$100 - out of MAJOR ditch in Holly Springs

Necessary ASAP, airbags deployed and all... Explorer runs fine but is stuck see-sawing on a mound.

TWW Emergency!

2/27/2009 3:33:51 AM

hahahahaha

2/27/2009 4:10:36 AM

^^ Pics or it didn't happen.

2/27/2009 8:11:35 AM

lawlz

2/27/2009 8:41:54 AM

Jeepman or optmusprimer

2/27/2009 8:51:40 AM

Got it early this morning...

I did not even think of taking pics... Crazy events

2/27/2009 9:24:57 AM

damn mounds and ditches, fuckers will just pull right out in front of you every night after 2am...

2/27/2009 10:12:35 AM

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"HollyS"

but yeah, that sucks.

2/27/2009 10:40:14 AM

pics plz so we can laugh at you.

2/27/2009 11:21:44 AM

hope the OP wasnt drinking and driving

2/27/2009 1:10:55 PM

Here are your pics, kinda anti-climatic if you ask me:








Don't be like me kids

2/27/2009 3:24:41 PM

out of curiosity, WTF did you do?

2/27/2009 3:55:39 PM

airbags went off for that?

2/27/2009 4:00:50 PM

^^Basically hit a ditch head on and got stuck on the other side of it.


^That is the sucky part... the airbags were really unnecessary and left me with a bloody lip. I can get the windshield replaced for free and I patched up the front end (it was basically a light socket that got messed up - looks okay now), but the airbags are another issue. Definitely not paying to replace them, I already cut them out and just need to secure the areas they came out of. I read that NC inspections do not check whether or not the airbag light is on...

But still, now I kind of have a reason for a new car.

2/27/2009 4:23:15 PM

looks like your alignment is fucked, you got something bent in the front end

2/27/2009 5:36:24 PM

ibts

cross posting

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2/27/2009 6:39:02 PM

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"looks like your alignment is fucked, you got something bent in the front end"

The piece hanging by a bungie cord that is all mangled is just a piece of plastic that I ended up ripping off. The alignment seems ok, it drives fine.

2/27/2009 8:21:52 PM

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"Definitely not paying to replace them, I already cut them out "

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/pts/1052604930.html

should have called these guys instead

2/28/2009 12:46:11 AM

Gonna have a bit of an issue selling your car to get a new one if the airbags don't exist/work.

2/28/2009 9:27:49 AM

I am probably gonna keep it and just drive the hell out of it until it dies. Assuming that it can pass inspection without airbags. It is already paid off and everything. If it ends up giving me probs I may just keep it as an extra "work" car to haul stuff short distances and get a new/used sporty car for regular driving.

2/28/2009 12:50:41 PM

you wanna sell it?

2/28/2009 2:15:16 PM

What caused the glass to crack?

2/28/2009 3:03:42 PM

I would say it is due to the airbags deploying... the frame may have condensed slightly to cause it.. I dunno. It is free to replace though thanks to my insurance policy.

2/28/2009 3:40:26 PM

^^^ Probably not even worth selling.. Just will be nice to keep around as an extra vehicle

2/28/2009 3:44:59 PM

5.0 or 4.0

2/28/2009 6:31:24 PM

4.0 SOHC

2/28/2009 7:11:09 PM

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"What caused the glass to crack?"

when i've seen an airbag deploy, the bag runs along the windshield while it's inflating with nitrogen gas. the force of deployment cracks the glass.

i've seen deployments where the glass was fine, but i've seen them break too. depends on the car and the circumstances i suppose.

2/28/2009 9:16:53 PM

There isn't even a dent... airbags suck...






in circumstances like this.

2/28/2009 10:18:40 PM

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"There isn't even a dent... airbags suck... "

Whenever you have deceleration that fast you are gonna see them.

2/28/2009 11:32:04 PM

if the car goes over a big pothole, the airbags will deploy. there have been lots of instances of that happening. try a new york pothole, will do the same thing.

2/28/2009 11:36:23 PM

and you want to buy a Viper?

3/1/2009 3:00:17 PM