Well, I never thought I'd be saying this, but I wrecked my MSP this morning on my way to work...I rear ended some asshole with poorly lit brake lights. With it the time of day it was, I could barely even see the damn things untilI realized they were on...Too Late!! Luckily I swerved enough to not hit him directly. That and the fact that my car was lowered helped me go under the corner of his bumper minimizing the damage. It's in the shop, waiting for my insurance to give them the go ahead to fix. The lady at the shop says it isn't as bad as it looks but damn...I had to drive it off the freeway, and it wasn't pulling sideways, and it seemed to sound okay, so hopefully it was more cosmetic then structural. I'll try to get down there and get some pics...
My Mazdaspeed is no more...
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twiztedjeckel
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send your body shop my regaurds and tell them good luck blending the paint to the fenders
JPBlackMP5
Member
My condolences for your loss. Hope it comes back "better than new"
Well, they should fix my cracked window...There's no way they could say it didnt happen due to the accident. Its cracked on the same side as the damage, so at least that'll save me some money...I just talked to the claims lady, and she said it may be 3-5 Business days before they even look at the car. And the body shop won't touch it till then. That sucks.
JPBlackMP5
Member
whatabout all your upgrades? No prob w/them, i hope.
Limited Edition
Member
2K3 Mazdaspeed, sorry to hear about your accident. Were you following too closely though? I usually drive with a huge gap between me and the car upfront. I feel that rear ending someone is the worse possible thing you can do, because you couldn't be more wrong. How fast did you hit the person at? Did the air bag deploy?
Good thing you didn't rear end a SUV or tractor trailor. My previous car that was lost in a 'totalled' lost accident was pretty much due to the fact that my car was lowered when someone rear ended me at a stop light and i was shoved underneath the SUV upfront. As scary as that may sound, it didn't activate the air bag which i didn't need.
Good everything goes well with you and your car!
Good thing you didn't rear end a SUV or tractor trailor. My previous car that was lost in a 'totalled' lost accident was pretty much due to the fact that my car was lowered when someone rear ended me at a stop light and i was shoved underneath the SUV upfront. As scary as that may sound, it didn't activate the air bag which i didn't need.
Good everything goes well with you and your car!
I really don't have any upgrades yet..The fact that it was lowered probably saved me...I went under his bumper just enough to not put too much force on him or his truck.
I noticed his taillights weren't very bright, so I was trying to keep a distance, but I took my eyes off him...When i looked back, it took me a second to realize that his brakes were on and that's all it took. I swerved as quickly as I could, I just didn't react fast enough. It pushed my bumper down(and cracked it), and it pushed my passenger side head light into the hood, crunched the fender and hood and broke the radiator support bracket. Like I said, supposedley it isn't as bad as it looks. I'll try to get down there and get some pics for you guys...
I noticed his taillights weren't very bright, so I was trying to keep a distance, but I took my eyes off him...When i looked back, it took me a second to realize that his brakes were on and that's all it took. I swerved as quickly as I could, I just didn't react fast enough. It pushed my bumper down(and cracked it), and it pushed my passenger side head light into the hood, crunched the fender and hood and broke the radiator support bracket. Like I said, supposedley it isn't as bad as it looks. I'll try to get down there and get some pics for you guys...
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Strider1222
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Sorry to hear about your wreck and glad that you are OK. Hope that everything goes fine with the MSP.
Just hope the other driver doesn't decide to sue... My dad rearended a person and just before the 2 year date came up she tried to sue us for back and neck (blah blah blah) injuries that she tried to place on him. Ended up that we won, but just be careful out there-
Just hope the other driver doesn't decide to sue... My dad rearended a person and just before the 2 year date came up she tried to sue us for back and neck (blah blah blah) injuries that she tried to place on him. Ended up that we won, but just be careful out there-
03MzdSpdSTP
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sorry to hear. hope everything works out
Yo. If they total the car hit me up. We'll help you out in parting the car out. We're here in San jose. We'd be happy to buy back the car or at least the motor and drivetrain.
SEan and I are both needing this. We will gladly give you the hookup for life on the dopest parts available for the protege or any other car from Japan.
Peace and good luck,
Rishie
It will all work out.
SEan and I are both needing this. We will gladly give you the hookup for life on the dopest parts available for the protege or any other car from Japan.
Peace and good luck,
Rishie
It will all work out.
