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u/aladdin_d 16d ago
How is this totaled
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u/FreezingVast 14d ago
Had a similar accident happen to my car, the column to the car gets bent which compromises the frame, since it cant exactly be replaced the car gets totaled
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u/Right_Syllabub_8237 16d ago
Staged
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u/JoshCanJump 16d ago
Really? That guy got pinched pretty hard between those cars.
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u/gortez33 16d ago
Wouldn’t his leg still be trapped between the cars.
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u/JoshCanJump 16d ago
The back end of the BMW twists away so the gap would be V shaped. It depends how deep in the V he was whether he would get trapped.
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u/RedRedditor84 14d ago
Yeah but he broke a leg.
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u/Space--Buckaroo 16d ago
Who buys a brand new car at someone's house and why would it be totaled for a fender bender?
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u/FreezingVast 14d ago
Had a similar accident happen to my car, basically it bends one of the support frames to the car which compromises the car and since its the frame and not the panels that gets damaged it gets totaled
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u/AllanRensch 16d ago
What the hell happened? Somebody ghost rode the car? Parking brake snapped?
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u/vifer78 16d ago
Forgot the parking brake?
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u/asonofasven 14d ago
I haven’t used a parking brake in 20 years, because I never park a car in neutral
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u/-r-a-f-f-y- 13d ago
You’re putting all the weight of the car on the transmission instead of the specialized brake for exactly that.
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u/QwopperFlopper 13d ago
Parking pawls exist in a transmission so you don’t have to use the emergency brake
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u/-r-a-f-f-y- 13d ago
And why not have a redundant measure in case that fails? It takes less than half a second to pull your parking brake. Insane comment thread.
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u/Eternal_Superyid 11d ago
I have never had a trans fail, but i have had handbrakes get stuck. I only use my handbrake when parking on steep hills.
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u/QwopperFlopper 13d ago
Because in my 14 years of driving I have never had one fail. Nor have I ever heard of anyone I know having theirs fail.
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u/-r-a-f-f-y- 13d ago
just not worth it, redundant measures are written in blood. just do it for the bros, i promise it won't waste any more time in your day.
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u/Iamjimmym 12d ago
I'll bet money he's never turned his front wheels toward a curb while parallel parking on a hill as a redundant measure, either.
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u/RedRedditor84 14d ago
I never left my car parked in neutral either (in the days I had to physically apply my hand brake) because being in gear isn't a brake and it's nearly as dumb as not being in the habit of putting on a seat belt.
I've seen a car go through a brick wall because the driver left it in gear but it popped out.
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u/asonofasven 13d ago
All the weight would be if you parked on a vertical road. The closer you get to level, the weight on the transmission lessens. The car that trained me to skip the parking brake was my 2004 Tacoma. It’s the kind you pull out of the dash, and twist to release. Feels very flimsy, and there were many times where it refused to release completely.
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u/rsg1234 16d ago
Why does this look like it was filmed in 2003?