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jwshira 01-17-2026 08:51 PM
Sad end
 
My little blue beauty is gone. A pickup truck beside me on a four lane road decided he wanted to be in my lane. Guess he didn't notice that it was already occupied...by ME. He executed a textbook PIT maneuver on me, I spun across both lanes, over the curb into the median, hit a crepe myrtle tree and flipped over. The dashcam video of a guy two cars back showed that from initial impact to coming to rest upside down took four seconds. If it was not for the rollbar, I would probably be dead. As it was, I crawled out from under it completely unharmed. Not a scratch. The car was not so lucky. Insurance company deemed it a "constructive total loss." The other guy drove off with a ticket for "improper lane change."
I wanted a Cobra since I was 15, and it took 55 years to get one, and four seconds to lose it.
I'll probably get another play car, but the next one will have a roof. I don't want to bet on getting that lucky twice.

mrmustang 01-18-2026 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by jwshira (Post 1527736)
My little blue beauty is gone. A pickup truck beside me on a four lane road decided he wanted to be in my lane. Guess he didn't notice that it was already occupied...by ME. He executed a textbook PIT maneuver on me, I spun across both lanes, over the curb into the median, hit a crepe myrtle tree and flipped over. The dashcam video of a guy two cars back showed that from initial impact to coming to rest upside down took four seconds. If it was not for the rollbar, I would probably be dead. As it was, I crawled out from under it completely unharmed. Not a scratch. The car was not so lucky. Insurance company deemed it a "constructive total loss." The other guy drove off with a ticket for "improper lane change."
I wanted a Cobra since I was 15, and it took 55 years to get one, and four seconds to lose it.
I'll probably get another play car, but the next one will have a roof. I don't want to bet on getting that lucky twice.

Sorry to hear that, but you learned a valuable lesson in which the car can be replaced, but your life cannot.


Good luck with your future endeavors




Bill S.


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