Vehicle wrecks
02-01-2013, 08:56 PM
#11
Ford Owner
When I was young and dumb (what's changed) at the age of 16 I crashed my parent's '98 Plymouth Voyager mini van. It was purple and sad to be seen in, but it was a set of wheels. I went around a corner too fast on the only dirt road in the Twin Cities and slid off the road onto a train track. My front axle straddled the track, broke in half, shaved off the bottom of the trans, and snapped the drive shaft. I was stuck on those tracks for about 20 minutes until a train came and "pushed" the van off for me. Created a huge mess and almost derailed the train. I know I know...pics or it didn't happen, but that was 4 years ago and I was a little to freaked out at the time to think to take pics. But it happened.
02-01-2013, 09:45 PM
#12
Semper Fi
Thanks to the grace of God many of us have survived similar events and become much smarter for it as a result. Damaging vehicles is very expensive but also can cause a lot of damage to people besides ourselves. I often thank god that I didn't hurt anyone by my foolish actions when I was young nearly 50 years ago.
02-01-2013, 10:37 PM
#13
Top Gun
Thread Starter
i think most everyone knows my story, was going to school feb 6th last year when i hit a spot of black ice, which caused me to hit the guard rail and drive up on it, rolling my truck. totaled it out for 5500, bought it back for like 445 i think, bought my 97 f250 for 4250.
before pics of my f150, my f150 wrecked, and my current f250.
before pics of my f150, my f150 wrecked, and my current f250.
02-01-2013, 10:52 PM
#14
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I haven't totaled a car in quite some time... so I don't have any pics handy, but here's the list!
1999: Totaled a 1992 ford escort (my brother's)
2001: Totaled a 1997 ford crown vic (best car ever!)
2004: Totaled another 1997 ford crown vic.
And just for pic's sake, here is a recent wrecked car I had on my phone. The driver and the passenger lived to drive/ride again! 90+ mph rollover off the right shoulder.
1999: Totaled a 1992 ford escort (my brother's)
2001: Totaled a 1997 ford crown vic (best car ever!)
2004: Totaled another 1997 ford crown vic.
And just for pic's sake, here is a recent wrecked car I had on my phone. The driver and the passenger lived to drive/ride again! 90+ mph rollover off the right shoulder.
02-01-2013, 11:14 PM
#15
Dodge+Ford = always ready
at first they said the vehicles i wanted to compare with had to be exactly or really close to the name (95-96 f150 xlt short bed 2wd ect) but i got a paper showing what they compared mine to and it was a bunch of early 90s base model work trucks. so i literally grabbed any 92-96 f150 i could find that was worth more then 7k in about a 500 mile radius.
so in short, dont accept the first offer, and argue that your vehicle is worth more, unless they give you a pretty fair offer from the start, which wont happen lol.
Last edited by f150cam; 02-01-2013 at 11:17 PM.
02-01-2013, 11:23 PM
#16
Top Gun
Thread Starter
Sounds good. Some people want 10k in my area for 180k. I think Imma be fight lol. 240k on body. 180 on motor. New ride control all around, bjs, aftermarket lights, etc etc
02-01-2013, 11:26 PM
#17
Dodge+Ford = always ready
yea it helped me because the appraiser gave nearly everything on my truck a 9/10-10/10 condition wise so i had a lil more ground to stand on when it came to negotiating a price.
02-02-2013, 12:18 AM
#20
Top Gun
Thread Starter
That's what I will be asking for then. Time to make more then I was gonna sell it for :p I hope to not loose as much as I invested