Our beloved 98 XLE is gone

[Mike Gerber]

It hurts to write this, both figuratively and literally. My wife and I were rear ended Sunday in our 98 XLE, waiting in line at a stoplight, by a 1996 full size Dodge Ram van going about 50 MPH, and pushed in to a pickup truck in front of us. The rear end collasped almost to the back window. The back window blew apart spraying glass all over. The backs of the fronts seats folded backwards from the force of our bodies hitting them. When we were pushed in to the pickup truck in front of us, the front was crushed in and the air bags deployed. The car is totaled. I'm just happy my wife and I were able to walk away from the wreck. We are both bruised up quite a bit and went to the emergency room. We both see our own doctors tomorrow and Friday. My wife is just sick about her beloved Camry. She was just saying how wonderful her car now rides with the clunk in the rear gone, since I replaced the rear strut assemblies with the Monroe Quick Struts. That car looked and ran like it was still brand new. I had taken unbelievable care of that car since it was new. We will really miss that car. We will both be OK, so I have to keep telling myself that. That Camry gave up it's life to save us. It did it's job. Well, we still have our 94 XLE.

Mike

[Durrby]

Damn man sounds like you were really lucky to walk away only bruised. Very sorry to hear about your loss. Remember though, cars can be replaced, not lives. Like you said, at least you have your gen 3.

[jhbhatia]

sad sad story. glad everyone was fine. Times for newer camry IMO.

[JMSinMD]

Sorry to hear about that, the fact that you walked away exceeds the 'loss' of a vehicle. I'm sure the next week will be rought physically, make sure to get a good lawyer (to deal with the insurance companies who will try to lowball you) and some good intensive physical therapy. Glad to hear you're relatively ok. Take care. Jon.

[RningOnFumes]

Glad your okay.


But you know what this means... dun dun da daaa@!..New Car!

[Mike Gerber]

Thank you all for your concern. We are glad that we were able to walk away from the wreck. My wife is just sick to her stomach over this. She really loved her car. I had recently done everything I could do to make sure we could drive this car for another 100,000 or 150,000 miles. How do you explain things like that to the insurance company? To them it's just an 8 year old car.

Mike