>=20 > On Mar 5, 2013, at 2:25 AM, wrote: >=20 >> Sad memories.. My 91 Eddie Bauer met it's end at 55 mph into a telephon= e pole, when >> an ice storm had gone through the area some while >> before I arrived. When they pulled it off the pole, my front license >> plate was stuck to the pole. I peeled it off, then observed that I coul= d put my >> fist between the ground and the pole on the impact side. >> I put my foot on the bumper, dead center and my knee was at the hood lin= e. This was >> a version without air bags. I got a bruise from the seat belt. >> A PC keyboard from the back had stuck itself into the windshield like a = dart, and a >> machining flat that I was transporting bent the back seat to about a 30 = degree >> forward angle. >>=20 >> That car also had the "firestone tires of death" that gave me 92kmiles w= ithout ever >> rotating them. >> I kept my tires inflated! >=20 > EEK!! You are lucky you didn't have the keyboard embedded in the back of = your head! >=20 > As for the photos of the explorer, I suspect Gus got off pretty lightly f= or damage. I take it the LH wheel struck the curb to have come off the rim = the way it has. No curb... just rock over and drag..... my girlfriend was driving by hersel= f. Gus --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .