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Some of you may remember me. It's been awhile 
. I started posting back when I bought my first car, a 2002 Beetle GLS. Her name was Blue after my favourite (and local) football team, Winnipeg Blue Bombers. I've been inactive for awhile since I went back to school. Working full time and going to school full time as well as many other commitments has kept me pretty busy!
On December 28, 2012, Blue went to the big junkyard in the sky. I was out doing some shopping, running around, doing errands. All of a sudden there was this big BANG out of nowhere and my air bags went off. But there was nothing in front of me! For a second I almost though I had either hit a pedestrian somehow (which scared the bejebies out of me) or the airbags just spontaneously exploded.
It took me a minute or so to realise I had T-boned a white Dodge Journey and made it do a 180 and come to a stop at the corner as if it was trying to cross the road/turn.
I didn't have a stop sign at the intersection I was at and the other driver did. I was looking to my right as I thought the parking lot entrance to my next stop may have been coming up shortly and I didn't want to miss it. The car I hit, according to the witnesses, did not stop at his stop sign at all. He came from the left and since I was looking to the right I didn't see him. The insurance company determined he was 100% at fault, which is good. I get to keep my safe driver status and I didn't have to pay a deductible or anything.
There's good news, bad news and good news to my story.
First good news, as I mentioned in my thread title, Blue kept me safe. I was going about 40-50km/h (25-30mph)and didn't hit the brakes at all when I hit the other car, since I didn't see him. My ONLY injury is a fractured arm. You would think that a crash like that I'd be hurt worse. Blue definitely did her job well. No aches, no pains, no injuries from the air bags or anything. Just the arm. There's about a 20% chance I'll need surgery, as there's a small chip out of the end of my bone, but the doctor is 80% sure it won't be a problem. I'll know on February 19 when the cast comes off and I have x-rays again. If I need surgery, it will just be minor under local anesthetic with a small incision and they'll just suck out the chip with a little vacuum.
Now for the bad news. My beloved Blue was written off. Both her airbags deployed and she sustained significant front end damage. My poor girl was leaking fluids all over the road. WARNING: DO NOT LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW IF IT HURTS YOU TO SEE A DAMAGED BUG!!!
And to end on a high note. I am still a Beetle owner! On January 14, 2013 I became the proud owner of a 2012 Turbo Beetle! He's candy white, and fully loaded. He came to me slightly used, he had 2200 km on him (1360 miles). He was apparently used by a VW exec just to test out for a bit, then came to me. But I paid a lot less for him than I would have if he were brand spanking new.
I'll probably be back now, at least for a bit while I figure out all the tricks to my new car. A big "Hello again!" to all those who remember me (and I'm sorry for dissapearing). And nice to 'meet' all of you who who are new. I'll be posting photos of my new bug soon. It's been too cold to take photos!!!
. I started posting back when I bought my first car, a 2002 Beetle GLS. Her name was Blue after my favourite (and local) football team, Winnipeg Blue Bombers. I've been inactive for awhile since I went back to school. Working full time and going to school full time as well as many other commitments has kept me pretty busy!On December 28, 2012, Blue went to the big junkyard in the sky. I was out doing some shopping, running around, doing errands. All of a sudden there was this big BANG out of nowhere and my air bags went off. But there was nothing in front of me! For a second I almost though I had either hit a pedestrian somehow (which scared the bejebies out of me) or the airbags just spontaneously exploded.
It took me a minute or so to realise I had T-boned a white Dodge Journey and made it do a 180 and come to a stop at the corner as if it was trying to cross the road/turn.
I didn't have a stop sign at the intersection I was at and the other driver did. I was looking to my right as I thought the parking lot entrance to my next stop may have been coming up shortly and I didn't want to miss it. The car I hit, according to the witnesses, did not stop at his stop sign at all. He came from the left and since I was looking to the right I didn't see him. The insurance company determined he was 100% at fault, which is good. I get to keep my safe driver status and I didn't have to pay a deductible or anything.
There's good news, bad news and good news to my story.
First good news, as I mentioned in my thread title, Blue kept me safe. I was going about 40-50km/h (25-30mph)and didn't hit the brakes at all when I hit the other car, since I didn't see him. My ONLY injury is a fractured arm. You would think that a crash like that I'd be hurt worse. Blue definitely did her job well. No aches, no pains, no injuries from the air bags or anything. Just the arm. There's about a 20% chance I'll need surgery, as there's a small chip out of the end of my bone, but the doctor is 80% sure it won't be a problem. I'll know on February 19 when the cast comes off and I have x-rays again. If I need surgery, it will just be minor under local anesthetic with a small incision and they'll just suck out the chip with a little vacuum.
Now for the bad news. My beloved Blue was written off. Both her airbags deployed and she sustained significant front end damage. My poor girl was leaking fluids all over the road. WARNING: DO NOT LOOK AT THE PHOTOS BELOW IF IT HURTS YOU TO SEE A DAMAGED BUG!!!
And to end on a high note. I am still a Beetle owner! On January 14, 2013 I became the proud owner of a 2012 Turbo Beetle! He's candy white, and fully loaded. He came to me slightly used, he had 2200 km on him (1360 miles). He was apparently used by a VW exec just to test out for a bit, then came to me. But I paid a lot less for him than I would have if he were brand spanking new.
I'll probably be back now, at least for a bit while I figure out all the tricks to my new car. A big "Hello again!" to all those who remember me (and I'm sorry for dissapearing). And nice to 'meet' all of you who who are new. I'll be posting photos of my new bug soon. It's been too cold to take photos!!!
