Wrecked R/T
 

This Inferno Red R/T was involved in a very serious crash that totally destroyed the car. See:

http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/l...trepd/?start=0

holy crap what the hell did he hit and i hope he is ok

doesn't look like whoever was in the car survived

Wow that makes me sick. Either this car was moving or a truck chewed it up and spit it out. I hope the driver was in better shape.

One can only imagine, sad very sad! :(

High Performance Car....and a Low Performance Driver??? Whatever, happened...it's sad...

That is nasty! The front is just gone. Maybe a head on with something else larger, or a larger concrete bridge support? I hope the driver survived/recovers.

I had hope there for a while, clicking the pictures in order, because it looked like the compartment was in decent shape. Then we got to the pictures of the actual compartment that didn't look promising. Just makes one sick thinking about it.

I want to say possibly a pole at high speed, that would explain the crush of the whole left side in the way it is and the ripple effect on the back. It would also explain the crush of the roof on the left side as maybe the pole broke and fell against the roof, not completely collapsing on to it. The right side is untouched, for the most part, other then it collapsing to the left side. The passenger door looks completely untouched.

The only thing I can't really put together with it being a pole is the inside, and whatever that green piece of metal is. I'm not really sure a pole would cause that kind of damage on the inside either. Possibly a fire? Of course all observation and speculation. Just hope that whoever was in it survived.

I was thinking I could use a full size spare, and maybe a fix up project for next winter.
Steve

I think the car was hit while parked. If there were people in it the roof would have been cut off to get them out of it. Either way, it is a total mess and a grand shame.

If it were hit while parked, the airbags wouldn't have gone off, unless they left the key in the ignition and in the on position. If the passenger seat has a sensor for the airbag, it means that someone was also in the passenger seat, or at least something heavy enough to make it believe someone was sitting there.

Roof wise, it looks like it's not totally attached, possibly cut, or maybe just peeled back from the door frame? The hinges on the door look undamaged so it is possible that the door still worked, though highly unlikely.

That about made me sick. Not much left of it salvagable, except maybe the mirrors and some of the wheels ???

It's sad, I hope the driver is OK

this was on another mopar board, it was an 85yr old woman driving this, couldn't stop, hit a light standard or something at a high rate of speed, I think her son survived, I'll find the thread and post it. It was a sad story.

Grandma HAD to be doing in excess of 70 mph to do that kind of damage. Must have hit either a light pole or tree. A telephone pole should have snapped when a 2 ton car hit it. It also looks like it caught on fire judging from the lack of paint at the windshield/roof line and inner trunk lid.
This is truly sad, and another example of why we should be road tested every few years once we reach our late 60's. How many times have you heard/read about an elderly man/woman mistaking the accelerator pedal for the brake? Children have been run over - in their own driveways, drive-through windows made - in places that aren't supposed to have drive-through windows (banks, convenient stores, etc), .......
It's a shame.

oh was that the lady from florida i remember that now it happend like 6 months ago yea she is dead it is the sons fault he bought her the car

Yep, that sounds familiar. I believe we talked about it on here. Last we talked about it, I believe he was in the hospital.

And I agree with the testing, but there seems to be so many interest groups out there, AARP and such, that the government is afraid to step in. I guess people dying is more important then stepping on toes. I had an old man come from clear across the street, very wide road, and hit my parked car. He never drove again until the day he died, just a shame that it takes that to make someone realize that maybe they shouldn't be driving.

Makes me wonder about the throttle sticking issue some have had.....

I think some people have talked about this on here and I didn't pay it much mind until recently. It seems that in the morning when I first start the car and reverse, after I come out a bit of the parking space and then push the clutch, the RPM will suddenly jump fairly high, to about 1,500. I'm not sure how high it would get as I put it in first and let off the clutch, a little, to bring the idle back down, but it is a slight concern as it didn't do it before. It's only the first thing in the morning when it's cold so no driving experiences, other then reverse, thankfully. That is worrisome enough.

It only takes seconds for a accident
 

As one who had a new 71 Challenger R/T automatic with 340 . I nailed the throttle and it wouldn't back off. Went into a curve fighting the car. If you turned the key off it locked the steering . I lost control when the car shifted and left the road . Went though a yard with a fence post at the walk way. It split my driver side fender into and the front wheel pushed to the door . It went out into a field before it stopped. I later learned they had a recall of some throttle cable's being too long and mine was one of them . But I had sold the car after it was fixed before I learned that. My 09 R/T 6 speed throttle stuck at 1500 a month or so ago backing out of the drive way . And when I hit the throttle with clutch in . The RPM stayed at 2500 till I turned the engine off and restarted . Hasn't done it again. But I had talk with the dealer . Said they hadn't had any problem's with it . I can see a 85 year old woman not being able to think what to do no better than I did with 71 R/T . It is sad.

With all the vehicles I have owned...I have only had one throttle issue...with my 84 Monte Carlo SS...had to do with the cruise control...
As far as the 85 year old woman and the Challenger are concerned....she had no business being behind the wheel if she had such little skill...sorry but that's the truth and her son killed her just the same as if he had shot her by putting her behind the wheel. He should be facing charges....for being that stupid. It's stupid things people did like this years ago that killed the performance car the first time around.
High Performance Car + Low Performance Driver = trouble, and people getting hurt...
(now stepping off my soap box)

My Dad is 86 and could probably drive circles around alot of people.
Some "old" people are not brain dead...think about it.
He has millions of miles under his belt.
Matter of fact he has backed more miles than some people have gone forward.
Yes,some old people should not be behind the wheel,but some are just fine.

I agree, and didn't mean to imply that all "older" drivers are bad. But we all need to know and drive within our limitations....many don't. And, this is one reason why many young drivers get into trouble..they drive way beyond their limitations because they don't know any better in many cases. Today's cars handle and brake much better than those in the past, and this helps to pull many a persons butt out of a situration that would usually end with an accident....but, on the other hand because of this, today's cars also give many new drivers a feeling that they do many "unsafe" manuvers and get away with it, time and again. Sooner or later the odds will catch up to you....
Again: High Performance Cars + Low Performance Drivers = trouble

And I have to agree, but that's in all classes. It's kind of funny that we rarely hear about the drunk drivers, unless they kill someone, curious as to the age range in that, seniors crashing, again unless they kill someone, but they sure like to rag on the young crowd that can't vote and has no rights or special interest groups protecting them.

Here's what I think, we all can screw up and we all have at one point or another, small or large. It may make us a bad driver depending on the outcome, it may just be a small mistake, but one thing I think should happen is retesting. After so many years or after a certain age, you should be retested, both written and driving test.

I looked at the driving test book recently and there are things in there that I didn't know about because they weren't in there when I took the test. Child seats, I believe it was, and airbags. I know about it in the driving world, but didn't know it was part of the test now. I forgot about the colors of curbs, yellow, blue and red. See them all the time, but don't give them much thought as I don't usually park next to them. Check your state's driving book out, ours is online, you might be surprised what's in there now.

i remember reading a story of a old lady driving a 08 srt8 and wrecking it... no idea if she died or not but her son was in the car with her at the time. she was something like 90!?!?!
was the article posted on here??? maybe it was svtp i'll have to look.

I believe this was the 90 year old lady and her son in south Florida, which I posted a while back. The last I read it was for her birthday, she died and her son was listed critical. Yes they did hit a pole going around a corner of some sort, maybe an off-ramp I believe.