Last night a 18 wheeler pulled out in front of me and I met his rear end, since I skidded under very lucky to be walking today and very lucky I walked away last night,

As far as damage-

Cracked windshield, smashed passenger doors and glass, front fender, and bent door pillars ( inside where door meets)

I ripped it all down today, as much as I could and got 2 new doors bolted on, and they still need a little elbow grease and hammering and some pressing to fit right again, but I'm as sick as a dog, and after getting poured on last night, I had it for the day.

Last week it was a deer, now a 18 wheeler, might consider buying another car and having the Max sit for a little( with lowering springs, and other goodies sitting waiting for me under the tree) till spring . Maybe a Audi a4 or a 240 nothing to expensive

But anyway, hope everyone has a happy, healthy and exciting holiday!

 

wow...glad you're ok

-matt

 

glad your ok man...gotta give you props for even getting up and messing around with your car after something like that.

 

No pictures of doors on got to dark, I'll have some tomorrow with progress.

 

Glad you're okay. And good for you on keeping it around. I'd take that as a sign to move on to another car.

 

Maybe something safer too... Something that won't lock up(abs) lol, I'm just very grateful to be safe!

 

holy **** man. you have the worst luck. and i thought mine was bad too. i feel for you :/

 

I can never let her go!! I love my max-r haha, yeah im not too sure yet if she's very fixable, but I already have a eye out for another maxima, so wish me luck

 

Glad your alright, would of been scared ****less of a 18 wheeler....GL on the ride ....

 

What ever you next option is man, I hope it brings you a world of good luck, and more importantly glad you made it out okay

 

Maxima comes standard with ABS..

Glad you are Okay OP. Damage doesn't look to bad. Seems like you'll have it fixed up in no time.

 

Maxima does not come standard with ABS

 

Glad your okay, but that's nothing.

Friend of mine wasn't paying enough attention at an intersection pulled out and got whacked by an Semi.

Driving an 08 Nissan Quest.

It looked like a Compact car.

He unbuckled his seat belt, opened the door, stepped out of the vehicle; and took pictures.

He had very minor abrasions, and no major injuries of any kind. But everyone who saw the vehicle, would have told you someone was dead.

There was just enough room for him in the vehicle, the passenger seat where his wife should have been sitting went through the rear window.

 

Yeah they rail on the bottom of the 18 wheeler was through my side pass door( very close to my leg) and she was hung up with my one wheel up in the air, slammed her in reverse and she got out after a few drive, reverse, left tO right motions

 

That is nuts man. I know how it is bonding with a car. Been in 3 accidents and couldn't let it go. Glad you are good and determined to get her back up and running!

 

yeah, i am very commiting in doing as much as i can with out seeing it go, especially with some more goodies for it under the tree tomorrow....
its gonna be another long day...here goes nothing, should have some progress pictures up tonight when i call it a night
merry christmas eve to all, have a good one

 

Glad to see you're okay. I use to drive trucks for a couple years & hated unsafe driving. You should see some nice money being that it was his fault. Hope you're able to fix your car up. As far as luck goes, I'd consider moving before getting rid of my ride.

 

I got the summons for careless driving since the officer said " I had enough time to execute a safe route, even tho I skidded and the only other route was oncoming traffic, hopefully it gets dropped, have court next month

 

You should stop driving for a long time until the curse is lifted off of you lol

 

After many late nights in garage,

 

congrats, shouldnt be too hard to find a pebble beige fender

 

HAHAHA, man I've been up and done the junk yards and I have about 4 pebble beige fenders sitting in my garage and none of them are dent free. I'm still playing around with them, but this will have to do for now, I also had to bang out my hood a primer the top edge, this will have to do so I have a vehicle... Paint job right after this cold weather!

 

you're resilient man, congrats on getting it back together

 

dude these friggin deer this year are bat shiz crazy! I hit a medium sized 6 point buck in the middle of the friggin day in Texas! 1:30 in the after noon with about 7 cars in front of me almost bumper to bumper. It just choose my hood to try and hurdle. But I'm like you man, I can't give up on it. 217k miles and still running decent.

But seriously, watch out for those 18 wheelers. its great you were able to walk away from this.

 

WOW - That looks incredible! Think about painting the whole car black ? :-) So, is insurance totaling it and giving you a check, then?

 

i did this all out of my hand, no insurance was called

 

wait...WHAT?


You and the trucker just agreed to get it fixed on your own and each going your separate ways? What about the dude that hit you?

 

yeah the 18 wheeler had no damage expect for i bent his plate where the tail light is...
and i didnt feel like having my insurance dealing with it so i just did it all by myself

 

hey chrisman...you surprised??? haha

 

Holy buckets! You are seriously lucky. A friend of mine was hit by a semi that ran a red-light in their VR-4, he had two collapsed lungs, was life flighted to a hospital and after spending several days in a coma luckily woke up, glad you are safe.

 

Not at all lol Put your damn retro on already.

 

SIR YES SIR! Haha