We Crashed our Chevy Volt on Christmas Eve - Did we survive? - @Barnacules
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and there was a ton of damage so the car is TOTALED. We're just waiting to hear back on what happens next then we will look for a cheap, used, safe car to replace it for my wife and son to drive. Something that is AWD. Would love to get a Tesla Model 3 but it's not in the cards right now, but one day I hope that we both drive Tesla's.
Driving home from a party on Christmas Eve 2017 we lost traction going down a very steep snow covered hill because it concealed a patch of ice and we went on the roller coaster ride of a lifetime. I had my wife and my 7 year old son Xander in the car with me & I've never felt so helpless. Please comment below on your similar experiences and let me know how long it's going to take for me to not be nervous behind the wheel again.
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A) I wasn’t, we were going 3mph and once we started sliding we picked up speed from gravity down a steep hill.
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Just a quick update as of 1/5/2018. The body shop called today and said the Chevy Volt is totaled and not repairable. The frame is tweaked and several other things are damaged and the cost to repair it even if the frame wasn't tweaked would exceed the $13k the car is worth. Thank you everyone for all the kind words and all the trolls for the SEO and engagement boost pushing this video over 100k views ;) I'll keep you guys updated with what vehicle we buy to replace it. A Tesla isn't in the cards right now because we simply can't afford it but we are thinking about finding another RX300 Lexus with 100k miles on it because you can get them cheap and they are super reliable, smooth, safe and AWD. That is what we had before we got the Chevy Volt and honestly it was a great vehicle, however the gas mileage isn't great but lucky for me my son no longer needs to be driven to a million therapy appointments a week so we don't drive nearly as much these days so it shouldn't be that much of a problem.
You guys are awesome, thanks again and stay up to date by following @Barnacules on Twitter!
Just a side note, invest in winter tires, traction trumps awd everytime, also when you start sliding and its clear youre not stopping disable abs and/or traction control, most cars have a button for this, while these help maintain control they unfortunately exasterbate the slide, since it prevents the wheels from stayed fully stopped.
please put the VIN number in the description, so when this car end up in a salvage auction they find this video. That way no one will buy this thinking it's repairable.
so sorry but i am glad you guys are ok. I hope 2018 is a better year for you.
a FWD car with snow tires will do better then an AWD car with Summer tires, you could just get a MK1 V6 Mazda 6 or if you want/need a crossover the MK1 and MK2 Madza Tribute/Ford Escape are good cars too
alos, i never knew Barnacules drove manual, nice STi BTW
Glad you and your family are okay. Don't worry about the car, it can be replaced. Your family cannot.
RandoCrypto I concur
Time to do some fwd rallyx! Glad you are ok! (If you remember I'm the one with the white Audi at redbull grc)
i am glad family is ok for car you find something for me i know what is like i had a stroke why driving the car and crashed my car into a another car
Eric Lozano Your comment dosent even make any sense
For now.......*cue Black Mirror season 5
Small bit of advice from someone who went through this recently. Unless you have an official diagnosis from a doctor which specifically uses the word "whiplash", don't tell the insurance company that you have whiplash. Use general terms like neck pain, back pain, etc. The word whiplash is strongly associated with insurance fraud, and your claim can get denied or end up stuck in pending legal review hell forever.
true that. like ten days later for me.
Great advise! Lucky for us my insurance agent has been the same for 18 years and he's a cool dude and knows I wouldn't commit insurance fraud. But this is fantastic advise, besides, my neck already feels much better so I shouldn't need any medical recovery from it unless I get a flare up of some kind.
I'm sorry dude, but you're saying you are a "trained rallydriver" and surfaces like that is your thing? Why the actual fuck would you go out when you don't even know how bad those tires are? I sell tires for a living in Norway, where we have real winters, and I know what a good wintertire looks like. The ones you were driving with you family in it? Looks like a deathtrap.
Don't put shame on the term "rally driver" by calling your self that, when you can't even handle a little ice and snow. This accident was your doing, don't you dare say anything else. Glad your family is ok though. Don't take them out in a deathtrap like that again.
Honestly I'm just glad you guys were wearing your seatbelts. So many people seems to not even bother with them...
Exactly, so many people die because they flew out of the car because they didnt wear a god damn seatbelt
if u dont have a kid to look after who gives a shit if you die. please fucjing take me, Father.
Not wearing seatbelts sometimes saves lives, my friend's father ended up sliding off a corner and rolling his car down a hill. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt and got thrown in the backseat, the front of the car was completely crushed, unrecognisable and if he wasnt thrown into the back he would have been crushed. Lucky him.
Thats some serious luck right there.
+Whiskeh Fox My friends brother was really Lucky. He would of has his throat and neck crushed if he was wearing his seat belt.
