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  1. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    You're welcome Daveo0! I really appreciate the spreadsheet offer and know how much time and energy you must have put into it. However that settlement is behind us now. I haven't gone into full detail here in my thread about all the shenanigans the insurance pulled and the hoops they put me...
  2. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    YES YES YES! Call your insurance and get to talking. I cant stress this enough. Term like no fault states vs at fault states should be brought up especially if you live in one of the only 12 "no fault" states. This can be the difference of you and your family losing your home and moving in with...
  3. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    This is their insurance that was being such a PITA. My insurance so far has been great.
  4. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    I believe many churches could fill that blank.....it also makes me think about the "Mattress Ranch".. Has anyone actually seen a mattress bought there? :oops:
  5. Jolly Roger

    So I picked up an AFM disabler

    I disabled mine with a Flashcal. I was able to adjust my speedo for larger tires as well.
  6. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

  7. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    We had no choice but to get an attorney to fight the insurance Co. for us. The insurance company had lied to us so many times at this point during the property damage portion and was now refusing to give me a copy of the other parties policy. I didn't even know what amount I was fighting for...
  8. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    It was impounded and I needed a State Trooper to ****** me to retrieve anything from it. It was also buried in snow by that time, neg 30 and I was taking care of my wife who suffered far more than I did from the crash. I did get them to come up in the settlement price after I claimed I was...
  9. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    99% of insurance policies only carry a 25k property damage...AND thats a POTENTIAL payout. They pay what your vehicle was worth 1 second before the crash (according to them not KBB) IF YOUR VEHICLE IS WORTH MORE THAN the 25k total potential payout and you can prove it, its up to YOU cover the...
  10. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Absolutely Sir! If by sharing a quick story on here results in someone rethinking their insurance policy, a final decision to add those grill or marker lights they've been contemplating to be more visible on the road, or get their wife or kids out of that Subaru they drive and into a Truck...
  11. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Thank you State Troopers! So the Tahoe was totaled and impounded due to the involved death. When the insurance company automatically issued a mileage of 200k on it to appraise the value... I got pissed off. The Tahoe had just hit 100k but their appraiser couldn't turn the Tahoe on to get...
  12. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Yes. Our faces never touched the airbags. The seat belts did all the saving in this particular instance. This is not to say that airbags dont have there place in a crash though. The only thing they accomplished in this crash was giving me chemically induced pneumonia.:( That was really fun at my...
  13. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    I should have named this thread "INSURANCE INSURANCE INSURANCE!!!" Its been almost a year long fight with them, and its still not over yet. I haven't driven for almost a full year! PLEASE PLEEASE PLEASE have a long conversation with a trusted insurance agent about YOUR protection! Ask...
  14. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    They become members of the family dont they? I raised my kids driving this truck. So many memories.
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    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    It was a smaller sedan. They were stopped in the road facing us with there left turn signal on waiting for us to go by so they could turn onto a side road. I dont know why they turned at the moment they did because they were sitting there when we were a good 400 yrds away. Maybe the sun behind...
  16. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    For anyone wondering, the push bumper was a "Go Rhino" brand. We believe it distributed lots of the impact to the frame of the Tahoe.
  17. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Yeah its been a long road. My wife gets emotional every time we drive past that spot. We dont have a choice either because its the only way to my sons home. Weeks afterward we were recovering our individual memories of the accident. Turns out my wife doesn't remember most of it. She made phone...
  18. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Lots of nasty stuff coming out of the deployment of an air bag. I ended up with chemical induced pneumonia right in time for my sons wedding. Never the less Im so thankful I was able to see my boy get married!
  19. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Yes even though she was getting up in age, the Ol gal saved us! My wife contributes a lot of our survival to the push bumper that was on it. She wants me to install one on the new vehicle now.
  20. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Heck yeah we did! I don't even want to imagine what it would've been like without them. We both had belt burns on our chests and necks. My wife ended up with hernia from her belt. I probably would've been worse off if I wasn't such a lard a$$. II got built-in shock absorbers bro.
  21. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    No, sorry I wasn't clear on that. They pulled out in front of us and we hit them. Both of our vehicles were thrown off the hwy. I didn't post a photo that included the other car out of respect to their families.. jaws of life used, it was a mangled mess.
  22. Jolly Roger

    RIP old friend (Hwy crash and totaled 07 Tahoe)

    Very thankful to be alive. My wife and I were actually on our way to my sons wedding shower. We were traveling at hwy speeds when a vehicle pulled right in front of us. I had seconds to react, 1.5 according to the black box data. I remember standing on the breaks. We hit hard. I remember...
  23. Jolly Roger

    My 2007 Tahoe EATS Optima AGM batts!

    I had dual AGM batteries in my 07 Tahoe and had no problems after a little experimenting. I found that the AUX batt wont get a good charge with loads running if you dont have the dual battery system hooked up correctly. Your Neg battery cable has that PITA hall effect sensor on it that monitors...
  24. Jolly Roger

    OPEN RECALL

    Yeah, just what I want, some 16 yr old going through my wiring. There is absolutely no competence left out there. Screwed each and every time I rely on someone else to lay a hand on my vehicles. Airbag would go off during the "repair" and Id get sued for injury and punitive damages by some blue...
  25. Jolly Roger

    Tool to disable tpms all together

    Sorry to be so late to the party, but my TPMS delete setup is still going strong! I hardwired mine and put the control board in a new project box that also houses the 12v to 5v step down unit. I had one occurrence last year that it lost signal and threw a light on my dash but after resetting it...

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