If I wasn't already for the legalization of marijuana I would be if I'd just gone through everything you just went through. I'm sorry your faithful and beloved car is dead. It's always sad when a car dies unexpectedly! Plus stress.

But the main thing for you to focus on is making sure you do everything you can for your neck. I'm glad school is over for you so you don't have to stress about that...you can focus all your stress on fighting with insurance companies, etc.

I don't envy you.

sorry to hear of your crash Will....hope you heal up soon

Please tell me that you are going to post pictures of your car?

Thanks you all for the prayers, well wishes and positive energy. I do read all of your comments and I appreciate them. I try to respond to many of your comments personally. I will get around to posting some pics of the car, but don't get all hyped up expecting to see a twisted wreck. It actually doesn't look as bad as the $4000 damage estimate makes it out to be. Most of the damage is underneath stuff where it can't be easily seen, IE the frame and all sorts of supports. I will post pics sometime this week.
Peace, --Will

I'm glad to hear that you are on the mend. Sorry about the car, though (I had my suspicions when I saw it). I'd recomend a Toyota Prius, actually. It's bigger than the Honda hybrids, and has more features.

Jeff, I wanted a Prius, but the waiting list is 6-8 months. Toyota has not been making enough to meet demand. Honda on the other hand has been making lots. Since I am forced into getting a car right away and Honda Hybrids are available and cheaper both in purchase price and insurance than the Prius, I will be getting a Honda. I was a Honda man for many years as you know so I am going back to familiar territory.
Peace,--Will

Hello Will my wild the american is a fiend.

In my kountry we use the opium. it is much stronger than the maryjanaawana and we get it much at the lower is cost. makes for a good time in the hill country. ah, habid is thinking of the nice night with the pipe and the country with many sheep is running around. life in the country is much to be good.

habid is so the sorry about your is kar need to much for the repair. Once I had a kamel that had served me very the well, it had a well how you say, in the america, fender is bender in the market. actually the camel tried to walk over some of the melons, like the marble and the camel all fell down. well, habid got the new camel and all is to be very much well now thank you is very much.

habid wishing you all the best.

habid

Hey, Will. You could always get a CRV. It's not really an SUV. Just a tall Civic.....

Habid, Thanks for your well of the wishes and warmth of the thoughts. I hope your camel is the well and not in the well.

Geren, You and Jenne and this CRV thing. Actually the Honda guys I spoke to refer to the CRV as an SUV! I will NOT buy an SUV and become part of the "arms race" on the American highway. In my mind there are three types of people that purchase and drive SUVs... soccer moms, total ass-hats and guys with really, really small dicks. In fact most all SUV drivers are two of those things on my list. So it actually boils down to two types of people; ass-hat soccer moms and ass-hat micro dicks. And yes, I have friends that drive SUVs and I still love them and I wish they would get rid of their SUVs.

Peace, --Will

A Honda CRV is a Civic Recreational Vehicle - not an SUV. Just wanted to post this for clarification. I am not encouaraging you to obtain one. I think a nice teal green Honda Civic Hybrid will go well with your dark hair. See you tonight.

OMG! Jenne, my ever-loving wife is posting comments to my blog! This is the second comment in two days! WOW!

Will - to add to Jenne's comment. The CR-V is a Civic Si/Acura RSX platform with a tall wagon body. It's got a 2.4L iVTEC 4-banger, runs on reg gas, and gets about 25MPG in mixed driving. I will say, though, that the new Civic Hybrids are looking rather appealing. The only thing I'd be worried about there would be long-term maintenance costs on the electrical drive system.

BTW - am I an ass-hat, or possessed of a micro-willie? I need to know which category I and my little Honda fit into. ;-)

If I replace the 10-year-old Neon with a two-seater rice rocket... I'd have both the CR-V and a ragtop. Would that just push my asshat rating right off the scale? Maybe I should buy a wool tweed English driving cap, too. B-)

will, lets talk SUV

Since I have the H2, is my penis small? True, i might not have a 12" kelbasa sausauge in my pants, but it is a nice respectal size, show and tell some day!!!!!!!!!

