Check this out.....I got in an accident.

[zackwatt]

NOOOOO, Not to such a beautiful car! Good Luck with the Repairs.

Does there not seem to be an unusually high number of accidents in this forum?

[SC986]

Sorry to see that! I checked into the bumper swap and I think you also have to change the heat shields as well. I'll look and see if I can find the info.

[TriGem2k]

Dude it doesn't look as bad as I thought it was the way you discribed it on the phone.

I have the complete list of all the parts that I needed to do the rear bumper swap at my office. I will post it tomorrow when I get to work. The parts you listed is everything you need for the spoiler. You now just need the bumper and the heat sheilds. I've got it all written down.

Glad you're ok, let me know if there is anything I can help out with.

[JP-s-in st. louis]

Originally Posted by TriGem2k

Dude it doesn't look as bad as I thought it was the way you discribed it on the phone.

I have the complete list of all the parts that I needed to do the rear bumper swap at my office. I will post it tomorrow when I get to work. The parts you listed is everything you need for the spoiler. You now just need the bumper and the heat sheilds. I've got it all written down.

Glad you're ok, let me know if there is anything I can help out with.

Could you also post the part nuber for the front GT3 bumper that you have?

thanks

[steve00s]

During your incident, did you get out of the normal driving line? Sometimes small rocks, sand, debris build up next to the lanes. It can be hard to see but can be as slick as ice. I got bit this way about ten years ago. Definitely something to be aware of especially with aggressive driving that may push you out of the normal driving line. Hope all works out for you.

Blink stated earlier that this was one of the first good rains in a long while. That also is a very dangerous situation because a lot of dirt, grease and oil is starting to get loosened up in the road surface.

[blinkwatt]

During your incident, did you get out of the normal driving line?

Nope it was one lane switching freeways,I followed behind a ton of other cars. Just bad luck I guess.

Definitely something to be aware of especially with aggressive driving that may push you out of the normal driving line.

I wish I could say I was pushing the car or doing something cool....I wasn't even going the speed limit in the turn,weak.

Originally Posted by cartagena

Does there not seem to be an unusually high number of accidents in this forum?

Cart, I don't think so. There are just over 10,500 forum members now. 1% would be over 100 accidents. I don't think were have read about that many the past couple years. Not even 1/2 that amount (<0.5%).

I did read about one recently about a guy who almost drove through his garage wall!

blinkwatt,


Count your blessings. The rear quarter doesn't look like it was impacted, which is good. Every other part is replaceable easily.


PSM has saved me many times in the wet when I thought I was safe. Best of all, given enough room should I get out of shape, I can turn PSM off and probe deeper the car's limits and fine tune my driving. It's like a co-pilot. Though I don't trust it with high speed stuff yet, it's proven it's worth under ~60.

[NickCats]

OMG Robert, those pictures made me sick to my stomach ! So sorry to hear about your car, but glad you are ok...

Nick

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by NickCats

OMG Robert, those pictures made me sick to my stomach ! So sorry to hear about your car, but glad you are ok...

Nick

I still don't like looking at the pics,I just think of how lucky I was not to get injured. I guess I was really out of it when I got out of the car. One of the people that pulled over to ask me if I was alright said I was pure white and I was taking some time to respond to questions. I was just frustrated from the accident,the fact that my car was facing the wrong direction on the freeway and knowing that I won't have the car to drive for a long time. The people of San Jose were really nice,at least 5 different people pulled over to see if I was o.k.

Hopefully some good can come from this.

I had a scratch on the rear driver quarter panel I was gonna get removed in the next month or two prior to this happening. The owner of one of the best body shop in San Jose was there when I limped to Santana Row(destination),he said he would take the scratch out for me when he does the rest of the work. He's a big P-car enthusiasts. I will also have the 03' rear end installed,which I was gonna do in time anyways. Might as well take advantage of occasion.

This is a BIG if,which I doubt will happen but you never know,if it's totaled I will just go get a 00-01' S.

[Franco]

Hi, That just hurts to see, Hey Blinkwatt maybe a lower rear strut-brace could have avoided all that Thank god it wasn't any worse Good luck with the repair.

That guy must really suck at driving.

Originally Posted by bmussatti

I did read about one recently about a guy who almost drove through his garage wall!