I was coming home from work late last night after a stupid moth set the alarm off at 2:00 AM. The car was running great and nobody was on any roads.
I was on a two lane interchange ramp in the outside lane going about 60 MPH. I looked back and saw a pickup with only it's parking lights on coming up on me fast. I pulled over to outside lane as the ramp turned to the left. Well the idiot kept an driving straight and hit my driver's side door and front fender. He must have been going about 80 becuase it pushed my front end around and I found myself staring at a concrete wall. I tried to turn back but I hit the wall going about 40MPH at a 45 degree angle. Both T tops flew out and the air bags deployed. I hit my airbag pretty hard and the passenger side air bag was powerful enough to push the wind shield out form the inside! I blacked out for just a bit and came to when the car stopped.
The guy never stopped, he just kept on driving.
It looked like an old late-70s pickup but I didn't get a chance to see the license plate.
The Highway Patrol showed up and insisted that I fell asleep and hit one wall and then the other. I told them they were just adding insult to injury and asked that they listen and I was able to persuade them that the damage to my car dictated that somebody did hit me and I didn't fall asleep. :banghead: By the end we were all buddies but my gosh, give a guy a break!:willy:
Anyway so here I am with a totaled car and 18 months to wait for a R/L. Any ideas on what I should do? Would my local dealer let me lease or get a loner for cheap until the R/L arrives? Can I get a super cheap 18 month lease? I just want to stay away from losing $$$ with a new car's depriceation. Should I just get a $3,000 SC2 and keep it as a winter beater for when the Sky arrives?
I was on a two lane interchange ramp in the outside lane going about 60 MPH. I looked back and saw a pickup with only it's parking lights on coming up on me fast. I pulled over to outside lane as the ramp turned to the left. Well the idiot kept an driving straight and hit my driver's side door and front fender. He must have been going about 80 becuase it pushed my front end around and I found myself staring at a concrete wall. I tried to turn back but I hit the wall going about 40MPH at a 45 degree angle. Both T tops flew out and the air bags deployed. I hit my airbag pretty hard and the passenger side air bag was powerful enough to push the wind shield out form the inside! I blacked out for just a bit and came to when the car stopped.
The guy never stopped, he just kept on driving.
It looked like an old late-70s pickup but I didn't get a chance to see the license plate. The Highway Patrol showed up and insisted that I fell asleep and hit one wall and then the other. I told them they were just adding insult to injury and asked that they listen and I was able to persuade them that the damage to my car dictated that somebody did hit me and I didn't fall asleep. :banghead: By the end we were all buddies but my gosh, give a guy a break!:willy:
Anyway so here I am with a totaled car and 18 months to wait for a R/L. Any ideas on what I should do? Would my local dealer let me lease or get a loner for cheap until the R/L arrives? Can I get a super cheap 18 month lease? I just want to stay away from losing $$$ with a new car's depriceation. Should I just get a $3,000 SC2 and keep it as a winter beater for when the Sky arrives?
