Death of an Explorer

Well...it's been done.

It took six wrecks, but by God...Icarus (my '93) is totaled beyond all recognition.

Since I got the BMW and then the Jetta, my 16-year-old brother has been driving the Explorer (which is why I have been conspicuously absent from the boards).

Anyways, on April 25 Jason (my brother) was pulling out of a friend's neighborhood (for those of you from north ATL, Hampton Lake on Little Willeo Road in East Cobb) when the back end got a little "happy" on him (it had been raining). Being a somewhat inexperienced driver, he ended up in the oncoming lane and was hit by a 2001 F-150.

From what I'm told, someone should have died that day. Neither truck was recognizable, but thankfully both Jason and the sole occupant of the F-150 walked away without a scratch.

I don't think there are pictures, but I'll ask Jason if he has any.

Thanks, Ford, for building such a fine truck. It saved my brother's life.

I'm going to miss the hell out of that damn truck.

 

[AintNoFantasy]

damn...that sucks. my brother totalled his camry and they said the same thing, he should have died. only a small scratch on his finger. thank god!!!

 

[Crankcase]

Sorry to hear that....try to get some pics from the insurance company.

 

[redShift]

Just wondering where you got the name Icarus?

 

[DaHeinah]

Wow, it sucks that your X is dead, but at least it saved your bro's life.
I don't think a Camry would have taken it as well
Seriously, glad to hear everyone's OK, that's pretty bad when an X and new F-150 aren't recognizable! How fast was the truck going?