69 Safari R.I.P

[streamahead]

It was a great trip down the Oregon coast till this happened. Its been a stressful loss. I bought this Safari early this year, spent a couple months on a job in it.. and was looking forward to going full time in it.. Well, Im still planning on going full time, but it will likely be in a 71 Overlander im negotiating now. I just got the settlement call from the insurance company monday.. $7,400. I was planning on buying it back until they told me $1,600! I was expecting $5-600. It would cost me $400 plus time/expenses to go get it.. Im in Utah.. Its in Florence Oregon. So, its time to say goodbye to my first Airstream.. It surely wont be the last.. oh no. So, be careful out there.. and be sure you have your home properly insured! Heres a pic of the pain.. Granny did it in..

Pics of the good times with it, and the last pic before the accident.. Obviously, Oregon

Jason

[Goin camping]

My heart goes out to you. I've come close to that but been lucky so far.

Amazing how they are more than just a trailer isn't it.

[Kevin245]

Tough one Jason. Would be nice to be able to buy it back for the parts. 69 wing windows are like gold, but don't think I'd go for the $1,600 plus your expense either.

Kevin

[exthemius]

Ahhh! That's horrible -- at least no one was injured, but that is one of my fears out and traveling in the A/S. Someone can completely take my dream away from me (and all my sweat and blood and tears) by not paying attention on the road, talking on their cell phone about last night's party, or whatever!

[Bhighley]

ouch! my heart goes out to you as well.

[rebelstand]

A moment of Silence.......sending good energy your way!

[arcamedies]

OUCHHHH sorry to hear that's happened. I had some kid run into my boat, opened his hood like a can opener and the outdrive skeg was inches from his face, he stopped talking on his cell phone then.

[arodriguez60]

You have our condolences, wow, I cannot imagine how that hurt to see her go.I have a strong connection to all 4 of our AS's and am having a hard time letting one go.Again-so sorry for your loss- Anthony and Tamara

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Wow.. Thanks everyone... It was and still is a tragic loss. The police and fire department we very empathetic of the loss.. Its a weird feeling. I own several classics, but I have never seen one hurt.. or totaled until this.. Im learning that I really liked the 69 model year... and the Safari model.. I like the all wood interior and the newer body style. The 71 Overlander im looking to buy is very cool, but im not sure im a fan of all the veneer...

Again.. thanks for all the love.. and the moment of silence.. taken.
Jason

[exthemius]

but im not sure im a fan of all the veneer...

You will become a fan -- come to the dark side! It's actually not really that bad -- it's very light, really strong and can be replaced with another "look" pretty easily.

[Gene]

Your granny? Someone else's? I can see a woman with her head down in the car—is she ok? How did she drive into it? Was she texting?

Gene

[Snedwid]

Sad to see,,, can you tell us a little about how it happened?

[goransons]

Jason, it definately hurts to see the pics. I sent you a PM. I would be interested in contacting the insurance to see if it goes to a salvage yard, because there are lots of 69 only parts that would could use to replace missing/bandaided parts on our tradewind.

[sharbours]

Yikes - I'm so sorry! You obviously put a lot of time & effort into that trailer. I hope the 71 you're looking at works out, and that you find as much to love in it as you did your 69. Good luck.

Sharon

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Granny was not texting.. Thank God. I was making a left.. She was making a right.. turning into the street I was pulling out of. Ok.. pulling out in front of someone is nearly as bad as rear ending.. But she had her turn signal on.. was slowing way down.. I pulled out.. Looked back to my left, saw her looking down the road I pulled out of.. Like she was looking for a business or something. It seems she decided to not turn, jumped back on the gas, nexer looked forward, and was veering across lanes to find me. Had she been paying attention, she could have easily avoided me. You know people pull out, and expect a little courtesy brake... Had she not jumped on the gas or veered, I dont think she would have needed to brake. Bottom line is.. It could have been prevented. I should have waited for her to make the turn. She should have been looking at where she was going. I did take a pic of her right turn signal (still on afterwards), that combined with where the impact occurred, and her age has got the insurance company starting over on who was at fault. Last I was told, its looking like a 50-50.. Thats what im hoping for. Luckily, I had my own policy on the Safari.. That has been a total fight too.. Hard to find comps for one, when I cant even find one for sale. But, my work paid off. The settlement for it went from $3,300 to $7,500. Theres the short version.
Jason

[Gene]

Jason, hard to make a judgment what to do when someone is obviously confused and you have to wait for them to figure out where they are and what to do. In hindsight it's easy to say "just wait", but real life isn't always that simple.

Gene

[DKB_SATX]

I'm sure you will now, but always be skeptical of what other drivers are pretending to do, and never EVER trust a Camry. If I had to guess, she halfway registered the existence of your TV, and since the trailer didn't pop up as "car" or "truck" in her mind it just didn't exist for her. I've dodged lots of Camrys that seemed to be on autopilot.

I had this sort of entertaining interaction with car drivers all too frequently when I rode a motorcycle. It's amazing how much better people see what they EXPECT to see than what's actually there in front of them.