Totalled X confirms safety

[Hoopie]

I too, am glad that you are OK. We wish you the best in recovery. If you decide to look for a chiropractor and need help in that department, let me know.

Keith

[Don Coffey]

Good to see you walked away in one piece. Over here in the UK we get a hard time for having SUV's as people think that if your not going off road you have no reason to own one. My friend’s parents where in a head on collision in a Range Rover, teenagers in a smaller car had taken a bend to fast. All 4 kids died, driver of the car traveling behind also died. My friend’s parents were seriously injured but survived because they were in the SUV. My friend now drives SUV's, he is only in his mid 20s and that's very young for a SUV driver in the UK.

[aus]

Good to hear you're OK, but he pain will come in the next 2-3 days.
I hope the driver of the PU stopped.

[LeMansX5]

Glad you are OK. Post more pics. You can use http://www.irfanview.com/ to resize pics and upload them.

[benathon]

Very glad you are okay; you are definately blessed. What are your plans on the replacement?

[Wagner]

Good lord, glad you're alright.

[fuzzer]

Glad your alright dude. that looks like a nasty one.

Originally Posted by Don Coffey

Good to see you walked away in one piece. Over here in the UK we get a hard time for having SUV's as people think that if your not going off road you have no reason to own one. My friend’s parents where in a head on collision in a Range Rover, teenagers in a smaller car had taken a bend to fast. All 4 kids died, driver of the car traveling behind also died. My friend’s parents were seriously injured but survived because they were in the SUV. My friend now drives SUV's, he is only in his mid 20s and that's very young for a SUV driver in the UK.

For the reasons above i got an X5 too , safety. Being 24 i have joined the young people driving one.

[BiMMeRxCincO]

thats crazy! glad to hear 1) you made it out OK and 2) the X is a beast in every way not excluding safety

I feel even safer in my X now...when ppl get in my truck they always say damn your doors are heavy. i bet if i show these pics they'll see that its for a good reason..

[BMW X5]

glad to hear you are safe and well

[sageriders]

Thanks, all, for your good wishes. To answer some of the questions, the side curtain & door air bags deployed, but not the front. The air bags on my left did the job, for sure. The car actually flipped into the air, and the thing rolled when it was airborne, therefore, no roll-over marks on the top. It did sort of an arc thru the air & came down on the left side in soft grass in the opposite lane gutter, with the nose against an embankment. All panels except the driver's door are bent or twisted. The rear hatch and tail gate appear ok to the eye, but are twisted somewhat. They served to keep the body more or less square. The guy who hit me, in the green pickup, was unhurt. The front of his rig was destroyed, and the car remained upright, coming to rest in the middle of the intersection. Looked like after he hit me, his rig never moved an inch. And yes, the aches and bruises were worse in the 2d-5th days after, but are now getting better.

I know of the new design for '07, but am not sure I will like the longer, rounder body. Also, don't want to "borrow" my Bride's car any longer than necessary. So, I have ordered an '06 4.4 in sterling grey and truffle brown interior. Other than that, will have the same eqpt. as the one I trashed. Prem, Sport, cold weather and rear climate.