Originally Posted by SoftballJunnkie
the trip was an awesome experience for me. I was able to do some sightseeing along the way, meet very interesting people, and of course get to drive the SRT across the country. Did it in 3 1/2 days. I drove 2K miles straight in a day and a half just beast mode with no sleep not sure how I did it.
I did have a accident with the car. I was east of Albuquerque, NM coming into the city around 12:15am and a truck down the way had blew a tire and it was in the middle of the fast lane as I was going about 65-70. Completely dark with no cars around and I had a split second to swerve and try to avoid it even with the headlights, but it clipped my passenger side of the car and went completely under the car. As I did this I went off the road and the car slid into the median of a gravel ditch and which shot rocks up onto the car. Luckily I wasnt hurt and the car didnt sustain much damage. Thankfully it was driveable.
The bumper needs repainted, passenger fog light was destroyed, window has a big crack. I take it in next week, so I will add some stuff to her that I had planned anyways as she is being restored to perfection.
All in all the car got me home safe and drives like a dream. Also, I was able to meet Frank and he took very good care of the car and was upfront about everything. As soon as he punched it for the first time I was in love and ready to take her home.
i understand your predicament. you wanted a cross-country jaunt to remember (which is why didn't recommend a hauler, like i did with my pennsylvania purchase...a lot of people fly in and drive back...i just didn't have the time nor, primarily, wanted to run up its super low mileage) and things just happen. very glad you're okay and the car should be able to be repaired with nary a sign anything happened. i hope insurance covers it. best of luck and your car will love calif. pm me and maybe we cal owners can to do a gtg this spring or something.