Not to dismiss or minimize your experience, but keep in mind that new cars arent hard to total. They are meant to squish up and absorb impacts. Its a double edge because it is what make bad crashes survivable but it also makes them very easy to total. Ive seen cars totaled from 10mph impacts with road signs... It doesnt take much sometimes.
Yeah, in all fairness I think survivability for the people is more important than the car. But, yes, you are right. They are made to have 'crumple zones' to try and avoid injury to the people on board.
--Kretiini--Wrong, obviously someone whose never driven or owned one unless you think "old" is 2005 that is. Cars have had seat belts for 40 years, crumple zones for 30, Anti-lock brakes and airbags for 20 and BTW, new cars are more frequently totaled precisely because they're designed to sacrifice themselves. For an insurance company to total a car is just a numbers game. Even minor damage can cost 1000's and if it exceeds the value of the car they'll total it. It's about getting out as cheaply as they can and nothing more. Being stupid while driving regardless of what you're driving can still get you killed so put the responsibility where it belongs, on the driver.
Car Stuff with El Camino Guy Antilock is older than 20 years, have a 26 year old lincoln with abs.
Car Stuff with El Camino Guy But that has nothing to do with your point, only reinforces it.
Had a Ford Fusion company vehicle totaled going a whopping 5mph in reverse into a sign..
Well, I’m glad you all had seatbelts, and that it wasn’t the STI you wrecked, seeing as you just got it back. I’m just glad you, Ms. Barnacules, and xander are ok
If he was in the STi he wouldn’t have had the same problem.
Thank you!
King Beowulf if he lost traction it could be bad either way snow can hurt a car pretty bad
AWD won't help too much going down hill on ice. Snow tires would be the best best but we dont get snow too often here so they arent that great of an investment most years.
The STi wouldn't have fared much better. Both cars have 4 wheels, both have 4 brakes. Both have the braking power to lock all 4 wheels, so the only thing that will help you out is tyres and perhaps ABS. Without snow tyres its probably a forgone conclusion in any car, whether it be Jeep, Land Rover or Ferrari.
4 Wheel drive will help you start moving, it won't help you stop though.
Glad you're all okay, looking forward to codegasm
+Stevey B Don't hold your breath.
Says everyone ever on every video
I hope in 2018 you can learn to be more positive SalandFindles.
k kade, just waiting for all the haters to go away first :P
Don't tell me that a tech guy like you don't have a dashcam installed 🤔
that would have been priceless to have
pointing the wrong direction :-P
Why would he have one? The benefits aren't worth the "holy shit that's ugly and janky" factor.
Dashcam would be used for insurance claims. Just a cheap $70 cam can save you a few thousand.
lBonaCl Your not aware of the multitude of dashcams on the market, are you? I have one just to record my driving lines.
I noticed you were driving on summer tires. Invest in some good winter tires.
They were all season radials, at least that is what Les Schwab told us when we got the tires saying we wanted a good winter driving tire that could be used year round. Unfortunately though anything short of studs wouldn't have done any good. There was a 4x4 truck crashed not far from us in the ditch from sliding down the hill and he snow tires on his truck and weight in the back.
Barnacules Nerdgasm sorry but there are no good driving winter tires that can be used all year. Yeah of course if it isnt snowing all year tires are ok but in that conditions you shouldnt drive with those kinda tires
Winter tires. Invest in a set. Also, just because it's 4x4, doesn't mean it'll stop any better.
I would like to thank everyone for the kind words and positive reinforcement after a really rough month in December 2017. All of you nice and caring guys and gals are honestly the reason I keep making videos and keep live streaming. Without you there would be no reason to continue making videos and sharing my experiences, knowledge and opinions with you good, bad or otherwise. I honestly love what I do and even though I get frustrated, stressed and depressed at times and walk away, I always come back knowing I've positively impacted many peoples lives and the messages and emails I receive from people that have accelerated their life plan or picked a new path because of me really warms my heart and I want to continue doing this as long as humanly possible! ❤
This might sound strange but I also would like to thank all the *TROLLS* that have left disgusting, visceral, self serving, insecure comments for the purpose of trying to get a response or inflict mental damage or illicit a response from other viewers. Please consider this your bulk response and I bet it's not what you're expecting me to say. I absolutely understand the pain that you're going through and that behind your smile you're really suffering and crying out for attention and friendship on some level. I know this because I used to do what you are doing now and it's easy to feel empowered and useful when you can prove to yourself that you can push another persons head under water and stand on their shoulders, trust me, I get it. When you're feeling mad and you want to punch something it's often easier to find someone on the internet that might have obvious insecurities and try to exploit those to build up your own personal self-steam or just to entertain yourself because you're lonely, trust me, I get it, you're obviously not alone.
