Monday, December 04, 2006

Jake's Jeep

I present for your viewing pleasure... or actually your viewing horror. Jake's Jeep....

Yes, he walked away from this...

No... I don't know how...

According to him a deer ran out in front of him, he swerved, hit the gravel, over corrected and tipped it over onto the drivers side in the ditch. He didn't want to call a tow truck, so a farmer pulled him out.

As you can see the front end is now held together by very attractive stripped tape. The roof collapsed down an he had to hook a chain to the bar between the windshield and the door to pull that bar up enough that he could drive it home.

Neither door opens, and speaking of driving home... I have NO idea how he drove an hour home with a windshield that looks like THIS!!
In the end he is damn lucky that the thing that is hurt the worst is his pride. We have spoken here before about his driving record so I won't go into it in any further detail except to say that we have only had this jeep a year and a half. He really liked it and is very sad to see it go.

However, with the baby coming and his driving apparently not getting any better I do not think that we will be able to get him another jeep for awhile. For the mean time when you come to visit us the part of Jake's vehicle will be played by a small cheap car or truck, depending on what we can find. That way if he wrecks it again we are not out much money.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

What ever happened to the fatherly motto men give women when learning how to drive..."You never swerve for an animal...you will always be better off hitting it."
With that said, I am glad that he is okay.

electriclady said...

OMG, he had ANOTHER accident? That is horrible and yet kind of hilarious all in one.

Tink said...

Ouch. I'm glad he's OK though! I found my 1998 Mercury Mountaineer (153,000 miles) for $1500. It has been worth every penny. There are deals out there. You just have to keep your eyes open. I think that would be his best bet for now.

Anonymous said...

Jeeps especially, but SUV's in general have high roll over rates; thank god he didn't have your baby with him.