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Whiplash: Don't get it.
« on: November 02, 2005, 04:19:46 PM »
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So I was on my way to meet with a client yesterday (one of the responsibilities of my new job). The stoplight up ahead changes, and I come to a stop at the line by myself. As I'm sitting there waiting, I hear the screech of tires behind me, and I look in the rearview mirror just in time to see it completely filled with the front end of what turns out to be a fully loaded Chevy work van.
I have about enough time to think, "well $h!t" before the guy hits me. The back end of the car collapses off-center into the rear tire, and I skid 30 feet down the road before coming to a stop. My seatback has completely collapsed into a prone position: the metal bars supporting it having been bent almost 90 degrees by the impact. The sliding plastic cover for the moon-roof has been slammed into it's cavity so hard that it can't be slid forward again. My lip is bleeding from a CD case that was thrown from the glove box, and my shin is skinned from my sudden tilt backwards.
I call 911.
The other driver comes jogging up to make sure I'm okay. I get out and look back at the van that hit me. The van's airbags are completely deployed, and the front end is completely flattened with all sorts of fun liquids dripping onto the road:
Then I survey the damage to my own vehicle:
Well, that about does it for the car. Now comes the kicker: I'm still about as broke as one can be, and can't afford insurance for my car which is sitting at home in the garage. The car in the picture is in fact Yuna's 2001 Toyota Corolla Sport which we have been sharing to save money.
To be honest, that's what bugs me the most about the whole thing. If it had been MY car, I would have pretty much just shrugged it off. As it is, you have no idea what it feels like to destroy something that belongs to someone you care about so much, and that is so valuable that you don't have the means to replace it.
Anyway, afterwards yurei comes to get me and takes me to the hospital to get checked out, all the while I'm making about a hundred phone calls to insurance people and towing companies (and Yuna). The official diagnosis from the ER doc is "cervical strain," better know as whiplash. Mostly what that means is that the stabalizing muscles in my neck (nothing spinal-related thank goodness) are really freakin' sore. Rest assured that my physical state is far better than my mental state.
So to return to the title of the post: don't get whiplash. Not because it's particularly painful, but because the side effects usually are enough to ruin all sorts of plans in your life.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #1 on: November 02, 2005, 04:46:16 PM »
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If ever there was a time to use the word sux0rz, this would be it  But hey, at least you walked away relatively unscathed.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #2 on: November 02, 2005, 05:32:16 PM »
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so ummm...porter had a good day today? 
sorry to hear porter, if it makes you feel any better i found out my sister has mono today, and i might have it also. i know it pales in comparison, but yeah just tell yurei you're gonna borrow the jeep  he doesn't need to go anywhere
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #3 on: November 02, 2005, 05:48:12 PM »
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Too bad man. That really blows. The bastard was probably talking on his cell. He should be locked up.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #4 on: November 02, 2005, 05:49:04 PM »
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so ummm...porter had a good day today?
sorry to hear porter, if it makes you feel any better i found out my sister has mono today, and i might have it also. i know it pales in comparison, but yeah just tell yurei you're gonna borrow the jeep he doesn't need to go anywhere
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Porter doesn't know how to drive stick but i guess now will be a good time to learn right? 
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #5 on: November 02, 2005, 05:49:29 PM »
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ouch man, i feel sorry for yeah. all those calls must be such a headache. :S
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #6 on: November 02, 2005, 06:31:25 PM »
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wow sorry porter,that really blows,any charges?
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2005, 07:15:05 PM »
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The sheriff issued the guy a citation, but he didn't specify for what exactly.
To be fair, that guy had a higher chance of injury than I did. He was lucky he was wearing his seat belt or could easily have gone through the windshield and be in a body bag right now.
