"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:34a91pF48jctdU1@individual.net...

So last August my beloved and much modified sport sedan (Integra) was
totalled by a careless driver who cooked his brakes coming down the

canyon.

This last tues we had an all day sleet-athon, which turned into fluffy
powder later in the day. So we got that most excellent condition of the
fluffy white over the icy black. On my way home I found myself at an

angle

quite different than that of the roadbed, and indeed crossed upon the
sidewalk...into a yard and found a tree. Well, I didn't find the tree,
the
grille of my car found that. I found the steering wheel and the

windscreen.

It was a slow speed impact so the airbags didn't deploy, but I managed to
put my bottom teeth through my lower lip entirely, place a 3 inch gash on
the right side of my chin and have to get the whole of my tissues on the
inside of my chin/lower jaw stitched back on. 48 stitches for those who

like

such stats.

Right now I've the fattest lip ever seen (still, on Sat!) and just now am

I

able to eat foods such as cream of wheat.

So that makes for 2 totalled cars in less than 5 months, with over
300,000
trouble free miles of driving experience beforehand.

The physical pain I can stand, what's so tough about this is that I
*hate*
car shopping and it *has* to be a Volvo. And I hate car shopping. I went

and

drooled over the V50 T5AWD (hell of a car!)...at least with a more modern
car they won't total the vehicle from a spreadsheet as much.

I hate this.

I loved my old car, moved on...got to love the new car...but now I don't
have a friend in the repo business to do my searching for me anymore.

This should all go away, My lip should stop throbbing, me head should
stop
pounding and my wonderful 850 should go back to
mint............................................

sorry to hear all that Franz but glad your still in 1 piece (+ or -). I
know
what you know about swede bricks. I got my 2nd brick after a 4wd used my
1st
for bull bar target practice. One thing i can testify from that experience
is that these cars crumple well, as they are supposed to (in absorbing
impact energy). But, i'd rather keep this no.2 one uncrumpled coz it's now
tricked up just fine (mainly handling wise) and running nice

it's funny coz i always viewed the volvo option dimly until i owned 1.
Hope
you get another goodie to enjoy the next 300,000(+) trouble free miles in
comfort and safety. The older volvos are getting thinner on the ground but
i
still see good deals over here with low k's (and probably in good nick).
Might be worth keeping an eye on alt.autos.volvo (fwiw)

take care

Franz Bestuchev wrote...

So last August my beloved and much modified sport sedan
(Integra) was totalled by a careless driver who cooked his
brakes coming down the canyon. This last tues we had an all
day sleet-athon, which turned into fluffy powder later in
the day. So we got that most excellent condition of the
fluffy white over the icy black. On my way home I found
myself at an angle quite different than that of the
roadbed, and indeed crossed upon the sidewalk...into a yard
and found a tree. Well, I didn't find the tree, the grille
of my car found that. I found the steering wheel and the
windscreen.

It was a slow speed impact so the airbags didn't deploy,
but I managed to put my bottom teeth through my lower lip
entirely, place a 3 inch gash on the right side of my chin
and have to get the whole of my tissues on the inside of my
chin/lower jaw stitched back on. 48 stitches for those who
like such stats.

Right now I've the fattest lip ever seen (still, on Sat!)
and just now am I able to eat foods such as cream of wheat.

So that makes for 2 totalled cars in less than 5 months,
with over 300,000 trouble free miles of driving experience
beforehand.

The physical pain I can stand, what's so tough about this
is that I *hate* car shopping and it *has* to be a Volvo.
And I hate car shopping. I went and drooled over the V50
T5AWD (hell of a car!)...at least with a more modern car
they won't total the vehicle from a spreadsheet as much.

I hate this.

I loved my old car, moved on...got to love the new
car...but now I don't have a friend in the repo business to
do my searching for me anymore.

This should all go away, My lip should stop throbbing, me
head should stop pounding and my wonderful 850 should go
back to mint............................................

ouch! sorry you're in so much pain.

it sounds like the airbags should have deployed. i'd look info
it. if the crash was bad enough to cause injury and total the
car (no matter the bluebook), you should have been protected.
can the insurance company check that out? especially if you
had medical coverage, the reulting suit could save them money.

