1st H3 casualty

[SWPA Snowboarder]

Sitting in a line waiting to pay a toll, toll machine is obviously broken, I see a car pull in behind me, but thought it turned into the next lane....mirrors were completly frosted....reverse....BOOM....a cavaliar (circa 1992) has its front end smashed in. Hoping the insurance premiums wont go up too too much.



PS: No damage to the Hummer of course (might need to look into a rear view camera though)

[SWPA Snowboarder]

Sitting in a line waiting to pay a toll, toll machine is obviously broken, I see a car pull in behind me, but thought it turned into the next lane....mirrors were completly frosted....reverse....BOOM....a cavaliar (circa 1992) has its front end smashed in. Hoping the insurance premiums wont go up too too much.



PS: No damage to the Hummer of course (might need to look into a rear view camera though)

[HummerNewbie]

That really sucks, sorry to hear it.

[fourfourto]

Basic rule of driving YOU NEVER BACK UP AT A TOLL there are signs posted. You hit horn and wait for toll operator.

Basic winter driving rule scrape off windows and mirrors.

Basic rule for H3 owner GET A BACK UP CAMERA

Basic rule for this forum PICS PICS !

Really though , Hope theres no damage to your rig and the book value of the cavaliar is probobly $500.00.If you take a defensive driving class it will offset the higher insurance.Im getting banged $1,500.00 a year in NY with a clean record with the driving class.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by fourfourto:
Basic rule of driving YOU NEVER BACK UP AT A TOLL there are signs posted. You hit horn and wait for toll operator.

Basic winter driving rule scrape off windows and mirrors.

Basic rule for H3 owner GET A BACK UP CAMERA

</div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Sorry to hear about the crash. Good Hummer H3 basic rules above. I have a $1000 deductible with my insurance which I really don't want to use. So I gladly paid $1100 for my Hitchcam to reduce the risk.

The H3 crashing while backing-up stories just keep on coming.

S.

[evldave]

Hey man, I can relate. Backed into a tree on New Years (at my mom's house same tree I grew up climbing!). Just got it back on Friday - $2,780, new rear gate and window later, I'm back to normal.

Don't know the insurance damage yet, but agent (State Farm) said shouldn't be too bad (maybe $25-50).

Hope it all works out for the best.

[Jenyphur]

I'm getting my back up rear camera installed tomorrow..now I'm glad I'm doing it.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jenyphur:
I'm getting my back up rear camera installed tomorrow..now I'm glad I'm doing it. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

J.

What setup did you end up selecting for a rear camera?

S.

[Jenyphur]

I'm going with HitchCam for now. When I have the $$ for the DVD/NAV, I'll most likely keep the camera but then just integrate it with the Nav screen. I am also going to get the two in headrest dvd/monitors..Visualogic A-1000 for about $1300 for both.

[westhillsat]

Sorry to hear about the accident.

I bet the person in the cavaliar was thinking,
OH CRAP!!!

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by SWPA Snowboarder:
Sitting in a line waiting to pay a toll, toll machine is obviously broken, I see a car pull in behind me, but thought it turned into the next lane....mirrors were completly frosted....reverse....BOOM....a cavaliar (circa 1992) has its front end smashed in. Hoping the insurance premiums wont go up too too much.



PS: No damage to the Hummer of course (might need to look into a rear view camera though) </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

When you & evldave go to take your driving test for your real licenses be sure to use the inside rear view mirror.

And before you get mouthy - shut it.

[Aqualight]

I feel your pain! I backed over my friends car on New Years day, few days later I ran smack into a "road gator" going about 75mph on the interstate, and last week got stuck between 2 trees at Barnwell Rec area. So now I have a nice big gash above the rear side window, scuffed bumper and crinkled chrome grill. My agent is going to love me! $400 deductible won't hurt too bad.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Aqualight:
I feel your pain! I backed over my friends car on New Years day, few days later I ran smack into a "road gator" going about 75mph on the interstate, and last week got stuck between 2 trees at Barnwell Rec area. So now I have a nice big gash above the rear side window, scuffed bumper and crinkled chrome grill. My agent is going to love me! $400 deductible won't hurt too bad. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

What's going to hurt is your insurance bill over the next few years. Ouch

[Aqualight]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Steve-SanJose-H3:

What's going to hurt is your insurance bill over the next few years. Ouch </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hopefully not. I have Allstate's "Platinum Protection". We'll see how that works out.

[DDiablo1]

After I hear all this sad stories I will have to invest on a back up rear camera..
Anybody knows about a cheap one , Don't need the nav sys. I have a garmin already..

jose.

[KenP]

I happen to know a beautiful young lady that backed a big, mack-daddy, lifted SUT into an unsuspecting Honda in a nearly EMPTY parking lot recently. The only reason she stopped backing was because she heard crunching through the opened window. She said the truck didn't even shudder, it just kept going.

Bad for Honda, but the Hummer has just a paint mark on the rear bumper from their deck lid. I'd post a pic, but it'd give the culprit away.

Oh, then she had to listen to the officer explain Big Trucks and Little Girls don't mix. I sure hope the owner of that truck gets a camera soon.

[DDWH]

Ken, good thing unsaid "little girl" driving sweet lifted SUT did not have radio blaring or she might have flatened the honda.....Also was there any mocha spilt or flying out the window cell phones occuring during said incident?

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DDWH:
Ken, good thing unsaid "little girl" driving sweet lifted SUT did not have radio blaring or she might have flatened the honda.....Also was there any mocha spilt or flying out the window cell phones occuring during said incident? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I can't really go down that road. It's all very secret and I fear for my life.

[HummerNewbie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by DDWH:
Ken, good thing unsaid "little girl" driving sweet lifted SUT did not have radio blaring or she might have flatened the honda.....Also was there any mocha spilt or flying out the window cell phones occuring during said incident? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I can't really go down that road. It's all very secret and I fear for my life. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Yeah, I was going to ask if said beautiful young lady maybe thought the Honda was a cell phone that needed destroying

[h2co-pilot]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by KenP:
I happen to know a beautiful young lady that backed a big, mack-daddy, lifted SUT into an unsuspecting Honda in a nearly EMPTY parking lot recently. The only reason she stopped backing was because she heard crunching through the opened window. She said the truck didn't even shudder, it just kept going.

Bad for Honda, but the Hummer has just a paint mark on the rear bumper from their deck lid. I'd post a pic, but it'd give the culprit away.

Oh, then she had to listen to the officer explain Big Trucks and Little Girls don't mix. I sure hope the owner of that truck gets a camera soon. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>



That's just awful.