Car hit a curb....
 

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You must be young. I'll have you know the first FRS was totaled because somebody disabled traction control. As a general rule, never turn off traction control unless you truly know what you are doing. IE plenty of AutoX. Your wheel is cracked, and the other one is bad rashed. Blinker smashed to. Its possible you could have frame damage with the wheel being off alignment and the fender being dented the way it is. But its totally possible you could have destroyed an ARM and thats why its off which would be a helluva lot better than being frame damage. Either way you're way over $500 damage. Call insurance, get your story straight and take it to the shop. I'd bet $2-$6k in damage.

I would take it to a body shop and have them put your car on a lift to check for any frame damage. That would be my main concern. You can find the left fender and side skirt on the forum for a few hundreds. The rims you can probably find them cheap on here as well, but definitely replace the tires asap.

Idk man, those doors are thin as hell. How deep the dent is I'd say theres probably frame damage. Keep us updated OP.

Yes I am a complete idiot and now I am in going through hell.

The money isn`t that much of an issue but what I`m worried about is damage beyond repair.

I suppose I will call some places first thing tomorrow morning. I can`t even drive it to work which is what worries me. I suppose it will have to get it towed out of my driveway.

If you cant control the wheel even when driving IE it twitches too much or too loosey goosey (if you know what I mean) your arm is done. If there is frame the insurance company is probably gonna total it and write it off. I would definitely say its repairable. You wont know until you have it at a shop though. Like a member said above, put it on the lift and find out.

The wheel is ok but its pointing to the right like you would turn it to make a right turn. Thats the wheels position. But when I used it to to pull into the drive way it was working just fine.

Theres a possibility the car is a write off... oh god.

How old are you?

And why in the hell would you try to drift in a neighborhood:confused:

And no you are not (DK) from F&F

and always remeber its up to you to stop Z abuse...:wtf2:

If it were me I would take it to the dealer or a good body shop.. Im guessing couple grand in damage...

I'm wondering how the hell you were drifting with vdc turned on before the crash?

That was exactly my thinking :rofl2:

But I'm sure the OP wasn't even drifting. He was mostly likely power sliding :rolleyes:

Please don't practice losing control of your car on public roads no matter what time of day or night. Get some cones and go practice that $hit in a parking lot. Or as someone mentioned, go do some AutoX :driving:

Call your insurance and get the Z fixed through an approved body shop. Maybe best to say you hit a patch of black ice or an oil slick. Either way, don't admit to your foolishness. Then, hold on tight 'cuz your insurance company is gonna ride you hard. Your premiums are about to go through the atmosphere. Good luck.

he's canadian... if he has the re050a's on in the night with low single digits they are pucks.




where do i begin... oh jesus. you are so lucky the cops weren't called because you could have been charged for stunting and we all know how but hurt you would be.

but seriously it's cold out, your traction is not going to be optimal, and you're trying to do advanced driving with your mentally regressed brain. too bad money can't buy you smart.



take it to a shop/dealer. report it to your insurance, pay your deductible and enjoy a huge hike in your premium next renewal.

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Dumb$Spend

And raise everyone's premium rates? WTF?

Just think of it as a life lesson.Getting all upset about it ain't going to help the situation,just have to deal with it.Someone above suggested it will be around $2000 to fix,sorry to say,but here in Canada it will be considerably more than that,I would be surprised at anything less than $5k.

Lying. Now there is a good approach. Geez.

Own up to your mistakes.

Be a man, not a weasel.

Be part of the solution, not the problem.

We all do stupid things on occasion and how you take accountability tells volumes about you as a person.

2) Please don't do this on neighborhoods, some of us have little children that can be killed by cars.
2) Take it to a dealer and have them repaired professionally by Nissan or approved Shop.
3) I estimate about 5K in damages or 2-3 K if you find parts here in the forum.

:wtf2:

Or .... and hear me out on this one ... he could actually take responsibility for his actions. Just a thought :rolleyes:

OP, if money's not a problem, pay for the repairs out of pocket and don't take the insurance hit :twocents:

Well we all do stupid things sometimes (my first experience with summer tires during a cold snap was no fun), but now you know better :P. Take it to a good body shop, it might not be cheap so you could let insurance handle it, just make sure it's not considered an at fault accident.

