I hit a Lazy Boy Recliner
 

Yep,

It was Sunday night at about 10:45. I run my 09 SSM with lights and fog lights on. The chair was in the middle of the right lane. I didn't see it until I was almost on top of it. The car handled nicely as I swerved right. Caught the chair with the left side, taking out the fog light, the main light a little, and a big scratch/dent along the drivers side door. According to the insurance adjuster all that plus other things equals over $3000 worth of damage. The guys at the Honda body shop assured me that th number would go up. On the positive side the car remained completely drivable and I was not hurt.

A LAZY BOY!!!!!!!!


Best,

Dave

how did you not see a lazy boy....seriously?

driving under the influence of texting.

Dark night, dark colored chair-do the math.:rolleyes:

$3000 worth of damage holy crap. if you would have hit anything else probably would have gotten close to a totalled car

The Fit is one of several small cars that are expensive to fix in low-speed collisions according to the IIHS. Only 6 mph!

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dave i think it was your fault. you're too slow to react. i mean come on, it happened on sunday. it's already wednesday and you're finally posting about this now?

get with it man. :rotfl: jk jk :p

glad you weren't hurt. :)

How did I hit it? Just like Uncle Gary described. Also factor in that this stretch of I35 has little to no lighting at all. No texting, talking, drinking, eating, or any other "ing" involved.

Best,

Dave

So, tell me why again did you go right instead of left?

im thinking the possible dangers of other cars on the highway

^^x2, and it sounds like this is a pretty empty road so you could probably see quite away ahead of you, sounds you like you weren't paying attention IMO

I swerved right out of some previously unused reflex.

Best,

Dave

if it was dark and the chair was a dark color, i could see how you didnt notice it.

Its easy to second guess every decision now. But in the heat of the moment you don't know how you would have handled the situation or reacted.

Dave I'm sorry to hear what happened, good luck with repairs

And not to rub salt in the wound but there is a reclinersplus.com ad on this thread right now lol

I hit something on the highway a month ago (possibly dog/cat/ or other similar size debris)... knocked out both fogs and scratched the bumper and hood... :( $1,300 damage and that ain't a lazy boy!

Gbaby,

You had to be there or be sitting in the passenger seat. Believe me if I could have seen it I would have avoided it, because I don't have anything better to do with $500 than pay an insurance deductible IMO.

Best,

Dave

dang just goes to show GE's aren't made to last....

haha i understand, sometimes sh!t happens

Any car would sustain damage hitting a recliner not just a GE

Turboman,

I just noticed the ad. LOL!

Impact resistance and long term durability are 2 different things.

Actually i bet if a 1974 eldorado hit a recliner you as well as the car would not even feel it

As a Texan, I can assure you all that some stretches of I-35 are ridiculously dark.

Imagine coming up on a stripped down engine laying in the middle of the freeway :D Thankfully (many years ago) this was something that occurred in the middle of the day and a CHP had just arrived to block off traffic by the time I got to it. Lordy what a mess that would have made in the middle of the night on a poorly lit road doing 60+!

Glad you only tangled with a Lazy-Boy and nobody got hurt...

Lol, Well It's not like you see a La-Z-boy recliner in the middle of the highway often.

At Least you were not hurt. That's good. I would have probably ran head on into it due to thinking I was seeing things.

Sorry to hear about your accident.

Living near L.A. and having to drive down there every couple of weeks, you'd be amazed at the crap on the freeways out here. I saw a refrigerator on the side of the road last week. Imagine how much damage that would have done had it been hit - by anything. (It might have been, but looked like it fell out of someone's truck.)

I grew up in Texas and I-35 does indeed have some very dark spots at night.