how many times have you wrecked a car

[squatting dog]

I was a bit of a reckless rebel in my youth, and I suppose I could be the poster boy for God loves a fool, because I'm still here.:shame: Over the years, I have destroyed 4 cars. I ashamed to say that most were my own fault. 1st, I wrecked a brand new Roadrunner in less than 27 hours of ownership. 2nd was my brothers 66 Dodge Charger (was run off road and rolled it) 3rd was my 1957 T-Bird that I had put a 69 351 Cleveland engine and a C6 trans. Ironically, I wrecked it not more than 200 feet from the Charger accident site. 4th and probably the most horrific was the 1957 Chevy I rolled and skid across the highway, taking out a ladies porch and winding up bent around a huge oak tree. In that crash, 3 of us were able to walk away. (although they had to hacksaw the steering wheel to free my hand before I could walk away.
Fortunately, I was able to learn from these and in the future, confined my racing to dirt tracks and drag strips.
Before and after.

 

[Falcon]

Never "wrecked" a car, but put a few dents and scratches in them.

Why mar such a beautiful machine just to satisfy your juvenile tendencies?!

 

[HiDesertHal]

I've been legally driving for 65 years and have been involved in one minor traffic accident...a fender-bender at an intersection. After repairs, I had the car re-painted a new color. It was a 1952 Oldsmobile 88.

HDH

 

[squatting dog]

Never "wrecked" a car, but put a few dents and scratches in them.

Why mar such a beautiful machine just to satisfy your juvenile tendencies?!

I guess some of us were slow learners. I'm happy to say that since the chevy accident in 1974, I have not even had a fender bender.

 

[hauntedtexan]

In the small pass on hwy 18 between Apple Valley and Victorville, some "mowron" decided to U-turn in the fast lane over a blind hill instead of proceeding to an intersection close by. I slammed on the brakes and missed them by inches, but the driver behind me did not react as quickly, hit me and pushed me the rest of the way into the u-turning "mowron". Thank God there were witnesses so I did not get any blame for the rear-ender. Only accident in my life and it was in my company car......

 

[HipGnosis]

I drive more than most and have never been in an accident where a tow truck or ambulance was called. And only a couple fender-benders.
Even when a deer hit me a couple years ago that caused $6,000 of damage, I drove home and then to the body shop the next day.
I was in a situation where a tow-truck was called. I was taking a drive in the country with a lady friend. We came to an area with some snow drifts. She wanted to turn around, but I said "I know how to drive in snow". What I didn't know is that she didn't have good tires on the car. I had her call for the tow, and not mention me. The look on the drivers face when he saw me told us he wouldn't have come if I had called, at least not as quickly. He only had to pull the car back 5-10 feet, so he didn't charge 'us'. I gave him a $20 tip, for not asking who was driving...
I have blown up a few motors. Two cars and a motorcycle. All many years ago.

 

[Robusta]

The only wreck story I have,is when A couple of deer came bounding into our brandy new, special ordered waited 3 months for delivery off the truck about 3 weeks after we got it Toyota.
So we sent it off to the Toyota body shop. Week or so they got it done and we picked it up. We were on our way home,the paint still smelled,and we were sitting in a line of traffic at a stop light. White van with a trailer hitch just in front of us. Just sitting there in our brandy new wet paint smelling freshly repaired car. Then the vans reverse lights came on.

 

[Don M.]

Luckily, I've only had one accident....many years ago, at night, I hit a big dog running across the road, which caved in the front bumper, and damaged the radiator. I've probably driven the better part of a million miles in almost 60 years, so I consider myself lucky...I just hope I'm not "jinxing" myself by saying this. I try to drive defensively, and am constantly looking at the traffic around me, in case someone makes a bad move. Where we live, the biggest problem is a deer suddenly darting out of the woods...so I use extra caution. especially at night. The biggest problem I see, on the highways, and in the cities, is trying to dodge the fools who are engrossed with their cell phones while driving....they are worse than running a gauntlet of drunks on a weekend night.