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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      I had a 1991 Buick Regal go up in flames on the highway. Just caught fire and up it went.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller said:

        You totaled all of those?!?

        Sadly, yes.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          How did you destroy that many vehicles?

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said:

            How did you destroy that many vehicles?

            @JaredBusch said:

            1971 Pontiac Lemans - My first Car (totaled prior to getting my license)

            My dad rear ended another person on the way to work. His car was in for something, so he took my car. The brakes were shot, and something I was saving money to replace.

            1970 Dodge Coronet 440 - My Second Car

            An old lady in a ford escort hit my doing 55mph. I was stopped in traffic waiting for the car in front of me to turn.

            196X Dodge work truck

            dropped from reverse to drive too hard and the frame broke in 2 pieces

            1985 Dodge K Car - Pushed into a guardrail, superficial damage, but it fried the computer.

            got forced off the road into a guardrail by another driver. just grazed the guardrail, but the computer in that series car is in the passenger side foot well. when I bumped the railed and it pushed in the fender, it fried the computer.

            1981 Ford Mustang - Upside down in a ditch

            oil rock country road in Illinois. oncoming car did not give me enough clearance so I was off in the grass a bit. when i came back up on the road, the tie-rod snapped and the tire cocked sideways forcing me across the road., the nose caught the dirt and the rear of the car came straight up and over. I was hanging by my seatbelt upside down in a ditch.

            1981 Ford Capri (owned 2 weeks) - Telephone pole dropped on it (while I was sleeping).

            I was in bed sleeping. A drunk ran into a telephone pole that then landed on my car.

            199X Ford Ranger - Deer

            2 Deer. I hit one causing minor damage. My dad was taking it to the body shop a few weeks later and one jumped across the road in time for him to hit it full on.

            199X Ford E150 Van - Blown motor

            As noted, blown motor.

            2005 Honda Civic

            stop and go traffic, I was aggressively trying to change lanes to take an exit to get out of traffic. I was watching the mirror for an opening more than the lane in front of me.

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            • C
              Carnival Boy
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              2002 Nissan Primera

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                hubtechagain
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                jared, I thought your wife was Asian...not you? (racist driving joke)

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre
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                  My current car is a 2001 Nissan Altima with 239k miles on it. Gotta get the power steering looked at, but otherwise, it runs like a champ!

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                    hubtechagain
                    last edited by hubtechagain

                    truck front.jpeg

                    "murdered out" the chrome grill, front/rear bumpers, and step sides.

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                      Marc92 @JaredBusch
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                      @JaredBusch said:

                      @JaredBusch said:

                      Totaled it a week before Thanksgiving 2013.

                      This got me thinking that I have lost track of the vehicles I have totaled.

                      I think this is the right order:
                      1971 Pontiac Lemans - My first Car (totaled prior to getting my license)
                      1970 Dodge Coronet 440 - My Second Car
                      196X Dodge work truck
                      1985 Dodge K Car - Pushed into a guardrail, superficial damage, but it fried the computer.
                      1981 Ford Mustang - Upside down in a ditch
                      1981 Ford Capri (owned 2 weeks) - Telephone pole dropped on it (while I was sleeping).
                      199X Ford Ranger - Deer
                      199X Ford E150 Van - Blown motor
                      2005 Honda Civic

                      I think I am missing one, but i cannot recall it at the moment..

                      Good lord, someone tackle me if they see me getting in a car with Jared, I don't want to die just yet.

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates @hubtechagain
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                        @hubtechagain said:

                        truck front.jpeg

                        "murdered out" the chrome grill, front/rear bumpers, and step sides.

                        Didn't do the whole grill but the blacked out logo looked cool. Sadly I had to take the plasti dip off since it started to chip from rocks.

                        FB_IMG_1440169313925.jpg

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                        • s.hacklemanS
                          s.hackleman
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                          1997 Jeep Wrangler with 173,000 miles... my Daily Driver
                          2008 Honda Civic for the Wife
                          1972 Chevy El Camino Getting ready for a restore after a tornado ate it

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403 @stacksofplates
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                            @johnhooks 08 Scion XB with a little over 90K

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch @Marc92
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                              @Marc92 said:

                              Good lord, someone tackle me if they see me getting in a car with Jared, I don't want to die just yet.

                              No one in my car has ever been hospitalized yet.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                                @JaredBusch said:

                                No one in my car has ever been hospitalized yet.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                                  last edited by

                                  @JaredBusch said:

                                  No one in my car has ever been hospitalized yet.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by JaredBusch

                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    No one in my car has ever been hospitalized yet.

                                    The only hospitaliztions have been other drivers that hit my car. The one time I hit someone (last accident in my civic), there were no injuries.

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                                    • dafyreD
                                      dafyre
                                      last edited by

                                      I have been relatively lucky ,myself. I was in 7 accidents between the time I was 16 and 20. Nobody ever needed so much as a doctor's visit... I think I had a target painted on my back for those years.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @dafyre
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                                        @dafyre said:

                                        I have been relatively lucky ,myself. I was in 7 accidents between the time I was 16 and 20. Nobody ever needed so much as a doctor's visit... I think I had a target painted on my back for those years.

                                        That is not a count of accidents. That is a count of totaled vehicles. Those numbers are not equal.

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                                        • dafyreD
                                          dafyre @JaredBusch
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                                          @JaredBusch Wow... Only totalled one, lol.

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                                          • SlavaS
                                            Slava
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                                            2012 Nissan Frontier SV. 4dr.

                                            Like Scott with Mazda, I am with Nissan this is my 5th Nissan purchase in a row.

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