One lucky mo-fo
BlueFox
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I am that lucky mo-fo. Thursday night I leave work around 7, and it is dark and raining a little. I roll up to a intersection where I need to turn left. A quick glance to right. All clear. Look left and a car is coming, but I can make it if I go. Take off. And out of no where there is a pick up truck in front of me turning left onto the street I am leaving. WTF! Turn to the right, but I hit the truck. He pulls over, and I back up onto the street I just left. He looks at his truck and says he is fine. I am looking at my car and no damage. I know we hit. I heard it. Later at home with more light I can see on the left front bumper where I hit him just enough to scrape paint of the bumper.
Other than being impatient, I think where I screwed up is that the pillars of the left/right side of the windshield create blind spots. My guess is as I rolled up to the stop sign, and glanced right, the truck was perfectly positioned in the blind spot. That was the first accident I have been in since the mid 70s, and the first one that was my fault.
I guess I owe somebody some karma for letting me get out of that with only some touch up paint needed.
Other than being impatient, I think where I screwed up is that the pillars of the left/right side of the windshield create blind spots. My guess is as I rolled up to the stop sign, and glanced right, the truck was perfectly positioned in the blind spot. That was the first accident I have been in since the mid 70s, and the first one that was my fault.
I guess I owe somebody some karma for letting me get out of that with only some touch up paint needed.
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Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
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Wow, that both unlucky and lucky! If it were me, my ride would be totaled and I'd be getting sued.
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Lucky indeed, close call!
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That was close and lucky..
What kind of car do you drive as my 2012 Malibu has a large raked windshield with the pillars raking far out, very bad for blind spots..
I bought it anyway, lolI am that lucky mo-fo. Thursday night I leave work around 7, and it is dark and raining a little. I roll up to a intersection where I need to turn left. A quick glance to right. All clear. Look left and a car is coming, but I can make it if I go. Take off. And out of no where there is a pick up truck in front of me turning left onto the street I am leaving. WTF! Turn to the right, but I hit the truck. He pulls over, and I back up onto the street I just left. He looks at his truck and says he is fine. I am looking at my car and no damage. I know we hit. I heard it. Later at home with more light I can see on the left front bumper where I hit him just enough to scrape paint of the bumper.
Other than being impatient, I think where I screwed up is that the pillars of the left/right side of the windshield create blind spots. My guess is as I rolled up to the stop sign, and glanced right, the truck was perfectly positioned in the blind spot. That was the first accident I have been in since the mid 70s, and the first one that was my fault.
I guess I owe somebody some karma for letting me get out of that with only some touch up paint needed.ATC SCM40's,VTL TL 2.5 Preamp,PSB Stratus Goldi's,McCormack DNA 500,McCormack MAP-1 Preamp,Pro-Ject Xtension 10 TT,Ortofon Cadenza Red/Nordost RedDawn LS Speaker cables, Bryston BDP-2, Bryston BDA-2,PS Audio AC-3 power cables -
Tell the truth BlueFox, you were surfing **** sites on your smart phone and was not paying attention to what you were doing !!!!!!! smiley_rotflmao.gifIf you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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Thats the first thing I look at when buying a car, blind spots. Seriously....and todays cars seem to be loaded with them due to their sleek designs.HT SYSTEM-
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It's not just the sleek designs, it's the huge A-pillars. The huge A-pillars are necessary to keep the whole natural frequency of the chassis down to reduce noise introduced/transmitted into the cab.
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Glad you made it with mostly a good lesson. Driving is the most dangerous thing we do.
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I rolled up to the intersection tonight and tried to visualize what happened. I definitely am looking twice to the right and left before going. Live and learn.Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
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. Driving is the most dangerous thing we do.
Nope....argueing with a woman is obviously more life threatening.:biggrin:HT SYSTEM-
Sony 850c 4k
Pioneer elite vhx 21
Sony 4k BRP
SVS SB-2000
Polk Sig. 20's
Polk FX500 surrounds
Cables-
Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables
Acoustic zen Matrix 2 IC's
Wireworld eclipse 7 ic's
Audio metallurgy ga-o digital cable
Kitchen
Sonos zp90
Grant Fidelity tube dac
B&k 1420
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No one hurt and no serious damage! That's the important stuff,cause in this life,**** happens!!!
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I rolled up to the intersection tonight and tried to visualize what happened. I definitely am looking twice to the right and left before going. Live and learn.
Returning to the scene of the crime is a major habit flaw that serial criminals seem to have.smiley_rotflmao.gifIf you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money. -
Returning to the scene of the crime is a major habit flaw that serial criminals seem to have.smiley_rotflmao.gif
Arsonists too. Unfortunately, I have to go that way to leave work and go home. :sad:Lumin X1 file player, Westminster Labs interconnect cable
Sony XA-5400ES SACD; Pass XP-22 pre; X600.5 amps
Magico S5 MKII Mcast Rose speakers; SPOD spikes
Shunyata Triton v3/Typhon QR on source, Denali 2000 (2) on amps
Shunyata Sigma XLR analog ICs, Sigma speaker cables
Shunyata Sigma HC (2), Sigma Analog, Sigma Digital, Z Anaconda (3) power cables
Mapleshade Samson V.3 four shelf solid maple rack, Micropoint brass footers
Three 20 amp circuits.
