Sad day :(

[GSXRliterbikz]

So last Friday my wife had a lil accident.



She's fine, the x, not so much. Tagged a guardrail at 40-45 mph.
Early est. look like it's going to be totaled. Everything from the front bumper to the rear bumper were hit.



It was a good rig for the time we had it, but I doubt I'll replace it with another x. I really like the facelift, but I really want a v8 (I refuse to own an n62). If I find the right deal on a prefacelift 4.4 I might do that. But for now I'm gonna just drive the 7's and start looking for something else.
Spent the day yesterday stripping all my stuff out of it.
I might buy it back if the ins. gives a good enough deal, but it would only be to part out. I have no desire to fix it up.

I was a little disturbed that the airbags didn't go off. She hit pretty much head on on a curved section of rail. Then glanced off and scrapped the whole side. Figured the wheel bag should have deployed. And maybe the side curtains. A witness said it looked like the car was going to flip on its side. Aren't there tilt sensors to detect that for the srs system?
Anyway. It was fun while it lasted. Almost 5 yrs of reliable transportation, she'll be missed.

[X5SND]

Sorry to hear bout the X....glad the wifey is ok though!

[Ricky Bobby]

and yet another case where the X's safety is shown, glad to hear your wife is ok and these trucks are definitely tanks, don't think it would have been the same story if she was driving a Kia!

[14thbmw]

Curious about the airbags also. Maybe not frontal enough to depoly the steering wheel bag, but perhaps a side curtain?

Do you know if the seatbelt tensioners tightened as they are supposed to do?

[Qsilver7]

Glad your wife is ok....sorry 'bout the X. (btw...looks like a nice set of dedicated winter tires were mounted...shame to see those go to waist)

If no none was sitting on the passenger side...I don't think a curtain bag nor the steering wheel bad would deploy based on the damage done in the pics. Sometimes the deployment of a bag can cause more injury than not if the accident isn't really severe (or totally frontal).

The occupancy mat sensor probably is the reason the passenger curtain bag or dash air bag didn't deploy on that side (again,, if no one was sitting in the seat).

Since the intro of the dual stage airbag system, (started 3/99 build date)...the bags and seat belts are designed to protect & deploy based on various data and severity of the crash. As you can see in the chart below...the MRS (multiple restraint system) has 4 thresholds. If no bags deployed & your wife was wearing her seatbelt...it means that the crash sensors that where affected by her crash only registered threshold 1. If your wife hadn't been wearing her seatbelt...her steering wheel air bag probably would have deployed...but that may have caused some bruising as she & the airbag (moving at approx 200 MPH) moved toward each other (instead of being held in place by the seat belt) if she hadn't of been belted.

[RajB]

Very unlucky but the main thing is your wife is fine and that is all that matters.

[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby

and yet another case where the X's safety is shown, glad to hear your wife is ok and these trucks are definitely tanks, don't think it would have been the same story if she was driving a Kia!

In the Kia the airbag would have deployed as designed.

I wish people would do some research before knocking a product.

2013 Sportage - Top Safety Pick & Highest Ranked Subcompact SUV - Kia Awards

2014 Sorento - KBB Top 10 Best SUVs under $25K - Kia Awards

Never really like the idea of something blowing up in my face just because people refuse to wear seat belts.

Little less government in my life, oh no, now I'm starting to talk like a Tea Party.

[GSXRliterbikz]

Thanks guys. I'm glad my wife was fine. I'm sure in something else, things could be very different.
And despite the bags not going off, she was fine.

Thanks for the info Q. It did have nice Pirelli scorpions on it. I was tempted to toss the stock 17's back on, but the front one was damaged and will be part of their est. of repair. I stripped everything else I could though. I had a BMW metal divider for the cargo area, a BMW roof rack, the roll out cargo cover, and BMW rubber mats. I wanted to swap the power fold mirrors, but there is no one near me with regular ones to replace them with.

[ProfessorX5]

Dang! Sorry for your loss, but very glad the wifey is okay.

Hope you find your 4.4. I'm jonesing for a diesel, but ppl here don't sell theirs until their fubared. :P

[electricalserv x5]

Good to hear your wife was safe,
Dam what a accident,looks like the SS Titanic........You could always get another auto .