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02-27-2012, 08:09 PM
#4937
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
No pics. I was on my way home from work, and we can't have phones/cameras there.
I was fine. One and a half turns over the passenger side, stopped on the roof. I killed the engine, unbuckled my seatbelt, and crawled out. Just got home.
I was taking a dirt road home due to the wonderful weather and my good mood about leaving work early. I came around a corner to find a deer standing in the middle of the road staring at me. I hit my brakes, rear tires locked, and I let off the brake pedal cause that's what I'm used to doing (no ABS). When I let go, Jeep went in the now-forward direction, into a 2ft wall of dirt. Left front tire went up the berm, Jeep went upward, came down hard and did a full roll, then back onto the roof.
Called 911, then my supervisor, then my insurance company. It's so totaled, they're just wasting my time taking it to a body shop. Gonna get a rental tomorrow til I find out how much compensation I get.
Keep an eye out for nice, cheap XJs. I don't know what options I want yet.
I walked away from it fine, but my back and neck are starting to hurt pretty bad. I'm probably gonna go to the hospital on Ft Detrick tomorrow to get checked out.
I was taking a dirt road home due to the wonderful weather and my good mood about leaving work early. I came around a corner to find a deer standing in the middle of the road staring at me. I hit my brakes, rear tires locked, and I let off the brake pedal cause that's what I'm used to doing (no ABS). When I let go, Jeep went in the now-forward direction, into a 2ft wall of dirt. Left front tire went up the berm, Jeep went upward, came down hard and did a full roll, then back onto the roof.
Called 911, then my supervisor, then my insurance company. It's so totaled, they're just wasting my time taking it to a body shop. Gonna get a rental tomorrow til I find out how much compensation I get.
Keep an eye out for nice, cheap XJs. I don't know what options I want yet.
I walked away from it fine, but my back and neck are starting to hurt pretty bad. I'm probably gonna go to the hospital on Ft Detrick tomorrow to get checked out.
02-27-2012, 08:57 PM
#4942
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
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Seat belts save lives. I had a 3-ton floor jack in the rear that came to rest above the passenger seat, not to mention everything else that was flying around in the back...
02-27-2012, 09:01 PM
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Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L 242 Power Tech I6
02-27-2012, 09:10 PM
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Year: 2000
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On that note- ykydaxjw you have a spiderweb of bungees and straps holding your toolboxes and junk firmly to the current floor
02-27-2012, 09:25 PM
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02-27-2012, 09:33 PM
#4949
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
About an hour. I've been to Tyson's Corner for Craigslist ads more times than I'd like to admit, considering the 12MPG I was getting.