February 8th 2007 - my first crash

[llpc60]

my poor baby...

this is how it happened...

I was goin 10mph and looked at the light above me (becasuse i was spaced fucking out and forgot to look b4 crossin the intersection... it was busy, so i was just following the car in front of me)

then...bang... i was like... woah wtf just happned?

idk why, but I left home and I was just forgetting everything...It was like I was high this morning

shit happens

notice the other blue miata next to it.

yup, its a parts car..also mine.. so I wont need to spend any money on mine

the suv I hit barely got scratched (good)

sucks because when I drive, I try to pay attention to everything, just so stuff like this doesnt happen. I have never had any close calls or anything... today was just an odd day, I guess.

im sure she will forgive me (the car)

[Ottobon]

nice RT-615s!

any idea how hard that will be to fix?

my friends miatas tail-light just got mutilated as well




the one time i actually ever hit somebody i was feeling similar to you, i hadn't slept in 48 hours, and honestly shouldn't have been on the road, luckily it was only at about 25mph, never drive while tired, hope your miata gets fixed up nice

[VR6]

Ah man that sucks what a poor bit of luck. Must be nice having a parts car, just make sure you dont mess up this hood and bumper .

[amdforever]

Life shouldn't be too bad. The new miata is waiting for you at the dealership.

[llpc60]

^ yes.... because im winning the lottery this week

Im getting a very low miliage 93 miata. getting a built engine from flyinmiata.com 800lb springs and their turbo...good for around 250hp on the built engine no problem... 200hp is good on stock engine

and going back to my house in FL and doin trackdays....everymotherfucking day till i die...



edit: I had to go to work so I didnt look to hard. but I guess it will be very easy to fix. and Im pretty sure im keeping my bumper.. I dont mind a few scrapes on it. I also want to keep the bumper lights, I will dremel out the bits that didnt break, and put a grill on it (metal grill mesh). Ive been wanting to do that, but didnt have the heart to dremel out a nice unbroken light housing.

the hood should be easy to bend back, but I will just take it from the other car. the only part im not sure about, is where the hood latches. if that part is easy to take off, then fixing everything wont take more than a hour or 2.

doesnt matter if its tough to fix though...because like I said, Im wining the lottery this week..


ps. thanks for the tire comment!! too bad its so damn cold and they grip like...well...they dont grip at all. lol cant wait till the weather warms up a bit so I can finally get some nice grip from them.

whats funny about crashing today is that, a few days ago, I got cought in a snowstorm with these tires... and I know it was very very very very stupid, but instead of gonig home, I drove untill the snow stopped and the trucks cleaned out the streets (took around 5hours for that to happen) I was sideways everywhere. including on the highway, going at 50mph. (not just a slide then recovering....it was going foward while the headlights pointed at the devider long enough to get to the next exit) all the damage I got from doing that really stupid stuff is a curb rash on the right wheel.



miata in the snow with rt-615's is crazy...fun

[Aston Martin]

The bumper looks ok, yet the *bonnet is bent.
Glad your ok.


*Im a Brit im not saying hood.

[leadfoot13]

February 7th 2007 - my first crash
Light turned yellow, car in front of me started to brake for what I thought was turning at the intersection but she stopped for the yellow light, don't know why someone would do that. Was going about 10mph, it was raining and the streets were slick (first heavy rain in a while) When I hit the brakes I skidded into her Civic and my car went under her bumper.

[VR6]

A civic did that to an intrepid, crazy world!

[WebHex]

Sorry to here about your accidents. Stuff happens, we just need to be careful out there

Here's mine from a few months back.
I started the day a little spaced out to. Should have been a sign to avoid a canyon run with some friends. Still pretty lucky to walk away. Be careful out there guys and keep it shiny side up. 8)

[llpc60]

^ouch that was a nice s2000

and my car has been "fixed" and running for a few days now. I will get pics today (with celly, cant be bothered to take the 20D lol)

although I cant really put my headlights down... and the hood and bumper overlap... its good enough for me to drive it and its all I care. I need my crack

me/dad fixed it ourselfs (think of chain tied to mine/other car heheh) and the lady still hasnt called the insurance company. maybe she wont at all.

so my cars working and I probably wont have to pay for the one I hit...awesome.

I have even been stopped after the crash for "driving a little crazy". I didnt see a cop and gunned it on the entrance of an offramp "you went FLYING past me!!!!" then to make shit worse, I gunned it on the next off-ramp "I know you were doing more than 30" (I was doing 60 in the middle of the bend) then he adds "..I know this car handles pretty well.." so I didnt say anything and he asked "right?" I wanted to play dumb so I said "...yea...it handles ok.." lol..I was holding in laughter

no ticket...no warning... :

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally Posted by llpc60

^ouch that was a nice s2000

and my car has been "fixed" and running for a few days now. I will get pics today (with celly, cant be bothered to take the 20D lol)

although I cant really put my headlights down... and the hood and bumper overlap... its good enough for me to drive it and its all I care. I need my crack

me/dad fixed it ourselfs (think of chain tied to mine/other car heheh) and the lady still hasnt called the insurance company. maybe she wont at all.

so my cars working and I probably wont have to pay for the one I hit...awesome.

I have even been stopped after the crash for "driving a little crazy". I didnt see a cop and gunned it on the entrance of an offramp "you went FLYING past me!!!!" then to make shit worse, I gunned it on the next off-ramp "I know you were doing more than 30" (I was doing 60 in the middle of the bend) then he adds "..I know this car handles pretty well.." so I didnt say anything and he asked "right?" I wanted to play dumb so I said "...yea...it handles ok.." lol..I was holding in laughter

no ticket...no warning... :

each to his own, personally i cant stand mis-fitting panels, large panel gaps, panels/objects not fitted square or flush and i can barely stand rattles n squeaks.

some times being a perfectionist at some things just doesnt pay off.

[llpc60]

^ never ever think about getting a miata....ever... lol

its like it has all the rattles of all the cars in the world combined

for life

[leadfoot13]

My cars estimate to be repaired was 4500, insurance will only pay for 2800...so the car is on its way to the auction yard for parts as of this morning and I get to go buy a used car If I fixed it, it would have cost as much as just going out and buying a similar used car plus the 'new' car won't have a salvaged title. The insurance company will only give me 2100 if we had the car salvaged. I'm going to get either a similar size sedan or small pick up, useful for college and moving all of my stuff.