SEMA trip and...accident.
11-02-2007, 03:10 AM
#1
SEMA trip and...accident.
My brother Dave and I went to SEMA and just got back tonight. Was my first time there and man is that place HUGE!! 
Don't think we covered more than 20% of it and I can't even recall what I did see. Had a rough beginning to the trip but luckily we kept going and it ended up being worth it.
So I picked up my brother at 4 a.m. and we headed out to Vegas in our nifty rental Nissan Moreno
(CVT tranny was cool but power sucked ***
). About an hour from Vegas I-15 came to a halt.
Turns out just 20 minutes earlier a Tanker truck flipped over and spilled it's content of Lube Oil (hearsay) onto the freeway and the only road in and out of Las Vegas from LA was to be shut down until the mess could be cleaned up. Wait time was expected to be 20 hours!
We (meaning Dave because I was sleeping in the back) started BS'ing with some truck drivers and told us of a little used and deserted road that by-passed the stricken area of I-15. So we took up their advice and went to find this barren road.
So we find the exit and we also find this gas station which was in the middle of nowhere and their gas prices reflected their ignorance to what the rest of the world was charging for gas!
So we proceeded into the unknown and we felt like we were heading down the *** end of a sexually confused and curious teenager. Almost felt like we were headed in the right direction if we were planning on burying some bodies...
Passed by some nice accommodations that looked like they belonged in a horror movie shot in the old west.
Anyways, feeling confident we got our hic-up for the trip out of the way we started heading back towards the interstate down a one lane (two-way) road that was a complete mess and half covered with desert sand. So we driving like 65 which was fast enough for the roads when this lunatic chick in a Chevy Cobalt passed us going 80mph +/-. That wasn't shocking but the fact that she was doing so on a blind corner (hello oncoming traffic) and in an area of road where the sand half covered the road was what was alarming.
Needless to say the Cobalt did spin out and spun out backwards up a sand burm and went FLYING, while it was in mid air it smacked a Joshua tree which spun the car a few times before it amazingly landed on all four tires. Oddly enough I got some of it on video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHcfdEI-DW0
So Anyways, turns out that the driver was this STUPID lady who I at first gave the benefit of the doubt that she was in shock but later on wanted to punch her in the head. She had with her in the car her 8 year old boy and an 11 year old daughter of someone else that she didn't really know. Neither kids were wearing seat belts either. First thing that comes out of this retards mouth was something like "Oh man this is a rental...good thing it's not my rental!" Her kid is sitting right next to her bleeding from his forehead and lip and the girl in the back is regaining consciousness after having been flung around the back seat like a rag-doll and bleeding from a few places. Anyways, I call 911 and send for help but we are in the middle of nowhere and figured we were gonna be there for at least an hour waiting for help. Two kids were good kids and I felt bad for them that this was the "responsible" adult in their charge. She did manage to vomit up some insightful knowledge to the kids when she told them "well I guess you'll be wearing seat belts from now on huh"! Brilliant. Here's a few pictures from what was left of the car.
Here's the Joshua Tree they hit...to give you an idea of how high that car was in the air and where they hit the tree, Dave had to pull that bumper out of the tree where it "V's". They basically hit where that branch on the right is broken in two. Lucky son's of bitches
So anyways...after waiting for a half hour the kid was getting headaches and the girl was feeling sorta weak and wanted to sleep so we said screw it and I talked to the 911 dispatcher and told her we were taking them to the nearest first aid we could find because we weren't gonna wait too much longer. As we approached the state line we flag down an ambulance and hand over the three people to them and explain to them what happened. All and all I felt really bad for the two kids and really did want to smack that lady. She wasn't concerned one bit about her kids and all she kept thinking was how am I gonna get another car to get home and lucky for her she gets a few more days off school because of this accident.
