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southlatropical
07-07-2008, 01:54 PM
About 2 weeks ago my wife totalled our car. We have two Mercury Grand Marquis. We each drive about 30mi to work one way, and we have 3 kids so we need lots of room. The obvious choice for me was a Crown Vic or Grand Marquis. These cars are built on the ancient design of a V-8 with rear wheel drive. This platform is reffered to as the 'Panther' line of cars from Ford. The Lincholn Town Car, Crown Vic, and Grand Marquis are all built on top of the same design. This is the last American made full frame rear wheel drive car on the market. These cars always get high marks in crash test ratings and here is living proof. My wife overcorrected after drifting off into the ditch on her way home from work. She lost control and shot across the road hitting a big oak tree head on. The car began to flip end over end into another tree. With the back of the car turning over the front. She hit the second tree while airborn. This sent the car into a roll/spin. The car traveled about 60 feet in the air, landed upside down and rolled over in the ditch right side up. My wife climbed out of the car with only a scape on her forearm from the airbag. She did not go to the hospital. Her back was sore for a good while but she is fully recovered now and was here at home with our family less than one hour after the wreck.
There has been a concern with these cars catching on fire when involved in severe rear end accidents. This is because the gas tank is located in outside of the rear axle. Most accounts of these cars catching fire involves police who were stopped on the side of the road and were rear ended. If you think about it, an officer is much more likely to be involved in this type of wreck because they spend the whole day on the road and much of their time stopped by a busy road writing tickets.

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CookieCows
07-07-2008, 02:11 PM
First of all, I'm so glad your wife walked away from this. How frightening. We have deaths each year out here from the right wheel hitting the gravel on the side of these country roads followed by over correcting. Thank you for posting the pictures. I already showed them to my 21 yr old daughter.

We drove a grand marquis rental one time from Austin,Tx to Stow, OH and it was the most comfortable ride I've had.

Best regards to you, your wife and family!
Deb

southlatropical
07-07-2008, 02:45 PM
Thank you for the kind words Deb. I just got back from the post office. Your black bamboo is on it's way.
We live in a rural area. The road that my wife wrecked on has a shoulder of about 10 inches off the white line. There are sugar cane fields on both sides which run off a lot of water during heavy rainfall. So the ditches are dug real deep, but they are also steep b/c there is such little right of way between the road and the fields. In addition to this the road is curvy. Our state is covered with roads like this.

island cassie
07-07-2008, 05:33 PM
Scary pics - so glad your wife is ok!

Cassie

CookieCows
07-07-2008, 08:30 PM
I just got back from the post office. Your black bamboo is on it's way.


Same day shipping ... now that is really fast!!

Thank you,
Deb

Chironex
07-07-2008, 08:51 PM
Thank God everyone was not seriously hurt! Those old Grand Marquis are something else. Best riding car built in my opinion.
Again, glad to know your wife escaped with only minor injuries.

momoese
07-07-2008, 09:49 PM
Wow, that was a wicked crash! Glad to hear she survived!! Keep an eye on her for a few months as spinal issues can arise much later on after a serious crash. Sadly I know first hand.

buzzwinder
07-07-2008, 10:12 PM
Isaac, very glad to hear she's ok!!

mskitty38583
07-07-2008, 10:51 PM
i am glad to hear that she is ok how are you? i know you werent in the car but it can be stressful for someone whos loved ones are. take it easy and tell her to do the same...injurys can show up months later, she needs to be careful what she does for a while. good thoughts, good wishes, and many prayers to your family.

Dean W.
07-08-2008, 09:52 AM
Issac, glad to hear your wife is okay. Hope everthing is well.

Richard
07-08-2008, 10:58 AM
That's one way to save money on rollercoaster tickets. The adrenaline rush alone might have killed me. But seriously, I'm glad she walked away from it. :)

magicgreen
07-08-2008, 01:21 PM
OOOOooo Whee!!!
There was definetly an angel with her!!
Thank God on your knees she's allright!!
I'll say a prayer for all of you.
I hope she got an xray.

MediaHound
07-09-2008, 09:09 PM
Oh my, thats horrible! Glad she is ok and nobody got hurt aside from the oak tree.
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