And yes it's still drivable

[Three Fat Tigers]

http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/01Crash-3418.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/02Crash-3419.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/03Crash-3420.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/04Crash-3421.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/05Crash-3422.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/06Crash-3399.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/07Crash-3400.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/08Crash-3401.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/09Crash-3415.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/10Crash-3416.jpg

→Story: Guy bought this well cared for '94 940T locally at the end of November, next day he gets stone dead blind drunk and takes the car for a drive, somewhere along the way, this happens, but uninjured, he just shrugs it off and keeps on going, and going, and going, and going, until the rear wheel is ground down to this↓. To this day no one knows, including the police, what he hit or what hit him. Driver was unharmed, the car is still drivable, only the driver's door works, hood opens and closes normally, engine compartment is immaculate.

http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/11Crash-3406.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/12Crash-3407.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/13Crash-3408.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/14Crash-3409.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/15Crash-3411.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/16Crash-3412.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/17Crash-3413.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/18Crash-3414.jpg
http://www.threefattigers.com/Protocore/Temp/Crash/19Crash-3417.jpg

Thank god there were no passengers. The minimum intrusion is about 7 inches at the base of the sill, the max intrusion is around 20" midway up the C pillar. This was a serious high speed impact, and a major testament to the toughness of these cars.

[blkaplan_woot]

is that yours?

[pwschuh]

That will bu...

Ah, never mind.

[Three Fat Tigers]

is that yours?I don't drink.

[resa850]

hahaha that wheel is freaking hilarous

Doug (on t's comp)

[medfurd]

I don't drink.

He means was it. Your story makes it sounds like you sold the car and then that happened.

[Neil Peart]

is that your 940?

[Three Fat Tigers]

I'm happy I finally got the air deflector (http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=49737) I've been seaching for, for the last 7 months. :-D

That and an owner's manual, and a like new rear tow hook for the 760.

[thelostartof]

long live volvo ... and i don't even want to know what whatever hit him looked like

[Three Fat Tigers]

is that your 940?I don't drink. ;-)

[Homer]

can you send me that wheel?

[blarf]

I don't drink. ;-)

Did you sell your 940 to somebody who drinks?

[seth]

I don't drink. ;-)

I hope you weren't injured!! :-P

[Three Fat Tigers]

He means was it. Your story makes it sounds like you sold the car and then that happened.Heh, yeah, sorry I'm a little slow tonight, the last to days have been pretty crazy around here.

No it's not mine, my car even smashed in the same manner, would still look awesome next to that.

Mine is a slightly different color, is badge-less, no sun roof, cloth seats, and has the 960 tail lights.
http://www.threefattigers.com/Projects/Project940/Images/P940-3152.jpg

[Three Fat Tigers]

can you send me that wheel?Yes.

[impulse922]

That an 850 next to yours in that pic?

[Lord_Athlon]

At first I was all like "Poor 940, thats the one you worked so hard fixing."

[DoubleV]

:volvo:

[Homer]

Yes.
shipping to 66213?

[Three Fat Tigers]

That an 850 next to yours in that pic?Yes, that photo is at my friends Volvo shop just before I took it home back on June 15, at that time I was surrounded by several dozen 850s, not to mention hundreds of other Volvos.
http://www.threefattigers.com/Projects/Project940/Images/P940-2995b.jpg


shipping to 66213?Well really it's not my car, but I can ask about the wheel and let you know.

[n xntrx volvo]

kind of wish he wasnt driving a volvo, f'n drunks.

[noz-e8tr]

kind of wish he wasnt driving a volvo, f'n drunks.
My thoughts too..Now the asshat lives on to attempt to kill other people again..

[stray]

engine compartment is immaculate.

shipping to 93003? :-p :rofl:

[kahlua240]

so do those leather seats fit in a 240 with like, a hair of modification?

[Three Fat Tigers]

Well the jury is out on that one, a recent thread on that didn't get much response:
http://forums.turbobricks.com/showthread.php?t=61158

The seats in that wrecked 940 look like they have been recently recovered, though it looks like leather, I'm betting it's vinyl, still they look good, and I bet the skins from the damaged seats can be saved to recover another set of seats.

[Obeharskad122s]

pwn3d.

[PWRPUFF]

... what he hit or what hit him.
My guess - another drunk driver hit him, who didn't know what he hit.

-- Kane

[thelostartof]

or the car that hit him the driver died from driving an lesser car ...sad story but prob the only way besides the drunk vs drunk that no one found out about it

[Unregistered]

That's one banged up Volvo.

[liQuid]

That's why I love Volvos... and for other reasons too.. but that's a big reason. Tough ****in' cars!

[CaptainWhoosh]

It'll never spool

[yozsi]

hell, i'd commute in that thing.

[SwedishFish]

Wowzers!

[240Psycho]

it needs megasquirt

[liQuid]

it needs megasquirt
among other things... such as a new passenger side. :rofl:

[SwedishBrick242...]

Definitly both a testiment to Volvo safety and the stupidity of drunks. Drunk drivers are still the highest on the list of people I hate with a burning passion. The penalty should be higher for that ****.

[stylngle2003]

Edward, you scared the crap out of me when I first opened the thread

then I saw the sunroof :oops: ;-)

at least he lived to tell about it

can you PM me some contact info for your friend's shop if you get a chance?

[noz-e8tr]

at least he lived to tell about it


Tell about what?? He was too ****in drunk to even remember..

[blu92in99]

Driver was unharmed, the car is still drivable, only the driver's door works, hood opens and closes normally...:volvo:


-Justin

[240Psycho]

bondo ftw

[BDKR]

My thoughts too..Now the asshat lives on to attempt to kill other people again..

Agreed!

[Unregistered]

haha, thats what all volvo-wankers should do, smash their ugly cars so the rest of us wont have to see them anymore.

[Body Massage]

haha, thats what all volvo-wankers should do, smash their ugly cars so the rest of us wont have to see them anymore.

you sir, are my hero :uh:

[aibast]

thank god there was no passanger or he/she woould have been killed or insured a lot. But still, if it would have been made in japan (cars out of tin foil :P ) then it would have broken in two.