Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
[Re: Sniper]
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10/10/23 07:19 AM
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Another possibility...front brakes were locked and he tried to launch it from a dead stop w/ really good traction.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
[Re: an8sec70cuda]
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10/10/23 09:08 AM
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I heard he has serious neck problems, may never know what happened...
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
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10/10/23 10:42 AM
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I heard he has serious neck problems, may never know what happened... That thing got rear ended at full speed, I've been in a 5 car pileup from the same thing but I was the 3rd car in, the ford escape that was the first hit was destroyed. The culprit was a dumb kid playing on his phone and driving like an idiot in a 06 style V6 charger. Traffic has slowed but he came in full steam ahead. Tried to say he was picking a new radio station, yeah right.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
[Re: Rhinodart]
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10/10/23 11:01 AM
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I heard he has serious neck problems, may never know what happened... What happened to me plus lower back. Hit that hard totaled. Broke seat i was in too. Neck and lower back. Driver expired student visa. Did not work.over 2 years. Still need another Neurosurgery in 2024. And back when it happened years ago. He skipped country and companies Insurace fought heavy as said should not have been anything covered it at all with said driver Hope for the best with who ever was in that car Full.speed hit to the rear. We were stopped waiting to turn left.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
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10/10/23 02:09 PM
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God Bless em hope their ok!The gtx that's just a shame.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
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10/10/23 02:44 PM
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That is sad.
I've driven up on the aftermath of numerous wrecks where cars have been plowed hard from the rear, and it appears the person who caused the wreck never touched the brakes.. I had a police officer tell me most wrecks in the vicinity of intersections these days often involve people playing on their phones, and not watching the road in front of them. . Your statement reminded me of a recent awful accident near where I live. A teenage girl, had a 5 year old (possibly a sibling)? in the back seat of the car a few weeks ago. She was driving westbound on a two lane road, at around 7:30-8:00am. She was driving up to a BUSY four lane highway that goes north/south. There is a stop sign and rumble strips before the intersection of this two lane road and four lane highway. Apparently she was on her cell phone, not paying attention at all, and went through the intersection at full speed maybe doing at least 50...T boning a newer Caravan driving 55 mph southbound with an older(mid 60's) couple inside. The woman in the Caravan died at the scene, as well as the 5 yr. old child. Both ejected. The husband had to be air lifted to a bigger out of area hospital (critical condition)... the teenage girl had NO major injuries. Investigation is ongoing... lives lost and others ruined because of her idiosy and thoughtless actions.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
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Wow - that is hard to look at - looks like it was a really nice car. There is NO fixing that one. I hope the driver is going to be OK. We used to have a neighbor that got in an accident & one of his shoulders got really badly injured. After numerous surgeries, he was still in excruciating pain all the time. He had to leave his career job with the railroad, then they lost their house, & lost touch with them. His life was ruined. I would not want to live every day in pain like that - he was suffering all the time.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
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10/11/23 12:49 AM
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This is the carnage to my '81 Thunderbird inflicted by a Monte Carlo. He hit me, not slowing, at about 35 - 40 MPH. Whatever hit that GTX was moving a LOT faster or was a really big pickup. Hope everyone is ok.
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Re: 68 GTX rear ended in California?
[Re: rapom]
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10/11/23 04:02 PM
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My 68 charger also got hit pretty hard around 3 years ago when Covid was supposedly letting up. Got hit around 55-60 mph by a girl texting. Some of you might remember the pics. Got 70k from insuranceš. I hid my email address in the door sill in case the new owner had questions. Guy picking up car to take to auction said it will probably end up overseas.
About 4 months later I got an email from a guy in Lithuania that bought it. He did most of the body work and then sold it to another guy in Lithuania that finished it and still has it. He said itās the only 68 charger in Lithuania. He finished it around 18 months ago.
Car still has the same drivetrain, interior, and wheels and tires. Is that her still texting in the background?
The funny thing about science is that if you change one miniscule parameter you change the entire outcome to the way you want it.
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