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Crashed My Car On Boxing Day...

TiNTiN

By TiNTiN,
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any chance of posting up a pic of the damage? from what you say - rear qtr panel hitting into tree + rear wheel bent you might be up for some serious cash to fix it ($6K+ i would imagine). You will need new rim, suspension (std or aftermarket whichever u have) qtr panel may need to be replaced, will need to be painted. Depending on how hard you hit the tree the damage may go into the boot area which means you will need more cash for them to fix that up too. Have a look in your boot, take out the spare wheel and look for signs of where the boot may have buckled. bashing the rear wheel aint cool either - that will all need to be straightened out and the car may never drive true again unless it is fixed spot on.

Good luck with the repairs man, hope it doesnt cost too much - money and friendship wise!

Al Grand Master

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TiNTiN i would highly recommend ylwgtr2 (Troy), i have seen 3 great examples of his work and would use him myself, should i ever have an unfortunate accident.

Glad to hear you and your friends are safe, just remember that Skylines are a high performance cars and allowing friends to drive it is not always wise :P.

DaRiO Apprentice

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if u cant afford insurance for a skyline, then u cant afford to own a skyline...

this applies to any car... what if ur friend had crashed into me on that corner instead of a tree??

then who wouldve paid for my smashed car?

ur 3rd party insurance sure as hell wouldnt of!!!!!!

get some insurance or buy a car that u can afford to insure...

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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im assume ur the biggest **** head ever (GTS_DUY).... i do have insurance but 3 rd party and u dont even know the whole story or what the damage is

dude... ur the idiot.

Obviosuly no matter what the damage is, or what the story is...

You let ur mate drive the car, your mate crashed it, and he wouldnt have done it if he was driving sensibly. Plain and simple. He either

1) Cant drive

2) Has no respect for a high powered car

Only idiotic behaviour results in "accidents" like that. Enjoy the flaming you get cause its well deserved... bring back memories of MINES_DATSUN IMO

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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yes but all those accidents were high speed idiocy theres a HUGE difference.

Dont comment until u know the full story.

Good luck with the repairs mate.

so are you saying low speed idiocy makes it ok?

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honestly there was no point in posting a thread like this but hey...

in most cases if a mate crashed my car they would be paying for it either straight up or something could be worked out.

Either you pay or your mate does simple as that. Hopefully your mate is more carefull in the future.

linxus40 Community Regular

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you do realise that what 3rd party insurance is for is to pay for the damage you do to other cars (in your example the damage his car did to yours). but not the damage you do to your own car.

if u cant afford insurance for a skyline, then u cant afford to own a skyline...

this applies to any car... what if ur friend had crashed into me on that corner instead of a tree??

then who wouldve paid for my smashed car?

ur 3rd party insurance sure as hell wouldnt of!!!!!!

get some insurance or buy a car that u can afford to insure...

inark Grand Master

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so are you saying low speed idiocy makes it ok?

yeah ash of course i am u spastic... what do u think? if u read my comment properly it doesnt imply he was being stupid because from what ive read and from all we know HE WASNT.... stop getting on ur high horse and jumping to conclusions.

the whole reason i said that was because everyones laying into him because of all the ***in morons so far that HAVE killed themselves doing speeds of upto 180kmh when he wasnt.

U werent there...

I wasnt there...

NONE of us were there other than him... lay off the poor bastard for ****s sake and stop being so judgemental... everyone that is.

ylwgtr2 Grand Master

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yeah ash of course i am u spastic... what do u think? if u read my comment properly it doesnt imply he was being stupid because from what ive read and from all we know HE WASNT.... stop getting on ur high horse and jumping to conclusions.

the whole reason i said that was because everyones laying into him because of all the ***in morons so far that HAVE killed themselves doing speeds of upto 180kmh when he wasnt.

U werent there...

I wasnt there...

NONE of us were there other than him... lay off the poor bastard for ****s sake and stop being so judgemental... everyone that is.

I agree....you havent and never will have a crash?

jetgts Community Regular

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My thoughts is it's all a learning curve, and you learnt the easy way with no-one injured or dead.

I lost almost 15k from lending my 33 to an ex gf. who wrote it off going 60 around a corner in the wet. It wasn't fast but road was damp and she wasn't used to the car. I never got a cent from her, never again will someone drive my car with no insurance.

If it's fixable, post up some pics for all of us and maybe we can help with parts, workshops and advice...

TiNTiN Collaborator

TiNTiN

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if u cant afford insurance for a skyline, then u cant afford to own a skyline...

this applies to any car... what if ur friend had crashed into me on that corner instead of a tree??

then who wouldve paid for my smashed car?

ur 3rd party insurance sure as hell wouldnt of!!!!!!

get some insurance or buy a car that u can afford to insure...

were did i say i didnt have 3 rd party ? of course i would have 3 rd party

TiNTiN Collaborator

TiNTiN

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dude... ur the idiot.

Obviosuly no matter what the damage is, or what the story is...

You let ur mate drive the car, your mate crashed it, and he wouldnt have done it if he was driving sensibly. Plain and simple. He either

1) Cant drive

2) Has no respect for a high powered car

Only idiotic behaviour results in "accidents" like that. Enjoy the flaming you get cause its well deserved... bring back memories of MINES_DATSUN IMO

hey man u wernt there so shut th **** up.. as ppl has said before u wernt there u dont know what the cercumstances where.

and whos said u have to be driving irrisponsibly causes every car crash out there. like i said before u werent there so u dont know shit to judge.

And yes he can drive hes a good driver. Just bad luck for him then that this happend

and yes the car is gettin fix now the damage was 4k so it was not that bad...

predator Grand Master

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bah.. it was an accident! I don't even think he indicated that anybody was doing anything silly at the time was he?? Nobody has ever had an accident on here? jeez....

good to hear its only $4k.. could be worse. Lesson learned I guess. I'm sure he will have insurance in future too :cheers:

MerlinTheHapyPig Mentor

MerlinTheHapyPig

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yeah, everyone get over it already!

accident's happen it's a fact of life, and it's not always because someone is doing something stupid, given the breif explanation of the situation, I would say the abuse Tin-tin is copping is unwarranted, especially from forum moderators ffs!!! He posted this post asking for help, not asking to be abused!

good luck with the repairs

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