I also understand that impressing your friends and trying to be the alpha in your pack IRL or online is important to a young person when they are insecure and sometimes that means showing off how cruel and mean you can be so people will fear you and you'll see it as having respect, trust me, I get it. Now, I'm going to say something no other CZcamsr has probably said, I am going to encourage you to continue trolling me. I want you to continue to comment on my videos, I want you to continue to respond to people you disagree with, I want you to continue making me your primary target and I'm going to tell you why. There is a think called SEO (Search Engine Optimization) that drives the search algorithm on both CZcams and the Google search engine. One of the biggest factors that determines which videos are on page 1 when someone searches for a related term is, you guessed it, the comment count.
CZcams see's comments, likes and dislikes as something called *Engagement* and value it above all else. The reason for this is people that interact with a video and leave comments are paying more attention to that video and are a much better platform to serve advertisements on so they can maximize the number of real people watching the videos and not just people that left things playing in the background. Whenever you leave a comment regardless of it's nature (Nice or Trolling) you are boosting my SEO and placing me higher in the ranking when someone searches for a term related to my video. This means that while you're letting off steam and venting and making yourself feel better by attacking an overweight virgin for life mothers basement dwelling small penis packing idiot (I've been called far worse) I'm benefiting from your comment boosting the SEO metric and that is a beautiful thing.
So please, by all means keep on trolling, keep on responding and keep on interacting. It helps you blow off steam or prove to yourself that you're a tough guy and at the same time it helps my channel grow and keeps getting me closer to a million subscribers so it's a complete win-win for everyone!
I discovered all of this after talking to my friend that works at a Google when I asked him why CZcams doesn't deal with troll comments more seriously or aggressively trying to filter racism, hate, shaming, sexism, etc from the comments section. He simply said, because it would hurt the content creators and then gave me all of the information above and he's absolutely right. So, my 2018 New Years resolution is to ignore hate and let it do it's job helping me grow and reach a larger audience. Deleting comments and blocking people only serves to slow that momentum. It turns out that trolls generally are the most loyal fans because they are so persistent and leave more comments then anyone else and will even camp waiting for a new video to come out just to leave a dislike or comment and those initial dislikes and comments boost a video really fast so I'm going to clear the block list in 2018 and let it happen.
Truth is I don't see most of the negative comments anyways since I have filters in place in the CZcams dashboard to not show comments with certain keywords and phrases and though it's not perfect it does a pretty good job getting most of it so I can spend more time responding to you guys that actually care and say encouraging, uplifting stuff or ask serious questions. I love you all and understand the pain of being a troll or cyberbully, I really do. See you guys in 2018, it's going to be an amazing year and I hope you stay safe and enjoy your New Year because it only happens, you guessed it, once a year! 👍
Thank you so much Mohamed, today I realized that a lot of people had a bad 2017 and many of them are in the thread below taking out their anger and that is okay, I'm glad that I can give them some comfort being the target of their arrogance or rage. But 2018 is going to be a wonderful year, doctor finally figured out some meds that help me sleep a full 8 hours which has been game changing lately and that combined with a new outlook brought on by understanding other peoples pain and need to vent really has given me hope. Thanks for taking the time to leave such a positive comment and you have an amazing 2018!
you are an amazing person jerry! just in the short time i have been watching you i have seen you grow so much. iv seen you go from letting the haters get to you, to using there negativity to empower yourself more in a positive way. that takes a very special person and i applaud you.
on the not of the accident i layed down my scooter a few years back after just getting it and i was scared to death of driving it again, but i forced my self to get back on it and ride and to learn from that so it did not happen again, and it didn't for the whole 2 years i had it. my advice is just dont listen to the anxiety.
also i am glad you the wife and xander are ok. thank you for all you do man and happy new year!
Good for you man but addressing trolls like that is just feeding them. Ignore em completely ;)
if you feed a dog it keeps coming back right? and that what he wants. the more views and comment even if negative ultimately are positive for him in the long run. and he did say consider this your bulk response. which i can only guess that he wont be replying to any other trolls. just my thoughts though.
Michael Brayman couldn't think of a better way to describe it
3d print a sign for the hill.
Snow tires would have more then likely prevented this. If there's 1 thing I learned while living in Seattle for 4 years, is no one knows what to do when it snows. I was in Washington one winter where 1 inch of snow literally shut down 520. Like, public transpiration buses abandoned in the middle of the freeway. I had no problem in my car with snow tires. All season tires are no season tires. Glad you and your family are okay.
a few flakes will fuck up your driving. Maybe americans will one day realise that All season tires are 100% useless during winter.
Garrett Schafer Very doubtful, that was more ice than snow.
I beg to differ. Norwegian here. We use winter tires, and a decent chunk of us still use studded winter tires. It's not illegal to drive on summer tires during winter. Nor is it illegal to drive on winter tires during summer (studs being the exception because of added road wear and air pollution). You are however liable to be charged with reckless driving if you cause an accident because of the wrong rubber compound. That's because you're not technically doing all that's possible to avoid an accident if you conscientiously drive on icy conditions with summer tires. In other words, you're not fully in control of your vehicle. And insurance companies will almost always deny any payout if you do, simply because you're technically in violation of your contract at that point.
