It's Dangerous out there!

Went from my smaller town of Chilliwack to the 'big' city, Vancouver to get an immobilizer anti theft device put on my 911 pickup. I was traveling in the fast lane when for some reason the traffic came to a dead stop. I managed to stop (just barely), but the Dodge Dakoda pickup behind me did not. He smacked into my rear-end and knocked me into the car in front of me. The good news is that nobody was hurt. Below are two pictures of my 'fractured' 911 pickup. Notice my new custom exhaust that I just had installed (yesterday!) The Dodge pickup just missed it.

Glad you are OK.......cheers mate!

Ron,

I feel your pain. Glad you are physically ok.

Glad to hear your OK, Be mindful of you neck for the next week If you get tingles in it, you may be in for a unexpected leave of absence at work.

Disc injuries are sneaky that way.

As far as your truck. The nose will be tricky, make sure it goes to a shop with spot weld puller tools and a muliple pull frame puller , and it should fully recover to your liking. dont take the patch pannel road, save whats there. It will come back much better.

If you find in 2 weeks that your unhurt, and you want to tackle it yoursel. Eastwood Co Has most of the special tool you need. But from what I can see a good frame puller would be your best chance.of a total nose pannel save pulling from 4 or 5 points at once.

That's my 2 cents worth

OIY VAY ! C'est dommage mon ami Ronny O'. Glad you are all well ! Joyez Noel !

Hey "big boy", that's what happens when you drive without your hands! Glad you are OK. Ron

bummer your in Canada, if this was in the US you would have a neck injury, spinal issues, left testies hurt etc... I see Bentley baby. Alas you are in the great white north, a case of Blue and maybe 3 Montechristo's.

Ron buddy, good to see you're unhurt! sorry bout' the truck. Maybe the wife will feel sorry for you and give you the green light for a total repaint? Eddie

Same here Ron 'O... glad to hear you are ok, but am POd to see your baby hit by a mindless cage driver.

Jim

Glad your OK ...Looks like the ride has had previous surgery on the nose section "bondo peeking through" so be sure to pry it ALL off before pulling the sheet metal. If you just remove what seems to be the loose previous repair , you'll have problems later . There is more than likely underlying previous filler that has lifted.

Sorry to hear of the mishap, Ron. But look on the bright side, at least it wasn't your Ford Ranger (thought I was going to say Speedster, didn't you?. Seriously, that's a real pain. That VW pickup has certainly provided you with some interesting 'problem solving activities' since you bought it, but that's what hobbies are all about (aren't they?).

Bob

Ron, I sure hope you poped a cap in the ass of the guy who rear eneded you! Cuz thats what would of happen in Cali dOG. JUST Kiddin. It Looks like your going to get that truck painted this year after all.
DS

Sorry to see that Ron. Just the other day in my city, three people died in a similar scenario; busy rush-hour traffic came to a stop and a semi truck plowed into the rear of a line of cars. Everything was so horribly crushed and burned, it took a while for emergency personnel to determine exactly how many were involved. You are absolutely right - it is dangerous out there.

There was a big truck behind the guy who hit me. Luckily, the truck was far enough back that he was able to switch lanes. Traffic in the slow lane did not come to a stop.
I wasn't even mad at the guy who hit me. I had to lock on my brakes to stop from hitting the van in front of me. He was probably not giving the road his 100% attention, just as I wasn't. The only difference was that I was traveling the speed limit(very busy traffic), while I think he was moving a lot fast.
Alan, you're right, looks like the front end was fixed before.
My wife said, "don't get it painted, dear, GET RID OF IT!"
Ron

Sorry about the accident, Ron. I bet you had to change your underwear after that one!

I was "rear-ended" back in 1986 in NYC by a non-English speaking limo driver with a revoked drivers license. It totally caved in my trunk and I've had neck problems ever since. Unfortunately, my headrest was in the "down" position and it did absolutely not good. I learned a lesson from that accident and that is one reason I ordered Roadster seats withheadrests on the new IM Speedster (properly adjusted).

Brian and Ron,
Thank your lucky stars youall weren't in the speedster! Aside from smashing up the speedster, there isn't alot there to stop a heavy speeding vehicle.
Season's Best to everyone.
ed

Brian, I just purchased a used pair of 914 seats to replace my low back bench seat in the single cab. I was going to install them this week, but I'll wait until the body work is done. Luckily, the guy who hit me wasn't going that fast, so my neck feels okay, so far.
Ron
p.s. Tell your lovey wife that I've got the best class I've had in 20 years! What a great year!....she'll understand. Brian, I hope you and Mike have a great Christmas and a healthy, happy new year!
Ron

Ron-O: I put in high-back 914 seats for exactly that reason......had an accident years ago that I guess I'll never get over, but the feeling when I get into my Speedster makes a lot of the pain go away (and the smile becomes permanent!)

Hope the 911 Pickup eventually looks good as new! I remember swaying through Central America in the 36 hp version of that truck in the 60's in the Peace Corp........damn thing was un-stop-able.

Glad you were OK, and have a Happy Christmas on "the other coast"!

Rhode Island Gordon

Ron:

If you were in New Jersey there would have been 12 lawyers helping you out of your car, business cards in hand . . . glad you're OK!
That was your Christmas gift - that you are alive.

Cheers,

Joe in NJ

Oh Man! That just plain sucks! Good to hear you're all Ok. I feel your pain, I got it in the back of my TR-3 years ago by a Cadilac.

BD

Ron,
Sorry for the late entry. Just got back from NYC and am checking my 297 new posts. I'm glad I don't have anything better to do and especially glad you are OK. If anything ever happened to you, who would I bug?
He he he he
Best
John H.

Hold it John, you're confused (again?). It's the other Ron you bug. Me, you just admire.
Ron

"you're so vain, you probably think this song is about you...."
Carley Simon....197???
What other Ron????

No, the song was not about me. She was singing about her other boyfriend...Mick somebody.
Ron

A guy takes a few days off for Christmas/New Years and everybody forgets about him! Tough crowd.

That's how it is in the comedy bizz. I'm all through admiring RonO, now say something funny so I can bug you some more. And get your reservations in for Carlisle. Youze guys and IM's are tough. You can do it. I'll personally contribute to the long distance award, a shiney new Yugo key fob to admire and cherish. It will have an electronic simulator to produce sounds of gear clashing and backfiring. The enamaled picture will represent a damaged front end, to the tune of about $1500, after having completed the 5mph bumper test.
John H.

John:

For that prize, I would drive from Ontario to B.C., and then to Carlisle.

The other Bob

So where is Carlisle? Is that in California?

Wow, Ron, you had to be away longer than just Christmas and New Years!!

I think that he was waaayyy down in his submarine and he came up too fast and is suffering from whatever you get when you come up from somewhere deep in the ocean to the surface too fast (boy, that doesn't sound right). I think the air forms bubbles and rushes to your colon and forms a poisonous gas, or something scientific like that. Anyways, if you breathe this poisonous gas your mind goes and you start to say things like, "So where is Carlisle? Is that in California?"
Ron