hey guys,
I know has been a very long time since I have been on here. I have checked periodically for stuff to buy for my trac but it has been a long time. For those of you who know me, my beautiful trac was totalled. For those of you who don't know me, I own (as of this time) a 2001 torredor red sport trac, job 1. I got it back in June of 2000 for my 16th birthday. I am now 21 and driven almost 6 years straight on just my trac. I had put almost 83,000 miles on it, with regular oil changes and maintainance. It was still in great condition with a bunch of accessories, those who know me know how much I put into it. Anyways, on my way up from Tempe, AZ to Las Vegas I lost control after I hit a rough patch of ice and started to turn. I was able to avoid the other vehicles but went off the road and hit the front right bumper which turned me up on my side and I rolled I think about 3 times. I am not quite sure as it went extremely fast. There were two other people in the truck and all three of us were wearing our seatbelts. It is a requirement to ride in my truck, not an option. I don't know how it happened but after we stopped rolling all three of us were able to climb and walk out. I banged my head up pretty good and strained my back good too. My girlfriend was sitting in the front passanger seat and was almost totally unharmed except for some small cuts and bruises. The third passenger was one of our good friends who was cut on the back of her head and fractured her hand with a cut at the same spot. All of us made it out alive and are just sore at this point. We are all going to go out and buy some lottery tickets tomorrow.
We were 7 miles outside of Kingman (I wanted to call Gypsy) when we crashed. The area had been snowed on the last two days and the roads were extremely bad. I was driving well under the speed limit and did not slam on my brakes or turn the wheel drastically. There was nothing I could have done to helped myself out. There were somewhere close to 40 other accidents within a 10 miles stretch of the same road during the two day period of snow and ice.
The good thing is that we all made it out okay and are walking around, the bad thing is that my trac is gone forever. I took pictures and some video and will probably post something in the coming days from it. All the accessories that I had put in are either damaged or scratched or they wouldn't let me take them out. The stuff I could take out that I will sell will be up probably tomorrow on the swap and sell board.
Finally, I just wanted to say to anyone that doesn't like seat belts or thinks that they are just not cool, WEAR IT. It just saved my life and two other people's lives two days ago. If I were not wearing it I would have ended up all over the side of the road like the rest of our luggage and stuff. So please, tell anyone you know to wear their seatbelts and show them the pictures of my truck when I post them later. Thanks and I hope everyone is doing well, I know I am glad to be here!
-Cameron
I know has been a very long time since I have been on here. I have checked periodically for stuff to buy for my trac but it has been a long time. For those of you who know me, my beautiful trac was totalled. For those of you who don't know me, I own (as of this time) a 2001 torredor red sport trac, job 1. I got it back in June of 2000 for my 16th birthday. I am now 21 and driven almost 6 years straight on just my trac. I had put almost 83,000 miles on it, with regular oil changes and maintainance. It was still in great condition with a bunch of accessories, those who know me know how much I put into it. Anyways, on my way up from Tempe, AZ to Las Vegas I lost control after I hit a rough patch of ice and started to turn. I was able to avoid the other vehicles but went off the road and hit the front right bumper which turned me up on my side and I rolled I think about 3 times. I am not quite sure as it went extremely fast. There were two other people in the truck and all three of us were wearing our seatbelts. It is a requirement to ride in my truck, not an option. I don't know how it happened but after we stopped rolling all three of us were able to climb and walk out. I banged my head up pretty good and strained my back good too. My girlfriend was sitting in the front passanger seat and was almost totally unharmed except for some small cuts and bruises. The third passenger was one of our good friends who was cut on the back of her head and fractured her hand with a cut at the same spot. All of us made it out alive and are just sore at this point. We are all going to go out and buy some lottery tickets tomorrow.
We were 7 miles outside of Kingman (I wanted to call Gypsy) when we crashed. The area had been snowed on the last two days and the roads were extremely bad. I was driving well under the speed limit and did not slam on my brakes or turn the wheel drastically. There was nothing I could have done to helped myself out. There were somewhere close to 40 other accidents within a 10 miles stretch of the same road during the two day period of snow and ice.
The good thing is that we all made it out okay and are walking around, the bad thing is that my trac is gone forever. I took pictures and some video and will probably post something in the coming days from it. All the accessories that I had put in are either damaged or scratched or they wouldn't let me take them out. The stuff I could take out that I will sell will be up probably tomorrow on the swap and sell board.
Finally, I just wanted to say to anyone that doesn't like seat belts or thinks that they are just not cool, WEAR IT. It just saved my life and two other people's lives two days ago. If I were not wearing it I would have ended up all over the side of the road like the rest of our luggage and stuff. So please, tell anyone you know to wear their seatbelts and show them the pictures of my truck when I post them later. Thanks and I hope everyone is doing well, I know I am glad to be here!
-Cameron
