R.I.P. BudgetMobile :(

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Well, I got off my lazy duff this afternoon and took care of getting The BudgetMobile insured and whatnot so that I could go get it registered.

I don't know about other states but don't even bother walking in the door at a DMV here unless you have current proof of liability insurance with you. They won't even talk to you otherwise.

So I give my insurance guy a call, give over the info on the little Bronco, get a quote and pass along my MC # so that he can have all the appropriate forms waiting for me to sign when I get to his office.

So I stop by his office, sign off on the forms to add the little truck to my policy, sign the CC slip for the charges for the addition, etc etc blah blah blah, and with all the correct paperwork in hand I leave his office en route to the DMV to register it and get my plate.

You, kind reader, should know that the distance from my insurance agent's office to the nearest branch office of the Louisiana Dept of Motor Vehicles is less than two miles. In bloody awful traffic it would take less than 5 minutes to drive from one to the next. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif The route from Point A to Point B involves traveling through 5 stopsigns and 1 traffic light-controlled intersection.

So I leave his office. I make it through the first stopsign. I make it through the second. I make it through the third. I make it through the single intersection on this route that involves a traffic light. I then make it through the fourth stopsign.

We're only one stopsign away from being home-free with less than one-quarter mile of straight road left until arriving at the DMV.

So I approach the fifth and final intersection with a stopsign that I need to navigate prior to the final bit of road that preceeds pulling into the parking lot at the DMV.

I roll up to the intersection.

I come to a complete stop.

I look left, I look right, I look left a second time, then look right once more. (as I am 100% blind in my right eye ensuring that nobody is approaching from that side is pretty key to my day-to-day travels)

When I look right the second time I notice this mid-70s Chevy Impala sedan coming up to the intersection pretty quickly but in a nose-down posture that would indicate being hard on the brakes. (here's good reason why a reasonable person should never "assume" anything and consequently why that little saying about the word assume came into being, methinks)

His nosediving vehicle making me believe he was coming to a stop on his side of the 4-way stop led me to proceed moving through the intersection as I had right-of-way having arrived and come to a complete stop before him.

So I begin to move through the intersection.

I make it right about to the smack-dab middle of the freggin' intersection (I am within eyesight of the durn DMV at this point) and *WHAM!* my poor little Bronco II is impaled in the passenger side by what feels like three tons worth of Detroit iron (no plastic in those old land yachts excepting the surrounds around the gauges)

To use one of Beat_Dominator's favorite words....

GAH!!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/pissed.gif.9f665f96bc89e98e708dabd4580bb591.gif

So, I climb out of the freggin' truck to survey the damage.

The passenger door is crumpled in entirely and the window in that door, which was rolled down, has completely shattered and I reckon the inside of what is left of that door is now filled with fragments of automotive window glass.

The sheetmetal immediately behind the door is punched in.

The front right fender is a mess.

Something (I didn't take the time to bother to inspect closely enough to know what, exactly) in the front right suspension has snapped and the front right wheel/tire is now bent outward at about a 45 degree angle.

FREAKING YAY //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

All the trouble I have had trying to piece together a little bit of audio for the blasted thing nearing an end and now the durn truck is totaled? This is just what I need...

To add insult to injury the cop that showed up on the scene was apparently less than impressed at having to work an accident in this afternoon's heat so he's cutting nobody any slack.

The guy who hit me is cited for failure to yield, expired inspection, and no driver's license on person. Apparently the fella did have one as he rattled off the number when asked about it but could not produce one at the scene.

For my part I'm given failure to register (I was on my way to do so with a bill of sale and a BRAND NEW INSURANCE CARD OBVIOUSLY ISSUED ON TODAY'S DATE) and an expired inspection sticker. You cannot get a vehicle inspected without current registration in the state of Louisiana unless you know one of those shady places who will issue a sticker to anyone with cash in hand. What else?

Oh, yeah! I'm also left with a totaled compact SUV. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

I've already contacted my family's attorney and he quietly informed me that we will be taking both citations to court and disputing them as it is obvious that I was in the process of taking care of those things when the accident happened (the accident being the other guy's fault and thankfully the fella was honest enough to admit he was at fault while claiming the reason for it was that his brakes didn't hold when he was trying to come to a stop)

I didn't have my phone on me since I had left it at home on the charger.

I didn't have my digicam with me because it isn't something I carry with me as a matter of habit so no pics currently, folks. Sorry.

Yeah, I know - go ahead and toss up the "This Thread Is Worthless Without Pics" smilie and post the prerequisite Pics Or Ban that I know will inevitably come.

Some of the gear that I have acquired will be for sale here very shortly. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

So - that's Prowler's afternoon in a nutshell. How was you guys' day?

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[Calikid 5,000+ posts]

damm , ****'s bro.

 

[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

clif notes?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

Sucks man. Part it out?

 

[Chevyaudio 5,000+ posts]

clif notes?

I have no notes //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Sucks man. Part it out?

I reckon I will.

I saw an ad not too long ago on craigslist from someone in Natchitoches wanting a 2.9L v6 for a Bronco II.

I reckon I'll be looking again this evening to see if that ad is still there and if so I'll be responding to that...

 

[Qbenjamin 10+ year member]

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[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

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Prowla?!?!?!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

The B2 bomber is teh deadz:crying:

Why ya think I have mine parked?//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

Sucks *** bro.....

You alright though?

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

I'm fine. Not hurt in the least that I can tell but who knows what might manifest come morningtime, eh?

No - nothing hurt but my pride.

I was really looking forward to getting all involved with this audio install this weekend.

So much for that idea //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

No worries, invest it into teh Gossamermanator:thumbsup:

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

But, morning time is going to be fun.......................................//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

Glad you are ok, my neighbor.

Pardon my odd viewpoint on this situation, but besides the faults on your end (not registered, and no inspection, which you may be able to get out of) isnt it everyones dream to buy a $100 vehicle only to have it totaled out by a dumbass, and get an insurance check for more than you had in it? Totally disreguarding time/effort put in to it, of course.

 

[hemiscott 10+ year member]

clif notes?

Werd...

That really sux man... Hope you have a better day tomorrow !

 

[SyKo13 5,000+ posts]

Bibby, gtfo, now