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Old 04-08-2023, 08:39 AM
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Old 04-08-2023, 09:37 AM
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Wow, I'm surprised at the amount of damage the trucks sustained. Hope no serious injuries.
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Yowza, that looks bad.
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with spoiler deployed, it would seem he was doing over 73mph at impact. With the damage I would say much faster than that...
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Originally Posted by rael
with spoiler deployed, it would seem he was doing over 73mph at impact. With the damage I would say much faster than that...
It extends at 73 but doesn't retract until ~37 mph, so although their speed was 73 or better at some point they could have been below that at impact.
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Or they deployed it manually which can be done at any speed. Or it is fixed extended...
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Should the door airbag have deployed on an impact like this. or only on side impacts?

Looks like it has red calipers, so should be a 2004.
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Originally Posted by pirahna
Wow, I'm surprised at the amount of damage the trucks sustained. Hope no serious injuries.
I'm impressed with the damage the Turbo does not have on the driver's side considering how hard that impact must have been. Seems to have protected the driver pretty well.
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Originally Posted by lowmiler
Should the door airbag have deployed on an impact like this. or only on side impacts?

Looks like it has red calipers, so should be a 2004.
My 03 has red calipers.
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No fatalities and the passenger posted on the thread on FB. Speaks volumes about the safety capabilities of the car.
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Old 04-10-2023, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by G8rJimbo
My 03 has red calipers.
Is your 03 a coupe or cab?
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Originally Posted by lowmiler
Is your 03 a coupe or cab?
A Coupe, just like the coupe in the accident.
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Originally Posted by G8rJimbo
A Coupe, just like the coupe in the accident.
The accident car in this thread looks like it's a Cab.
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Originally Posted by Dock
The accident car in this thread looks like it's a Cab.
They used the jaws of life to cut the front and roll it back. You can see the sunroof in the photos.

Edited: I'm def wrong on that. I looked closer and you are correct. It's a cab. Sorry about that.
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wow that is scary. the occupants are recovering. I was thinking one of the vehicles was over the line. and saw posted on fb : the kids driving the car drifted over into his lane and plowed into tri axle.
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