Hi all, as suggested by the title here is a full epilogue of the death of my JK
Last monday me and my partner left bozeman to head to my parents place in Billings for thanksgiving. The wind a blowing and rain coming down the jeep as usual summits the pass at a steady speed.. 45mph.. after getting to livingston i finally got the wind behind the jeep so then would love to go 80.. Right after passing through exit 340(white sulfur springs exit) a man on the other side of the interstate was texting and driving and did not notice that he was quickly approaching a slowing truck pulling a trailer getting off at the exit. he saw it at the second yanking the wheel to the left, the front of the Subaru scrapped by the trailer then nearly ran into another car in the passing lane, then whisked his way through the median. i had seen the Subaru before it even had hit the truck i knew that he was gonna hit something. As soon as he crossed the median i already had slowed to about 60. judging by its speed through the median, to avoid it i steered the jeep the where the car wouldn't be by the time i got there. at the last second though the subaru had dug its way into the lose dirt causing it to slow as it came up my side of the median. to late to do anything we collided, the airbags did not go off because Jeep.. i am thankful that they did not. After the subaru hit the jeep went up onto the passenger side wheels and kept going it was trying to roll over towards the ditch. i yanked the steering wheel the other way breaking the tie rod of the already bent of steering box setting the jeep back down and skidding to a halt.
i hit the subaru hard enough to rip the back end apart. The ARB bull bar took the hit pretty well if i hadn't of had all that heavy metal the crash would have been worse. the back of the car did hit the top of the windshield on the jeep moving and fracturing the front pillar. the front axle bent pretty good and pushed up into engine(oilpan etc..) knocking a hole in block draining everything. this also broke everything of there mounts (transmission engine) broke lines, and twisted frame and body.
i firmly believe that it is totaled but insurance hasn't confirmed yet, they think because the airbags didn't go off that it is reparable (Right
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Tuesday morning sore and bruised my family and i headed back up to Livingston to get some stuff out of the jeep. lone behold we would be taking the dual battery pack and wiring, vilair pump and tank, the rear bumper, spare tire, rocksiders and radio.
At this point i am going to be on the search for a new vehicle,it is going to be a landcruiser, it is going to also be diesel, i do not know what series yet though(80,70,60,40).
-jon
Last monday me and my partner left bozeman to head to my parents place in Billings for thanksgiving. The wind a blowing and rain coming down the jeep as usual summits the pass at a steady speed.. 45mph.. after getting to livingston i finally got the wind behind the jeep so then would love to go 80.. Right after passing through exit 340(white sulfur springs exit) a man on the other side of the interstate was texting and driving and did not notice that he was quickly approaching a slowing truck pulling a trailer getting off at the exit. he saw it at the second yanking the wheel to the left, the front of the Subaru scrapped by the trailer then nearly ran into another car in the passing lane, then whisked his way through the median. i had seen the Subaru before it even had hit the truck i knew that he was gonna hit something. As soon as he crossed the median i already had slowed to about 60. judging by its speed through the median, to avoid it i steered the jeep the where the car wouldn't be by the time i got there. at the last second though the subaru had dug its way into the lose dirt causing it to slow as it came up my side of the median. to late to do anything we collided, the airbags did not go off because Jeep.. i am thankful that they did not. After the subaru hit the jeep went up onto the passenger side wheels and kept going it was trying to roll over towards the ditch. i yanked the steering wheel the other way breaking the tie rod of the already bent of steering box setting the jeep back down and skidding to a halt.
i hit the subaru hard enough to rip the back end apart. The ARB bull bar took the hit pretty well if i hadn't of had all that heavy metal the crash would have been worse. the back of the car did hit the top of the windshield on the jeep moving and fracturing the front pillar. the front axle bent pretty good and pushed up into engine(oilpan etc..) knocking a hole in block draining everything. this also broke everything of there mounts (transmission engine) broke lines, and twisted frame and body.
i firmly believe that it is totaled but insurance hasn't confirmed yet, they think because the airbags didn't go off that it is reparable (Right
) Tuesday morning sore and bruised my family and i headed back up to Livingston to get some stuff out of the jeep. lone behold we would be taking the dual battery pack and wiring, vilair pump and tank, the rear bumper, spare tire, rocksiders and radio.
At this point i am going to be on the search for a new vehicle,it is going to be a landcruiser, it is going to also be diesel, i do not know what series yet though(80,70,60,40).
-jon
