Broadsided a semi...

[Merzbow]

So I was cutting through the back of this K-Mart. I flew around one of the corners of the building in the back and there was a semi coming out of the loading bay and I broadsided the trailor! I feeeel so stupid. Good thing is that the insurance is going to cover it afer I pay the deductable....I gues that's good news There was about $3200 in damage, as the windshield is shattered, the hood is crumbled inwards, which was good, because the carbon fiber hood was suposed to have been designed with crumple zones. The motor-mounts broke and the whole front end is smashed down. Fortunately I was not going fast enough to bend the frame...and the rims hardly touched so that was good. Not that exciting though, the whole front end is destroyed.This pic was taken right after I hit it. it rolled back a little after I hit. No injuries to me either fortunately.

[BlueCrush]

OH, NO! At least you are ok! Glad to hear the hood did what it was suppose to. Sorry to hear about your baby! You'll have to get some daytime pics for us as well. Good Luck on the repairs.

[Mrizzle05]

NOooooooooo!That sucks man.. hope everything works out.Man... a good hood smashed! Well at least it did what i was designed for.

[Merzbow]

Actually I didn't hit a semi. I just parked the nose underneath the trailor. It almost looks real though doesn't it?!?!? Think of it like a late April fools I got another angle of it, but that one would have given the prank away. I'll post it in a little bit. Thanks for the concern though. Atleast if it did happen I would know I have support from the community I'm not good at pranks so I felt guilty and decided to expose the joke.

[damronjr]

Damnit Paul! That is one of my favorite Vibes, quit messing it up! That really sucks to hear, though I'm glad you're ok and it is fixable!

[Mrizzle05]

DANG.... we got... PUNK'D

[AKLGT]

LOL. you are such a kidder you!

[damronjr]

Quote, originally posted by Merzbow »Actually I didn't hit a semi. I just parked the nose underneath the trailor. It almost looks real though doesn't it?!?!? Think of it like a late April fools I got another angle of it, but that one would have given the prank away. I'll post it in a little bit. Thanks for the concern though. Atleast if it did happen I would know I have support from the community I'm not good at pranks so I felt guilty and decided to expose the joke.You suck, Paul! I take back everything I said!JK

[Merzbow]

(removed)...ill send you a basket of assorted fruits cut into heart shapes to show you my appreciation for your concern That's a pretty convincing pic though isnt it? lol.

[ColonelPanic]

Dude, that's just wrong! Better watch that krazy drivin' you do though, some day you'll have to come here n' write about how such a thing really happened!

[scherry2]

paul,your lucky i can't reach you and ***** slap you. LOLpic looks good it had me fooled crumple zones on a carbon fiber hood? good one!did you ever hear the story about the boy who cried wolf?

[drunkenmaxx]

you freakin' turd!>

[BlueCrush]

Not Funny!

[ArcsVibe]

You're a bad, bad man lol

[GrayFox]

that's wrong, Merz! You're gonna end up with the first convertible vibe if this ever does happen

[NascarXprt]

Quote, originally posted by ANO_Vibe »that's wrong, Merz! You're gonna end up with the first convertible vibe if this ever does happen (removed) you evil little turd you. Very Convincing too!

[djb383]

Grow up.

[NSimkins]

Got me too, LOL. Glad this wasn't real! Be safe!

[northvibe]

if i could swear at you and laugh...i would dude i was going to say that you shouldnt of hit the front end of your car..its so dang low! hahha well merz good prank....but crying wolf can be bad hahhah just wait till BC and damron dont care your car gets totalled

[Merzbow]

(removed)...I'm 6'1" I'm as grown up as I will ever be...probably start growing down frmo here on out j/kSome other people have done pranks too so don't hate just me (removed)

[BlueCrush]

Stop toying with my emotions like that!

[ZubenElGenubi]

I almost felt like giving you a lecture on cutting through parking lots...got me good.Don't ever not wreck your car again!

[djb383]

Dude, no one here hates you, we're all just glad it was a funny, and a good one at that. Some folks get grown (up) early, some just a little later. Again, you got us good.

[northvibe]

yea i laughed the whole time typing my response...to bad (so early) that would be a awesome april fools dude!

[ajflan]

When I first read this, I thought that I now had the coolest Vibe in town. Cruel. Hilarious, but cruel.

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by scherry2 »crumple zones on a carbon fiber hood? good one!LOL! Yes, I'm sure the carbon fiber was designed with crashworthiness in mind... Then was crash tested countless times then re-engineered it to provide the best impact absorption in conjunction with the rest of the car just like the stock metal hood was! hehehe

[joatmon]

I would make some joke about the prank being extra plausible given the identity of the driver, but it might be taken as other than random humor, so I won't even mention it

[Kari]

Quote, originally posted by joatmon »I would make some joke about the prank being extra plausible given the identity of the driver, but it might be taken as other than random humor, so I won't even mention itGood job not mentioning it.

[Sputnik]

I read the first post in this thread and my first thought was "wow he's taking this quite calmly considering how upset he gets over much smaller things happening regarding his Vibe..." so I guess I'm not surprised that it was a prank. Now if he had waited until April 1st it would have been much more obvious that it was a prank... guess this was a Hallwe'en prank?

[Merzbow]

(removed)...yeah you're right, if this really happened I would probably explode with anger even though it would have been my fault lol. If it was totally becasue of someone else I would probably be in jail I would have given a chuckle at that Joat lol.

[ColonelPanic]

Yep, if there wasn't bodily injury which occurred post-crash, the accident never happened. Now, if there was talk of making the other party drink hot antifreeze, peel their skin off and pour gas all over their body, then crack the battery over top of them so they get a nice bath in battery acid, strangling them with a serpentine belt, then wedge them under the trailer wheels and proceed to back up and go forward over the body repeatedly... Then, we know you were in an accident.

[Emerica13]

Quote, originally posted by ColonelPanic »Yep, if there wasn't bodily injury which occurred post-crash, the accident never happened. Now, if there was talk of making the other party drink hot antifreeze, peel their skin off and pour gas all over their body, then crack the battery over top of them so they get a nice bath in battery acid, strangling them with a serpentine belt, then wedge them under the trailer wheels and proceed to back up and go forward over the body repeatedly... Then, we know you were in an accident. sounds like youve thought a lot about that..i hope i never get in to a wreck with you

[ColonelPanic]

Quote, originally posted by Emerica13 »sounds like youve thought a lot about that..i hope i never get in to a wreck with you Na, that's not me... If anything ever happens to my car, as much as I love it, I would be more like "cool, now thanks to the gap insurance I can finally get out from underneath the last three cars I've owned! Now I can start fresh and buy something new!" hehehe!Actually, I had this one post from Merzbow in mind where he was talking all kinds of crazy stuff, I think it involved a gas pump and strangling somebody with the hose among other things. lol!

[Merzbow]

(removed)...yeah sounds like me. I dunno if I would follow through with any of that but it would definately be running through my head

[MRCN RCE]

haha good thing i read all the posts before i reply. sounds like some pranks i've donegood one merz