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cvillebimmer · Post by **cvillebimmer** » Jun 09, 2010 12:31 PM

Yikes! I'm glad you are okay.

I still vividly relive an accident I witnessed 15 years ago. It's like I have still pictures permanently stuck in my head. The feeling will fade with time.

Post by **Shawn D.** » Jun 09, 2010 1:07 PM

WOW -- I'm very glad you're OK! I've come close to dozing off a couple of times and it's scared the crap out of me.

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Jun 09, 2010 1:34 PM

Glad all is well....must be good living on your part.
Be safe buddy.

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » Jun 09, 2010 1:43 PM

RonP wrote:Ha! God punished you for not returning my email of phone call. Glad your are okay.

I replied to your Wed e-mail from my phone on Thursday! Did you send another? Didn't know you called, though. I'll have to go through the voicemails.

Adam W in MN · Post by **Adam W in MN** » Jun 09, 2010 1:45 PM

holy shit man, sucks about the car, glad you're ok though.

Jake D · Post by **Jake D** » Jun 09, 2010 3:49 PM

I do not like this thread.

I do like the part where you did NOT die. Thanks for putting THAT part in there.

jay · Post by **jay** » Jun 09, 2010 4:22 PM

Holy crap Chris. Glad you are ok and your car made it through this ordeal.

I fell asleep once in my 528e, went off the road and only suffered a blown out tire. These e28s do pretty well off roading!

Zach716 · Post by **Zach716** » Jun 09, 2010 5:33 PM

damn. glad your okay too. hope u get the stench out and every thing is an easy fix!

Mark 88/M5 Houston · Post by **Mark 88/M5 Houston** » Jun 09, 2010 6:53 PM

Been there done that; in a '66 bug. I definitely learned my lesson that trip and now power nap anytime I feel close to dropping off.

Glad you came thru in one piece and the car is no worse than it is.

PMA · Post by **PMA** » Jun 10, 2010 4:28 AM

Wait, so that tiny euro bumper actually held up? Save this exciting stuff for germantown rd! Glad to hear you're alright, as for the car, that'll buff out

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » Jun 10, 2010 4:31 AM

Since my car is a couple of inches lower than a stock E28, it didn't really hit the bumper. More the tail lamp than anything. The rubber strip on the bumper is done, but it was already crappy.

Funny you mention Germantown road. My 533 was in a ditch at the top thanks to black ice, but I told you that already!

PMA · Post by **PMA** » Jun 10, 2010 4:37 AM

I guess i was thinking of a different kind of barrier, the ones that are wider at the bottom. Germantown claimed my friend Eric's 533i back in high school too. I avoid that road. It was his first drive after getting it back up and running on the freshly rebuilt engine, with increased compression. His car was toast, but the motor made it out fine.

wkohler · Post by **wkohler** » Jun 10, 2010 4:58 AM

It takes me forever to fall asleep now. Last night was horrible and I was dead tired. Tonight isn't going so well, either. It's just an endless replay of waking up going off the road and then essentially a vivid replay of the event. It's terrifying.

PMA · Post by **PMA** » Jun 10, 2010 5:17 AM

Gotta find some kind of distraction. I've got a little touchscreen sudoku puzzle thing, when I need to sleep it works after about 1.5 puzzles.

Das_Prachtstrasse · Post by **Das_Prachtstrasse** » Jun 10, 2010 7:19 AM

Xanax.

In all seriousness, glad to hear that you and the car escaped relatively unscathed. You live, you learn ey.

TSMacNeil · Post by **TSMacNeil** » Jun 10, 2010 11:10 AM

wkohler wrote:It takes me forever to fall asleep now. Last night was horrible and I was dead tired. Tonight isn't going so well, either. It's just an endless replay of waking up going off the road and then essentially a vivid replay of the event. It's terrifying.

Post traumatic stress. I've suffered from it after a few "interesting events" in my flying career. It'll go away.
Normally, I'd suggest Ambien to doze off, but it's known to stimulate the subconscious...so that'd be bad for you right now.

Try to reduce your mental stimulation as much as possible for a few hours before you go horizontal.

* I found a CD particularly helpful...(laugh all you want, it works) You gotta get out in front of this, because soon, you just stress about the fact your not sleeping...the cycle is complete.

"Music for Zen Meditation"
-Tony Scott

(You can play it for free on Rhapsody without even buying it, but it's the best $7 I have ever spent) Put it on repeat, turn it down, lights out...and go to bed...

euro635gas · Post by **euro635gas** » Jun 11, 2010 11:56 AM

Man that sucks and it wasn't even raining. You'll never do that again.

In my youth I flipped 3 cars. The one that still disturbs me was the 67 Type 2 Bus. Upon flipping I was ejected out of the passenger door landing on my ass as I gained a sense of where I was the Bus was tilting on its passenger wheels and came down and kissed my nose then some how it popped back up and landed on all four wheels.

That was my last wreck or for that matter anykind of driving violation. I figure I've been as close as I want to get to the other world.

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