Yeah, so today was an extremely bad day for me... and I'm so about to cry right now.
Earlier I was just out for a Sunday drive with my parents and fiance, and we were just out cruising around in my goat having a nice time. When we stopped for dinner, I dropped them all off at the restraunt we were to eat at so they could go ahead and order and whatnot. While they were doing that, I was out making a bank run and filling up my baby on gas. Keep in mind it was pooring down rain during this time.
Well, while I was sitting at a two-lane stop light, being the first one in my lane with no one behind me - and two people in the other lane - I managed to meet up with one of the biggest dumbasses on this planet. I'm just sitting there at this red light, and had been sitting there for at least 45 seconds, when all of a sudden a rocket flies itself into my rear bumper and sends me into the intersection.
I had been watching my rear view mirror sitting there because I noticed this big ass SUV coming up behind me... and not exactly slowing down. I would say it was traveling roughly 40-45 mph seeing as how the zone we were in had a speed limit of 45. So as I'm watching this thing come toward me closer and closer and not slowing down at all, I start to get this feeling of "holy hell, please tell me this isn't about to happen". I start to hear this skidding sound (hell of a lot of good that did with a heavy vehichle on soaking wet roads) and my heart and stomache just get that feeling as if they droppped through the ground.
Now just to keep in mind the skidding started when the vehichle was probably a good hundred feet back, but the road we were on was slanting downhill from our position, so from the SUV hydroplaining it really didn't lose any speed at all.
At least I have a way with keeping my cool well enough in very bad situations, and so I threw on the parking break fast, pushed myself into the seat while holding the normal break, and started honking my horn like all hell to try and warn oncoming traffic into the intersection. Luckily a jeep that was on the street to the right, who was about to move to make its left turn, saw what was happening and stayed back for his green light.
Then it happens. My goat got brutally slammed in the back and was forced straight into the middle of the intersection. I kept my head back in the seat so I managed to walk away with nothing in the way of injuries really. I tried to move the car out of the intersection but it didn't want to go for me, so I got out to take a look. Sure enough, my rear end is almost non-existant now and the rear axle is in very bad shape and just wont allow the car to drive. Trust me... you think the goats had a small trunk before
While I'm standing there in shock the jeep driver that had stayed back on his green light got out and ran over to me to make sure I was alright. The Escalade that had hit me (I recognized the car quick and took down its license number because...) decided it wanted to get the **** out of there. So it started to pull away and run for it when a cop (which I have no clue where he came on) pulled in front of it down the road a hundred feet of it or so with its lights and siren on. This damn bitch who was driving the escalade was driving without a license or insurance it turns out. The license plate she had on it wasn't even registered for that car. So she gets nailed for all those offenses plus attempting a hit and run. She claims that the light was green and that I just randomly stopped and forced her to hit me because she didn't have the room to stop. The officer arrested her right ****ing then and there because I think he also thought she was DUI.
Basically to make this a bit shorter than it could be, my GTO was towed to a garage for my insurance agency for now. It isn't at all in driving condition and I'm awaiting to hear from my insurance agency as to what they say.
Chances are I'm going to end up sueing this mother ****er for what she did. Yes you better believe I'm ****ing pissed off that my beautiful car is totalled, and yes you better believe I want to cry.
Earlier I was just out for a Sunday drive with my parents and fiance, and we were just out cruising around in my goat having a nice time. When we stopped for dinner, I dropped them all off at the restraunt we were to eat at so they could go ahead and order and whatnot. While they were doing that, I was out making a bank run and filling up my baby on gas. Keep in mind it was pooring down rain during this time.
Well, while I was sitting at a two-lane stop light, being the first one in my lane with no one behind me - and two people in the other lane - I managed to meet up with one of the biggest dumbasses on this planet. I'm just sitting there at this red light, and had been sitting there for at least 45 seconds, when all of a sudden a rocket flies itself into my rear bumper and sends me into the intersection.
I had been watching my rear view mirror sitting there because I noticed this big ass SUV coming up behind me... and not exactly slowing down. I would say it was traveling roughly 40-45 mph seeing as how the zone we were in had a speed limit of 45. So as I'm watching this thing come toward me closer and closer and not slowing down at all, I start to get this feeling of "holy hell, please tell me this isn't about to happen". I start to hear this skidding sound (hell of a lot of good that did with a heavy vehichle on soaking wet roads) and my heart and stomache just get that feeling as if they droppped through the ground.
Now just to keep in mind the skidding started when the vehichle was probably a good hundred feet back, but the road we were on was slanting downhill from our position, so from the SUV hydroplaining it really didn't lose any speed at all.
At least I have a way with keeping my cool well enough in very bad situations, and so I threw on the parking break fast, pushed myself into the seat while holding the normal break, and started honking my horn like all hell to try and warn oncoming traffic into the intersection. Luckily a jeep that was on the street to the right, who was about to move to make its left turn, saw what was happening and stayed back for his green light.
Then it happens. My goat got brutally slammed in the back and was forced straight into the middle of the intersection. I kept my head back in the seat so I managed to walk away with nothing in the way of injuries really. I tried to move the car out of the intersection but it didn't want to go for me, so I got out to take a look. Sure enough, my rear end is almost non-existant now and the rear axle is in very bad shape and just wont allow the car to drive. Trust me... you think the goats had a small trunk before
While I'm standing there in shock the jeep driver that had stayed back on his green light got out and ran over to me to make sure I was alright. The Escalade that had hit me (I recognized the car quick and took down its license number because...) decided it wanted to get the **** out of there. So it started to pull away and run for it when a cop (which I have no clue where he came on) pulled in front of it down the road a hundred feet of it or so with its lights and siren on. This damn bitch who was driving the escalade was driving without a license or insurance it turns out. The license plate she had on it wasn't even registered for that car. So she gets nailed for all those offenses plus attempting a hit and run. She claims that the light was green and that I just randomly stopped and forced her to hit me because she didn't have the room to stop. The officer arrested her right ****ing then and there because I think he also thought she was DUI.
Basically to make this a bit shorter than it could be, my GTO was towed to a garage for my insurance agency for now. It isn't at all in driving condition and I'm awaiting to hear from my insurance agency as to what they say.
Chances are I'm going to end up sueing this mother ****er for what she did. Yes you better believe I'm ****ing pissed off that my beautiful car is totalled, and yes you better believe I want to cry.