Don't think we covered more than 20% of it and I can't even recall what I did see. Had a rough beginning to the trip but luckily we kept going and it ended up being worth it.So I picked up my brother at 4 a.m. and we headed out to Vegas in our nifty rental Nissan Moreno
(CVT tranny was cool but power sucked ***). About an hour from Vegas I-15 came to a halt.Turns out just 20 minutes earlier a Tanker truck flipped over and spilled it's content of Lube Oil (hearsay) onto the freeway and the only road in and out of Las Vegas from LA was to be shut down until the mess could be cleaned up. Wait time was expected to be 20 hours!
We (meaning Dave because I was sleeping in the back) started BS'ing with some truck drivers and told us of a little used and deserted road that by-passed the stricken area of I-15. So we took up their advice and went to find this barren road.
So we find the exit and we also find this gas station which was in the middle of nowhere and their gas prices reflected their ignorance to what the rest of the world was charging for gas!
So we proceeded into the unknown and we felt like we were heading down the *** end of a sexually confused and curious teenager. Almost felt like we were headed in the right direction if we were planning on burying some bodies...
Passed by some nice accommodations that looked like they belonged in a horror movie shot in the old west.
Anyways, feeling confident we got our hic-up for the trip out of the way we started heading back towards the interstate down a one lane (two-way) road that was a complete mess and half covered with desert sand. So we driving like 65 which was fast enough for the roads when this lunatic chick in a Chevy Cobalt passed us going 80mph +/-. That wasn't shocking but the fact that she was doing so on a blind corner (hello oncoming traffic) and in an area of road where the sand half covered the road was what was alarming.
Needless to say the Cobalt did spin out and spun out backwards up a sand burm and went FLYING, while it was in mid air it smacked a Joshua tree which spun the car a few times before it amazingly landed on all four tires. Oddly enough I got some of it on video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHcfdEI-DW0
So Anyways, turns out that the driver was this STUPID lady who I at first gave the benefit of the doubt that she was in shock but later on wanted to punch her in the head. She had with her in the car her 8 year old boy and an 11 year old daughter of someone else that she didn't really know. Neither kids were wearing seat belts either. First thing that comes out of this retards mouth was something like "Oh man this is a rental...good thing it's not my rental!" Her kid is sitting right next to her bleeding from his forehead and lip and the girl in the back is regaining consciousness after having been flung around the back seat like a rag-doll and bleeding from a few places. Anyways, I call 911 and send for help but we are in the middle of nowhere and figured we were gonna be there for at least an hour waiting for help. Two kids were good kids and I felt bad for them that this was the "responsible" adult in their charge. She did manage to vomit up some insightful knowledge to the kids when she told them "well I guess you'll be wearing seat belts from now on huh"! Brilliant. Here's a few pictures from what was left of the car.
Here's the Joshua Tree they hit...to give you an idea of how high that car was in the air and where they hit the tree, Dave had to pull that bumper out of the tree where it "V's". They basically hit where that branch on the right is broken in two. Lucky son's of bitches
So anyways...after waiting for a half hour the kid was getting headaches and the girl was feeling sorta weak and wanted to sleep so we said screw it and I talked to the 911 dispatcher and told her we were taking them to the nearest first aid we could find because we weren't gonna wait too much longer. As we approached the state line we flag down an ambulance and hand over the three people to them and explain to them what happened. All and all I felt really bad for the two kids and really did want to smack that lady. She wasn't concerned one bit about her kids and all she kept thinking was how am I gonna get another car to get home and lucky for her she gets a few more days off school because of this accident.
Last edited by Spoolin; 11-02-2007 at 03:37 AM.
11-02-2007, 03:16 AM
#2
So....anyways...
GOT TO SEMA!! Place was insane!! First time there so I was more than a little stoked! Saw a lot of sweet rides and new products. Also met up with Tarrent (SAMOANBUILTGMC) from Wilwood, nice meeting you bro; Mark (2004Denali), and Brian (BlownChevy) who looked stunningly handsome all dressed up in his booth explaining to all his minions why Magnacharger's are the best! Brian was grumpier than usual when I first ran into him because he hadn't eaten anything that day yet. After he cooled down and had a few burgers he was back to being his usual pissy self. I snapped a few pictures of him in his digs but he was bitching about how people take pictures of him and alter them enough as it is and since I'm such a nice guy and I couldn't give him a hug I told him I'd delete the pictures from my camera. Sorry dewey!