Of course, once you've reassured yourself that everybody involved is alive and well, it's hard to feel a lot of sympathy for somebody you KNOW wasn't paying attention to the road. I mean, that guy screwed up a lot of plans. I'm not just talking short term either, like yurei having to abandon his lunch to come get me from the scene. I'm talking about things like having to re-insure MY car way before I was ready too, which consequently is going to botch a lot of my savings; Yuna having to get a new car before this one was paid off, which throws off HER finances; ultimately us moving in together, since both of us are going to be broke for longer; it just goes on...
It's easy for me to see all of the consequences as the spiral out into the future since it's my life, and I don't really expect anyone else to completely sympathize (after all, people get in car accidents all the time: it's not the end of the world) but it sure is going to mess up a lot of what I was planning to do with my life for the next couple months. 
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2005, 07:31:28 PM »
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Well I still kinda like you and yuna at yurei's place, i get to visit you all in one trip 
even though yuna still gives me dirty looks as soon as i say anything 1337, like "megahertz", I can see her shudder when she reads it.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2005, 09:13:13 PM »
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Whiplash you say?
Late at night all systems go
You have come to see the show
We do our best You're the rest
You make it real you know
There is a feeling deep inside
That drives you f*****' mad
A feeling of a hammerhead
You need it oh so bad
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Bang your head against the stage
Like you never did before
Make it ring Make it bleed
Make it really sore
In a frenzied madness
with your leather and your spikes
Heads are bobbing all around
It is hot as hell tonight
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
Whiplash
Here on the stage the Marshal noise
is piercing through your ears
It kicks your ass kick your face
Exploding feeling nears
Now is the time to let it rip
To let it f***** loose
We are gathered here to maim and kill
Cause this is what we choose
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
The show is through the metal is gone
It is time to hit the road
Another town Another gig
Again we will explode
Hotel rooms and motorways
Life out here is raw
But we will never stop
We will never quit
cause we are Metallica
Adrenaline starts to flow
You're thrashing all around
Acting like a maniac
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Sounds to me like you were at a Metallica concert...lucky.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2005, 09:24:57 PM »
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Ah geez - that completely sucks man! 
I sure as hell hope the other driver had insurance on his vehicle...
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« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2005, 07:22:20 AM »
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Oh, he did and it will be used...
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2005, 06:02:18 PM »
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the citation was probably for traffic court,if i issue citations to someone its for court in which a court date was set,for charges pending or outstanding.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2005, 08:25:37 AM »
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Yuna has a rental car now (a full three days later!), so at least she (we) can get around. No idea on when the rest of all of this will fall into place.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2005, 05:06:18 PM »
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In the meantime I have taken the liberty of looking into what my next vehicle will be (I'm sure they're going to total my Corolla). Not exactly what I wanted, but exactly what I can afford 
I can't decide between Red Pearl and Racy Red, any thoughts anyone?
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2005, 05:28:29 PM »
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They don't come in dysentery brown?
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« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2005, 06:35:52 PM »
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If affordablility is a concern, I would like to point out in a friendly way of course:
2001 Corolla Gas Milage
Highway: 41mpg
City: 32mpg
2006 Grand Vitara Gas Milage (and this is from the brochure )
Highway: 23mpg
City: 18mpg
IMO, the world could use less SUV's.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2005, 09:31:32 PM »
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I appreciate your research Terraji. And while it says 41 for highway, the most I got was 33 and about 25-28 city (I know it's still better than the Vitara).
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« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2005, 11:38:48 PM »
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Racy Red. Of course I expect you to paint black and white stripes on it. 
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« Reply #19 on: November 05, 2005, 09:59:20 AM »
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van halen style
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #20 on: November 05, 2005, 01:43:31 PM »
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And as if having my car totalled wasn't bad enough, the rental car that I have just had the check engine light come on, so now I again don't have a vehicle..... Thank you Anne at Enterprise for politely telling me I'm fucked until Monday, because YOUR car broke on a Saturday.
P.S. Don't ever rent a car from Enterprise if you can help it.
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Re:Whiplash: Don't get it.
« Reply #21 on: November 05, 2005, 03:19:46 PM »
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It's Hertz...or not exactly...
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