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SOMEONE REAR ENDED MY OLD RANGER TODAY!!!!!!

hey guys im back, i used to be on here quite frequently but when i bought my f250 and gave my dad my ranger i kinda quit getting on here.
but today my dad got in accident with my old ranger. he was sitting still getting ready to turn when some lady rear ended him going at least 40 mph. i have no clue how someone couldnt see a bright a** yellow truck sitting in front of them!!! she didnt even touch the brakes! PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD NEED SHOT!!!!

heres the damage, pretty sure it will get totaled.......




 
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holy **** your frame is jacked up!...that thing is more than likely totalled...how bad was her car...glad hes ok though
 
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Wow! Thats not good!
 
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Wow that's pretty nuts... looks better than I thought it would though...
 
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my dad is fine, he seen her coming but it was too late. her car was completely trashed though
 
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Damn that doesn't look good
 
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i believe it...both times i was hit...my truck was just a little bump but when i was hit in my car i got whacked at like 20MPH...i didnt see either coming...but i will say i was sore as hell the next morning...where in PA are you BTW
 
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it definitely made me upset seeing the truck all bent up. i loved this truck, i put a lot of work into it, bought it completely stock and did all the stuff to it in my signature then gave it to my dad as a present. not sure what we are going to do. this truck was in pretty mint condition b4

im from Mount Union, PA.... huntingdon county
 
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That stinks.
 
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it definitely made me upset seeing the truck all bent up. i loved this truck, i put a lot of work into it, bought it completely stock and did all the stuff to it in my signature then gave it to my dad as a present. not sure what we are going to do. this truck was in pretty mint condition b4

im from Mount Union, PA.... huntingdon county
ah im not too far from ya then...im down in york
 
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btw...heres my truck
 
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Although that does and is look bad, was there any damage to the front, like did the bed hit the cab or anything? I don't know how much it would take to fix it but you might want to look into it just to find out; that is a shame but that is a good-looking pickup.
 
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thats what you get for being a steelers fan :P sorry, that damage looks like ****, i'm assuming she had insurance and it's all being taken care of?
 
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letting women drive.. what the **** were they thinking.. and nice F250
 
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That sucks! What kind of car hit him?
 
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Probably a lot of stuff messed up underneath, and I, too, would like to know what she was driving. I had an 02' 4*2 Ext. cab Ranger and was rear-ended on the freeway by a guy doing 50 and tailgating in a Honda Accord. He slid under me, but surprisingly enough the only damage was the bumper brackets and license plate lights. His car (which was actually his wife's/girlfriend's/fiance's, etc.) was totaled.
 
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Yeah I was getting off the highway a few years back in my ranger and this chick in a brand new Eclipse suddenly braked superhard for no reason, I tapped her back bumper doing maybe 7-8mph. It put a golf ball sized hole in her bumper and a crack from end to end, the extent of my truck's damage was a bent license plate. They make cars like crap now a days
 
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Shitty man. I would cry if this happened to my truck... right after I killed the person who did it!
 
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Think her car was a bonneville. Her insurance is going to cover it. Hopefully its not totaled but more than likely it is
 
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Think her car was a bonneville. Her insurance is going to cover it. Hopefully its not totaled but more than likely it is
If your frame is bent its almost a guarantee to be totaled.
 
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UPDATE!

NATIONWIDE WROTE ME A CHECK FOR $8295

DONT KNOW HOW OR WHY SO MUCH
BUT ILL TAKE IT AND RUN!!
 
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Originally Posted by 82racin
UPDATE!

NATIONWIDE WROTE ME A CHECK FOR $8295

DONT KNOW HOW OR WHY SO MUCH
BUT ILL TAKE IT AND RUN!!
CASH IT! CASH IT NOW!
 
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