So here's a few pics from some trucks that stood out, there's one or two of cars but I took like 300 pictures so I'll primarily stick to the trucks.
I thought that big rims were kinda fading out of style but apparently not, almost ever damn car had huge rims and some were a bit oversized...
This truck...
Had THIS INSIDE OF IT!!
Procharged LS7!!
Same thing with this truck...
Had a nice 427 hiding inside!
Here's a sweet RCSB NNBS Sierra!
I am thinking about trading my truck in for this at some point...it was GORGEOUS!!
Saw this engine inside a 1970 Chevelle!
Here's my brother Dave standing next to the Tundra Dually concept...
This one however I liked...might of been the color, I'm not sure
And by far my favorite Tundra of the whole show...by far, I really liked this one (can you tell?)
Couple sweet NNBS's
Flat black with front fenders that have air intake vents...belonged to a group of professional X-cross riders.
GTF outta my way!!
Needs smaller wheels and a drop and a smaller hood while they are at it.
GOT TO SEMA!! Place was insane!! First time there so I was more than a little stoked! Saw a lot of sweet rides and new products. Also met up with Tarrent (SAMOANBUILTGMC) from Wilwood, nice meeting you bro; Mark (2004Denali), and Brian (BlownChevy) who looked stunningly handsome all dressed up in his booth explaining to all his minions why Magnacharger's are the best! Brian was grumpier than usual when I first ran into him because he hadn't eaten anything that day yet. After he cooled down and had a few burgers he was back to being his usual pissy self. I snapped a few pictures of him in his digs but he was bitching about how people take pictures of him and alter them enough as it is and since I'm such a nice guy and I couldn't give him a hug I told him I'd delete the pictures from my camera. Sorry dewey!
So here's a few pics from some trucks that stood out, there's one or two of cars but I took like 300 pictures so I'll primarily stick to the trucks.
I thought that big rims were kinda fading out of style but apparently not, almost ever damn car had huge rims and some were a bit oversized...
This truck...
Had THIS INSIDE OF IT!!
Procharged LS7!!Same thing with this truck...
Had a nice 427 hiding inside!
Here's a sweet RCSB NNBS Sierra!
I am thinking about trading my truck in for this at some point...it was GORGEOUS!!
Saw this engine inside a 1970 Chevelle!
Here's my brother Dave standing next to the Tundra Dually concept...
This one however I liked...might of been the color, I'm not sure
And by far my favorite Tundra of the whole show...by far, I really liked this one (can you tell?)
Couple sweet NNBS's
Flat black with front fenders that have air intake vents...belonged to a group of professional X-cross riders.
GTF outta my way!!
Needs smaller wheels and a drop and a smaller hood while they are at it.
Last edited by Spoolin; 11-02-2007 at 03:58 AM.
11-02-2007, 03:30 AM
#3
First of all bro, this is not out of touch with todays prices, this is a forward looking trend setter 
What an ordeal. I cant believe how calm you stayed, I would've lost it on that bitch and told her to STFU! Good for you guys that you were there and able to help, hopefully she'll have gotten charged for the accident and her insurance rates climb so high she cant afford to drive.
I want to go to SEMA next year, I think we should all meet up there! I won't delete Brian's pics
What an ordeal. I cant believe how calm you stayed, I would've lost it on that bitch and told her to STFU! Good for you guys that you were there and able to help, hopefully she'll have gotten charged for the accident and her insurance rates climb so high she cant afford to drive.
I want to go to SEMA next year, I think we should all meet up there! I won't delete Brian's pics
11-02-2007, 03:31 AM
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i have some good pics too... will post some later...
Brian was a grumpy SOB... but after a burger he was a smiles again...
that accident was ridiculous... too bad the woman driving it was pure ghetto and an idiot... and she is f'd because the rental car insurance wont cover her driving.... her friend will have to pay for it all... sucks to be her friend...lol.
made a lot of good contacts at Sema... will be there next year... with my truck if all goes well!!
