Good to hear you walked away unhurt. Take a good look at your truck if the other car went under it there is a chance the frame was not damaged, pic? I was T boned by somebody running a red light years ago in my 81 Toyota, hit the rear axle spun the truck 180 deg, frame was fine, springs and axle were not.

Well...Chit happens. Glad you're okay.

Glad you're OK. Too bad about the truck but look on the bright side, your anger management class is working, and the guy was too drunk/stupid to claim you backed into him.

My son in law just go $16,000 for a high mileage Tacoma with burned up paint and some GD brand new snow tires. They were great tires. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/1128616-executive-decision.html

LOL! 1 season of wear on those snow tires.

So next year are you buying some snows for the civic?

Glad to hear you are OK. That's a relief. I'm sure you know sometimes it takes time for injuries from rear end shocks to manifest themselves.
As far as the small claims court is concerned, it's not expensive and time consuming. I once got a judgement against a former tenant. Of course he didn't pay up, just as I thought. However a couple of years later his soon to be wife contacted me wanting to know how much he owed. Seems she made him pay up because otherwise he coudn't get credit or loans because of the judgement against him.

Good to hear you were uninjured, and your outlook is awesome,
Lemons?
Lemonade.

I didn't know about any anger issues. Very happy you were in control and seemingly unhurt. (You never know.)

I haven't had a ticket or accident in as long as I can remember. Well, I can remember a couple of rea CS tickets like turning right during the red and the sign was blocked by a tree. (To fight that would have cost me 3x in time over paying it.)

IDK how I will handle things if I get hit. If I'm able, I'm likely to cause a scene. No need, for sure, that's just how a high strung person acts. For most of my life I've had a huge temper. A drunk deserves whatever I can dish out.

Yeah..it could have been a lot worse...very fortunate.

Did you have time to brace...or did it happen without knowing?
Also...what kind of car was he driving? (was it a run-a-way stang?)

A season? Those tires had less than a thousand miles on them. My daughter demanded the tires back, so they gave her 1500 credit for 900 worth of tires. He bought a new truck.

We are all glad that you're not injured and while that is the best of the news the worst is that you're likely going to pay for that alpha hotels' misdeed. That's infuriating.

Good to see you're OK. Good thing you weren't in your kayak!!

File a civil lawsuit and probably get default judgement?
Collection will be another matter but it's something to go on.

There were rubber marks. Why wasn't that thing arrested at the scene?

Serious question, Vash: If the frame is repairable, I would be interested in making your truck a flat bed farm truck.

I am penciling out a number of option and a lot of folks put wooden flat beds on trucks like yours, farm tag them and roll.

Very serious: 4x4, right?

Thanks and I too am relieved you are not outwardly hurt...an earlier post recommended time before you declare all is well.

That advice is on the money.

So, Vash and I had a few weeks to discuss options.

In the interim, my sister called and said she wanted to buy one my old MF 2300's, vintage 2001.

This thing:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1689357261.jpg

I have a mower deck for it and told she can have it as long as she comes and gets some seat time. She is coming next weekend.

So, then we decided to get another small tractor. We can take this with us to SC in a few years but I really need the "newness". All my stuff is well maintained and is stored indoors but 2000 plus hours on a small tractor is a bunch.

I emailed Vash and told him I was going to get another small tractor. He told me to f off and is not returning my calls:)

Here it is:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1689357532.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1689357532.jpg

Bigger than the 2300's with more juice and aggressive tread, which I need. Inaugural launch is in an hour or so.