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Fought a telephone pole and lost

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Old 01-22-2010, 01:46 PM
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Glad to hear yall are alright! Ditto on the air bags? I hope insurance takes care of you...
Old 01-22-2010, 02:06 PM
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Wow. Sorry to hear about the accident. Hate to see a Jeep like that.
Glad to know that the two of you are alright. I'm surprised the tin under the plastic bumper cover held up the way it did.
How fast were you going?
Old 01-22-2010, 02:58 PM
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OMG!!! I can't believe how good the jeep looks it really looks like it absorbed it well.

Answer some questions, how fast, airbags deploy, any pics of the pole, details man details!

Glad everyone was ok!

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Old 01-22-2010, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by larochelle
got a little distracted by the girlfriend and the ice on the road didnt help..

p.s. - seat belts save lives and keep GF's in there seats....
This is why bundling boards were used in the old days.

Glad to not hear of any other damage.
Old 01-22-2010, 03:59 PM
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glad to hear you all are ok..parts can be replaced...you cant...
Old 01-22-2010, 09:57 PM
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Yep we were both ok.. although she did get a nasty bump on the head.

Not too sure about how fast we we going maybe 30-40 and no the air bags did not deploy.. ??

Luckily we were able to get pulled off the pole after snaping it in two.. didnt wait around for the cops to show up ... I was aso mad I couldnt back off the dang thing, and just got my new Mudd Grapplers 2 days before
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oh ya... already gettin ideas for a new homemade bumper... 8 inch square steel tube !!
Old 01-22-2010, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by larochelle
....she did get a nasty bump on the head.
Those steering wheels are pretty tough

just kidding! i'm glad you both are alright and the Jeep did it's job at keeping you both safe. Parts can be replaced. Keep us updated on what happens with it. In this case be happy the air bags didn't deploy because that makes it alot more complicated as repairing goes.
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updated pics of the rebuild
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Old 03-06-2010, 01:14 PM
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got me a 5X3 square tube that is 1/4 inch thick.
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