And saying that winter tires are expensive (which I hear a lot of americans say) doesn't make any sense to me. I have "expensive" tires, being continental contivikingcontact's. But they are also the best tires available for my conditions. And even at that, a full set is only 6-700 dollars. These tires will last me at least 2-3 seasons (I don't run tires more than 3 seasons as rubber actually has an expiration date). So at 200 dollars/season it's not expensive.
Yo come over to Spokane and on this side of the state stuff like that happens all the time because we get alot of snow over here
All season tires are no season tires. Well said. Not good at real winter conditions or at summer with bad tire wear and bad friction.
In Finland we have these round objects called "winter tires" for our cars, the tires have small metal spikes that prevent slipping on ice...
I have a Swedish friend who lives in a place where you have to switch to winter tyres by law or you'll get fined. Is that the case in Finland? Genuinely curious:)
That is exactly what I was going to come and comment about. Even if I'm glad that they are okay, I couldn't but laugh a little, because that situation would have been completely different with good winter tires. We use studded tires in Northern Europe and they are one of the greatest inventions ever.
Yes it is!
Same in Sweden. It's great for the safety of course, but it's also inconvenient. Winter Tires cost just as much as Summer tires, you have to store them and change tires 2 times a year. (From Summer to Winter and back again).
Many Americans see no need for winter tires... Yeah, it's extra money you have to spend, but so what? Also, it is quite common to get studless winter tires here. Quite uncommon to find studded tires, unless you're in a place with serious winters that demand it, like up in the mountains.
did you have full winter tyres ? or were they the standard fit all seasons tyres ?
Watching this video 7 months later and now living in a snowy/mountainous area. I see why they don’t pave a majority of our roads here in Colorado.
It'll buff out.
That's the spirit!!
Insurance can fix a broken car, I'm glad to hear you and your family are alive and well for the most part.
you havent had a car have you? insurance only pays what the car is worth in their eyes, its not a replacement car and most of the time oyu get way less than you actually need for it
Benjamin Fraeyman my comment wasn't about whether his car will get fully covered and fixed by the insurance company, it was regarding relief that him and his family is safe and fortunately nobody was hurt badly.
Lt.Dan457 in these cases of bad weather where warnings advise drivers not make unnecessary journeys you may even find your insurance null and void in this respect.
It’s a win when everyone walks away. No matter the tire, driver, or vehicle accidents happen and it can be any part of that triangle that causes it, or a combo of all three. All that matters is that everyone is ok. Kudos to the commenter who mention not saying whiplash to an insurance company or driver. Whiplash is a very specific neck injury that you may or may not have and it is by no means the worse. Always generalize until you know the true extent of the damage, which may not happen for a very long time depending on how you heal.
Good to hear everyone is OK.
Glad you and your family is ok but why are you driving with tires like that in the winter ?
Misc Pete The tires may be not appropriate, but not everyone can afford new or used snow tires for their vehicles. The important problem here was speed
hgpo27 that logic is crap. you could say not everyone can afford to replace their brakes. He can definitely afford it and not using snow tires is just asking for disaster.
That logic is not crap. No matter how good your snow tires are, ice will make you slide. In this scenario, ice under snow is not going to be nullified by your snow tires, if you are going 30-40 mph on a decline. So, especially if you cannot afford snow tires, or even if you can, speed is the biggest problem. You can drive fast on ice better with snow tires, but your stopping power isn't going to be helped enough in this scenario. Before recommending better tires, recommend safer driving. Otherwise, people may continue to think they run the road with snow tires and 4wd.
hgpo27 you definitely don't have a clue. Using summer tyres on snow and ice gives tracktion close to zero. It is like asking for disaster. Winter tyres makes a whole lot of difference. I use winter tyres for several months on winter roads, and drives safely and happily. Without them I would have slided off the roads endless of times. Of course, using appropriate speed for the conditions are also needed, but that should be self explanatory.
hgpo27 if you cannot afford winter tyres during winter, then you cannot afford drive your car during winter.
As long as everyones alright. im glad
Glad you and family are good to go.
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I'm glad everyone is safe. I worked as a collision tech for 6yrs and couldn't tell you how many cars we have totaled that didn't look bad on the surface. Hope 2018 is better for you and your family. Stay safe and happy new year
Thank you, it's amazing to see how many 'experts' show in the chat that have no clue what they are talking about. Especially the people that live in areas where it's always snowy saying I need snow tires when I live in an area where the conditions only warrant them every 3-5 years if that for only a few days. But hey, it's the internet, I just sit back and read and sip my coffee and pick out the comments of value from the ones that are just people venting and trolling trying to make another human feel bad.
You and your family are ok and thats the most important thing ;)
It sure is, thank you.
