04-06-2007, 08:14 AM
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dude, good thing nothing serious happen! what we're you thinking when you hand him your key? probably you just want your friend to experience Porsche driving..hehehehehe!
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04-06-2007, 09:03 AM
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 Hope you get her back up and running soon!
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04-06-2007, 09:13 AM
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well...im glad that both of you guys are ok.
but then again, its not like you knew this was going to happen, you were just doing a ncie thing for your friend.
so now just do what you have to do to get the car back on the road, and please do it right, dont try to do the least amount possible to couse more damage or even injury down the line.
have it checked out, see what the bill comes out to, and then decide if you and your buddy can split it, or if its too high get the insurance company involved and you will have a new car again.
good luck, and please do le us know how this ends up
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04-06-2007, 09:29 AM
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sales pitch ahead*
and if you are looking for Porsche stock 17" rims..you know where to find me 
will give it to you as an intoductory price for being a newbie here ..hahahahaha! ( lower price than advertise in classified section)
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04-06-2007, 09:54 AM
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I'm not entirely clear on what happened. So he took the turn too fast and the rear end kicked out hitting the divider? Was he just standing on the gas. Takes some effort to take a turn to fast in a Boxster.
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04-06-2007, 03:16 PM
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Update
Ok... I bit the bullet. I bought two brand new Michelin ZR 255/40 17"s for the rear, alignment with printout, new splash guards from the dealer, and didn't go to work installing what I could. Turns out the front tires were out of alignment anyways, AND the rear tires had the WRONG size on them. They had 245/40 17"s which were narrower than they were supposed to be! So now she drives beautifully and I am dirty and happy again. PLUS my smoked tail lights just arrived at my door about 20 minutes ago and I'm going to spend all night installing them then washing and waxing my baby.
Grand total for damages - $980.00
Oh well... I pay half/buddy pays half. So all in all, new tires/alignment for 490 bucks. So the story is this...
We got off the off-ramp, stopped at the light, started the left turn onto the street and he smacked the front tire onto the middle divider first (which caused a bubble to form on the low wall of that tire and misalign it), then scraped the whole left undercarriage over the media till we hit the rear splash guard then rear tire, while still making a hard left, causing the rubber to get pinched between median and rim, all the while only going about 20mph. Air went wheezing out real loud as we went flat in seconds. All so traumatic for me and my baby!
It's funny now, I'm not that upset anymore. Didn't get much sleep though. All my buddies keep saying. "don't worry, it's just a car" I'm sorry... but F**K no it's not just a car damn it! Hehe... They don't understand.
Well she's almost ready to be picked up from the tire place. I'll update you guys again soon, maybe some pics! Thanks for the support. I actually really found a lot of comfort talking and reading your guy's responses.
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04-06-2007, 03:27 PM
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dude..post some pix! I wanna see the lights...dengit! 16 posts and no pix yet 
j/k! hahahahahaha!
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04-06-2007, 09:08 AM
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sounds to me like your are looking at a minimum of $500 if you only replace one tire and do the alignment(the cheap way out). $800 if you replace both rear tires as you should.
Find a speed shop that works with lots of sports cars for the alignment, I wouldn't give this to the Porsche dealer to do, they will give it to you. Ask them to give you a print out of your alignment numbers before and after the job so you can see how much out of whack your run in with the divider cost you. If they won't go to another shop, its a simple request that a competent shop should be able to do no problem. I slid on some ice once and nailed a high curb with my left front wheel going pretty fast. The tech at Porsche dealer said the alignment wasn't really that off from the other side but an alignment was needed on both.
Look at it this way, you probably needed to an alignment anyway and new tires were on the horizon at some point. Better now that the driving season is closing upon us.
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tear off the the other mud flap. I ditched mine when I installed GT3MKII style skirting.
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04-06-2007, 09:09 AM
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Conradtan, sorry. That sucks.
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