Sad, Sad Day For Me.....

[SABBAi]

Well, tonight after work there was a little incident....

The person in front slammed on the brakes, as did I. So much so that ABS went spako. I had stopped with about 1/2 a cars length from the car infront. Then I look in the rear vision mirror, and this car hasn't stopped at all.

BANG. 60kmh into the back end. My poor old car is not in a good way. Both rear gaurds have folds in them, the rear bumper is shattered, the spare wheel well is creased, and the rear seats have popped forward in the middle.

To make matters worse, a third car hit the guy behind me. YAY!! 2 wiplashings! I tried to move my poor old girl off the road but the rear gaurds have pinched both rear tyres.

I'm ok physically, but will probably have a very stiff and sore neck and back tomorrow. But as for my car, she's not in a good way. I get to see her once more on Monday before they assess and write her off. Man, the amount of time and effort that went into builder her......

The events, the fun, the enjoyment, it's like loosing a trustworthy old friend. Rest in Peace girl.

Just some pics to remember you with.

Just a quick pic of the damage.....

[CrispyFries]

[funkymonkey]

ouch... that's a bit sad... was such a nice car... will be missed at DECA.

maybe its a sign... time to step up.

[inark]

could be a good buy back and swap over into a cheap donor car

if ya can find one....

glad to hear ya not too damaged there Scott

[eMsta]

damn man - atleast u alright

Once they assess it, and once you know how much insurance will give you - you can look for your new mistress - but by the looks of things, working so hard to get your car right....it will take more than just another car to fill the void...

[Leewah]

God damn! That sucks major wang dude.

My condolences to the owner and family.

I guess this means teh Telstar can loose

"Hmmm, upgrades." - Neo.

[KamikazeR33]

damn that sux scott

2 cars in 1 nite!

[ctjet]

losing a car sucks... especially when you spend so much time and money with it to make it just right.

believe me, i fell your pain

[West]

Time for a real car now Scott.

As long as you're ok mate, who would be at fault when there is a pile up like that?

Though its sad to see it like that now but for me and Robin, we can't be any happier as no bloody telsta will hunt us donw on the Island anymore .

[THE_350GT]

Dam scott

(WAS) a nice car very clean.

I had a soft spot for TX5 Turbos at one stage, but an even softer spot for my beloved SKYLINE time to join the club

[SABBAi]

THanks guys. Time will tell what happens next. The guy was insured who ran into me, and he was at fault, as I was stopped. Felt sorry for him, he had just changed jobs and had close to 50 mins to get to work.

[arep3]

damn man that sucks.... hope u dont have too many probs with ur back/neck. maybe get urself checked out by a doc or physio. u dont wanna end up with my back probs

cars are replacable. just as long as ur alright!

[Starionturbo]

Sorry to hear man!

Good to see that you understand the other blokes situation, any of us can have accidents.

I once tapped and scraped a motorbikes muffler when i was driving my starion about 5 years ago and the biker was good enough to say dont worry about it mate I shouldnt have stopped when I did.

[Interloper]

why did the first car slam on their brakes? imo they should be at the biggest fault....

[Kaz200]

West & Interloper: they can hit the brakes in the middle of the freeway at 100k/hr for no reason and if you run into them it's still your fault. Rear ending is always the fault of the driver behind because you're supposed to be watching for brakelights blah blah and if you don't have enough time to stop then supposedly you didn't leave enough room.

Which is why I really cant understand why so many ppl tailgate in VIC??

Personally I can't even see the car that's 2 ahead in the 180 caus its so low... if there's a late braking dick in front of me and he slams on the brakes I'll be in trouble.. so I always leave so much room in front of me people think it's an invitation.

Anyway so sorry to hear about that Scott.. there was so much work/love in that car.. hopefully you'll get a decent payout at least.

I totally have neck empathy after straining mine this week.. been 5 days of pain so far. I hope you are going to see a physio.. you don't want more problems later on and if you do have any.. at least you will be covered by insurance caus you saw a doc after the accident.

Take it easy

[700HP-GTR33]

West & Interloper: they can hit the brakes in the middle of the freeway at 100k/hr for no reason and if you run into them it's still your fault. Rear ending is always the fault of the driver behind because you're supposed to be watching for brakelights blah blah and if you don't have enough time to stop then supposedly you didn't leave enough room.

Which is why I really cant understand why so many ppl tailgate in VIC??

Personally I can't even see the car that's 2 ahead in the 180 caus its so low... if there's a late braking dick in front of me and he slams on the brakes I'll be in trouble.. so I always leave so much room in front of me people think it's an invitation.

Anyway so sorry to hear about that Scott.. there was so much work/love in that car.. hopefully you'll get a decent payout at least.

I totally have neck empathy after straining mine this week.. been 5 days of pain so far. I hope you are going to see a physio.. you don't want more problems later on and if you do have any.. at least you will be covered by insurance caus you saw a doc after the accident.

Take it easy

So says the O mighty son of rajab.......make sure you leave enough stopping distance...don't tail gate.

I have seen many cars go into the grass divide on western -ring road ...stupid tail-gaters.

At least you could stop.......and you are telling the story. .In this case....I would suggest a transplant .

Get a Laser and bolt up your motor into it...does it fit?What cars can you bolt that motor into anyway?

Nahhhh...buy it back offf the insurance company , then get it fixed.Looks too goodto through out.

[Anarkei]

judging from the pics of the damage the guy wasn't paying attention to what was happening infront and hit the brakes at the last second. i had a similar thing happen to me a little while ago.

sorry about the car, it's a nice looking little beasty.

hey you never know, might get lucky and the damage will be repairable...

[Roy]

Aw Man! The TX5 passing is a sad day. The Giant Killer was cool, as it was different and it always had cool custom tweaks in the works.

...SUX, but i hated mt R31 GTSX being written off, but really the move to the R32 was for the best...so every cloud has silver lining. SR20 coming your way?

[SABBAi]

Possible Sr20, if I don't go the cheap route and get another shell. Dunno yet. Starting to get sore. Going to see someone about it tomorrow if I can.

[saff_cossie]

Man that sucks

The hours you put into that car and the grief it caused the other guys on track! Main thing is you are OK as cars can be replaced.

Roll on the next project