Totaled Annihilation

[Chumbelina]

Sooo... last night I was driving home from ice skating with some friends.

For anyone familiar with the construction going on outside downtown Jacksonville FL, you know it's bad.

So i'm driving I-95 north on this ramp that leads to I-10 west. This Jack-A is behind me, but in the lane beside me. He's speeding and I've already slowed down. by the time we're at the sharpest point in the turn, he's about to hit me and I ease up on my turn quickly to avoid him doing so. After that, I lose control but then I regain it after two swerves. I'm in the emergency lane and then the road runs out and I smack right into a temporary barrier with a metal 'cusion' with a yellow caution triangle sign on it.

Everything's alright except for my car. I have a few scratches on my arms and my face from where the airbag came out and scraped the skin off of me.

Couple pictures~

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7682/dsc02762re7.jpg

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/4362/dsc02764uy7.jpg
I wasn't even touched in the back. The sheer force of impact made my trunk fly open along with some of my stuff flying out.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/4...pics325sx7.jpg
Full-frontal... ;-;

So yeah, my car is done. I'm still poor because the guy who ran me off the road didn't stop and I've got no info on him, and it was night, so I couldn't really see his car in the midst of all the chaos.

My question is:

It's a '92 Camry, I can't imagine getting much from the insurance company since the car is so old. How much do you guys think I would expect to get? Also, what kind of new car should I get? The money that I'll have is what the company pays me, plus about $2k from leftover scholarship money, and $1k that's in my bank right now.

I almost wish I would have gotten hit, so I could have a 'neck injury' and sue for some cash.

[Koga]

Holy shit chumb

[evilbau]

no offense but its really insensitive to wish you got some injuries just so you can sue. you should be thankful you didn't get seriously harmed.

[Amarok]

Too serious much?

[Koga]

iNet iz srs yo.

[Chumbelina]

I didn't say I wished for injuries, I said that I wished I would have let him hit me, then said I had a 'neck injury' meaning that I don't really have one. Eitehrway it was just something stupid to say, I'm totally glad that I'm alright. I know it could have been much worse. I was about 35ft up or so, So I really could have crashed over the edge and fallen to my doom. Or something could have caught fire.

I am making the best out of it however. I got about 12gallons of gas in my tank and I'm not letting that go so easily. I bought it.. it's mine, so I'm siphoning it out soon!

[megabyte]

The good thing is you were able to walk away from it.

http://www.kbb.com/KBB/UsedCars/Pricing ... nditions=0

Not sure if that's the exact model since I was guessing but that's about what you're looking at getting back from the insurance company when they total it out.

[Fryte]

That turn on I-95N to I-10W is so much fun to take by yourself, but I can see how some jackass speeding through it pushing you out of it would cause that to happen. I'm going to be sad once that giant overpass is complete. Another twisty turn that I always enjoyed was the little road to Cracker Barrel off JTB. I feel like I'm in the Le mans series everytime I swerve through it.

[Raiko]

Is that a tombstone in your trunk? lol

[Nirokun!]

CHUM PROVES TO BE INVINCIBLE

you need to post that picture of you jumping out of a tree, then a picture of the car, then a camwhore picture with I R INVINCIBAR at the end :D

[Chumbelina]

Thanks for info and all that. I'm glad to know that I'll get a little money from it.

I'm sorry I don't share the same feeling about that curve though. I'll be glad when it's gone.

Niro. I know i'm amazing.. but I don't wanna get cocky and say I'm invicible ;-; Glad to see you around though. I love you dude!

Anyways, injury pics:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/3332/dsc02766em8.jpg
From Airbag

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/5354/dsc02770zw8.jpg
Also airbag. That's it. Not really sore either.

[Bebopaloo]

zomg cuts. I should talk to my employer and get some money any time I cut my hand on a nail or some tool.

[megabyte]

That's not bad at all, you're very lucky. I've seen burns on peoples faces from the airbags on older cars that looks like they would have been better off going through the windshield and onto the highway.