Keith Browning Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Actually my wife's new Explorer. Two months old and hadn't even had it's first oil change. A young driver pulled out of a side street with a stop sign right in front of her as she was traveling with traffic while moving about 35-40 MPH. They hit and turned the Explorer across the opposing lane and off the road hitting a storm drain an embankment and took out a fire hydrant. She had no injuries thankfully. The Explorer is junk. Both lower control arms are broken, subframe is pushed back, ripped from the front. Our adjuster said just from the description from the recovery peeps it hit "severely high" on the repair estimate tool. She has all but written it off without even seeing it. I sent them pics and they will inspect it today when they take it to their holding yard so we should know for sure soon. To me it does not look that bad and think it will buff out but the experts say this is severe damage. Blew the right curtain and drivers airbags. Notice she juuuuust missed the pole. Otherwise things would have turned out differently I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeR Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Wow! Glad everyone is OK. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddieseldoctor Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 At least vehicles are easy to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Looks like the explorer did its job and took care of your wife! hope you had some gap insurance incase its totaled and worth less then the owed value Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 It's a Ford Red Carpet lease - yes, it has gap insurance to cover any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66glide Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Ouch. I say let them write it off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Officially totaled. Picking out a new one, made the wife feel better. Getting the same truck but with an all black interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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