R.I.P Monte

[pontiacgp]

Now that some time has went by I'll say it once b/c it needed to be said. If they found out you were also drinking don't confirm or deny it, but if you protest in any way it will look bad to the judge. They really hate it when someone is not taking any responsibility for their actions. You may not technically be at fault but if you outright 'object' to anything you would look like a hypocrite basically - if they do know. Best to exercise restraint and say nothing. You don't want to end up having to attend some expensive classes b/c of an outburst objecting in court, so don't say anything even if they insult you or find out you had drinks that night too. If you object in any way, the judge might look at it like your not taking any responsibility for what happened. Doesn't matter whether it's true or not. I'm not anybody's Dad on here, but now that some time has passed for the anger factor to drop down from clouding judgement, I would hope your judgement would allow you to admit some self acknowledgement of responsibility for what happened anyway. I was pretty mad the time I bought a blazer for $700 after having too many drinks at a bar, came down opened the garage door and the garage door was open w/ the wind blowing, nothing there. They followed me home and drove right back off in the blazer, and I never had signed a title. My own fault, is how I looked at that one. Take some responsibility for your actions, if you weren't drunk you wouldn't have pulled over in the middle of that country road. You got too comfortable in your neighborhood, as I can easily recognize having occasionally been guilty of the same. Just don't forget standing in front of the judge, he doesn't live in your neighborhood and won't care if this happened there any different than a brightly lit urban metro area; any objection if they mention the fact that you were also drinking would be looked down upon as a failure to take responsibility. This was a concept I didn't understand that took me some fk ups to grasp, but it was something my lawyer taught me.

I don't think you read the op's posts.....

 

[HAFROD]

I really feel bad for you and the Monte. You planning on getting another Monte and using yours for parts?

 

[-83MONTESS-]

I really feel bad for you and the Monte. You planning on getting another Monte and using yours for parts?

Yea I have one lined up. Insurance was reasonable with me so im waiting on the check. If all goes well I will have an 87 Aerocoupe by next week. The car is complete so there will be A LOT of parts for sale towards the end of winter. Lots of interior sh*t mainly.

As for pencero.......not sure if you're insinuating im not owning up to it or not.....if that's the case you're dead wrong. The amount of alcohol I had consumed didn't effect a thing in terms of where I "parked"-as you put, my car that night or what I did for that matter. The car was pulled over as far as possible and the exhaust getting ripped off from the car being bottomed out proves that. It's not like I would have done anything different had I not drank and I know that because I have literally done this hundreds of times......just not after drinking.

Court keeps getting pushed back so no real update there. Im not worried about it anymore. I learned my lesson that night, anything from here on out is a formality. It's in my lawyer's hands.

 

[vanrah]

Greetings MonteSS & all; AWESOME, an AreoCoupe! Now you get membership in a much more exclusive group. I await your personalization projects. P&S Glass in Janesville Wi has or had a back glass for that Areocar, Paul (P of P&S) asked me what he should do with it (2 years back). I suggested posting here & he did post & bumped it a couple of times, but I'm not sure if he still has it. If you've considered coming to the Car Craft Nat's next summer, picking up the glass would be two birds with one trip to Wisc. I got another $.04 cents worth (twice as much), weight is not your friend, Keep it drivable a road car ,comfortable A/C, tall gears, Big Torque & all the stuff you like from you ol'e "G". How about drop spindles & 9C1 springs up front? And No I won't sell mine (springs) at this time, they stay with the car. You still retain your ol'e G, yea? So are they short front springs similar to my Eibach's or did you have drop spindles? Ya got a get the nose down LOw & the butt just down. So do you need to paint it if so what color? I got a stop, Bob Jr.

 

[1 RARE T]

83MONTESS- said: ↑
Well the monte was hit by a drunk driver lastnight. I had a few beers and did some playing around with the carb and wanted to take it for a spin. I went to turn around on the side of the road when it stalled out. I had my flashers on and was blocking about half the road. I saw a car coming and got out to wave him by. I realized he wasn't slowing down so I dove in the ditch. That's when I heard him slam into the side of my car. He ended up in a field and was life flighted out from there. I was taken in and got a DWI but not cited for the accident. The other guy is alive and well I was told and is at fault. He was blackout drunk

First you were blocking half the road, now the exhaust was ripped off because you were on the side of the road?

You Sir, are full of sh*t.

The Prosecution rests, your Honor.

 

[drogg1]

83MONTESS- said: ↑
Well the monte was hit by a drunk driver lastnight. I had a few beers and did some playing around with the carb and wanted to take it for a spin. I went to turn around on the side of the road when it stalled out. I had my flashers on and was blocking about half the road. I saw a car coming and got out to wave him by. I realized he wasn't slowing down so I dove in the ditch. That's when I heard him slam into the side of my car. He ended up in a field and was life flighted out from there. I was taken in and got a DWI but not cited for the accident. The other guy is alive and well I was told and is at fault. He was blackout drunk

First you were blocking half the road, now the exhaust was ripped off because you were on the side of the road?

