PeteA422
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For the back story. Last year, prior to moving to Paraguay, I had just purchased a 2010 Toyota Tundra. I knew I would be heading to Paraguay by the end of the year, so I was looking at upgrades I could make to better protect myself and my vehicle if, God forbid, I got into a bit of a tough situation. One of the things I was looking at was replacing the nice plastic front bumper with a better solid steel ranch hand style bumper with a wench. I just wasn't sure if I would really need something like that though. So while at the UT vs NM game Pockey gave me a little advice, when he said it would be better to have and not need, then to need and not have. So I took the advice and got the bumper with the wench.
Now on to why I am glad I took this advice: Oh, and now that the litigation process is about over, and the fact I am pretty sure nobody else in Paraguay (besides myself) subscribes to HS, I feel I can share this. So last month, I was driving down a fairly well traveled avenue at about 40 mph. When all of the sudden, a Paraguayan man who was on a side street to the right, and turning left, decided he did not need to look to his left before negotiating the left hand turn. Well, in his defense, he was attempting to do the look right, then left, then negotiate the turn maneuver. However, he forgot one important step, that is to stop then look right, left, negotiate turn. So as I am driving along, at about 40 mph, in my 2010 Toyota Tundra, with the large steel - ranch hand style bumper, out jumps the Paraguayan man attempting to turn left. This Paraguayan man was driving a 1998 Toyota Corolla. So as you all might have guessed, after attempting to hit the brakes and swerve out of the way, I was still unable to avoid the inevitable. As I saw the man finally look to his left at the sound of screeching mud tires, and saw his eyes at the sight of the oncoming Texas sized truck, I made impact with his tiny Toyota Carolla. Sending his car into a spin, which fortunately for him stopped with his vehicle facing in the direction he was wanting to turn. So I did assist him in negotiating his turn, to an extent. And, what you ask happened with my vehicle? Well, as I was hitting brakes and swerving in every attempt I could make to avoid the collision, I failed and my steel bumper went head to head with his sheet metal. Causing my truck to slow to about 15 mph, and glide to a nice easy stop on the side of the road.
So I am glad I took the advice of Pockey, because, as you can see in the pictures below, I have very little repairs needed after a major accident in which a Toyota Corolla was blasted.
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Now on to why I am glad I took this advice: Oh, and now that the litigation process is about over, and the fact I am pretty sure nobody else in Paraguay (besides myself) subscribes to HS, I feel I can share this. So last month, I was driving down a fairly well traveled avenue at about 40 mph. When all of the sudden, a Paraguayan man who was on a side street to the right, and turning left, decided he did not need to look to his left before negotiating the left hand turn. Well, in his defense, he was attempting to do the look right, then left, then negotiate the turn maneuver. However, he forgot one important step, that is to stop then look right, left, negotiate turn. So as I am driving along, at about 40 mph, in my 2010 Toyota Tundra, with the large steel - ranch hand style bumper, out jumps the Paraguayan man attempting to turn left. This Paraguayan man was driving a 1998 Toyota Corolla. So as you all might have guessed, after attempting to hit the brakes and swerve out of the way, I was still unable to avoid the inevitable. As I saw the man finally look to his left at the sound of screeching mud tires, and saw his eyes at the sight of the oncoming Texas sized truck, I made impact with his tiny Toyota Carolla. Sending his car into a spin, which fortunately for him stopped with his vehicle facing in the direction he was wanting to turn. So I did assist him in negotiating his turn, to an extent. And, what you ask happened with my vehicle? Well, as I was hitting brakes and swerving in every attempt I could make to avoid the collision, I failed and my steel bumper went head to head with his sheet metal. Causing my truck to slow to about 15 mph, and glide to a nice easy stop on the side of the road.
So I am glad I took the advice of Pockey, because, as you can see in the pictures below, I have very little repairs needed after a major accident in which a Toyota Corolla was blasted.
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