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Old 04-15-06, 07:57 PM
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My friend bugs to drive my car all the time. He drives a 94 Maxima(Auto). To put more icing on the cake he pulled into a truck leaving school one day, and hes gotten 2 tickets. Not going to happen, and now Im going to show him this thread to show why. I dont think alot of people understand the boost is going to come on regardless if your going around a sharp curve or not, and there is no TCS to bail your *** out.
Old 04-15-06, 08:01 PM
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I take one of my good friends around in my FD and I asked him once "would you like to drive it" and he has a G35 and told me "no I just don't know how you control the car like that when you loose traction in the rear". I was almost in a movie scene, like ahhh what a great friend.

BTW, There is a law in Canada well at least in Quebec and Ontario that says that if you have collision coverage than the insurance company must cover the vehicle for 50,000$ of damage. If I find my contract ill try and scan. good luck. We have alot of good body/ paint shops around here but I guess it is a little far to go.

Good luck,

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Old 04-15-06, 09:12 PM
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honestly is looks alot worse than it is..i got backed into in the same spot, and it cost me $300 to get repaired, the only reason urs would be more if cuz ur door is damaged also, where as for me it was just the 1/4 panel, but you shouldnt even be paying for it, ur friend should
Old 04-15-06, 09:28 PM
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Well that sucks..IMO I don;t let people Drive unless I know there not going to crash and also if they do they already agreed on taking responsibility for any damages which may occur.
Old 04-15-06, 09:30 PM
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ouch man .. good luck
Old 04-15-06, 09:37 PM
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That REally Sucks, i really wanted to see that car in person, the pictures made the paint look so good, and just looked superb. if insuance does total it, i would buy it back get another FD and maybee start again..... but thats me, whatever car you do choose to get, take care of it with pride......


when i Get my FD i will be very very cautios bout who drives it, it depends on how i know they drive, i was driving my buddies sklyine for 2 1/2 hours last night, he was in the back seat eating corn chips, and as long as i didn't hammer on the gas he was fine, cause he knows i have self control... no need to bag a car all the time, i'm all for seeing a cars limits, but in a controled and "safe" enviroment, although i dout any of my friends will be driving my FD when i frist get it, i will need to scare myself first before i let others try it......


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Old 04-15-06, 10:38 PM
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Old 04-16-06, 01:55 PM
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Ive only let 2 people drive mine so far. One friends who owns a fd more modified than mine, and my other friend with a 98 supra. I told the 2nd one if he crashes my fd I get his MKIV, haha.
Old 04-16-06, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by omochi
wow.. at least $5k USD eh? mmmm... well i guess the only thing is to hope the insurance company will write it off.. sigh..

thx for the feedback on estimates.

Now that's dedication!
Old 04-16-06, 08:54 PM
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thats so sad, ive only let my gf drive mine but then she got one as well, and she drives like a nanna
Old 04-22-06, 02:13 PM
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well just an update..

brought it to the bodyshop. estimate is $5k CAD inclusive of the bent wheel being fixed. i'll need a new rear quarter panel, new passenger door shell, new control arm link (anyone has a new one?), and NOT included in the quote is the rubber piece under the skirt ($250CAD or so from mazda - anyone got a used one?). this is only the obvious damage - i wont know if there's any frame damage until we get it on the frame machine.. sigh.

anyhow, i guess now's a good time to get my front bumper resprayed since the clearcoat is peeling.. :o
Old 04-22-06, 02:44 PM
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Wow, man, I feel sorry for you... Are you really serious on getting it fixed rather than getting a another one?
Old 04-22-06, 02:53 PM
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Will it be a salvage title?
Old 04-22-06, 03:01 PM
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with a 5k price tag for fixing just buy another shell for 4 grand abd swap everything over or buy a running car and part this one out. sorry about this!!!! its sad another rx7 might be dead i hope there will be some left when i'm back from the dessert in 6 months. it seems lately that a lot of rx7's are getting into wrecks sice younger driver's are getting there hands on them. sorry again it must have been painful watching it happen. i would have been so pissed and made my friends insurance pay for it.
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well, ideally i'd want a new one and start over, but circumstances woudlnt allow it so i gotta take this in stride and just ... appreciate what i have i guess.

as for the title, nope, it's just considered a car with an accident.

and remember guys, it's 5k CAD not USD! (and my friend who owns a bodyshop was saying bodyshops in US charge a lot more than canadian? dont know the truth behind that.. but..)

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Old 04-22-06, 03:06 PM
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could be true...not sure...i wrecked mine in the same spot (4 years ago) and costs for repair were nearly 7k great bodyshop though and a near perfect fix
Old 04-22-06, 03:17 PM
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shiiiiit!

bloody hell!..... I,d be gutted if that happened to me, I hope you get it fixed.
Also get your mate to chip in on the cost......good luck!!
Old 04-22-06, 05:49 PM
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yeah i just crashed my friends 300zx the other day.. =[
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my mrs. has driven mine - she's scared of it though, thats the key!
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