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HA! Forgot to add it wasnt' my car! (thank god!)

It was in my mates VT Commo..... and it was a head on collision with an old corrolla, coming around a blind bend :(

I broke the seatbelt at the amount of force it took when we stopped! we were doing like 50, and the other guy was doing like 80... then BANG!

the other car was a writeoff, the yobbodore is fine, but a little mashed!

Not really driver error, just you couldn't see around the blind bend.....

the road was single lane so that didn't help...

driver is VERY skilled, he's actually a mate of ours... it's just one of those "shit happens" things...

I've got some bruising from the seatbelt and a bit of a sore neck and raspy throat that tastes like airbag dust (still!) but other than that i'm fine....

Yeah, it was a VT..... meh....

I'm suprised it came off rather well.. still prolly around $10k damage tho!

Those Airbags are the stinkiest, worst things to have explode in your face... let me tell you!

On the way home I was a little freaked out at oncoming car's coming around bends in the road... *phew*

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