Disco 1 vs Toyota Yaris

[BFox]

Yesterday, while driving I-75 in the rain, a new Yaris cut me off with no signal, and slammed on his brakes. I hit my brakes hard and hydroplaned, smashing into the back of the yaris.

No one was hurt, and the other driver admitted fault to FHP and was issued a careless driving citation.

The trunk lid of the yaris was crushed into the rear window, the rear bumper was non existant, both rear quarter panels were crushed forward into the tires, and the trunk was also crushed into the back seat.

On my Rover, I broke 2 Hella fog lights, and the ARB bumper is only slightly tweaked. The girl who owned the yaris was crying and kept saying "my car is gone and nothing is even wrong with his truck".

I realize this tread is worthless without pictures, but my damn camera phone didn't store them.

 

[lifeslemon]

Aha. thats awesome! Nice work.
Sorry to hear about the Hellas though.

 

[az_max]

so, what did the girl look like?

 

[TNROVERS]

About 5 years ago a guy in a little Geo hit me in a parking lot. His airbags deployed.. I drove home.... Tough trucks.

 

[Rover Puppy]

Brent,

I'm really glad you are okay!

Yikes, I-75 accident... that's scary!... it could have been much worse!

 

[GrandLordKhorne]

There are two types of cars in this world. Ones built on a strong chassis like your D1 or anything from the olden days. The other type are the flimsy ones they build now a days with these crush zones. I would never drive one of these new little death traps.

Case in point my 89? Toyota Vs this newer Dodge Avenger. The Avenger got owned, the Supra was totaled but only because parts for one are super costly and the car is valued at next to nothing by the insurance companies. I drove my Yota home that night after banging the exhaust back into the right spot? Her car was going no place.


My Yota...

Her Dodge...

 

[rovercanus]

I saw a Grand Cherokee this afternoon that had been rolled driving down the interstate. The roof was crushed and it had no glass but it was still driving along.

 

[fordbuilder98]

you tell her to get a land rover

 

[DiscoS2]

There are two types of cars in this world. Ones built on a strong chassis like your D1 or anything from the olden days. The other type are the flimsy ones they build now a days with these crush zones. I would never drive one of these new little death traps.

The weird thing is 15 years ago, my wife's 1980 SAAB 900 GLE, which was a unibody car with cumple zones, was rear-ended by a kid in a VW Rabbit going 55mph while she was stopped at a red light. The Rabbit bounced off her car and rolled end-over on its way into a ditch where the roof ripped off the car and the front seats fell out. Her SAAB's rear bumber self-restored and seh only had a smashed tail light and a slight ripple in the left rear quarter panel. Total damage to her car: $70.00.

 

[GrandLordKhorne]

Crumple zones and unibody meant a very different thing back in the 80’s… My supra is technically a unibody, but if you strip it down you fined out that 2 huge box sections run the whole length of the car, just like a full set of frame rails, only welded into the body instead of the body mounting on them..

 

[lrsafari]

10 days before we got married in '02, we were at a stop light here in Sacramento. Guy in an 8 month old Toyota Sienna fails to stop. Hits us in my '92 RRC square on. Pushes me about 10-15 feet, alomost into cross traffic. I drove away. His enigine was in the interior.....

Yeah 5 Stars, right.....

My rear bumper got slightly dented, body actully did "move" seperate from frame slightly, but I drove it for the next 3 years.

Glad you are OK.

Scott