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Fri Nov 14, 2003 6:03 am

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http://forums.newbeetle.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33630

^--Thread where description of what happened is posted...

Eeyore

Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:45 am

Lucky you are OK. I have often been in that situation (driving down a clear curb lane when the left lane is stopped) and I always get a bad feeling that someone or something is going to pop out of that line...your experience will stay in mind now every time I do that.

Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:37 am

Damn, that always sucks - sorry for your loss.

Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:22 am

sorry to hear about what happened to you and your car. i got hit by a suburban in my 2001 new beetle about 2 years ago and it held up really well. ended up being $8000 in damage, but the car was still drivable. i had it fixed and am still driving the car daily now. it was in the shop for over a month though. i wanted to seriously beat down the lady that hit me. again sorry to hear about your car, please let us know when you get a new one! take care.

Mon Nov 17, 2003 7:52 am

Ill be picking this sweet little 40k mile TDi this coming Saturday :)
I took a drive to Toledo this past weekend to check it out and it is even better than expected :shock:

Ill be going retro with it as well since I still have my roof rack/hubcaps etc from the old bug. :twisted:

Wed Nov 19, 2003 8:11 pm

Good thing you are ok. That black New Beetle looks nice. Good luck with it and drive safe!

Thu Nov 20, 2003 5:50 am

jessica_loves_VWs wrote: Good thing you are ok. That black New Beetle looks nice. Good luck with it and drive safe!

Thank you for the kind words :)

Actually it is Batik Blue. A really dark blue/Purple color. the pictures dont show the color too well. and trust me, I certainly plan on driving it safely 8)

Eeyore

Thu Nov 20, 2003 10:07 am

Oh yeah..now I see it. Sorry :oops: I guess I am still thinking about that Black New Beetle my boyfriend had wanted to get..

Wed Feb 11, 2004 5:04 pm

Alway sad to lose a car, but it can be replaced. You can't.
The old style hubcaps looked really sweet on it. Maybe you can do that again.

I'm originally from the Toledo Area (Maumee). In San Francisco now. I don't miss the bitter cold, but Ohio is tops for friendly people.

Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:19 pm

i am a little late on this one. good to hear you are ok and live to build another one!! josh

Fri Feb 13, 2004 7:24 am

Jim Douglas Jr. wrote: Alway sad to lose a car, but it can be replaced. You can't.
The old style hubcaps looked really sweet on it. Maybe you can do that again.

I'm originally from the Toledo Area (Maumee). In San Francisco now. I don't miss the bitter cold, but Ohio is tops for friendly people.

hehe, Glad you like the look of the centercaps, because I was able to get me another set of steel wheels, and already have the caps mounted on "Growler" my new TDI.

I am refinishing the roof rack over the wintertime and this spring I plan on doing a two-tone similiar to my avatar. Lots of plans for the future of my newest buggy!

Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:45 am

glad you made it out of that ok. i have been in too many accidents and now that i am driving 700-900 miles a week i see a lot of bad things out there. did you ditch the roof rack? or is it just not on?

Tue Feb 17, 2004 10:34 am

in storage for the winter salt etc...and I am refinishing it because the original finish on it was C>R>A>P!

heh, you guys dont know the half of what has happened to ME because of this accident...

http://forums.newbeetle.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=35624

warning, long story....

I am just glad to still be here. able to enjoy my bug.

Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:36 am

wow that is wild! i got in an accident in 96 and i had a clot in my leg that they had to give me a blood thinner also! so all is good now, right?

Fri Feb 20, 2004 6:21 am

I will be on the blood thinners for at least the next year,

as of right now the big vein in my leg has a cork (read: clot) in it that goes from my knee to my hip. mother nature has to run its course (will bore a hole thru the clot) in that time and hopefully i will get about 50-60% of my blood flow back through that vein. in the meantime, the little veins along the surface of my leg are expanding to take up the slack from the big one.

and after I get off the blood thinners in a year, my lawyer and I will be going after the taxi company for reimbursement of the almost $50,000 in medical bills, plus a month and a half of lost wages, plus a little pain N suffering on top of all of that....

for now, all is good, I am back to work, I can drive my bug, and I am living my life like every day is a blessing. because for me, it is.

Aaron

Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:49 pm

Eeyore wrote:

"Growler" my new TDI.

:roll:

Mon Mar 01, 2004 8:54 pm

:roll:

Sat Mar 06, 2004 2:52 am

The new wheels look great on the car!
Very "VW" if you know what I mean.
Excellent.
I'm glad you're doing well, too.

Sat Apr 17, 2004 2:38 pm

Very similar to what happened with me in my 72 super beetle... only my 72 super seemed to protect me quite a bit more than you! almost 2 years later i still have a "clot" in my leg... guess it's a calcium deposit now, that will probably be there in some form forever... DOn't think I had anywhere near $50k in doctors bills... maybe 10 or 15k

glad you're ok! My beetle stil plans to be on the road again someday :-D she's tucked away nicely in the garage waiting to have some work done to her.

Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:23 am

dont get me wrong, at the time of the accident, I was protected very well.
the clot turned up as a complication a month & a half later, which put me in the hospital for a week.