Z34guy Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 The Pontiac Grand Prix my sister bought from KevinGTP (mymonte.com) is possibly totaled as of 5 minutes ago. My sister was on the way back home from Walmart. Not even 100 feet from the house, an animal jumped out, probably a deer. Whatever it was, she hit it. Bumper smashed in, hood curled up, windshield smashed, airbags deployed... It still ran long enough to drive into the driveway. Dad says it can probably be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 ouch.....she alright, I assume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z34guy Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 yea she's ok. scared, her neck hurts and she has some seatbelt burn on her neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 what year of GTP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake91 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 that sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 yea she's ok. scared, her neck hurts and she has some seatbelt burn on her neck. glad that she's ok.....So.....do you have any pics? .....scared chics and belt/"burn" marks always seem to get my motor going... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdvs Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Good to hear your sister is OK. Musta been something pretty big to do that much damage. Did you check the street to see if anything was there? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockfangd Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 ouch, honstly it scares me more having airbags than not having airbags. I have heard some horror stories with airbags. Hope everything goes ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z34guy Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 what year of GTP? 1998 I just got to thinking... IF it is totaled... we have 2 different cars. one with a siezed engine, and one totaled with a good engine... Swap the L67 into a '97 Chrysler Concorde? It would be the same situation as the guy who put the Corvette LS1 into the Honda Civic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 yea she's ok. scared, her neck hurts and she has some seatbelt burn on her neck. glad that she's ok.....So.....do you have any pics? .....scared chics and belt/"burn" marks always seem to get my motor going... ....WTF Jeremy? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z34guy Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I just dropped off the film at CVS for development. Should have pics up in a few hours. Wwe looked closer at the car in the daylight... It looks inbetween totaled and salvagable... Could go either way. oh and I got the full story from her (had a hard time understanding her last night... she's still a bit jumpy). A deer jumped out. She swerved to miss it and hit a pole. If it is totaled, we'll take the money insurance gives us, take out all the engine bits (engine, wiring harness, PCM, etc...) and probably shove it in her old '97 Chrysler Concorde LX as the motor seized at 168,000 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 No offense but you are probably better off parting out the GTP and buying the correct motor for the Concorde then trying to retrofit an L67 into it. Way less work and at least you will have one running car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 I just dropped off the film at CVS for development. Should have pics up in a few hours. Wwe looked closer at the car in the daylight... It looks inbetween totaled and salvagable... Could go either way. oh and I got the full story from her (had a hard time understanding her last night... she's still a bit jumpy). A deer jumped out. She swerved to miss it and hit a pole. If it is totaled, we'll take the money insurance gives us, take out all the engine bits (engine, wiring harness, PCM, etc...) and probably shove it in her old '97 Chrysler Concorde LX as the motor seized at 168,000 miles. :lol: What backcountry part of the country do you live in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19Cutlass94 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Good to hear shes ok, but that sucks about the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 yea she's ok. scared, her neck hurts and she has some seatbelt burn on her neck. glad that she's ok.....So.....do you have any pics? .....scared chics and belt/"burn" marks always seem to get my motor going... ....WTF Jeremy? :lol: ....so, where are the pics of the sister.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I just dropped off the film at CVS for development. you still use film... FAIL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Fury Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I just dropped off the film at CVS for development. you still use film... FAIL! DOUBLE FAIL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakdown Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 Hey, Wish I had seen this last night. Still time for it today. There's a lot of exercises that your sis. can do to help her neck if she has whiplash. Search them up on the next, here's just the quick 411: 1.) Ask sister if her head feels "too heavy" if yes. Continue. 2.) Whiplash happens when you lose the natural curve in your neck. It curves inward and when you have whiplash it's more or less straight and uncompressed which is why your head feels like it weighs a tonne. 3.) Take a bathroom towel (shower one) and roll it up. Hold it against the back of the neck (without applying pressure to the neck) while standing. Slowly work on bending your head back over the towel 10 reps and then maybe half an hour later another 10 very slowly. The key is restoring the muscles and curve of your neck, and then you'll feel better. Hope she feels better. Scary stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z34guy Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 we used the film cameras because we lost the cables to both of our digital cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryk2003 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 OUCH!...i'd guess its prolly totalled... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Fury Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Yikes.... yeah.... doesn't look good.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 It could be fixed, pretty easily but it would need a ton of parts. Did the roof crumple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake91 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 untill i saw the pics under the hood i was thinking thats not that bad, but once i saw those it was a whole differnet story thats bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 So long as the damage is only to the front radiator core/frame horns that car is easily fixable. It will probably be totalled though since its a 10 year old domestic car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z34guy Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 from the front radiator support forward, everthing needs replacing (besides the strut tower braces, the hood, windshield, front engine mounts and airbags). no the roof didn't crumple. It could be fixed. It looks like it could go either way. If it is totaled, my sister'll take the money insurance gives us, possibly part it out, and look for another '97-'03 GTP oddly, it still runs and moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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