You Sir, are full of sh*t.

The Prosecution rests, your Honor.

Whoa, 1 RARE T, we don't need any negative comments like that.

Although I have to admit I am also curious what you meant when you first said 'it stalled out' if the the problem was that the exhaust was ripped out from bottoming it out. I suppose if the exhaust went from 'restricted' to 'open' near the header this might cause some sort of strange feedback to the exhaust ports that may cause it to stall.

Sorry about the car either way man. I have been following your posts and its really rough to see you have all that trouble with it and then have it completely trashed. Also, I hope everything works out with the law. I know whats its like to have a small error in judgement lead to a silly misdemeanor that hangs over you and prevents you from advancing in your career and I don't wish it on anyone.

 

[pontiacgp]

83MONTESS- said: ↑
Well the monte was hit by a drunk driver lastnight. I had a few beers and did some playing around with the carb and wanted to take it for a spin. I went to turn around on the side of the road when it stalled out. I had my flashers on and was blocking about half the road. I saw a car coming and got out to wave him by. I realized he wasn't slowing down so I dove in the ditch. That's when I heard him slam into the side of my car. He ended up in a field and was life flighted out from there. I was taken in and got a DWI but not cited for the accident. The other guy is alive and well I was told and is at fault. He was blackout drunk

First you were blocking half the road, now the exhaust was ripped off because you were on the side of the road?

You Sir, are full of sh*t.

The Prosecution rests, your Honor.

The post you quoted was written the morning after the event. It's more common than not that details are missed and not total accurate when first reciting what happened soon after the event. The mind is a strange being and some details come to you after time passes. Most people are honest and with some of the details that are emerging that may look to somewhat contradict previous statements that in itself speaks to the honesty of the person. The truth is a person's perception of what occurred and that perception evolves over time. If MonteeSS stuck with the details of the first post over and over I would not take him at his word as quickly as I do when he seemingly contradicts himself. People are terrible eye witnesses because their mind perceives what happened. In this case MonteeSS is an eyewitness.....

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-the-eyes-have-it/
"The uncritical acceptance of eyewitness accounts may stem from a popular misconception of how memory works. Many people believe that human memory works like a video recorder: the mind records events and then, on cue, plays back an exact replica of them. On the contrary, psychologists have found that memories are reconstructed rather than played back each time we recall them."

 

[-83MONTESS-]

83MONTESS- said: ↑
Well the monte was hit by a drunk driver lastnight. I had a few beers and did some playing around with the carb and wanted to take it for a spin. I went to turn around on the side of the road when it stalled out. I had my flashers on and was blocking about half the road. I saw a car coming and got out to wave him by. I realized he wasn't slowing down so I dove in the ditch. That's when I heard him slam into the side of my car. He ended up in a field and was life flighted out from there. I was taken in and got a DWI but not cited for the accident. The other guy is alive and well I was told and is at fault. He was blackout drunk

First you were blocking half the road, now the exhaust was ripped off because you were on the side of the road?

You Sir, are full of sh*t.

The Prosecution rests, your Honor.

Lol dude for real?

The car was sitting ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS i CLEARLY SAID FROM DAY ONE. On the side of the road still means I was on the road. In case you're not familiar with how ditches work there is a decent drop from the edge of the road to the grade of the ditch. That combined with the fact that my car is lowered 2" made me high center on the edge of the road. When the car was hit it ripped the driver's side exhaust from the header collector and smashed the cutout a little.

I have no idea why you're arguing with me about this but maybe you should take a few steps away from the computer and try ****ing your face with your fist.

P.S if I posted pics from the crash report would it make ya feel better???

 

[-83MONTESS-]

If MonteeSS stuck with the details of the first post over and over I would not take him at his word as quickly as I do when he seemingly contradicts himself. People are terrible eye witnesses because their mind perceives what happened. In this case MonteeSS is an eyewitness.....

My story really hasn't changed. I guess im just not describing things clear maybe? Or didn't describe it clear in the original post. Either way I wasn't the only person there. Both the police and insurance company had my buddy fill out reports. We were literally 10 feet from each other when it happened. Everything he said matched my version of the events no matter what way you look at it.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Whoa, 1 RARE T, we don't need any negative comments like that.

Although I have to admit I am also curious what you meant when you first said 'it stalled out' if the the problem was that the exhaust was ripped out from bottoming it out. I suppose if the exhaust went from 'restricted' to 'open' near the header this might cause some sort of strange feedback to the exhaust ports that may cause it to stall.

The exhaust wasn't crushed that wasn't the cause of the stall.

To be honest I think it ran out of gas. I put a gallon in it a few days ago and it fired right up after a few seconds of cranking and ran fine. It's a new fuel cell and it read-still reads 1/4 tank when it's bone dry. A miscalculation on my end I suppose since I didn't check it before leaving. I was thinking carb issues because I had been messing with it that day. Maybe it was both since it's still pig rich.