JOLIET WANKEL

Update: I'm feeling alot better now. The goudge in my side seems to have just about filled itself all the way in. I have a doctors appointment in a few days. I'm supposed to be OK'd to start walking then. It's been almost 6 weeks. I had court a little over a week ago. One person involved in the crash showed so I had to bend over for one of the moving violations. I don't even remember which one but my lawyer got one of the "driving too fast for conditions" or "improper lane change" dropped along with the "driving with little or no tread on one or more tires" dropped too. I paid my lawyer and the one ticket. Together was less than $300. I got off on a few months more of court supervision. The good news is insurance paid off my car loan right away. The real bad news is my full coverage auto insurance only covered the first $5000 in my hospital bills. I don't know exactly what the total is. I opened a couple of them and one of them was for $15000. I don't even wanna know right now. I'm not only not going to be buying another RX-8, but I'm going to half to sell the Esmeril turbo kit I bought and file bankruptcy. My credit was going down the tubes before from being unemployed but now I'm totally screwed. I'm thinking of buying an old RX-7 for a few thousand dollars. That's about it.

kersh4w

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thats why EVERY SINGLE OTHER FIRST WORLD COUNTRY has nationalized health care.

because when accidents happen, hospital bills run into the tens of thousands. a $500 tax increase every year for full health coverage is nothing...

SiLVeRE8

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wow that was crazy! glad you and your friend are ok

alfy28

man glad to see you ok. sorry about the fianacial issues. i hope things get better for you

AirlockRX

I'm glad to hear that you're doing better. Actually, I thought about you a couple of weeks ago and wondered how you're doing. Also glad to hear that your attorney was worth the money.

Man, as far as the financial stuff, just take it a minute at a time.
You can arrange low repayment through a credit management service (most are free of charge). You can always get another car, don't worry about that right now, just get better physically and the rest will work out. (it always does)

devildog1679

From personal experience I can tell you your bill might be over 60K, How long were you in the hospital? How many CAT scans if any did you have? How much physical therapy you required?. I wrecked my 8 two months ago, all I got was a broken wrist and stitches over my eye. I stayed 28 hrs in the hospital and had 2 CAT scans. Total bill was 34K which includes all the follow-up visits. My car insurance paid 5K and my health insurance paid the rest. If it wasn't for health insurance I would be in the poor house.

mrinno

Ouch. Good that your alive

risky business

wow, glad your ok... that back right wheel looks like a toothpick.... its hard to image something so hard shattering like that. your car did take a beating but atleast your alive

JOLIET WANKEL

I took a beating too! And now I have to sell the Esmeril turbo kit I just bought before I wrecked the car.

Never L8

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Wow. I'm a Firefighter/Paramedic in your area and have seen worse injuries and even fatals with less damage. Good luck with your recovery. I know people have been saying that they're glad he's okay, but trust me, he's not "okay" until therapy is done. I hope your recovery goes well, bro. Be safe out there.

JRichter

Wow man, glad you and you're passenger are alive. That's a nasty wreck. Hope you make a full recovery and everything financially works out. Easy for me to say, but believe it or not things could have been much worse.

CyberPitz

Holy ****, that's a horrid accident.

Good to see you're physically OK, as in alive. Too bad you're financially busted. I'm sure things will even out, but it's going to a shitty road. Good luck.

JOLIET WANKEL

Recovery has been slow. Today I advanced from 80% weight bearing on my left foot to 120%. This means I'm cleared to stand balanced on both feet. I still have to stay on my walker for probably another 2 weeks and when I walk push down on the handles ever so slightly to assist my left side. It sucks. I missed being able to take my 2 year old daughter trick or treating this year because I couldn't walk yet and my wheel chair got left in my mom's car. That was worse than anything because this year my daughter was big enough to walk herself when trick or treating. I am getting stronger though with physical therapy and I'm easing myself back into the gym too. Look out ladies!

remixlp

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glad to know you're getting better dude. I have been looking at your fs turbo thread with great interest.

JOLIET WANKEL

Hey everyone! I'm back! And I'm "Back In BLACK!" Some of you might remember reading about the wreck I had last September in my red 8 when I totaled it (see link below), breaking my back and pelvis in multiple spots. Not only have I been all healed up, the car was paid off, I got my license back on Tuesday and on Wednesday I bought another RX-8. 2004 brilliant black 6M in sport trim w/ Pioneer in-dash Navi & BFG g-force tires (I like better than stock Potenza's.) The rest of the car is all stock. Just 30K on her and drives great. So if ya see me around Lockport, that's just me, Joliet Wankel. Link to crash pics:http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...albumID=901568 Link to new RX-8 pics: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...lbumID=1024514

Ross_Dawg

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awesome man! good to hear another BB is on the road! Now take care of her this time

Bighurk

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jeeze. your lucky to be alive

rglbegl

Glad to hear you healed well, and congrats on the car

Jedi54

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glad to hear you've recovered from your injuries and that you're back in a rotary.
BB IS the fastest of all 8's.

Bighurk

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lol

AirlockRX

Glad to see you well and back in the driver's seat!!
Looks like things did work out after all.
Shoulda had a BB in the first place!!

Isn't it funny how you don't want any other car after you total your 8?
The car becomes a part of your soul.
I (among many others) am a living testimony...

Enjoy! (Safely)

Mike

AntonToo

wow talk about a comeback story! good ish!

trustbuddy

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i can't seem to work both of the links. am i the only one with this problem?
btw- welcome back~!