-lisa

Franz Bestuchev wrote:

The physical pain I can stand, what's so tough about this is that I
*hate* car shopping and it *has* to be a Volvo. And I hate car shopping.
I went and drooled over the V50 T5AWD (hell of a car!)...at least with a
more modern car they won't total the vehicle from a spreadsheet as much.

even a volvo won't be able to withstand a collision with something much
bigger and heavier, for example a Ford F-150. the new F-150 got great
crash test results, and it is *much* bigger and heavier than any volvo.

I hate this.

I loved my old car, moved on...got to love the new car...but now I don't
have a friend in the repo business to do my searching for me anymore.

This should all go away, My lip should stop throbbing, me head should
stop pounding and my wonderful 850 should go back to
mint............................................

again, if a full-size truck crashes into your "wonderful" volvo 850, there
won't be much left of your car (or you).

another issue is why any man would want to drive an acura integra or a
volvo (or a saab, subaru, or volkswagen). i certainly wouldn't want to,
because of the image that driving such a car projects.

So sorry Franz -- tough break. Hope you find grear car and lips heal
quickly!

Rosena


Franz Bestuchev wrote:

So last August my beloved and much modified sport sedan (Integra) was

totalled by a careless driver who cooked his brakes coming down the

canyon.

This last tues we had an all day sleet-athon, which turned into

fluffy

powder later in the day. So we got that most excellent condition of

the

fluffy white over the icy black. On my way home I found myself at an

angle

quite different than that of the roadbed, and indeed crossed upon the

sidewalk...into a yard and found a tree. Well, I didn't find the

tree, the

grille of my car found that. I found the steering wheel and the

windscreen.

It was a slow speed impact so the airbags didn't deploy, but I

managed to

put my bottom teeth through my lower lip entirely, place a 3 inch

gash on

the right side of my chin and have to get the whole of my tissues on

the

inside of my chin/lower jaw stitched back on. 48 stitches for those

who like

such stats.

Right now I've the fattest lip ever seen (still, on Sat!) and just

now am I

able to eat foods such as cream of wheat.

So that makes for 2 totalled cars in less than 5 months, with over

300,000

trouble free miles of driving experience beforehand.

The physical pain I can stand, what's so tough about this is that I

*hate*

car shopping and it *has* to be a Volvo. And I hate car shopping. I

went and

drooled over the V50 T5AWD (hell of a car!)...at least with a more

modern

car they won't total the vehicle from a spreadsheet as much.

I hate this.

I loved my old car, moved on...got to love the new car...but now I

don't

have a friend in the repo business to do my searching for me anymore.

This should all go away, My lip should stop throbbing, me head should

stop

pounding and my wonderful 850 should go back to
mint............................................

so sorry, franz. :-(

((((((franz))))))

~u2b


"Franz Bestuchev" <franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:34a91pF48jctdU1@individual.net...

So last August my beloved and much modified sport sedan (Integra) was
totalled by a careless driver who cooked his brakes coming down the
canyon. This last tues we had an all day sleet-athon, which turned into
fluffy powder later in the day. So we got that most excellent condition
of the fluffy white over the icy black. On my way home I found myself at
an angle quite different than that of the roadbed, and indeed crossed
upon the sidewalk...into a yard and found a tree. Well, I didn't find the
tree, the grille of my car found that. I found the steering wheel and the
windscreen.

It was a slow speed impact so the airbags didn't deploy, but I managed to
put my bottom teeth through my lower lip entirely, place a 3 inch gash on
the right side of my chin and have to get the whole of my tissues on the
inside of my chin/lower jaw stitched back on. 48 stitches for those who
like such stats.

Right now I've the fattest lip ever seen (still, on Sat!) and just now am
I able to eat foods such as cream of wheat.

So that makes for 2 totalled cars in less than 5 months, with over
300,000 trouble free miles of driving experience beforehand.

The physical pain I can stand, what's so tough about this is that I
*hate* car shopping and it *has* to be a Volvo. And I hate car shopping.
I went and drooled over the V50 T5AWD (hell of a car!)...at least with a
more modern car they won't total the vehicle from a spreadsheet as much.

I hate this.

I loved my old car, moved on...got to love the new car...but now I don't
have a friend in the repo business to do my searching for me anymore.

This should all go away, My lip should stop throbbing, me head should
stop pounding and my wonderful 850 should go back to
mint............................................