Well my friend had his 84' GSL-SE 95% restored back to original and it got wrecked last night. It was parked outside his house, and a car full of wiggers that just had a drug deal go bad were getting chased down his street. Needless to say we all allmost got killed as their car hit the back of his 7 going around 100MPH, pushed it into his aunt's car(totalled that one too), and her car rammed the back of his uncle's mini-van(toatled too)!! Well theese fake *** 17 year old gangsters that took a 45 minuet ride from white suburbia to buy drugs are now all in jail >

 

Damn... I hope thoes kids get ******* life! That sucks!

 

FFFFUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK...

sue the **** out of them

 

My condolences - she looked like a good example of an SE...

 

ok, i'm partially drunk so maybe i'm a little more wmotional nut ****. ****'em, bastards. i hope hey burn. however if you notice, you should be pretty safe in your 1st gens as the crumple zones did a very good job of absorbing the impact.

 

You are absolutly correct. I was saying this afternoon that if someone was in the car they would have survived, from the seats to to dash are fine.

 

That's one absofrikkinlutely amazing thing about these cars - they're tiny, thin-metalled cars commonly referred to as 'jap scrap', but boy are they safe. The thick B-pillars would likely protect anyone without a glass moonroof in a rollover, and I personally smucked Pamela into a concrete barrier at highway speeds (black ice - the road turned, she didn't) and was able to drive away without a drop of fluid spilled or wheels misaligned. Her bumper was a mess and headlights jammed at weird angles, but a few replaced panels and straightened rad mount later and she was as good as new.

The car above is a total writeoff, but more important than the metal is the occupant and even though she was sandwiched between two cars after being rammed at 100mph, the cockpit is undistorted.

Not bad for a 70's design!!!

 

I am half in tears looking at that!
I do agree with everyone about how safe they are, as long as its not some big *** jacked all to hell truck (IE Ford F250). Then we would be totaly screwed.

 

thats messed up. I hope those ********* get slammed for this

 

I'd beat em up myself! damn that sucks! Ive lost my first two SE's in mishaps in which the cars had to be written off...but was able to drive each of them home and transfer the engine into another car.

 

suck dude suck bad.......... so hummmmm how much for the rim and tires LOL
gota cheer ya up a little, but I know its not nice to start picking off the dead so soon..

 

Holy ****! Sorry about the language, but its justified after seeing that! Talk about the most horrible example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time!

Why could it not happen to a Mustang or some other model, they are common at least and are a dime a dozen. You can't replace a SE the same way. They are disappearing for all the worst reasons and are rare to start with.

I rather see a RX-7 be retired due to rust then this! At least that way most parts are usable to the next Rx-7 it could occupy. That one just has a lot of as mentioned above "written off" which insurance have better cover or I'm sure your friend will go to were ever the person who did this and re-arrange their brains with a slug hammer.

Sincere condlences,

 

...another thought - that's where the fuel tank was located. Do ReXes have a fuel cut-off inertia switch, or was he just lucky?

 

I belive I have read that they do Manntis.

~T.J.

 

Oh yeah, and about the car...Lets just say I would be crying like a little baby . Im sorry about that man .

~T.J.

 

I'd be so pissed off and upset if all that work went into the car and then something like that happened....make them pay!

 

Damm that sucks. You can tell that the owner of the SE put a lot of love into his ride.

Here's to the ~18 years of driving pleasure the car brought those who drove her





Fuel cut off? Was'nt the car parked? Non SE's only have a rollover fuel shut-off, but I'm not sure if SE's have anything more. Either way I'd say he was lucky as hell the gas did'nt start a blaze.

 

lets all i have a moment of silence for our lost friend may she be in car heaven with all the hp and miles of road she desires sorry man.. but in these bad times remeber make sure the next car bought be nothing else than a rotary

 

Why would it matter if the car was parked? Another car slammed into the fuel tank region at 100 mph, twisting and tearing the metal all around the gas tank and likely denting the tank itself... that could have leaked vapours, etc that could have subsequently been ignited by the death throes of the ramming vehicle's ignition system.

 

yeah, sorry bud...that is a shame...blooming shame!!...It hurts me just looking at that car....

 

That blows dude. It's a crap ton of work to restore a car. Shame to have lost it that way. It's not even his fault and he's going to lose money in the deal. Insurance is only going to pay what it's worth, not what he has into it. Fortunately nobody inoccent was injured as is often the case when something like that transpires.

Now pull that motor and build a widebody or something

 

that is the most poetic mangling metal story i've ever heard. chances are however, that a spark from the mangling metal would trigger it. also i'm sure these tanks fold more then split or crack.

 

yes, it hurts me, too - just to look at it. i once saw an Rx-7 get split in two after it hit one of the supports for the train-line.

anyway ... please tell me that you guys got a few good blows in on the ******* that did this - that you pulled their bloody, punk asses out and stomped them good! at least kicked one in the mouth ... please?????

 

oh yeah ... do this, too!!!!! i usually am not one do condone flagrant law suits, but this is anything but flagrant ... make those bitches put your next 3 generations through college!

 

Dear lord. I am deeply sorry for your friend. SE's are as rare as hens teeth up here in Canuckville and to see one that was so lovingly done up be destroyed like that... I just purchased a '79 with the intent of fixing her up and if that happened to me after I did, I'd be weeping. Here's hoping that your friend gets enough insurance to start anew.

Matt
1979 SA22C