My 9/11 sts car accident

[jjsocrazy]

Originally Posted by Lifer

Something is wrong. When I was 18 years of age I bought my first Cadillac, a complete car with all options - LaSalle 3-speed box, underseat heater, a radio (AM ) and a real clock that quit working long before I bought it. I used the money I got from my job at the Sinclair station where I pumped gas, washed windshields, checked the oil, lubed cars, changed tires, and did brake jobs. That blue beast of about 5,000 lbs from 1941 cost me $100 plus tax and title, and $7.00 for plates. I even had enough to put in 8 new plugs (10mm), a new generator (6 volt), and seat covers (J.C. Whitney specials). I do remember that the 16" tires were pretty good, but could not do burnouts (DUH).

How does an 18 year old today end up with a $60,000 auto (less discounts, rebates, sales specials, and year end clearance to about $40,000)???? Where do you get the bread for repairs? The tires alone will set you back $1,000.

I AM so JEALOUS!

Well the first thing is that my father is a salesmanager for Cadillac. Second I have been around Cadillac's my whole life and was obsessed with the STS and especially he wanted me to have AWD so I got it for a college gift so to say. Lol,

I am pretty luck, sorry your jealous, lol.

[CadillacSTS2003]

egh its a v6...
im not jealous ahahaha

[jhelms]

Originally Posted by cocaines

it was a a full 540, i spun around fully once doing a 360 and then i spun again and ended up facing the opposite direction. the reason i spun so much is because as soon as the car lost control, i attempted to regain control and might of made it worst, or so the firefighters said.

I'm a little confused on this one also. By "attempted to regain control" do you mean "made sure TCS was off and continued to floor the gas pedal until hitting the concrete divider"?

Because I'm with the others, I'm not seeing a V6 STS (was TCS on / off?) spinning into a 540 leaving an intersection. Heck, even going 30kph or 40 kph 'tops' as you mentioned.

Also, why did the firefighters not radio the accident in? I would that that would be a given.

In your other post, you said:

Originally Posted by cocaines

well in my 05 V6 i got up 210km/h which is 130.494 mph but i was force to slow down because i was running out of straight road. i would try to go faster another time but in ontario, canada. they have increased the fines and penalties for "street racing" or the new term they came up with "aggressive driving" can cause you to lose your license for 10 years and/or crush your car. for any caught going 50km/h over the posted speed limit.

Do they really crush your car? Geez, in that case, reporting an accident a few days late might get you a caning! j/k

Could they interpret a 540 degree spin leaving an intersection as aggressive driving?

[jjsocrazy]

Originally Posted by CadillacSTS2003

egh its a v6...
im not jealous ahahaha

lol, I am jealous of your V though, although I am getting the grill and spoiler!

muahhahahaha!

[cocaines]

well i figured they would of called the police, but none showed and i was almost there for 1 and a half hours. in terms of crushing cars for aggressive driving yeah it's happened before but that the extreme case, its mostly given to those people who soupe up thier rides for street racing. there been alot of deaths and accident from street racing in the last decade. if the police came they would of charged me for careless driving and give me a 300-500 dollar ticket. plus i might of goten charged for the damaged done to the concrete divider.


the T/C was turned on, and when i started to spin, all i did was try to steer out of it, but i was still unsure if i was turnin out of it or in it. to be honest it all happened kind of fast.

[Drparj]

Hey I was that young and still tell stories about how things happened. No officer I was not trying to do a burnout, or spin out while leaving.

[FaSTSCadillac]

I too have a campus wreck story. Leaving class some idiot recently spun out and hit me after a rain. Car was in shop for over a month and then when I go to pick it up they replaced the two front rims with chrome ones. Funny thing is I've got polished aluminum. The guy who hit me had Geico insurance which was horrible to deal with, good thing I had State Farm. Anyways I think I'm just gonna get a beater to drive to school from now on.

[cocaines]

how much did that cost to fix. was it a head on hit

[FaSTSCadillac]

I just picked it up from the shop last week, It cost almost 14,000. Geico gave me an estimate of 5,000 those bastards. The guy slid out and his rear driver side smashed my front drivers side and pushed my front passenger side into the guard rail.

[FaSTSCadillac]

Has anyone here tried to get a diminished value claim filed before. That is what Im dealing with now, and I'm not sure the steps I need to take. I called the rep from Geico and he copped a little attitude and said that he will mail me a letter. Any suggestions would be appreciated if anyone has had this trouble.

[hueterm]

Originally Posted by CadillacSTS2003

egh its a v6...
im not jealous ahahaha