chitlins37
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- 17' Magnetic GT350R / 70' Buick Skylark
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Hey all,
Have delayed making this post about as long as I possibly can...and even now my heart is quite heavy about the car. Glad to be alive and well, still sad about the car.
On Mar 4th I was in a freak accident where a large gust of wind blew debris under my rear tires....the entire rear end went sideways at ~60mph on a backroad here in N. Va. No traction control lights, no Sport mode nannies, just me sliding sideways with the front half of the car in the oncoming lane and rear in my own lane. There was not much time to anything but I did have the presence of mind not to hit the brakes (which I believe would have started a barrel roll of sorts). Rather I cut the wheel back toward the center of the road and hit the gas slightly to try to get the tires to hook and throw me back the "right" direction. They eventually did hook but after further rotation and the net result was I got slingshot into a tree on the opposite shoulder at ~65mph. Pics are below of the car.
I was unconscious and taken via ambulance to the nearest trauma center. Fortunately I came out of this with a broken ulna and somewhat severe sublaxation of my right wrist (bone had popped out of joint completely) from the back of my hand hitting the windshield and the front of my forearm (ulna) rebounding into I am guessing the steering wheel. Met a great doc who patched me up, spent 6wks in a cast without much use of my right hand and just started typing again this week. Was pretty surreal walking out of the ER that night, this is one SAFE vehicle fellas. Props to the engineers at Ford...they saved my life.
Huge thanks to this community for the support and information throughout my 10mos of ownership. I will never forget this car or this group of enthusiasts that drive them. I will make a separate post to try to recoup some of the money spent on spare parts, tires, etc to help pay medical bills. Will price fairly and as-is, just looking to put this chapter in the rear view.
Have delayed making this post about as long as I possibly can...and even now my heart is quite heavy about the car. Glad to be alive and well, still sad about the car.
On Mar 4th I was in a freak accident where a large gust of wind blew debris under my rear tires....the entire rear end went sideways at ~60mph on a backroad here in N. Va. No traction control lights, no Sport mode nannies, just me sliding sideways with the front half of the car in the oncoming lane and rear in my own lane. There was not much time to anything but I did have the presence of mind not to hit the brakes (which I believe would have started a barrel roll of sorts). Rather I cut the wheel back toward the center of the road and hit the gas slightly to try to get the tires to hook and throw me back the "right" direction. They eventually did hook but after further rotation and the net result was I got slingshot into a tree on the opposite shoulder at ~65mph. Pics are below of the car.
I was unconscious and taken via ambulance to the nearest trauma center. Fortunately I came out of this with a broken ulna and somewhat severe sublaxation of my right wrist (bone had popped out of joint completely) from the back of my hand hitting the windshield and the front of my forearm (ulna) rebounding into I am guessing the steering wheel. Met a great doc who patched me up, spent 6wks in a cast without much use of my right hand and just started typing again this week. Was pretty surreal walking out of the ER that night, this is one SAFE vehicle fellas. Props to the engineers at Ford...they saved my life.
Huge thanks to this community for the support and information throughout my 10mos of ownership. I will never forget this car or this group of enthusiasts that drive them. I will make a separate post to try to recoup some of the money spent on spare parts, tires, etc to help pay medical bills. Will price fairly and as-is, just looking to put this chapter in the rear view.
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