In mid November, the fiance and I moved from Florida to Oklahoma. I pulled a Uhaul with all our goods while she was flat-towed my other jeep. We gave ourselves three days to move so we could relax and enjoy the drive. Unfortunately, the weather was crap the whole time - nothing but rain.
Coming up to one of our exits, she panicked and sped up (70mph) to get in the right lane. She hydroplaned as she switched lanes and spun both her FJ and my YJ together and hit the center divider with both vehicles traveling backwards. The YJ came away with very little damage. The FJ took the brunt of the force in the drive train, body, and cargo area. Both rear quarter panels had be to cut out and replaced b/c the YJ bumper (which folded forward) punctured the back of the FJ in multiple spots on both sides. You can't see it b/c the plastic bumper cladding covered where most of the impacts occurred.
Damaged totaled up to $10k in parts and labor and took a month and half to finish. I'm extremely pleased in the fact that the FJ (YJ too) were both able to complete the 1000 miles journey under their own power after the accident and the fact that she came away completely unharmed. I promised myself if the rubi ever fails on me, I'll find my own FJ.
Coming up to one of our exits, she panicked and sped up (70mph) to get in the right lane. She hydroplaned as she switched lanes and spun both her FJ and my YJ together and hit the center divider with both vehicles traveling backwards. The YJ came away with very little damage. The FJ took the brunt of the force in the drive train, body, and cargo area. Both rear quarter panels had be to cut out and replaced b/c the YJ bumper (which folded forward) punctured the back of the FJ in multiple spots on both sides. You can't see it b/c the plastic bumper cladding covered where most of the impacts occurred.
Damaged totaled up to $10k in parts and labor and took a month and half to finish. I'm extremely pleased in the fact that the FJ (YJ too) were both able to complete the 1000 miles journey under their own power after the accident and the fact that she came away completely unharmed. I promised myself if the rubi ever fails on me, I'll find my own FJ.