Actually as you grow older it shrinks over the years. So the 80 year old man goes to the docter to get a prescription for viagra ... Doc says, oh still hitting it after all these years! old man says no, he just wants the viagra so that it will get hard and stick out a little, so that when he takes a piss he won't dribble on his pants!!!!

Soccermom's yes, the suv is an outgrowth fromt he minivan craze.

SuV arms race? no, i am not going to buy into that argument at all. the iraq war is a stupid thing for us to be in, but it is not a war for oil. We could have bought the oil much more cheaply.

back to suv's. It is not the car/suv its the driver. when i was a little pecker (before pubrety) I remember my mother always complaining about the little sports cars and how they owned the road. I drive the H2, becuase I like the big truck thing, I have plenty of room to put my large penis in the car when I travel. Imagine If i had a mini kooper... then i would have to have a detachable penis?

Gas mileage, oil cunsumption... Since my suv gets 12 to 14 mpg on a good day am i worse than the guy that gets 20mpg in his car? I work at home and don not burn the miles. Is the commutter traveling 60 miles a day at 20 mpg doing worse for the environment?

Boy am i rambling.

the problem is the american way, into the car and off to everywhere, whether its 20 mpg, 30 mpg, or 10 mpg, its burn the gas everyday.

These hybrid cars and alternative fuel are the way of the future, and the future better come quickly.

back to SUV, its the driver, no matter if you have a mini cooper, rice car, h2, or tank (same thing) we all need to be carefull and respect the other drivers on the road.

Even in my rather H2, which safely contains my average to large penis, I am fearfull on the road. What if a mini cooper were to get stuck under my suv, think of how my gas mileage would suffer...

True Suv vs car causes more damage to the car. but unless everything is the same, it will always be that way. Large old 4 door boat vs Civic .. civic loses. 18 wheeler vs H2, h2 looses,

Oh, and what about these motorcycles where they lay down on them? Tell me those drivers dont have a problem.

Where do we draw the line.

When i get on the road, I do not feel that i am better than anyone else just because I have a H2 and a large penis. I try to respect every bodys rights on the road and be an all around good guy, with a respectable size penis.

Everybody, whether you drive a suv, or car, or mini kooper, be careful out there and respect the other drivers.

The H2 person.

Your Cousin, I only have time to address one issue at the moment. That issue is the "arms race" that I referred to. This has absolutley nothing to do with the war in Iraq, oil or gas. It's an arms race on the roads of America. The prevailing thought is that in order to survive on the road with the SUV you need the same or a larger SUV than the other guy. It's "keeping up with (or ahead of) the Jonses" on a grand scale.

Peace,--Will

Even though I am already going to die by the hands of a kid carrying a board with a nail in it (that ones for you Jenny!!), I have to admit that I own an SUV (Nissan Xterra) and suffer from none of the conditions you group much of the country into. Some people choose to own an SUV because they just like them and have no political agenda (or, grew up in farm country and just believe in owing 1,4-wheel drive vehicle).

Every year I take a holiday in remote locations deep in the Brazilian countryside, no paved roads at all - just the place to use SUVs one would think... but of course locals cannot afford them and drive around in very ordinary Ford Fiestas or whatever they have. Sometimes I think of those roads and people when I'm back in the UK and see SUVs being used for the school run in the miniscule village I live. Everyone could WALK to school, it's a perfectly quiet and safe place; but the traffic gets busy twice a day with the school run, how silly.

How upside down everything seems to be. Anyway, it's good to ramble. Safe journeys to all, whatever your type of vehicle. I'm really glad I'm able to cycle most places I go.

My assistant manager has a Civic and gave me a ride a few weeks back - oh it's nice. Test-drive one. Just try it. It looks weird on the outside, but you sit inside it and go "oooooh."

*I* still want a Mini-Cooper, though!

^^ that was me, btw; forgot to sign and wasn't prompted to do so. ;)

Weed- You can pick your teeth with a New York joint.
Car-"Gas, grass or ass, NO one rides for free."
Staff/rod/member/tool/one eyed wizard/dragon/schlong/penis size- I guess I am the pencil dick pushing pasta. Oh well, where is the nipple action soccer mom? I've got an inch to share.
Insurance adjusters- one level above lawyers, two levels above maggots.
I was just thinking, if that SLJ were still around would the Saturn still be running? Enjoy the commute! Hope you are feeling better.