Brian was a grumpy SOB... but after a burger he was a smiles again...
that accident was ridiculous... too bad the woman driving it was pure ghetto and an idiot... and she is f'd because the rental car insurance wont cover her driving.... her friend will have to pay for it all... sucks to be her friend...lol.
made a lot of good contacts at Sema... will be there next year... with my truck if all goes well!!
11-02-2007, 03:31 AM
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Only Ford truck I would ever consider driving...color was intense!
Ummmm....
OK now this is getting dumb...
Saw this benz that was reportedly worth 1 million dollars...Whatever
I think I'm gonna buy one when they come out!
My brother Dave and Mark standing over a LSX tall deck...
First paint job to ever turn me on...
Also ran into a guy that built a Insane Hummer with 18,000watts of subs alone!
First up was Dave, I filmed what the truck sounded like and looked like from the outside, look at the body panels flex with each kick of the bass!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0zjwnscjGI
Finally got the courage to go in myself, there is no way the bass is gonna come through in my video camera but look at the side mirror and the paper's flying around on the dash. That was from the Air getting sucked in and out of the Bass "ports" Apparently the day before a guy had a shirt slung over his shoulder and the subs sucked the shirt off his shoulder and into the "ports" words can't describe what this felt like...and yeah I got watery eyes afterwards!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYYYLzguGU
And here's a first for me, a twin PROCHARGED Mustang. Not sure how this works out better than other FI systems because I figure you'd have to fight twice the resistance that S/C usually produce. Definitely different.
I have a lot more but Photobucket has gone down for the night, will update more later.
Ummmm....
OK now this is getting dumb...
Saw this benz that was reportedly worth 1 million dollars...Whatever
I think I'm gonna buy one when they come out!
My brother Dave and Mark standing over a LSX tall deck...
First paint job to ever turn me on...
Also ran into a guy that built a Insane Hummer with 18,000watts of subs alone!
First up was Dave, I filmed what the truck sounded like and looked like from the outside, look at the body panels flex with each kick of the bass!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0zjwnscjGI
Finally got the courage to go in myself, there is no way the bass is gonna come through in my video camera but look at the side mirror and the paper's flying around on the dash. That was from the Air getting sucked in and out of the Bass "ports" Apparently the day before a guy had a shirt slung over his shoulder and the subs sucked the shirt off his shoulder and into the "ports" words can't describe what this felt like...and yeah I got watery eyes afterwards!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYYYLzguGU
And here's a first for me, a twin PROCHARGED Mustang. Not sure how this works out better than other FI systems because I figure you'd have to fight twice the resistance that S/C usually produce. Definitely different.
I have a lot more but Photobucket has gone down for the night, will update more later.
Last edited by Spoolin; 11-02-2007 at 04:09 AM.
11-02-2007, 03:33 AM
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What an ordeal. I cant believe how calm you stayed, I would've lost it on that bitch and told her to STFU! Good for you guys that you were there and able to help, hopefully she'll have gotten charged for the accident and her insurance rates climb so high she cant afford to drive.
I want to go to SEMA next year, I think we should all meet up there! I won't delete Brian's pics
I want to go to SEMA next year, I think we should all meet up there! I won't delete Brian's pics
Hey Dave, did you notice the license plate frame? HAHA we were right!!
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11-02-2007, 03:36 AM
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that truck was unbelievable... it literally felt like i couldnt breathe it was so intense... i could only handle it for a few seconds... the Sema officials threatened to kick him out for playing it... it was that loud!!!
11-02-2007, 03:41 AM
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Man oh man that is some good paint with the babe...I like boobies....and ***!! Lol, looks like you guys had a heck of a time, sure wish I could've gone but next year I'
m gonna take 5 days and just go play in Vegas!
Brian grumpy? Naw, I don't believe it! He suckered you out of some In N Out didn't he!
m gonna take 5 days and just go play in Vegas!
Brian grumpy? Naw, I don't believe it! He suckered you out of some In N Out didn't he!