Well here's the reason why I am a SRT owner!

Story: At the beginning of January I was heading out to my house driving down an industrial parkway that turns into a country road. The weather was nice for a change(higher than 0º!) but windy, the roads were clear, no ice, no snow, no water, nothing I SHOULD have been worried about.

Well once the road turned into a country 2 lane I picked up speed to about 45mph (in a 55), after going about 1/4 mile I got past a tree line only to encounter about 6" of snow and black ice combo that had drifted over the road for about a 150' section. I hit the brakes while I still had traction but once I hit the ice, the truck started drifting across the center line with some help from gusty winds that aided in lining my drivers side door up with an electrical pole. There was no way I was going to take my chance with that so I accelerated and maneuvered towards the ditch. When it hit the ditch it rolled hard once and skidded on its roof for a bit. I killed the ignition right away, and then kicked my way out since there was dirt up past the top of the doors restricting them from being opened.

Not more than 2 minutes after I got out an S10 skidded through the same section I went through and crashed in the ditch 20' in front of me. Emergency Services were on the scene within minutes, while they were there a state trooper put his cruiser in the ditch a couple hundred feet down the road, as did another motorist. The county then closed down all of the E/W bound roads in that area for the rest of the night. I would love to show you a pic of the road, but at the same time EMS showed up so did a snow plow to lay salt to cover the evidence.

The airbags did not deploy since the bumper sensors weren't touched but I walked away without a scratch. If I didn't have my seatbelt on things could have been A LOT worse as my sunroof was open to enjoy the "warm" evening.

In her prime
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC03563.jpg

Well the insurance check cleared so heres some pics!
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04065.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04066.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04067.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04071.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04079.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04094.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04102.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04097.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04099.jpg

Once we got it to my friends shop it started right up and idled like nothing happened! Almost every body panel was touched though, so it ended up being totaled. On the bright side, I replaced it with a factory 5.9 killer :D 2008 SRT8 WK fully loaded.

Gotta love taking delivery in the middle of a Chicago winter!
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC00313.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC00316.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC00317.jpg
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04190.jpg

I can't wait to see it clean on a daily basis!

Glad you weren't hurt brutha....but it's a great reason to get GCSRT8....I will have to check out the pics when I get home from work, but thanks for the read!

Luckily you were not hurt.

Welcome to the forum and the next level of ownership. I would suggest a good set of snow tires for next year (hard to get rims so shop early) as with snows, my jeep is great in the snow.

Crappy way to upgrade but you will be very happy with the SRT8. I came from a modded WJ as well and it was a great jeep but the SRT8 is so much better and more refined.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v137/chrome-crf/Supercharged%20Jeep%20Grand%20Cherokee/IMG_0028.jpg

On the bright side, I replaced it with a factory 5.9 killer :D 2008 SRT8 WK fully loaded.

Glad you got out unscathed as that definitely could have been nasty. Let's let your education on your new BEAST begin....You have a 6.1 liter under your hood unless you got a slow one. :D

Welcome to the forum and the next level of ownership.
Thats funny, he has more posts than you!!! LOL :rofl:

Wow, glad to hear you walked away unhurt from that wreck.

The SRT8 looks sweet.

This winter has definitely been the worst on the roads in a while with the snows, black ice, and high winds causing drifting and white out conditions.

Glad you got out unscathed as that definitely could have been nasty. Let's let your education on your new BEAST begin....You have a 6.1 liter under your hood unless you got a slow one. :D

haha that 5.9 pun was for the 5.9 fanboys on JeepsUnlimited dot com who always talk the 5.9 up like it's some rare Ferrari!

haha that 5.9 pun was for the 5.9 fanboys on JeepsUnlimited dot com who always talk the 5.9 up like it's some rare Ferrari!

How true.

It is sad to see a nice WJ like that bite the dust that way. Did you buy it back to sell off the parts?

why all the fake blood ?

Also, why are the time stamps wrong on here?

03-04-2008, 03:13 PM = 3/5/2008 @ 10:14am CST Chicago. ?? Hows that work?

haha that 5.9 pun was for the 5.9 fanboys on JeepsUnlimited dot com who always talk the 5.9 up like it's some rare Ferrari!

Ohhhh, lol. :D

How true.

It is sad to see a nice WJ like that bite the dust that way. Did you buy it back to sell off the parts?

Buy back was too much, and my Z occupies the garage/all my free time so I didn't want to go the trail rig route but I did manage to get some of the parts.:ninja:


2002_Viper_GTS_ACR: why all the fake blood ?

LOL that was the PS reservoir leaking through the hood once she got flipped upright. It looked like a murder scene after I left.

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj130/JJJ93Z/DSC04109.jpg

WOW!. Glad you are alright. Good choice on color. You know you got the fastest color Black.::D

why all the fake blood ?

i think it was trans fluid

I was gunna say, DAMN, you got banged up looking at all that blood. hahahah

Glad your ok

lol, damn, tell me it didnt look like a murder scene. lol...

I didnt even think Auto fluid, or in this case, power steering fluid.

Glad your un hurt! Congrats on the new Ride !!

Jon

Glad you made it out alright. Good time to upgrade, though.

YIKES! I too thought it was blood at first! ha. Glad it wasn't. Prior to the crash you had a sexy truck though, but you'll enjoy the new one :D

why all the fake blood ?

HAHA! LOL I was thinking the same thing I'm sure it PS or trans fluid . . . that pic looked pretty gruesome

Very sweet...good for you!

Wow - a nice Jeep destroyed but what's good is you are ok. Congrats on the new one!