A good set of snow tires are a must to keep you and your family safe. Hopefully you'll install a set, so tired of seeing people crash because they don't think they need snow tires.
how do you know there isn't snow tires on it?
Hoser's Garage - I watched the video and saw the tires on it.
i dont see any spot in the video where you can clearly see what the tire is, theres 1 spot where you can tell its a goodyear but tahts about it.
Hoser's Garage - I clearly saw the tread and can tell you those were not snow/winter tires. As a Canadian, you should know at a glance what you're looking at.
Jo Louie - Even if it doesn't snow, there's still a ton of potential for black ice and icy conditions. Whenever the temperature is reliably below 40 degrees Fahrenheit as a high, the compounds of winter tires will save your bacon. Winter tires stay soft, all seasons just get rock hard.
Ask yourself this: What is my insurance deductible? Pretty sure a set of cheap steelies and winter tires is going to be less and you've got the added benefit of not hurting yourself, your family or others as a direct result. Accidents like this are 100 percent avoidable, even with the most ham fisted driver.
Time for studded ice tires on the Nerdsubie.
Glad you and the fam are ok. Really hope to see the live stream soon.
Haha, Xander blames you for breaking his car. Glad everyone is fine. Best wishes for the new year.
YipZone yipZone! Fancy seeing you here:D
you shouldnt drive with snow like that on your vehicle, it can suddenly fly up and block your vision
needs 1k$ suddenly uploads a vid ;P
He wasn't driving with winter tires and his vehicle wasn't cleared fully from snow. In my opinion the insurance company shouldn't do a damn thing for him. Also never seen him upload a video so quick in my life. I like Jerry but me along with a lot of other people are becoming tired of his bullshit.
So sorry to hear about the accident. I'm so glad you and your family are doing ok. I hope you feel better soon. I'll be praying for you.
So sorry for the accident, but glad you are all safe. Looking forward to seeing your vlogs in 2018. Happy New Year to you and yours.
Sorry about the car Jerry. Glad you are all safe.
Thanks man!
so you were going downhill 50mph on a 30% incline mountain road covered with 2 inches of snow??? were you arguing with your wife or something?
tisseen schande I️ think what happened is they kept speeding up from gravity of the incline, and couldn’t brake because of the ice
Eathan Markson no, bs. he was going too fast
hgpo27 I mean I don’t know for sure but steep inclines can accelerate you quite a bit
Stay in a low gear. Use the engine to keep your speed in check. Common sense would say you would either walk the hill first or just don't go down it.
That said, minimal lessons learned here it seems. He is driving around with zero rear visibility and snow on the roof, bonnet, etc. How about at least prepping your vehicle before you drive it dude, brush that shit off before you either have or cause another accident.
He said at the top of the hill there was ice, that's where he lost control
That happened to me on New Year’s Eve last year. Very happy to hear you guys only walked away with minor bruises and your kid and wife are ok. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years
this sorta scenario is one of my worst nightmares... glad you & your fam are safe jerry! ... I just gotta say you're a true fighter bud. no matter what life, the universe, or whoever throws at you - you get thru it. as shitty as this situation is/was, thanks for sharing with us including your resolve to get thru it all. I know most folks would be shook up for a quite while after something like this to even talk to somebody about it. much less the internet & everything that whole shebang comes with. hope 2018 is a better year for you, and for all of us.
DId you rally it?
the crashed one of course
Dude you know how to joke or you take everything this seriously?
lol well thats good.
Cars are a lot more durable than people give them credit for. I hit a light pole at 60 with the rear of my Cobra and it just messed up the bumper and metal impact bar, otherwise it was fine. I hydroplaned on fresh rain, hit a puddle under a bridge where it went from dry to wet in traffic, avoided all the cars and hit a pole with the ass end lol, I call that a win. Glad you're ok though man, stay safe!
that's not really true, the body is kinda durable but the electronics are in no way durable at all. you crashed in the ass end so you wouldn't have done too much but if you front end there is almost no way you can drive out of there, old mechanical vehicles can take huge beatings and still drive away. on top of that, the electronics are far far more expensive to repair.
I agree, I'm seriously impressed with how the car handled such a hard impact!
NiteOwl the electronics are normally protected and the majority of vehicles in the U.S. won't be hurt because of a wreck but because of the problem in the control modules
jdr ok yeah they protect it as much as they can but in a crash at going even 60k yet alone 80 there is tonnes of force and that protection just breaks like paper. My father used to be a moter mechanic for 30 years and i can tell you electronical cars come in far more often for one reason or another. Just jump starting a car can fry it these days. The old one can survived almost anything and still keep going. They were as indestructible as cars can be. The basic fact is the more complicated it is, the more can go wrong and harder it is to fix.
