Luke
Interloper
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Hi All ... glad to be here!
Setting : -5 C, Light snow, cleared 3 lane (each direction) Hwy, moderate to heavy traffic (Hwy 400 North for you Canucks)
Scenario : About 150 km's into a 200 km trip taking my daughter back to Toronto, Traveling in the centre lane at about 100 kph, No foreseeable danger or loss of traction or changing road conditions for 150 km's. No 4WD.
Hold ON : Heading up a slight hill ... Hit black ice... back end swings out ... kept my foot off the brake ... heading right toward the massive ditch ... correct to the left ... back end comes around and spins the Jeep.. at least one full revolution, maybe two (I was busy writing my will at the time) as we head towards the concrete median. Just enough time to tell the love of my life "It's OK .. just hold on!" and do the standard one arm out to protect the passenger move ... (ya that'll help)
SMACK : Hit 4ft concrete median, front drivers side and spin another half revolution... Air bags deploy, although they did nothing (thanks to the seat belts) for us except fill the cabin with smoke... I am now facing the flow of traffic neatly tucked in next to the median on the shoulder. After realizing that we were OK, I got out to look as traffic had slowed, no leaks, nothing impeding the front wheels ... get in turn the key and she starts as if nothing happened. No error codes, no warning lights, no broken lights, even the license plate is still on despite the shattered frame! She got me the rest of the 50km's home and drove as if nothing happened the whole way
PHEW! : Considering the the above I am soooo lucky ... lucky I had already dropped my daughter off, lucky I had just bought new tires, lucky I was able to bring it back to the centre of the hwy, and so lucky that absolutely no one was anywhere near us! which is rare on that Hwy at any time.
After I stopped traffic and turned around to get back facing the right direction on the Hwy I passed 2 other vehicles within 500ft of where I wrecked, both ended up in the same position I did against the median, both had deployed airbags, but they unfortunately were not driving home that night.
She is at the Jeep Dealer being looked at, and I was given hope that I'll get her back, but we shall see. You can tell that my tow hooks took most of the force of impact and although they are in perfect shape the mounts twisted the beam beyond belief. There can't be more than 2mm left between the rads and the bent metal, but no puncture. I would imagine the spinning motion at impact made the damage a lot less than it could have been.
You know you've already found your Jeep when they give you a new North Edition KK and you would still rather have yours back.
Cheers All,
Hi All ... glad to be here!
Setting : -5 C, Light snow, cleared 3 lane (each direction) Hwy, moderate to heavy traffic (Hwy 400 North for you Canucks)
Scenario : About 150 km's into a 200 km trip taking my daughter back to Toronto, Traveling in the centre lane at about 100 kph, No foreseeable danger or loss of traction or changing road conditions for 150 km's. No 4WD.
Hold ON : Heading up a slight hill ... Hit black ice... back end swings out ... kept my foot off the brake ... heading right toward the massive ditch ... correct to the left ... back end comes around and spins the Jeep.. at least one full revolution, maybe two (I was busy writing my will at the time) as we head towards the concrete median. Just enough time to tell the love of my life "It's OK .. just hold on!" and do the standard one arm out to protect the passenger move ... (ya that'll help)
SMACK : Hit 4ft concrete median, front drivers side and spin another half revolution... Air bags deploy, although they did nothing (thanks to the seat belts) for us except fill the cabin with smoke... I am now facing the flow of traffic neatly tucked in next to the median on the shoulder. After realizing that we were OK, I got out to look as traffic had slowed, no leaks, nothing impeding the front wheels ... get in turn the key and she starts as if nothing happened. No error codes, no warning lights, no broken lights, even the license plate is still on despite the shattered frame! She got me the rest of the 50km's home and drove as if nothing happened the whole way
PHEW! : Considering the the above I am soooo lucky ... lucky I had already dropped my daughter off, lucky I had just bought new tires, lucky I was able to bring it back to the centre of the hwy, and so lucky that absolutely no one was anywhere near us! which is rare on that Hwy at any time.
After I stopped traffic and turned around to get back facing the right direction on the Hwy I passed 2 other vehicles within 500ft of where I wrecked, both ended up in the same position I did against the median, both had deployed airbags, but they unfortunately were not driving home that night.
She is at the Jeep Dealer being looked at, and I was given hope that I'll get her back, but we shall see. You can tell that my tow hooks took most of the force of impact and although they are in perfect shape the mounts twisted the beam beyond belief. There can't be more than 2mm left between the rads and the bent metal, but no puncture. I would imagine the spinning motion at impact made the damage a lot less than it could have been.
You know you've already found your Jeep when they give you a new North Edition KK and you would still rather have yours back.
Cheers All,
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