[BTE]

I was headed down the highway in the right lane when traffic came to a sudden stop. I was barely able to make the stop behind the driver in front of me, but apparently the guy behind me never hit the brakes. He threw me from the right lane to the left lane, about two car lengths ahead before it felt like the rear wheels hit the ground. And I somehow missed hitting the guy in front of me.









That bottle of washer fluid pretty much exploded all over the tools/equipment I had in the trunk lol

 

[1fast4by]

You were unhurt?

Looks like that car did exactly what it was supposed to and protected you. Nice looking "crumple" on the RR, did exactly as designed.

 

[diamondracing01]

Daaaaammmmm! Hope you're alright.

 

[TokoDragon]

that looks pretty gnarly glad no one was seriously hurt

 

[BTE]

Yea, i was Ok. I went to the hospital just in-case since it was on company time. I was really sore for a few days, but they gave me some meds to take care of that. I also have a new appreciation for the giant headrests in cars these days, if it was any lower, I think I would be hurting a lot more. The seat was bent back pretty far afterwards.

 

[Mostizzle]

Damn man. Glad you're ok. The car looks like it took the impact pretty good.

 

[s10xtremist]

Looks like that car did exactly what it was supposed to and protected you. Nice looking "crumple" on the RR, did exactly as designed.

My thoughts exactly.

 

[S10dude]

that looked like a pretty violent impact , glad your "only" sore .Car took the brunt of it for you , nice to see something work as designed...

 

[BTE]

I think since the rear of my car was probably higher than normal since I was braking hard, some of the force from the impact was deflected in other directions. I'm thankful it wasn't any worse than it was.

 

[tytotheler92]

Wow, GM continues to make one hell of a large FWD sedan. (I should upload pictures here of the 88, forgot there was a wrecked rides section.)

It took the impact well and kept you safe. Glad you're just sore, could be so much worse.

 

[TokoDragon]

You could probably massage that rear urethane bumper and sell it on ebay as ''lightly used"

You wouldn't see an older car come out of an impact like that with two pearly looking tail lights either.


On fourth of july a few years ago The stop ligt had just turned green and was going around 15mph when a newer Camry rear ended me pretty hard. I felt it go under my bumper and lift the wheels off the ground and felt the back end swivel on her hood and my tires screech on touch down. It rolled her hood back like a sardine can but no damage to my truck.

 

[kdh]

holy shit! that looks terrible, glad you are ok, and it was a company car.

 

[cruiser92]

Looks neat wreck from the outside but that's a displacement on the inside! Definitely good engineering for safety on this one.

 

[jasonk1973]

now I hope this post gets taken out....not an impala site.

 

[tealtank]

now I hope this post gets taken out....not an impala site.

It's not a malibu site either; yet, you posted this shish.
http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f3/wifes-chrismas-present-424259/

So, back off the wrecked rides section where any member's vehicle carnage is welcome. Or, don't engage in the same type of activity that you're going to bitch about. It's like a cigarette smoker complaining of the stench of somebody else's smoke.

 

[TRQ427]

Amazing how the newer cars with the engineered crumple zones absorb impact,,glad your healthy.

 

[BlkZBO]

Damn man. Glad you're ok. The car looks like it took the impact pretty good.

And they always want to discredit domestic cars saying they are inferior to european and japanese cars, especially in crashes. Glad to see you're ok.