Goodbye to my baby...ES wrecked.
12-01-07, 07:51 PM
#16
Holy hell son!!!!!! Really glad to know thatyou are OK. Those Texas feeder roads are killer,, i travel them frequently in a semi. Absolutely nice to know that despite all of the dameage done to the car, the cabin looks to be intact and did what it was intended to do,, protect you!!!! So sorry to see this happen.
12-01-07, 08:04 PM
#17
My next car will be none other than another Lexus 
Good news is that I think I already found my next car...another ES, the same year, the same wheels, except in diamond white pearl 
If I can't find an older GS within my price range, then I'm going to jump on the ES and finish what I started.
On a side note, please do not PM with questions about parting out the car. Insurance is going to total it out and they will tow it away.
Good news is that I think I already found my next car...another ES, the same year, the same wheels, except in diamond white pearl If I can't find an older GS within my price range, then I'm going to jump on the ES and finish what I started.On a side note, please do not PM with questions about parting out the car. Insurance is going to total it out and they will tow it away.
12-01-07, 09:52 PM
#18
Sorry about your es but I have to comment on what sloooooow said about how intact the driver/passenger compartment is it makes me feel very safe having my son and gf in the car with me. Good luck with the lexus hunt its good to see you stick with Lexus and even more so to possible stay with the es series. Now I know you are not able to part out the car yourself but if possible could you let some of the guys her know what boneyard its going to. I myself need nothing off it but I bet some guys are looking for parts of a es they know was taken care of.
12-01-07, 11:22 PM
#19
Sorry about your es but I have to comment on what sloooooow said about how intact the driver/passenger compartment is it makes me feel very safe having my son and gf in the car with me. Good luck with the lexus hunt its good to see you stick with Lexus and even more so to possible stay with the es series. Now I know you are not able to part out the car yourself but if possible could you let some of the guys her know what boneyard its going to. I myself need nothing off it but I bet some guys are looking for parts of a es they know was taken care of.
I'm really surprised that my car held up as good as it did considering I got hit from a deadstop and I was the first car to get hit. Everything happened so fast that I don't remember anything. I remember looking at the light waiting for it to turn green and next thing I know, I hear a loud bang, my air bags deploy, and there is a ford expedition laying on its roof on my hood. From what witnesses told me, the expedition used my car as a ramp and sent it flying in the air. The impact of the rear collision sent my car forward and when the expedition landed on the ground, I hit it head on, thus the front impact. All the onlookers said it was something they would see out of a movie...an SUV going airborne after hitting a car and hitting 4 other cars in front of me as it came down.
After seeing the honda next to me that got trashed, my next car will be nothing other than a lexus.
Last edited by PlatES300; 12-01-07 at 11:31 PM.
12-02-07, 01:04 AM
#20
Lexucanafer
Sure glad you didn't get hurt aside from a few scratches! With your poor ES's back end all pushed in like that, at first glance of the pic, I thought it was an old American Motors Gremlin from the 70's 
...only the ES is still better looking than that despite all the damage!
Yeah, this reminds me of a scene from the old movie, "A Christmas Carol" when Scrooge foresees his own death with the help of the Ghost of Christmas Future. He sees himself laying dead in his bed (but not yet cold) and already the housekeeper is busy ripping his bedroom drapes off the windows and trying on his coat...lol
Bah...humbug!!!!
...only the ES is still better looking than that despite all the damage! Bah...humbug!!!!
Last edited by Lexucan; 12-02-07 at 01:11 AM.
12-02-07, 05:50 PM
#22
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The ES did its job and allowed you to walk out with a couple of scratches.
As far as the car, hey what can we do. We must move on. Sad to see such a nice ES get wrecked like this. Hopefully you get a better Lexus now. New ES, or maybe even a GS.
As far as the car, hey what can we do. We must move on. Sad to see such a nice ES get wrecked like this. Hopefully you get a better Lexus now. New ES, or maybe even a GS.
12-03-07, 01:55 AM
#26
Wow is all I can say, glad your ok to second everyone elses sentiments. I'm keepin mine thats for sure. It almost seems if the car was a couple inches higher it could have been worse. I feel your loss on the car man been there and done that. My 99' Accord, took an offset collision at 45 mph hitting an olds Bravada (4500lbs+) that had pulled out in front of me on a rural highway. Airbags deployed, I walked away without a scratch. Hondas are very, very safe IMHO, based on ratings as well, civics are just small, it's simple physics. Best of luck on the search, clean ES's are so hard to come by.
