TC535i
04-29-2009, 08:15 AM
Hadn't driven the stang since January, decided to upgrade the s/c (intercooler, up the boost, injectors, pump, bypass, tune, etc) over tax season since I'd just be working all day anyhow... Pull her apart in January, start some of the work myself, then had it towed to RET to wrap everything up.
Finally get out there on Friday and after some issues finding the right sized belt, they get me out and back on the road :rollin: Go grab some dinner with a buddy, and head back to West LA... then the unthinkable happens.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture012.jpg
I'm headed back to my house on the 10 and right around the La Brea exit something happens. Since the accident resulted in a concussion/amnesia, I really can't remember how it all went down... all I remember is suddenly I'm backwards facing traffic, heading backward down the 10 sliding across lanes, and slam into the median. :red: Dunno if I got jacked PIT-maneuver style, lost a wheel (rear right was apparantly unrecovered from the scene), diff locked, etc etc... who knows. All I remember is going sideways suddenly across 4 lanes of freeway traffic and pounding the pass side into the median... next thing I know I'm in a hospital bed with a neck brace and all my clothes have been carefully sliced in half and piled next to my bed.
Either way, I spent the remainder of the weekend in Cedars Sinai intensive care unit, then to spinal trauma. Final count according to docs is
* chipped/fractured C1 vertibrae (the important one up top by your head that lets you breathe and stuff)
* bruised/some internal bleeding on spleen
* 3 cracked ribs and 10% air pocket in right lung
those are the 3 issues I'll have to watch for the next 2 wks-2 months
on top of that, some facial injuries, a nice bruise on my back, "open book" pelvis which will go back once internal bleeding/swelling on intestines lessens, and the concussion/amnesia. Luckily no nervous system damage, still have 100% movement/feeling in ALL my appendages. I'm gonna tell everybody I fucked some MMA fighter's girlfriend by accident and got my ass beat or something, it's a much better story I think :afro:
anyways, here's the rest of the pics... they were taken in the tow yard that had my car sardined in with the rest of em, so no way to get a good picture of the damaged side since it was so close to the next car (a van that'd rolled, fatalities) Towing it to my buddy's farm to part out, hopefully they can get better pictures of the damage.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture015.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture017.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture035.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture039.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture028.jpg
I'm recovering, it's really a miracle that I'm doing as well as I am... but I'm absolutely devistated, and after all the extra work I hadn't fully insured it yet (still liability-only), so I'm shit-outta-luck to the tune of prolly $15k on this thing
Oh well, at least I still have my good looks to get me through!
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/thuglyfe.jpg
Finally get out there on Friday and after some issues finding the right sized belt, they get me out and back on the road :rollin: Go grab some dinner with a buddy, and head back to West LA... then the unthinkable happens.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture012.jpg
I'm headed back to my house on the 10 and right around the La Brea exit something happens. Since the accident resulted in a concussion/amnesia, I really can't remember how it all went down... all I remember is suddenly I'm backwards facing traffic, heading backward down the 10 sliding across lanes, and slam into the median. :red: Dunno if I got jacked PIT-maneuver style, lost a wheel (rear right was apparantly unrecovered from the scene), diff locked, etc etc... who knows. All I remember is going sideways suddenly across 4 lanes of freeway traffic and pounding the pass side into the median... next thing I know I'm in a hospital bed with a neck brace and all my clothes have been carefully sliced in half and piled next to my bed.
Either way, I spent the remainder of the weekend in Cedars Sinai intensive care unit, then to spinal trauma. Final count according to docs is
* chipped/fractured C1 vertibrae (the important one up top by your head that lets you breathe and stuff)
* bruised/some internal bleeding on spleen
* 3 cracked ribs and 10% air pocket in right lung
those are the 3 issues I'll have to watch for the next 2 wks-2 months
on top of that, some facial injuries, a nice bruise on my back, "open book" pelvis which will go back once internal bleeding/swelling on intestines lessens, and the concussion/amnesia. Luckily no nervous system damage, still have 100% movement/feeling in ALL my appendages. I'm gonna tell everybody I fucked some MMA fighter's girlfriend by accident and got my ass beat or something, it's a much better story I think :afro:
anyways, here's the rest of the pics... they were taken in the tow yard that had my car sardined in with the rest of em, so no way to get a good picture of the damaged side since it was so close to the next car (a van that'd rolled, fatalities) Towing it to my buddy's farm to part out, hopefully they can get better pictures of the damage.
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture015.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture017.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture035.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture039.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/Picture028.jpg
I'm recovering, it's really a miracle that I'm doing as well as I am... but I'm absolutely devistated, and after all the extra work I hadn't fully insured it yet (still liability-only), so I'm shit-outta-luck to the tune of prolly $15k on this thing
Oh well, at least I still have my good looks to get me through!
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/tc535i/mustang%20wreck/thuglyfe.jpg