speed3se-r
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silver cars have all the bad luck....
Like my new look :(
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staples187
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- 2007 MazdaSpeed 3
I wasn't judging him... I ment the police judging him BY THE SKID MARKS is the reason he got the ticket.
blacksheepms3
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- Mazdaspeed 3
if it's totalled and the insurace gives you a big check, buy your car back from them for cheap and take all the parts u can still sell, maybe you can make some money out of it. Sorry about your accident.
Well first of all, I was not speeding. Second of all, I competitively raced in NASA and Autocross clubs everywhere I have been stationed. I do not feel the need to justify myself to the disbelievers out there. In Florida, any accident I was told gets a Careless driving ticket, failure to maintain vehicle. Only way to get out of it is to go to court and talk with a judge. My only issue is that I deploy to South America in a few weeks and there is no time available for a court appearance. I took the pics to justify my case. And to be honest, I was paying $350 every six months on this car with USAA. They said it will go up to approx. $500 every six. The car is not totaled according to the adjuster. He looked at the car in the driveway and did not jack it up to look underneath. Left a break down of everything that had to be replaced and prices for each item. Averaged the local labor rates and stated that car could be repaired in approx 20 days. Grand total of $10,000 minus my deductible.
Any yes, I was for a fact slowing from 50 mph to 40 mph when this happened. Below the posted speed limit. Just because I have modifications done to my cars does not mean I speed. I am not 18 for sure and you looking at my mods to determine that I speed is pretty immature if you ask me.
Any yes, I was for a fact slowing from 50 mph to 40 mph when this happened. Below the posted speed limit. Just because I have modifications done to my cars does not mean I speed. I am not 18 for sure and you looking at my mods to determine that I speed is pretty immature if you ask me.
That car is never going to be the same again. If you ask me, tell the ins. co. OK, take it to their repair shop and hav ethe shop get it on a lift and find more things wrong with it. More repair costs and time might make it a total loss.
Personally I'd never want to drive that car again.....
actually speed3se-r, in a recent nationwide study, silver cars were involved in the least amount of accidents. The number of accidents black vehicles appeared in was overwhelming to silver. This is why I had to go silver, and cause it looks the best imo on most cars.
.. just food for thought haha
Sorry about your ride bud. If it makes you feel any better, I had a pic you posted a while back of your ms3 on my desktop. When I saw the flag on your totaled ms3, I wanted to throw up. Sick ride, you next one will be even cleaner!
.. just food for thought haha
Sorry about your ride bud. If it makes you feel any better, I had a pic you posted a while back of your ms3 on my desktop. When I saw the flag on your totaled ms3, I wanted to throw up. Sick ride, you next one will be even cleaner!
I have said it before and I will say it again. Unless the animal you're going to hit will do a lot of damage, don't go nuts trying to avoid it. Sometimes its much better to hit the dog, cat, squirl etc. than it is to try to miss it only to do exactly what happened to you.
I myself love animals and would never hurt one, but I have seen way too many cases as this where a person tries to avoid an animal in the road and ends up wrecking their vehicle. I'm very sorry for your loss man. It sucks and the cops should be smacked for giving you a ticket at a time like that.
I had a friend try to avoid a pac of dogs one time and went to the shoulder to go around them. Unknown to him a Tree had fell across the road that day and the city cut it off at the edge of the road vice the shoulder of the road. So when he tried to avoid the dogs he hit the tree doing about 60 (feeder road of the freeway). Needless to say the tree did way more damage than the dogs ever would have.
After about a 3 month stay in the Hospital he told me he will never try to avoid an animal in the road again. He lost his truck after it flipped about 5 times and went through one of those flashing portable signs. He even had to pay for the Sign
Again, sorry man as it really sucks to damage your baby.
cosmic_spd3
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- 08 Speed3..Cosmic Blue Mica
Man am not sure if i would want that car back after they fix it..its never gonna drive or feel the same..that car should have been considered totaled...hopefully they got all the damages on paper from body to chasis to engine..maybe they did that because of ur rate..damn u aint paying s*** for insurance..they dont wanna give u a new car at the rate ur paying they not making any money..
anyway good luck..
anyway good luck..
