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The car is fine mechanically and I drove it home yesterday without issue.

I promise, the car will be back as it was. I've spent waaay too much time and money on the car to do anything else.

Thanks for all of you who stopped by to give your well wishes. Thanks to David Jerome for offering his tow dolly and Big John who offered to tow it home. And thanks to Jonathan for helping me get it road ready.

I'm glad me and pinkflea were both ok. She picked a bad time to take a ride as that was my first wreck in my life.

I called the police to do an accident report and the trooper did his invetsigation and found the cause to be the gravel in the curve. We swept it out of the road and he did his measurig deal saying that I was doing ~45mph when I started to slide based on the marks. So be careful out there, you never know when the rug might get pulled from beneath your feet.

I'll post some repair pics as I get it done.

Glad you mae it back okay man! :cheers2:

~45mph in a what? I hope you didn't get a speeding ticket on top of it. :ughh:

No, no ticket. He said in his opinion there wasn't much I could have done.

I demand pictures. :001_005:

I'm at work, some people had some posted on another thread. I can post some of the damage when I get home.

I approve of this post.

Btw, I think your FD was the best looking at the show, exterior wise.

Glad you got the car back safely. Everything always appears to be worse then it really is when things first happen. It will be fixed and in a couple months you will look back in laugh about this, or cringe when you see your bank statement :) Glad you made it back ok.

That might be why he won 1st place in the FD Category of the Car Show.

http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia...ooseOption.jpg

True, but he didn't win overall so I thought I'd throw in a compliment on a well done FD. That, AND, I was telling him my opinion to supplement the judges opinions. :rolleyes:

Working up the total... parts I'm looking at about 4800.

New rear quarter panel, door, window, window reg, doo latch, fendr liners, 2 new volks, new feed front and rear fender from shine, new tail light, new headlight lens and some paint, a lil apoxy and a BUNCH of elbow grease. I'm sure I'll find a few more needed items.

send your wheels to wheel wizard. i have seen two sets of volks, and a set or works in person before(while damaged) and after, and they do an EXCELLENT job. and it sure beats the hell out of the cost of new ones!

That is a possibility...

Good Luck Kenny on the repairs!

Glad you were able to drive it home ... good meeting you and the crew Kenny :) ... see you at The Flora-Bama this Summer ?? ;)

Here are a few pictures I took... I made it home safe believe it or not. After 2 accidents a blown tire and a dead battery this morning, I cant wait to do it again!!

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/314.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/315.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/316.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/317.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/318.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/321.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/320.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/c...202008/319.jpg

No problem Kenny like i told you if need'd I would have driven it all the way to your house. We take care of our own, im just glad I was in a position to help. Get her back together, Im not a big fan of the DRIFT look :)

Hey Kenny.

It was terrible what you went through at the gap. I am glad you got it home in one piece. I know you were cold on the way back w/o a window!!!

Bryan@BNR

yeah! I was, lol.

I think that kept me awake though... Got home about 10:30pm that night.

Insurance man comes today, hopefully get the parts ordered by tomorrow.

See, I did you a favor by busting the window out with my head... LOL

NOOOOOooooo!!!!

:117: and :lol:

yeah, lol thanks... I guess. :rofl:

Kenny,

Glad you were able to get back safely.

How about this for a front end? Still Feed, you would be the only one in the states with it and it still looks good.

fyi, Michael was the Knock, knock creator, not me.

Get it fixed and back on the road.

wonder what the cost is on that...

That is nice...

Thanks man, I am working on it. Had to schedule a 3rd part appraiser to get a 'solid' value for state farm even though I had a stated value policy.

I'll be posting pics throughout the repair.

It's ok on the knock knock... I can make fun of myself. It's my first wreck ever so I guess I was due.
Laughing keeps me from crying lol.

Gross headlights on those other bumpers.

Ala TVR Sagaris styling, one thing is for sure the lighting performance will be superior to what Kenny currently has. I'm thinking of creating my one headlight kit, ala Scoot styling. Next year....

http://www.rotarycarclub.com/attachm...8&d=1208359115

I was thinking about this kit... but It was quite expensive.. I think it was over 10K+ body work.. Maybe someday... better yet, I might ask to be FEED rep in USA and get rid of all the knock offs:)

Kenny,

Here are some damage pics I've taken..

http://www.rotarycarclub.com/attachm...1&d=1208368924


http://www.rotarycarclub.com/attachm...1&d=1208368947


http://www.rotarycarclub.com/attachm...1&d=1208368965


http://www.rotarycarclub.com/attachm...1&d=1208368986


http://www.rotarycarclub.com/attachm...1&d=1208369004

OUCH! I still feel horrible about the car. Im feeling alot better plus the pain meds and muscle relaxers are helping quite a bit LOL.

stop taking them so you can see if it still hurts. You don't want to be dependant on them (aka addicted).

LOL, I only take them when the pain gets to me... Trust me, If I where going to get addicted to them it would have already happened after having 8 surgeries last year...

damn! well, I got nothing. Morphine?

I probably have a door, window, fender liners, taillight, stock headlight lens. I'll trade you for the two scuffed volks.

I was thinking about this kit... but It was quite expensive..

Being an old time stockcar driver I think you shouldnt fix anything that
doesnt affect the driving. She looks MEAN now:302:

well, i was just browsing a site today that i go to every few months...and then i remember your car...you should submit some pix of it to: http://www.wreckedexotics.com/

Out of all the pics I saw, yours was my favorite FD as well. Such an absolutely gorgeous car.

I'm sorry you wrecked it. I'm glad everyone is alright.

Ehh, it'll buff out.....


Sorry to hear this man, your car still looks amazing even though it is wrecked.

Hope you get it back into tip top shape.

I think I have an extra window glass laying around somewhere if you need it. Good luck with the repair. Its not as bad as I expected when I read this.

LOL.. I have some of the original window glass in my hair if you want that back too.

I have a spare Passenger Side window you can HAVE Kenny ... LMK if you still need it ;)