Got into an accident :(

[94gtstang5.0]

On Thanksgiving it was snowing in PA and i was on my way to work and I lost control of my 1994 Mustang GT! The car is totaled and i am lucky to be alive! I would love to get another mustang but i dont know if my Dad is going to let me! Any other car suggestions for me anything helps thanks

 

[94GTCoupe]

Sorry to hear that.
At least you are ok.

 

[94gtstang5.0]

yes i got very luck! Just need to find a new car now

 

[Cobnial]

sorry

Sorry dude.. I understand how that must feel. The only good thing about that is the insurance company. I know a guy who drove a an old Dakota truck and completely crashed on the freeway. A week later received a check that was able to get him a new Dodge Charger Rt. Hopefully your dad lets you choose the car you want. And hopefully your insurance company sends you a fat Christmas check lol If it were me and money was not an issue, I would buy the 2011 5.0 Gt but thats just me.

 

[revhead347]

That sucks dude. No real advice for you, but glad you are ok.

Kurt

 

[COBRA90GT]

Glad you're OK. Cars can be replaced, but lives can't.


More importantly, OP, do you know HOW you lost control ?

Was it due to poor/defective equipment (ie - drag radials in snow or bald tires)? Too fast for conditions? Over corrected while in a skid, etc ? Someone slide into your car or clip your car ?

Hopefully you learned what factors caused you to lose control and you will be able to avoid repeating those same mistakes in the future. Take away something positive from this event.

 

[Venom351R]

snowing 1994 Mustang GT!

= usually not so good things.


Glad your ok for the most part. Post some pics of the car and how many miles were on it? You wont get enough from the insurance company to get anything like a 2011 5.0 unless you have great credit b/c what they give you for a 1994 Mustang wont be a lot

 

[94gtstang5.0]

Thanks guys for the feedback, I lost control of the car when it was snowing pretty heavily. Let alone with not great tread. But i was doing the speed limit and i started to speed up just a little bit and the tires started to spin and from there it was over. Hopefully the insurance company does give me some money for he car! But the car had 85,800 miles on it. Somewhere around there. I will get to some pictures later on today hopefully.

I cant find a car that I want to get its to hard!

 

[GRAYFOXGT/CS]

Sorry to hear its like losing a member of the family, glad you doing ok though.

 

[94gtstang5.0]

Thanks grayfox and yea it is like a loosing a member in the family! I miss that car so much already!

 

[1987LXragtop]

yeah that snow was pounding down for awhile turkey day. youre lucky though. might I suggest something in an Expedition?

 

[Twista]

Sucks man. Good thing your okay. Drive like granny in the snow with ya hazards on. People will go around the tractionless mustangs always lol.

 

[YEAHLOH95]

what part of pa are you from ? stangs and snow dont mix

 

[94gtstang5.0]

Was talking to my dad about this whole experince. The original idea of the Mustang was to drive it during the summer and have another car for the winter. So i went back to that idea with my dad. I pretty sure i conviced him to either get another GT or even a Cobra 1994-1998 Mustang

 

[BlackVert]

was it your dad's car, or was it your car? and do you need his approval to get another car? i'm guessing you must be fairly young (i'm 50 and my son is now 20).

2 years ago, it was cold as hell out and my son had to drive my mustang. it had summer tires on it (toyo r-888s). they had no traction at all and it caught him by surprise. he ended up going over a curb, ruining the rims and bending the k-member. he was fine though, and there was no body damage.

now i have year round tires on it in case i need to drive it in the winter.

the problem i have with the whole "summer only" thing is, if my "winter" car is in the shop or out of commission for some reason and i need to get somewhere, then what?

 

[94gtstang5.0]

The car was mine and yes i am a new driver. I am 18 years old. But these cars shouldnt be driven in the winter snow even with all around tires. They are still not the the greatest.

 

[Merkstang]

going to sell a 95 cobra. Not a show car, driver
pm if you are interested. Im in allentown pa