I control the British crown; do I get some of your meds?

Sorry about the car, we lost ours a little while back, and I did cry. Hubby came home and told me it had "gone to make other poorly Volvos better", and I think he'd been crying too.

~Glad you are on the mend.

~Sorry about your car.

~I drive a '96 4-door, 2-wheel drive Jimmy that is classified as an SUV, but I just think it's a glorified station wagon. I got it because I have two large dogs and a kid that plays everything but soccer. It makes it up my snow-covered gravel driveway better than the 4-wheel Rodeo we have so I guess that does make it a rather 'sporting' vehicle.

~I have a miniscule penis, but that's probably because I'm a girl. Maybe I should try one of those viagra email offers, no?

~Heard a rumor that Habib is really some rich-ass oil sheik who'd love to buy a nice american boy an SUV for one night alone in a tent...

Greetings,
I have certainly pushed some buttons with my anti-SUV comments (especially when it comes to penis size). I have not had good experiences with SUVs and their drivers out on the roads and in parking lots. I can't count how many times I have been tailgated so close - and at speeds ranging from 20-75 mph - that all I can see is the grille and headlights in my rear window. They were so close that I couldn't see the driver! I can't count how many times I have been cut off by inches and nearly side-swiped on the road and in parking lots. I have been hit in the rear three times by SUVs since 1998. I have seen some (not all) of the nicest people get behind the wheel of an SUV and turn into (this is one of my favorite phrases) total ass hats (I also like the phrase ass clowns). You don't have to like my opinion of SUVs, but I stand by it and I make no apologies for it. I think that SUVs are the most unnecessary vehicle on the road. The world and families made it along just fine before the SUV and we could survive just as well without them. I think SUVs are pretentious. They are not environmentally friendly, they use and waste more than their fair share of natural resources, and contrary to popular belief they are not safe. Know that if your a family member, a friend, or one of my good neighbors that I love you regardless of what you drive and I generally won't give you any shit about it unless you start first, then all bets are off. You know how I feel and if you own/love SUVs I know how you feel and we can leave it at that. However, that does not mean that I won't rant and rave on my web site and you can fell free to rant back if you like, but you won't change my mind on the subject. If you see an anti-SUV rant on my site you have the choice not to read it. Jenne and Clark don't read my political rants and it's better that way. I don't agree with all of my friends and family on politics, religion, homosexual marriage, drugs and other subjects, but we're still friends.
Peace, --Will

Fair enough,

I can relate to your grille in the rear view mirror from a different perspective. Just the other day I had to travel the beltway from Essex to Exit 18. So when i travel that far I stick to the left lane. I do not tailgate anybody. But in keeping with the flow, my flow at about 70mph. do you know how many cars, trucks, etc came up to tail gate me? Many. if I am going 70 on the beltway, 15 over the limit, aint that fast enough, Tail gate at 70? are people crazy? yes?

Constantly, I get cars that disappear from my view because they tail gate so close. I dont even get to see the grill they just disapear. Trust me, its not just the SUV. In todays society it dont matter what type of vehicle you have, to many people become road warrior Ass hates behind their wheel.

You are having more than your fair share of trouble with SUV, probably becuase there are more of them out there.

I think to many people just have bad sound systems in their cars. All vechiles need to have upgraded sound systems, then the drivers could just chill out with the tunes, and no talk radio either..

Oh, and the cell phone thing. How many drivers whether they are cars, su--hog--Vee's, etc are driving while yapping on the cell. I bet your soccermom princess in the su-hog-vee was yapping with another soccermom about krap. She wasnt paying attention and kaboom.

How about them rice rockets these young ones drive?

Peace, your cousin in law with the SU-Hog-Vee.

(ps. let me know where this soccermom princess lives, shes giving suvs a bad name, maybe she needs some h2 tire tracks on her front yard?

I just had an SUV flashback. Someone sent me this years ago. In fact, that someone was a Saturn driver. It was even a green Saturn. (Are you sure your name isn't Bruce???) Will, if you have never been to this site, go now. You won't regret it!

http://poseur.4x4.org/futuresuv.html

Peace back at you...

Wow lots of comments. :)
I just wanted to say that our next car we buy is going to be a hybrid.