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I've been driving for over 30 years, driven average of 3,000 miles a month, and this is my first wreck ever! What really sucks is it was my fault because I looked away for like a second to adjust my climate control. :(

On the plus side, it didn't hit anything vital, the other driver was okay, was very polite, and we parted ways without police or insurance involvement. He drive a pickup and I hit his hitch so he got no damage.

My regular Porsche mechanic is going to fix it himself instead of send it to his body shop because it's relatively minor despite how it looks. Looks like hood, bumper, and straighten front brace. Oddly, no airbags went off.

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Sorry you had the fender bender, but you were lucky it wasn't worse. Headlights, airbag, seat belt, windshield crack, etc. could have easily been included. Glad everyone was okay. You have a great resource for replacement parts in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Foreign, Heck they may even have a silver one in stock that could help avoid paint work.

Had one almost exactly like you describe. Only I was distracted by another Boxster and the pickups brake light weren't obvious against its red paint as I looked into the sun. . I thought minor $3-5k damage since the pickup was not damaged at all. No airbags either.

My front fender was driven back against the door and you could see where the door had displaced into the door frame. Unfortunately, the high end body shop stopped counting when the estimate got over the value of the car and it was totaled. My insurance paid well and I quickly bought another.

Yours looks minor by comparison. Good luck.

Ouch!

Sorry to see...

Getting damaged up high by a small truck vs down low at the bumper may be a small blessing. Down low could have damaged the rads, A/C components and dozens of other things including supension.

Good luck with the repairs.

Sorry to see this! Similar thing happened to me 20 years ago in my Triumph TR-6 when I took my eyes off the road for a moment to change the radio station. Good to hear that everyone is ok and that the damage can be repaired.

Thank you guys! You're right, it's pretty minor and I lucked out for my first wreck. I bet I can get my hands on a silver hood and bumper. Everything works perfectly, even the hood lath and the hinges didn't even get tweaked. Doors still line up perfectly. Wasn't even knocked out of alignment.
Aside from the slightly bent brace at the front of the trunk, I think it's just going to be a bolt-on affair.
Lesson learned. We get too comfortable with driving and become distracted too easily. At least I do!

On its way.....
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Bummer. It's so easy to allow ourselves to be distracted. We almost always get away with it but it only takes once. Glad no one was hurt and that the damage appears fixable for hopefully not alot of money.

Here in the Phoenix are we have a Porsche dismantler that I know has a bunch of Boxster part cars. BTW - no affliation beyond buying a few parts from them. Good luck.

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Thank you!
I just left the shop and he happens to have a used silver hood and bumper on hand. :)
Will have it back in a few days. This should be pretty cheap for an accident repair. Got very lucky.
My two at the shop, bookending a 750hp 911...
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If it's any consolation, at least it was the Beater Boxster that took the hit. :(

Ouch for the car! But I'm glad nobody was hurt.

Absolutely.
It's a good example of why I bought it. Fortunately it didn't kill it. ;)
Although I just realized I polished the scratches out of that hood last week for nothing! :eek:

Hmm, I think I know how he got in trouble... 750...

Looks like nothing duck tape can't fix!

Glad to see that this will be an easy fix, looks bad but the hood did its job of dissipating things.

Hope that it's good as new in no time!

Looks familiar , so sorry this happened to you but hopefully that will be the last for at least another 30 years, using second hand parts it shouldn't cost to much to repair, please let us know how you get on as repairs progress.

Good Luck, you'll be back on the road in no time.

I appreciate it guys!
They're going to straighten the brace this weekend and start swapping parts Monday. She might be back on the road before the end of the week.
Clickman, I was thinking the exact same thing!

That sucks bud. Glad it is going to be an easy fix.

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Time for a turbo look?

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First accident in 30 years.... you're doing well. This is minor enough too. Get the tag off of the inside of the truck and transfer it to the new one.

Crap, this is never good to see. Feel ya from this side of the world mate :/

One thing for sure we're glad you okay. Twisted metal is in most case an easy fix

Sorry, but I had to chuckle about the hood scratch comment. I am glad to hear that the passenger fender was OK. In the original pictures it was hard to see if it was Ok.

Ouch... sorry to see that, but glad it turned out to be fairly minor and an easy fix. Funny, I was just checking the fit of the silver hood from my parts car on my '99 tonight getting ready to do some painting.

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I didn't think the hood was good on the parts car lol

If it makes you feel better, you're not alone. Most of the wrecked boxsters I buy are wrecked in the front. It actually looks like you got somewhat lucky with what little damage there is.

Small world...I live in Edmond and saw your car on the side of the road.

Glad it isn't as bad as it seemed.

So sorry to see the damage, thankfully money will fix it. Glad to see no one was injured and the damage was relatively minor. Thanks for posting this, I know I'll be thinking about it when driving in traffic.

You don't think it will buff out? Did you try a random orbital and some good polish?:D

Sorry to see but glad you are ok and the car is a relatively easy fix:cheers:

That hood could provide some useful front end downforce! :)

Thank you so much guys!
Now I'm just anxious to get it back. ;)
Hopefully the new hood they have is nicer than my old one. ;)
The hood was creased and hail damaged before this. (afterwards it was still hail damaged and really creased!)


PS: OKCShooter, you were on the NW Expressway that afternoon? Believe it or not I drove away. I contemplated driving it all the way to the shop in Edmond, but I couldn't bloody see! Pulled into a parking lot and called AAA.

I can get much larger packages in the trunk now too.

You're seeing things right. The fender has a huge dent in the top, but I originally bought it that way. Along with the long narrow crease across the hood, we guessed that a tree branch had fallen on it at some point.

If Cory didn't already have one, I'd be fighting you for that! LOL!

I am so sorry to hear about your your unfortunate accident. That pic of the V shaped hood was like stabbing me in the heart...actually felt pain when I saw it! This is one situation where duct tape just wouldn't be enough I guess! Two years ago while returning from a Niagara wine tour I took my eyes off the road for just a couple of seconds while I took a sip of ice tea. I heard a horrible bang during that two seconds and thought the front wheel had exploded. With my heart racing I pulled to the side of the road expecting to see a missing calliper or broken rotor but everything looked fine. Upon closer inspection I saw something shiny wedged up inside the front drivers wheel well. It was one of those stainless steel buckets for golf balls that people use when they go to the driving range. There just happened to be a driving range directly across the road from the "crash site". I'll never know if it was put in the middle of the road on purpose or just fell off somebody's vehicle but it threw the alignment out on my "02 Boxster S big time. Like you I learned my lesson from that day and never take my eyes off the road now. ps...I kept the shiny but squished golf ball bucket and now use it for a salt bucket during our long winters up here!

Glad to see you are ok!! I'm sure the car will be prettier than ever when all said and done!!

Nice to hear it was minor compared to what could have happened

Thank you very much everyone! Work is underway.
M31, wow a sudden noise like that would have given me a heart attack. Good thing you didn't find the golfer under there too! :D

Glad to hear you are okay!

Thank you Mrs Robinson, I appreciate everyone's well-wishes. ;)
I went to check on it today, but it has been put on the back-burner for a bit while the shop completes the 911 GT2 that was just ahead of it. The owner was picking it up while I was there. Man that's a sharp car all put together!
At least neither of us got it as bad as this person. :(
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