Guardrail > FD

zonblitz · 04-14-2008, 10:18 AM

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.

Nexcis · 04-14-2008, 10:35 AM

Glad you mae it back okay man!

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

zonblitz · 04-14-2008, 10:39 AM

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

My5ABaby · 04-14-2008, 10:40 AM

I demand pictures.

zonblitz · 04-14-2008, 10:47 AM

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

My5ABaby · 04-14-2008, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zonblitz

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.

David Jerome · 04-14-2008, 12:00 PM

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.

djmtsu · 04-14-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by My5ABaby

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

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

My5ABaby · 04-14-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by djmtsu

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

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.

zonblitz · 04-14-2008, 01:10 PM

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.

dregg100 · 04-14-2008, 01:13 PM

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!

zonblitz · 04-14-2008, 01:19 PM

That is a possibility...

AbadR1 · 04-14-2008, 02:21 PM

Good Luck Kenny on the repairs!

Pourman · 04-14-2008, 07:36 PM

Glad you were able to drive it home ... good meeting you and the crew Kenny

... see you at The Flora-Bama this Summer ??

Pink Flea · 04-14-2008, 07:46 PM

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!!

04-14-2008, 10:18 AM	#1
zonblitz Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pearl River, LA Posts: 166 Rep Power: 18	Guardrail > FD 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.

04-14-2008, 10:40 AM	#4
My5ABaby Sigh..... Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 2,377 Rep Power: 20	I demand pictures. __________________ 1986 Sport: 132k miles, 5A (Sapphire Blue Metallic), Tokico Blues, Racing Beat Springs, Custom LED tailights (only S4 LED tails in the world), SSR Mark II, Racing Beat exhaust, S5 black interior, Rotary Resurrection rebuild at 120k miles Community Service Manual RotorWiki "Imagination costs nothing; we could build square locomotives or fly to Mars" - Felix Wankel Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the "present."

04-14-2008, 12:00 PM	#7
David Jerome RCC Contributor Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 713 Rep Power: 18	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. __________________ David Jerome Broker for Speed For Sale LLC (David@SpeedForSale.com) (Pre-owned RX7/sports car sales & new parts sales/installs/tuning) PM me about low priced, high quality port work

04-14-2008, 01:13 PM	#11
dregg100 Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 432 Rep Power: 18	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! __________________ '93 SSM Touring-S475... '87 Tii-LS1/T56

04-14-2008, 02:21 PM	#13
AbadR1 The Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 0	Good Luck Kenny on the repairs! __________________ Driving my Huffy Limited Ed. Professional in training, git out of my way slo poke!

04-14-2008, 10:35 AM	#2
Nexcis Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Spartanburg, SC Posts: 216 Rep Power: 18	Glad you mae it back okay man! ~45mph in a what? I hope you didn't get a speeding ticket on top of it. :ughh:

04-14-2008, 10:39 AM	#3
zonblitz Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pearl River, LA Posts: 166 Rep Power: 18	No, no ticket. He said in his opinion there wasn't much I could have done.

04-14-2008, 10:47 AM	#5
zonblitz Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pearl River, LA Posts: 166 Rep Power: 18	I'm at work, some people had some posted on another thread. I can post some of the damage when I get home.

04-14-2008, 01:10 PM	#10
zonblitz Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pearl River, LA Posts: 166 Rep Power: 18	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.

04-14-2008, 01:19 PM	#12
zonblitz Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pearl River, LA Posts: 166 Rep Power: 18	That is a possibility...

04-14-2008, 07:36 PM	#14
Pourman Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Perdido Key , Florida Posts: 320 Rep Power: 18	Glad you were able to drive it home ... good meeting you and the crew Kenny ... see you at The Flora-Bama this Summer ??

04-14-2008, 07:46 PM	#15
Pink Flea Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wilmington NC Posts: 85 Rep Power: 18	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!!