you are for the most part OK, hate to see any of us BMW brethren or sisters hurt. Makes me think about the way I drive, which is too fast most of the time. If it is any consolation, you have probably made alot of us examine our driving habits. Hope you stay with BMW's, our ti's are probably the best kept secret as far as performance/reliability/safety per dollar is concerned. You can replace the car, can't replace your life. You are probably feeling pretty bad right now, you'll be down the road in another ti in no time. Let me know if you need help finding another reasonably priced ti. Take care and God bless, it will all work out. | | | | | 01-08-2005, 04:21 AM | #13 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 641 |
whoa dude, i'm releived to hear that you made it out okay. Pretty bad wreck, awesome to see how safe you were
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S52 CONVERSION UNDERWAY | | | | | 01-08-2005, 06:32 PM | #14 | | Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 59 |
Man I'm glad to see you came out that that ok. I had a similar experience, but it was in a 93 prelude. I lost control going around a turn at about 85 and launched off a bank into the air. You can still see the marks in the trees about 30 feet off the ground where my car was being treated like a pinball. I finally landed at the edge of a river right side up. I also walked out with no minor scraped and bruises. I had just gotten back from my first Driver's Ed at Carolina Motorsports Park and thought I was Michael Schumacher... apparently not. I didn't have another sports car until the ti and now I only drive really fast on closed courses. Thought I would share my expereince. | | | | | 01-15-2005, 11:39 PM | #15 | | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Kingwood, Texas Posts: 6 |
ok i am back once again and looking for another BMW so i can start tunning  Quote: | Just curious- did the airbags deploy? Was anyone in the rear seat? The rear looks like it's about 10" behind the front. | The airbags did not deploy but i am having a lawyer contact BMW about that to see if we can get any money back from this | | | | | |
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