NiteOwl true but the electric devices make life easier for some I own a 2003 mercury grand marques and a 1985 Chevrolet k10 the Chevy is 33 years old and just failed 3 or 4 months ago due to trans issues and people driving it improperly one friend neutral dropped it when I said don't but she still ran and could drive but she was obviously hurting so time for her to get restored
Glad no one was hurt and really really glad to see another video. looking forward to whats coming out next after you get everything holding you back taken care of. Need more morning coffee
Sounds like you’ve been through it recently. Glad you’re all ok. Thanks for all your excellent work and for sharing your expertise. Best wishes.
So scary! Very glad you and your family are okay. Also, surreal for me because my Volt was totaled on December 9.
And yes, I remember seeing the “service vehicle soon” message, too. 😅. Similarly, I put it in reverse and it did nothing.
And yup, they didn’t think my car would be totaled either, but it ended up being a total loss.
I loved your “glass half full” on getting the car clean, though. Nice!
Man, you've been testing your luck too much with those summer tires! Even cheap winter tires are better in these conditions... But good news, that you and your family are doing well.
They are all season radials.
If it is totaled, will you be able to get parts from it in order to cover the the deductible if it needs to be replaced? If not, then is there a recommended way for us to donate to getting it fixed?
Nice to see a vid from you and pleased everyone's ok after the crash.
I'm glad y'all are okay & also that it wasn't your WRX. The worst thing that's happened to me over Christmas was just not gettin anything for past few years & back pain. Never been in a car accident though, don't get much snow where I live.
it would be shameful and poor driving to crash a WRX with 1 inch of snow....
No Snow Tires.. Good Job!
I noticed the tires on his Volt were definitely summer tires.
Thank you, and they were all season radials, but I agree, anything short of a studded tire wouldn't make this hill and even one guy that wrecked had studded tires.
sorry for the wreck/ glad u all are ok hope the new year is better
Happy to hear that everyone is ok, let 2018 be awesome. Thanks for the video and sharing
fantastic that you guys are ok. Sorry about your car
Thank you!
I live in the northeast and My wife and i have 4×4 vehicles. Also im from canada and im a very confident driver in the winter. With all that said, when its icy out i stay home.
Glad you guys are all safe! God bless you brother. Keep up the good work!
hope you all get well soon, it's nice to hear from you again
Wondering if snow tires would have helped any
Snow tyres with studs would have, i've done worse hills with my semi in europe.
Not unless it was studded, even then it could have still happened.
Thank God you guys are ok. Praying for financial provisions.
Glad to hear that your all safe, Jerry the most important thing is you and your family are all safe as it easy to replace your car then it is to replace a loved one..
I have no idea how but i live in Louisiana and we had snow about a month ago and last night our low was 21 or 22. Is this the end times?
Winter Tiers... you realy need them
Silviu Soare tires*
tyres*
Would have helped a little but ice is ice. Driving through snow is easy but when it comes to ice, you get blindsided by it can't do much but ride it out.
again...winter tires dont make a difference on ice...seriously if you dont know what your talking about keep your mouth shut.
That wasn't dodging a bullet!
That was dodging a damn mini-gun.
A car is just a prop but family is your entire life i am sorry but happy that all of you are ok. Happy new year everyone
Glad you guys are still alive and in good health! Hope they are able to repair the car. Also hope you guys have a safe and happy new year!
Has 2 cars but no winter tires.... Nice!
hey dumbass..winter tires dont work on ice...moron...
Thank god Xander wasn't hurt!!!
I am so glad to see and hear that you and your family are safe.
It is a good thing you guys wear wearing your seatbelts.
I've never commented on your channel b4 but I have been watching for years now... I am glad you al are okay! Also side note: I really love your mellow downed mood in this video.. Please keep this up, much more relaxing to watch your vids this way☺️
They will total/take your car and give you a lowball figure for the price of the car. They make their money back on the Auction sale of your car or part it out. I hate insurance companies.
I just nailed an 6 point buck and did $4000 dollars in damage. I didn't pay more than t00.
I guess I got lucky but when my car was totaled the other person's insurance gave me almost triple what the car was worth to help me get another car, plus lost wages from not being able to work that day. Granted, my car was only worth a little over $1k but getting $3,200 allowed me to put a down payment on another car versus if I only got $1k then I'd have to save for several months to get the additional $2k for the down payment.
This video puts all those Chevy jokes to rest. Glad to see you and your family are okay.
I'm glad that you guys are oky !! And I hope that everything works out with the car but as many people have said .. a car is expendeble. .. you're famley is priceless and precious
So glad everyone is ok!
Sorry it’s been such a crappy month but it’s great to see you back at it.
I'm glad you and your family are ok. But 45 mph on a 30% grade downhill when it's unplowed? I know you are entitled to complain at public services not plowing, but slow down. You should be doing 20mph and slower in those weather conditions.
it's 100% his fault.
