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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 01:39 PM
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Red face The end of my first rx7(pictures)

On friday the 1st my buddy beau and i drove out to glendora to r & r rotary to get his car tuned and to get a bov installed. We went out to get the bov flange welded to piping and then came back to the shop where we found out we needed vaccuum cables. Me being lazy as usual just told beau to take my car because i bought the car from him and if theres one person i trust with my car its him. i go upstairs and smoke a few bowls and come back and there is this weird feeling in the air. I questioned why beau wasnt back and went downstairs and my mechanic steve put beau on the phone. Beau was pulling the 7 out of NAPA autoparts and was pulling out into the street to make a left and as hes rolling a bit to see past a parked truck blocking his view and a 08 nissan quest just comes and plows the car. The car spins out 360 and the rear hits a parked truck. Beau was alright other than a little cut on his eyelid but the car is totaled. The entire front end is gone, the radiator cut in half. There was soo much force that the passenger side rim was cracked in HALF. The question i have an answer to now, "are rx7s safe?" hahaha hell yeah the motor was still running after the crash.




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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:03 PM
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o damn, I'm sorry. Wrecking my own car is bad enough, if would kill me if I wrecked someone elses.
I've got the red vert on the right
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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insurance covering it i suppose?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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Jeez.... glad hes okay. Poor car though.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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insurance covering it i suppose?
i didnt have full coverage on the car so the guy has to be found at fault for us to be compensated
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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+1 to the fc safety thread
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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Oh damn, that sucks. Glad to hear he's OK, but I feel sad about the FC.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:46 PM
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Youch! Looks like it might have been a nice ride too...

Glad everyone's safe, sorry about the FC tho... that sux...

A part-out soon to see, in the near future it will be.

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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hahaha hell yeah the motor was still running after the crash.
awesome

Looks like it was a beauty, too. Sorry about that bit.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:53 PM
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ahh man that sucks!! lucky he dindt get hurt at least...
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 02:57 PM
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I saw that car for sale a while ago. That car was well built.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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Daaaaaaamn it looked nice...what colour was that? I don't think the other driver is gonna be at fault from the description of your friends accident... If he was poking out into traffic with the car, and got smoked, then its totally his fault.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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que the music......
"another one bites the dust, and another one does another does, another one bites the dust, hey, im gunna get to you, another one bites the dust.............."
im sorry, i was lucky i didnt hit anyone else when i totalled my car.
you can add your car onto my totalled 7's thread.

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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:32 PM
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Lesson of the day kids: Dont be lazy and smoke a bowl lol, sorry to hear looked like a beautiful car
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 03:38 PM
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LOL that musta ruined your high.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 04:00 PM
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LOL that musta ruined your high.
it was actually pretty strange cause when i walked out of the room we were smoking in i sort of had this feeling that something was wrong. and then i got the call :[ but this will give me a chance to go with a drift setup on an fc or an fd if i get a nice chunk of cash from the driver.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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sucks.. its one of those situations that you wish you where driving so at least you couldnt fell guilt/blame on this person.

Yah i remember that car was for sale too..

Traffic flow doesnt have to cease for cars turning onto the street unless its like a stop sign or light for them.... so im pretty sure this is at a lose.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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welcome him to the club:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...hlight=crashed

Goes to show you, you can be as careful as you want but you can never tell how moronic the other drivers are. It's hard to be a GOOD driver AND avoid the retards on the road.

Good luck and glad he's ok. Cars and money aren't worth as much as friendship and life. Hope you don't hold it against him. What does the police say about who is "at fault?"
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:46 PM
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yeah im not mad at him because i know hes a good driver. id still let him drive my car. and the CHP who responded wouldnt comment who they thought was at fault.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:48 PM
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lame, wait till the report is finished and go get a copy. Any news on the insurance?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 08:25 PM
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 08:31 PM
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That sucks maaaaan, friggen clean fc though.

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Pics??
Broken computer?
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 09:20 PM
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PICS
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 03:35 AM
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Pics??
lol.
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 03:50 AM
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holy twisted metal batman. Score a chassis, seamweld/cage it, swap engine/interior/suspension, then you'll be drifting in no time.
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