200 year old oak tree vs 01 ws6

**V8MUSCLE** · 06-10-2007, 05:54 PM

This happened a while ago. My senior year in high school, hauling at about 150 on I-64 about 50 miles west of Richmond i passed a cop running radar. Needless to say i took the next off ramp, lost control and hit a Oak tree at around 120. Somehow i managed to survive, but shattered my left knee, broke my right arm, broke my nose, cracked 3 and broke 2 ribs, massive concussion, and of course totaled my car. well the trooper decided not to try to chase me as he would of had to do 150 + to catch up so he never even pulled out. since it was late at night and not a lot of traffic it was about 30 minutes before anyone even found me. by the time they finished cutting me from the car i was rushed into a Medevac chopper and taken to the VCU medical center. After about a week i regained consciousness, 4 more weeks of recovery and i was out.
My parents had donated the car to my high school for the prom drink and drive car, i wasn't drinking, but everyone there knew the car. Prom, which was about 3 months later was the first time i had seen the car. everything on the car was destroyed except the "trans am" logo between the taillights.

i now have a titanium knee, about 20 pins in my leg and arm, about 70k worth of hospital bills, and lost a football scholarship to VA Tech.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 06-10-2007, 05:57 PM

just thank God you are alive.......how did the cops not put 2 and 2 together that it was you they clocked

**V8MUSCLE** · 06-10-2007, 06:08 PM

he came and visited me in the hospital when i was coherent, its a small town... not a lot to do, he said he wasn't going to write me up for it since he figured i learned my lesson. he said i should slow down though, and went on to say he clocked me at 147 in a 65. which i think adds up to about 2 or 3 years in jail. so hes a pretty cool guy.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 06-10-2007, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by V8MUSCLE

he came and visited me in the hospital when i was coherent, its a small town... not a lot to do, he said he wasn't going to write me up for it since he figured i learned my lesson. he said i should slow down though, and went on to say he clocked me at 147 in a 65. which i think adds up to about 2 or 3 years in jail. so hes a pretty cool guy.

sounds like it

**Z28venom** · 06-10-2007, 06:30 PM

Were you testing the the top speed of the T/A for just feeling ballsy that day?

**V8MUSCLE** · 06-10-2007, 06:42 PM

mostly feeling ballsy, i had broken 150 a couple times before, just never passed a cop while doing it.
Edit: kinda one of those your 18 bulletproof and invincible things.

**00ssSLP** · 06-10-2007, 06:42 PM

It's good that your around to tell the story. I see you got another one, you must have liked the car?

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 06-10-2007, 06:44 PM

any pics of your t/a ????

**SSjunior** · 06-10-2007, 06:49 PM

Im sorry to hear that good thing you are still alive. I can speak from experience that accidents suck. Just thank God your okay I know it sucks that you totalled your car but hopefully you will get a same or better car. I had totalled my car to and ended up getting it back and fixing it. Best of luck.

**V8MUSCLE** · 06-10-2007, 06:55 PM

i have a couple of regular pics of it... but nothing digital, and no scanner. i saw a pic of it in front of the school prom night on wreckedexotics.com. the caption said the driver died, but i guarantee i didnt. i didnt upload it, but i guess someone at the school saw it and threw it on there. the license plate is V8MUSLE and isnt blurred out in the pic. ill try to find a link, but its been a while since i saw it.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 06-10-2007, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by V8MUSCLE

i have a couple of regular pics of it... but nothing digital, and no scanner. i saw a pic of it in front of the school prom night on wreckedexotics.com. the caption said the driver died, but i guarantee i didnt. i didnt upload it, but i guess someone at the school saw it and threw it on there. the license plate is V8MUSLE and isnt blurred out in the pic. ill try to find a link, but its been a while since i saw it.

meant pics pf the new t/a

**V8MUSCLE** · 06-10-2007, 07:12 PM

none yet... will post a couple tomorrow afternoon.

**Speedy_Gonzales** · 06-10-2007, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by V8MUSCLE

none yet... will post a couple tomorrow afternoon.

cool .....and welcome to LS1

**stevenm357** · 06-11-2007, 04:56 AM

I'm sad for the loss of a Trans Am. and hope you recover well. I wrecked a car when i was 17 doing about 50 mph, just stupidity and in experience.

A good rule is, you start with a Lot of luck and No experience, hopefully you've got enough experience before your luck runs out.

**cavpat** · 06-11-2007, 06:00 AM

That sucks, glad to see you're still around to talk about it. I stayed with slow ricers as long as I was in-experienced, had a few accidents. Then I got a turbo-charged Mazda RX7 when I was 20-21, got some rear-wheel drive experience with that, learned how to drift etc, then got my Z28 at 22.

**third_shift|studios** · 06-11-2007, 11:53 AM

and i thought i did some stupid shit.

**SSwt00SS** · 06-11-2007, 02:55 PM

why am i the first one to ask this...?

**rajiv1998** · 06-11-2007, 05:35 PM

dam, whenb my dad and cousin got into an accident last year, his jeep wrangler was so fucked up. They were only doing 50, but they hit a tree. I dont even wanna see that T/A pic...

well maybe a few

**pocheasy** · 06-12-2007, 05:14 AM

Originally Posted by third_shift|studios

and i thought i did some stupid shit.

ditto, no offense, but u sound like a real fart smeller
poor trans am... well atleast your here to tell us about it

**Arrison24** · 06-13-2007, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by cavpat

That sucks, glad to see you're still around to talk about it. I stayed with slow ricers as long as I was in-experienced, had a few accidents. Then I got a turbo-charged Mazda RX7 when I was 20-21, got some rear-wheel drive experience with that, learned how to drift etc, then got my Z28 at 22.

i learned how to drive on some slightly weaker muscle.... '87 SS monte carlo.....