Death of a Volvo

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Death of a Volvo

Reply #15 – February 08, 2012, 12:57:48 PM

Quote from: Chuck W;380099

Most likely going to be fully their fault. I had a green and they decided to turn across traffic, even though they couldn't see what was coming.
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I tried same back in the mid 70s, needless to say it was my fault... Totaled a '69 Dodge company van(he he wasn't mine).. Big ole Chevy Kingswood s/w caught it at the RR wheel, which spun it end for end and it tipped over on it's side... Was still running, I turned off the ign switch to kill it...

Sux about the 'lvo, glad everyone was OK...

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Reply #16 – February 08, 2012, 04:38:22 PM

From a distance until we zoomed in, I thought it had a ferarri dancing horse on the front lol

bummer about the car though

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Reply #17 – February 08, 2012, 05:05:38 PM

Quote from: blain_gatterdam;380174

From a distance until we zoomed in, I thought it had a ferarri dancing horse on the front lol

bummer about the car though

I thought the same thing. Glad everyone is OK

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Reply #18 – February 08, 2012, 08:40:44 PM

Quote from: blain_gatterdam;380174

From a distance until we zoomed in, I thought it had a ferarri dancing horse on the front lol

Nope, "Prancing Moose"

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Reply #19 – February 08, 2012, 09:02:25 PM

Glad everyone is ok, that Volvo must be a pretty solid car. You plan on keeping it or junking it?

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Reply #20 – February 09, 2012, 03:37:17 AM

Ouch. Glad you and they came out unhurt, Chuck.

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Reply #21 – February 09, 2012, 10:44:49 AM

Well at least you took one more pos Taurtoise off the road;) (former owner lol)

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Reply #22 – February 09, 2012, 01:29:53 PM

Quote from: sarjxxx;380228

Well at least you took one more pos Taurtoise off the road;) (former owner lol)

It was even worse than a Taurus...it was an Alero.

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Reply #23 – February 09, 2012, 03:04:13 PM

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It was even worse than a Taurus...it was an Alero.

Definitely worse. I'm putting an engine in ours next week. Hateful little cars.

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Reply #24 – February 09, 2012, 03:10:57 PM

Glad you're ok.

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Reply #25 – February 09, 2012, 09:12:39 PM

Quote from: Chuck W;380240

It was even worse than a Taurus...it was an Alero.

oh wow yep I guess it was... all late 90's sedans look alike

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Reply #26 – February 10, 2012, 12:48:34 AM

Glad you're alright Chuck could of been much worse..

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Reply #27 – February 10, 2012, 11:07:04 AM

Couple more pics of the bent car.

The second one shows that the front of the car is definitely tweaked. There is normally about 1/2" or so between the master cylinder and the strut tower.

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Reply #28 – February 10, 2012, 12:34:27 PM

So are you going to try to throw it on the frame machine or just get what you can out of it and mourn the loss?

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Reply #29 – February 10, 2012, 12:49:52 PM

It'll be stripped. I'll have less effort swapping parts into another one than I would trying to get this one straight again.