My friend recently suprised me and came home with a py itr that he flew out to colorado to get. I Then tell him how these cars are stolen alot and yada yada yada. He comes over today and says he crashed it already(not even having it 2 weeks yet) and asks me to come up to his house to check out the damage. When i get there he then tells me he only put liability on it.

When i took off the wheel that smashed in the upper control arm looked like a U and the lower tore the lower subframe to pieces, when i looked in the spare tire well everything was creased and bent. Also there is a 1 inch gap between the passenger door and rear quarter. I def think another R is gone.

Question is damage beyond thinking of repairing?



This is the only pic he sent me

 

from the pic. looks fixable, but expensive. Rear quater panel needs replacing. minor frame pulling and parts.

 

I say its totalled.

 

well i also mentioned to him why not buy a shell.... he bought the car for 13k and i asked him is the car really worth 23k if the damage is that much and then mentioned how much a shell may cost and he was leaning towards that

 

without question that thing is totalled.

 

that thing needs a lot of work.. i would be intrested in the muffler though if he parts it out..

 

Id shoot for it being totalled, buy it back, part it out, or rebuild it up and bank some cash. Maybe even make that a track car and buy another mint itr.

 

He had only liabilitly insurance wont cover the loss lol....yeah i know he wants to find a shell and have me switch everything so what ever is left over i will be making a post

 

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x2

 

that itr is done....another down the *******

 

worked at a body shop
TOTALED
and do you know how much work it is to switch everything over to another shell
i would fix it befor i would switch everything over
just my opinion tho
good luck

 

yeah i have built one bare, one with some parts, he is paying me so ill do the work

 

It's really getting old, seeing ITRs die at the hands of fools and thieves.

 

1) Total loss

2) Lift-throttle oversteer yo!

 

The more prices drop, the younger and more immature the drivers get.

The R is a dieing breed, one day they will be rare as anything

 

what a waste

 

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The R is a dieing breed, one day they will be rare as anything</TD></TR></TABLE>

I was hoping with prices hovering around the $15k mark, + or -, that as ITRs got older, it would be more difficult to secure a loan on them. Do banks do car loans on 6+ year-old cars that much? Maybe it's credit unions or something *shrug*

Want to see stories of youth & car wreckage? Visit the my350z forums sometime. It's almost comical.. literally, I go there sometimes to read the "I totaled my Z" and "I passed on the shoulder at 100+ and wrecked" stories. You'll always find one near the top of the front page.

 

Been there and done that twice... nope its a keeper..

 

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Banks are getting much less willing to loan the money for an ITR, but many banks still will if you have good credit or for an insane finance charge.

 

Hrmm.. after looking at the pics, my damage was considerably worse, and nearly totaled, but it wasn't after talking with my adjuster a bit.

 

that is definitely fixable. the term "totalled" usually refers to the point at which the insurance company decides it is more economical to pay the owner for the value of the car instead of paying for the repairs. since this person did not have collision, that term is being missused by some people. if you aren't referring to whether or not the insurance company is paying for it, but instead just referring to whether or not the damage is fixable, then no, this is nowhere near "totalled." pain in the *** and expensive, but repairable. if he had collision insurance to go through, then it could be considered totalled by the insurance company.

 

tell your friend sweet driving..
that car is dam near totalled!

 

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I do not recommend this at all. Until he learns how to drive a high performance vehicle, I'd suggest he not damage/destroy any more clean ITRs. If he's serious about becoming a responsible ITR owner, he should fix this one up. Putting blood, sweat, tears, and $$ into fixing heR up may drive out the carelessness that obviously overwhelmed him in the minutes before he wrecked.

2 weeks, goddamn

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kick your friend in the teeth and teach him how to drive.

 

RIP its dead, but can pull a Jesus and rise up from the dead!