Sounds like the car picked up speed and he couldn't slow down because he had no traction
You misunderstand, I was sliding at 45mph, not driving at that speed. When the slide started we were only going 3mph.
That makes no sense Jo Louie.
Just like your parents decision to have you Fuzzycat hahaha :D Sorry, I couldn't resist that troll you set me up for.
glad you're okay
I broke a back window with sub woofers, so does that count as an accident?
Glad you're all safe and well mate. All the best for the new year.
It’s pretty clear you were just going too fast, in a car with no snow tires nor AWD...Kinda careless. If you had been going slow and creeped down the hill you probably would have been okay, or just slid into the first ditch. Not careening across the entire road 2 times. I’m glad you and your family are okay.
Yeah, you didn't watch the video or misunderstood it. Anyways, have a great New Year and my family is doing well, thank you.
Barnacules Nerdgasm I did watch the video. It doesn’t change the fact you drove a FWD hybrid vehicle on an icy hill. Use better discretion next time. It’s okay to admit you were overly confident in that car’s ability or your driving ability. I don’t care if you “had no choice” or whatever - it’s your family they rely on you to keep them safe. I live in upstate NY and have a little Pontiac Sunfire, you wouldn’t dare catch me driving out in those conditions.
Ok.
Michael L winter tires don't stop traction loss tho they try but a icy hill on a decline so step your going to lose traction I have snow tires on my truck and when ice hits the truck doesn't deal with ice well even with snow tires
ok mr perfect i know it all just listen to me cuz i know everything.Whats it like having never made a mistake?Because we mere mortals make bad choices and wrong decisions all the time.Wait i guess you did just make a mistake..The mistake is that thinking anyone cares what you think.
that entire story just seems so dramatic and overkill lol.... glad ur okay tho.
When you get in a wreck you can come back and apologize for this comment.
Good to hear you and the fam are ok. Get better and we will be looking forward to the new content.
Terribly sorry for the nonsense you had deal with the day before Christmas, but equally as greatful to have you and your family still here with us! Happiest of New Years to you and yours 🍻
Driving 50mph in that kinda condition is very irresponsible, you should have driven a lot slower taking the curved roads and all the snow and ice into consideration. im happy you all came out of it okay, in the end its just a car and family is a lot more important. and you getting out driving is very important so your fear of driving wont get worse.
+Camo_Dude Watch the video again, we slid at those speeds, I never exceeded 3mph under control.
sorry, didn't catch that, i would recommend getting some good winter tires for safety, here in Norway that's legally required but that doesn't always mean that wont happen, but as i said im happy that the damage mainly went to the car, im surprised the airbags didn't go off, i would check up on that. also get out driving, don't let the fear stop you, i have done my mistakes myself, once got stuck in the snow after pin balling between two road edges on the mountain with no cell reception for 6-7 hours. fighting the fear to drive again is really important. honestly you did a great job, your kid isn't hurt and you didn't do any damage to other people. making changes to that road should have been a priority, i didn't see how it was during your accident but if there is no maintenance then that road got that name for a reason.
take advantage of a bad situation and change that oil!
There is no oil to change on an ELECTRIC CAR !!!!
fordsrmaster The Chevy Volt has a Engine
Glad you and your family are safe with minimal injuries hopefully the car will be able to get fixed for you. Happy New Year.
I am happy you and your family are safe and hope to see some more videos soon. typing of which I was wondering if you would be doing any live steams on new years eve?
Idk if this relates, but i fucked up building my new pc from Christmas. :(
Totally the same thing
what did you do lol
Jake Crowley i think i did something to my mobo
When i built my first computer, I forgot to plug the power button in, so it wouldnt turn on and i got scared i broke something... then i realized my mistake
I built my first computer when I was 9 on Christmas Day
..and after all that, you still go driving around with your rear window completely covered.. whatever
You know cause side mirrors don't exist
the whole point of the rear view mirror is to cover the blind spot of the side mirrors?
You do know that it is legal to drive with only 2 mirrors.
Depends where...
It looks like in washington you have to have a rear view mirror as well as one outside mirror. To be fair you do have a point, however if you look later in the vlog the back window is clear. This probably shows that he was using the defroster.
Glad you and family are ok. Do you have winter tires on the STi? (for other winter roads)
So glad that you and your family are OK. Happy 2018 to you all.
A lot of new cars they will just total it out. Insurance companies always try to get you your money's worth. So if it will never be the exact same as factory for any reason. It gets totaled.
+Bearbait01 It can always be repaired to factory specs if the factory still makes parts for the car.
Summer tires + snow/ice....well it can only go one way. Protip, get studded winter tires. Next time u may not get that lucky.
Yes, absolutely. Last year i was forced to drive 20km to change my tyres to studded ones. Basically drifting every corner shitting my pants.
Against the law in a lot of states, when it only snows a few days a year in your state, and does excessive damage to the roads why would you get studded tires anyway. studless winter tires, yes.
