How's the view???........

[over9five]

Anyone remember my daughters cute little Hyundai that was narrowly missed by a fallen tree during the ice storm)?

Well, the cute little Hyundai flipped onto its side.

She's OK. Small scratches on her finger, lucky girl. She hit ice, and said she had a choice of hitting a car, a fire truck, or a snowbank. She chose the snowbank, but went thru it or over it, landing on the drivers side. At least the fire dept was there to help her get out.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Anyone remember my daughters cute little Hyundai that was narrowly missed by a fallen tree during the ice storm)?

Well, the cute little Hyundai flipped onto its side.

She's OK. Small scratches on her finger, lucky girl. She hit ice, and said she had a choice of hitting a car, a fire truck, or a snowbank. She chose the snowbank, but went thru it or over it, landing on the drivers side. At least the fire dept was there to help her get out.

God bless her, 9/5, that could've ended much worse. Imagine if she would have been in an 800, with just a lap belt!

 

[sano]

Imagine if she would have been in an 800, with just a lap belt!

Hey, Hey, that's Sober's line.

 

[Big Babooba]

Anyone remember my daughters cute little Hyundai that was narrowly missed by a fallen tree during the ice storm)?

Well, the cute little Hyundai flipped onto its side.

She's OK. Small scratches on her finger, lucky girl. She hit ice, and said she had a choice of hitting a car, a fire truck, or a snowbank. She chose the snowbank, but went thru it or over it, landing on the drivers side. At least the fire dept was there to help her get out.

Thank God she's OK. I had a similar experience this past May when my daughter rolled her Cobalt doing 65 mph on I91. She walked away. Aren't seat belts great? Cars can be replaced. Your loved ones can't.

 

[deepsouthmamaw]

Hey Steve love the sunset. The one's I love the most are when I'm on vacation.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Hey Steve love the sunset. The one's I love the most are when I'm on vacation.

That's what I love about Florida. Everyday is like you're on vacation.

 

[trplnkl]

A bad day on vacation beats a good day at work every time.

 

[rod]

Not quite as rusted as my 72 Bronco was. The floor got so rusted that the body actually fell down on the frame causing the firewall to pinch the clutch pedal hard enough so that you couldn't push it down. I also had a class III receiver hitch pull off my last pickup because it was rusted so much. Sure glad I wasn't pulling my trailer 70 mph at the time.

 

[trplnkl]

and THAT is precisely why I do not live north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Salt eats your truck up.

 

[rod]

and THAT is precisely why I do not live north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Salt eats your truck up.

Have you ever checked out the used car lots in Florida? Talk about rusted cars

 

[trplnkl]

Have you ever checked out the used car lots in Florida? Talk about rusted cars

Uh....no...We don't have salted streets or salt saturated air where I live.lol

I guess I should have included areas close to the ocean also.

 

[stevetheupsguy]

Have you ever checked out the used car lots in Florida? Talk about rusted cars

Uh....no...We don't have salted streets or salt saturated air where I live.lol

I guess I should have included areas close to the ocean also.

I once saw a Ford Taurus that had holes all over, rusted clear through. Person that owned it lived right on the beach.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

and THAT is precisely why I do not live north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Salt eats your truck up.

Yeah, those dust storms are so much kinder.

 

[trplnkl]

Yeah, those dust storms are so much kinder.

Well, you can repair the sandblasting with a paint job, no amount of paint is gonna fix that rusted through frame.
I do hate the WT sand storms though.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Oh I almost forgot the hail storms--we don't have "hail damage" sales at our local car dealers.

 

[trplnkl]

Oh I almost forgot the hail storms--we don't have "hail damage" sales at our local car dealers.

You must not have hail stones the size of tennis balls on a regular bases.

 

[helenofcalifornia]

What part were we looking at that was rusted right through, Over?

 

[trplnkl]

What part were we looking at that was rusted right through, Over?

That's the frame just in front of where the front wheels are attached to the springs and the springs to the frame. And just behind the front bumper. Not a good place for a frame failure, but not the worst place........hmmm, I don't reckon there is a good place for that.

 

[over9five]

That's the frame just in front of where the front wheels are attached to the springs and the springs to the frame. And just behind the front bumper. Not a good place for a frame failure, but not the worst place........hmmm, I don't reckon there is a good place for that.

A little worse than that. It's the frame just behind the front wheels.

It's ugly.....

 

[trplnkl]

A little worse than that. It's the frame just behind the front wheels.

It's ugly.....

BEHIND?? sheesh, that is ugly. I thought the sway bar on that model was just behind the bumper, or is that the sway bar I'm seeing to the left of the tire?