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ask for a tear down inspection too - they will likely find more damage that way.
bermankahns
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i would also take the ticket to court. anyone who sees those pics of the scene can clearly see you weren't A) speeding B) trying to avoid hitting something in the road.
did anyone see this happen? even if not, that would help your case as there was no one around so you were trying to avoid something other than another car.
just a thought...
sorry about the car, but it's good to see no one and nothing was (other than the car and tree) were hurt.
hope it all works out for you.
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i just saw the post about you getting deployed. the only thing i can say is go to a ticket clinic place and have them fight it for you. even if it's the same price as the ticket, you wont have the points on your record. also i agree with whitemp5, despute the findings of the inspection and let them know that the car has more damage than he saw. USAA is pretty good about things like that, the only thing they are not good about is paying a good amount for a totalled car.
good luck with everything
did anyone see this happen? even if not, that would help your case as there was no one around so you were trying to avoid something other than another car.
just a thought...
sorry about the car, but it's good to see no one and nothing was (other than the car and tree) were hurt.
hope it all works out for you.
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i just saw the post about you getting deployed. the only thing i can say is go to a ticket clinic place and have them fight it for you. even if it's the same price as the ticket, you wont have the points on your record. also i agree with whitemp5, despute the findings of the inspection and let them know that the car has more damage than he saw. USAA is pretty good about things like that, the only thing they are not good about is paying a good amount for a totalled car.
good luck with everything
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staples187
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Agreed ^
staples187
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If they were cats then I would have ran those bastards over quicker then you could say look out! ... Kidding
its goin to be a close call to write it off or not! it dont need a rail so the motor dont have to come out! its gona need an a-piller and a partical rocker! new suspension and maybe aporn assambly and odds and ends. its not that bad!
ive seen worce make it! if u take it to a good shop it will be right! i hate when people bash body shops for something like this! the back door shops make a bad name of the good boys guys! i worked with a guy that put 2 frame rails in a acura and it wasnt more then 1mm off in any direction from stock! a good place can fix this stuff write.
dont always bash the body shop and hope this works out for u man
ive seen worce make it! if u take it to a good shop it will be right! i hate when people bash body shops for something like this! the back door shops make a bad name of the good boys guys! i worked with a guy that put 2 frame rails in a acura and it wasnt more then 1mm off in any direction from stock! a good place can fix this stuff write.
dont always bash the body shop and hope this works out for u man
My wife's best friend in High School ditch her new car to keep from hitting a squirrel. She was not injured but her car was totaled. If the owners cared about the dog it would not have been in the road. I'm not risking my life or my families life and ditching my car. I would stand on the brakes but thats it.
Scott.
AtenzaNY62
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the speed3 has abs, tcs and dsc right??? similar happend to my mazda6... it had abs and tcs... but the brakes locked on me!! WTF? made me lose control................. so uh WTFFF
and btw, its not totaled? take it to a bodyshop you know and have them talk to the adjuster again... my car was NOT claimed totaled when it was at the first shop but then i moved it to another shop and have another adjuster see it... it was claimed totaled, the damage was on driver side btw... you can definitely argue with insurance before you get anyone to fix it... and yea insurance would give you a nice check if its totaled, plus you can tell them the aftermarket parts you have on the car they'll give you whats worth those parts if you have some kind of receipts... good luck with the car man
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staples187
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Not exactly, a lot of times insurance companies won't cover aftermarket mods unless the car was reappraised. If the car is appraised more then its value with the mods (which it will), then that would be an increase on your premiums.
Friend of mine went through that with his insurance co. when he crashed a totally rebuilt RSX. They would only give him 15k which was kbb stock value even though he had over 7k invested in performance parts.
You're better off taking a wrench and pulling the good parts off the car and selling them or keeping them (if the car is considered totaled).