In that case solution is like you say studless winter tires and simple rule that i was learned when i got my driving licens here in Sweden, adjust your speed to the surface you are driving on. Many ppl seems to forget that.
Agreed, I need studded snow tires on all the cars. But also realize we would not have left our house if we knew it was going to snow, we had to get home so my wife could take her meds and my son could get to sleep from a party. But, we were very lucky and I'm not worried about all the negative comments, I know that New Years stresses people out a lot and they are just looking for a target.
sorry for your experince. I was in a couple of accidents over the years. it's always hard . glad to hears everyone is OK
Take your time man , never a rush :) wish you all a safe travel !!!
How fast were you going on the road before you hit that sheet of ice?
And you can't manually shift into neutral without turning the car on? Wow, some engineering marvel that is... what if the battery was also dead? Thats just another inconvenience.
Glad its just the car, and not you or your family.
I agree...that's pretty dumb.
+MetallicBlade You shift into neutral and the car will accelerate even more since there is no connection between the engine and the tires, that's why Trucks have to drive in 1 or 2 gear on steed downhills to keep them from accelerating too much and losing control over the vehicule
There's probably a release somewhere. On my E-class you have to have the ignition on to get it out of park, normally. But under the center console, going in from the cup holder, there's a mechanical lever you can flip using i.e. a screw driver that releases the transmission. I'm sure something like that exists on this too.
He was suggesting it be shifted into neutral during the accident, that would be plain absurd. He was talking about after the accident when you can see from the front wheels skidding that it is still in gear with no way to easily get it back into neutral without the car being turned on. The car had a spak attack from the hit causing the electronics to go crazy.
Hey,just crashed my car.
Im real apprehensive about driving again,but let me illegally hold this camera in my hand while i drive so you can see me while i dont keep my eyes on the road.
Please send your sympathy and well wishes for me being irresponsible,and taking my family down an icy road the public was told to avoid(i happen to live less than 5 miles from this spot),and remember how many times i mention whiplash,so my wife and i can claim a lawsuit,and/or a disability anytime we feel like it in the future.
Glad you and your family are ok wish you all a happy new year .
As long as you and you're family are healthy, happy, and safe, the videos can wait.
Hope you feel better, man. There's always your older videos that can pass the time!
What confuses me that in Quebec by LAW its required to have winter tires by the 15th of December and in the states everyone uses all seasons or year long used summer tires.
GG 'Emerica!
+Nick Crasci
Conservatives would never allow such a law to be passed.
Fuzzycat lets not lump an entire group of people into a single category please...I am american and wouldn't be caught dead without snow tires, they make a massive difference.
In Canada, it snows a lot, so that doesn't sound so bad. I bet everyone keeps a set in their garage and just swaps them out. If they can. Or maybe winter tires all year long! lol
E begging for money for your deductible, I would not expect anything less from you while you make enough easily to cover it. Then you wonder why people tease you.....
+Dcool I feel sorry for you. I truly do, I wish you the best in 2018 and hope you find some friends so you don’t have to seek attention from CZcamsrs to feel useful and have self worth. Also, thanks to very generous people that enjoy what I do the deductible is paid and I hope that really eats away at you until you step up and do something with your life.
Barnacules Nerdgasm no need to feel sorry for me, I'm not seeking attention I'm just giving you my 2 cents how I feel about your e begging. I'm sure I'm not alone so It doesn't bother me as it reflects on you not me as it's just a random username. Don't worry it won't eat away at me and as for stepping up and do something with my life, me nor my wife or kids will ever have to work again as I started something online in 2004 with ad sense and other projects.Then the bit coin bubble just added more. Since your comment comes across as a pissing contest I'm 31 now been retired for 8 years now. So keep it up with your MR know it all attitude and your little views compared to your 1 mill sub ratio scrapping by cause clearly you need to e beg.
Dcool you retired at 22? Have fun with the next 60 non productive years.
Glad you and your family are ok !!. Dont worry about the car just have nice xmas and a happy new year and the worry about a new car !!
nothing like keeping your guardian angle busy, thank god you and your family are ok.
After this experience I'm assuming you're going to invest in winter tires next year Frankie a lot of people don't invest in Winter tired whatsoever
no snow tires?? no wonder it happened, hen will you learn.
They are called studless snow and ice tires and they test them on ice rinks so do some research first.
Steve just Steve yes, actually they improve traction on ice by quite a lot even without studs.
they are a heck of lot better on ice than summer tires. Studded snow tires of course is where its add.
Here in finland they are compulsory for a reason. But even they dont help 100% of the time
I drive my range rover on ice with no winter tyres and it does good
Jerry, glad you and the family are all right, have a happy new year.
Holy bro, thank god you guys are ok man.
been in one and it is not fun, just take very easy and happy new year bro.