damnit just got my throttle body put back together and the ****** tuned, went to drive it around to make sure everything was workin good, doin 55 down a back road and a chevy pickup pulled out in front of me and i couldnt get over in time, or far enough. hit is front end, and copletly crushed passenger front, hood acually came off, bowed the door and roof out, so yea no fixing it, will post pics when i can, **** im pissed, anyone know were i can get a good running clean fd for a decent price let me know, i dont have the heart to do anything but be depressed right now, i didnt have insurance on it because its been parked so i have no clue how thats gona turn out even tho the guy was at fualt and admitted it, anyone got any advice im open for suggestions, i have the feeling even if his insurance company covers it, theyre gona **** me on the price, god this sucks, i just bought my new engine block for it too,

 

Im not sure how the law works in Oregon...but I got in an accident 6 or so years ago where I ran a redlight and a lady hit me. I was at fault, but when the cop arrived and took our insurance, she didnt have any. That automatically put fault on her. She got a no insurance ticket, and I got a running red light ticket. Dont know what to tell ya....

 

Sorry to hear about that. Pretty lame deal. Glad to hear you're atleast not hurt.

 

cant you just buy a clean FD body and swap everything over? motor and all the good stuff? or did alot of it get damaged>?

 

Man that sucks but I think you might get screwed for not having any insurance. At least you'll have to file a SR22 and they will probably impound you car

 

There is a pearl white one for sale locally with a clean body for 6k it has a blown motor there is also a CYM that was flood damaged for 4-5k. That is if either are still for sale.

I say cut your losses, part this one out and start building that V8 of yours.

Sorry to hear about your loss. These cars become family after a while...

If you have a center iron that is in good condition I am interested

 

Hey if you part it out im interested in parts!!!

 

yea im half tempted to just do that, the motor looked alright, the air box and everything are fucked, my one wheel im pretty sure is fucked, the other 3 are fine tho, pretty sure the turbos are gone, they needed rebuilt anyway but the housing are prolly cracked now i have an ls2 i was gona build up for it, if i can find a rolling chassis, ill just build that motor and drop that and a t56 into it,

 

if i get fucked on this eveyone is welcome to purchase parts from me, i got a couple people lined up already for the power fc and hks turbo timer, and a few people that were interested in the motor and trans when i pulled them to do the v8 swap, but if they already found what they needed, then everything except the power fc and turbo timer are game

 

I know in Washington if you don't have insurance and get into an accident fault is not automatically put on you. If the other driver is blatantly at fault they are responsible. You may get cited for no insurance but if an officer didn't write a report or show up then I wouldn't worry about it. Was the RX7 your only car? If you have other cars were they insured? If so, that coverage could cover any car you drive. I will do some digging around on Oregon laws and see if I can find anything out. I'm a paralegal and legal research is right up my alley. Just don't sign anything!!

 

Pics?

 

the cops did show up, i was cited for no insurance but will get that droped, ill just go pay for a month of insurance on it, and show up to court with the insurance card and the judge will drop it the officer said, the guy admited that he pulled out in front of me, im in the process of getting the cops to write that up in an official report, and im gona have the guy sign a paper saying he was indeed at fault, my insurance agent said as long as i have a police report, and that guy is at fault, that weather or not i have insurance shouldnt matter because hes still to blame, but yea any research on your part would be apreciated, i can use all the help i can get, this is my only car, other then my motorycle, my first accident were i wasnt at fault, my first accident i was just drivin to fast down the rong road, and that was easyer to take care of, this seems to be a pain in my ***, (and shoulder, man it aches like a bitch, lol) apreciate all the help and feedback guys, keep it comin

 

I have a buddy that is selling on for 17,950 its already race tuned the twin turbos are being swtiched out for a single it has cross drilled/sloted rotors on it and the interior is customized its nice....

 

pics?

 

about that no insurance thing. i got pulled over and cited for no insurance. went to get some and they dropped it from 629 to 175 bucks and i had 3 months to pay it off so thats something to think about. anyway hope you get what you want in the end.

 

base fine for me is like 300 somthin, every court ive been in, every time someone gets sited for this and brings proof of insurance in and the judge drops it and charges them a 50 doller court fee, if this doesnt happen with me, its bullshit cause everyone else ive seen go in has gotten off like that

 

cant you just buy a shell and transfer all of your stuff to the shell and be all good? and shells are cheaper than a complete car

 

I dont know how it goes in your state but I just got a no insurance ticket dismissed because the card I had was expired. They scanned my card and said after they confirm the card is valid and I was insured at the time of the ticket it will be dropped. No more photoshopping your expired card to get out of it anymore!! Good luck!

 

Best of luck to you bosscobra, I didn't total my car when I wrecked it but it was HELL for me goin thru the process...

 

Rolling chassis Fd's are rare. Good luck finding one. It is easy to say go buy a shell, but truth be told you are very lucky if you can find a good condition running FD not to mention one of the few FDs that dont have a motor and someone give you a steal of a deal on it. Good luck and hopefully everything works out for you.

 

For the right amount of money my FD could be for sale. It would'nt be cheap though. CJ

 

yea, ill figure somthin out, found a streetport silver one in kansas for 14,000, ill see what i get back from insurance, i already know they are covering it, how much they pay out has yet to be determined, got a few people already interested in the motor and crap, ground zero included, i bought the car from a dealership up there that the same guy owns both ground zero and the car lot, and they said theyd pay me top doller for the motor if i bought the car back and parted it out, but a few people on this forum have already asked for it so well see how much they want for the buyback, if its cheap and i can make some money parting it out, even if its like 500 bucks ill do it, so keep your eye open for parts, lol

 

http://seattle.craigslist.org//car/170802794.html

There is a local (Seattle area) FD with what he thinks is a bad Apex seal and it's an auto but he's only askin 6k and the body looks sharp

 

id prefere to get a manual that way even if i put a new motor and tranny in i dont need to find the clutch brake pedal assebly and mount that, the clutch master cylender and all that goodie crap of running lines, sadly enough i hate doin that more then engine swaps, lol looks like a good car tho, if i get a decent amount back i could buy that, build my motor and get a trans with the rest of the insurance money, and drop that in, i dont see why not, i mean i have this beutiful ls2 block just sitting in my garage now, lol might as well use it as planned, what color is that silver? kinda looks off white almost, ive been lookin, doesnt seem like to many wanna sell their 7's around here especially the fd's

 

dude that sucks bad. but before u crashed it did go up in value a few thousand dollars (fast and furious tokyo drift made all rx-7's go up in price). so the other guys insurance company may not get u too bad.