:iagree: 100%

I know it's too late, but practice that $h*t in a parking lot.

I'd guess you need a new rim and A-arm plus some panels. I'd be surprised if the unibody is tweaked but even if it is it can be pulled back straight on a frame machine.

Hope you have good insurance!!...good luck!

any damage over 1000 the shop/dealer is obligated to report it to the police and insurance company.

it will be considered at fault because no one else was at the scene.

Wow their pretty serious in Canada about small accidents.

Re-reading thread title gives a good chuckle (as well as giving a bit of insight into mindset) after reading the OP.

There's a lot of good advice itt, OP. Pay up (financially & otherwise), learn from it, and move forward. Good luck.

Fix it yourself is the best but hardest solution. If you have another car, might be a good project to consider, maybe worth your while in the end.

yea... they are trying to change some of the limits and what not but nothing to my knowledge

should change the title to 'curb hit a car...'

Since your asking for help, Im gonna pretend Im your father figure.

You will not be reporting this to insurance, you messed up, so now you will be fixing it. No car for you until you can pony up the cash to repair it.

This is assuming your on my insurance, and possibly have the car in my name

Nah. only Canadians. Take back the Biebs and America will pay the deduc :icon17:

Idk why but the two "2" bother me. I agree with your points though. Especially #2

Hey everyone,

Quick update:

Didn't call insurance. It looks like the front tire isn't punctured but kind of came off the rim a little. Went to a really friendly mechanic, had the car towed to him for $140 (with "Dollies/Trollies?").

He said he is going to check the entire car and give me a list of things that need to be repaired.

Best case scenario he said he would fix the rims and repaint them black. Install a new fender and the bottom part. Fix my "alignment".

He said there might be a chance my suspension is screwed up since the steering wheel is titled.

Hopefully everything goes well... never ever in my life am I touching that traction control button again.

Thanks for all the help. Will update again with what needs to be fixed and how much he is charing.... maybe I can find parts here for cheaper.

smart decisions to get it towed to the shop.

another option is look up the item numbers and order them through a nissan dealership if you're sticking with OEM.

hopefully you've learned not to underestimate 332 ponies.

I think he learned his lesson. Thank the Lord no one, including the driver, was injured. If he doesn't tell the insurance mafia the whole truth, big deal. They rape and pillage us daily. But let's not be hypocrites. I am sure we have all done something stupid once or twice in our lives. No reason to crucify him. He destroyed his car. Lesson learned.

I know in California since I sell and service insurance for State farm Insurance that State Farm themselves does not rate an accident if its under 1k. Do not know how that is in Canada though since I didn't study for any of their rules and regulations. (In the US each state has own rules, regulations and laws for Auto Insurance, and Insurance in general)


Its usually is stated on how rating an accident is implicated in the policy booklet or what we call the policy language. It is usually the fine print booklet that everyone throws to the side.

As for the OP and going through insurance for this claim; if you have money fix it yourself because accidents and tickets actually shoot your premiums for 6 years. IN California when you get a ticket or accident it affects you for 6 years. After 3 years is when you earn the California Good Driver Discount back and then that's where most of the premium increase comes from, which is losing that Good Driver Discount (whatever it is in Canada) usually that discount can range anywhere from 17%-25% of the 6 month premium. Big discount to lose.

Don't screw around with the Z like that anymore. Big learning lesson You should never have the VDC off for any reason unless you know how to use it AND you are on a track/closed course.
This is all coming from a 21 year old of whom bought his Z when he was still 20 and have had it for 7 months and haven't gotten into any trouble with it AT ALL.

The worst that has happened to me is that one night when I had parked my Z on the street I think someone rolled or backed into my front bumper because the paint is cracked under the first and second layers. Of course since you cannot see it unless you are looking at a certain angle and is not chipping currently so I am waiting until I either get a new front bumper and have it painted or get some sort of body kit piece that requires painting.

Having a sports car like this isn't all fun and games whatsoever. Honestly the best part about having this car is the fact that I have so many other people that stare me down and look at me and (to quote katt Williams) "their facial expression looks like they just caught the stomach virus. Like everything about you just fu*k with them" and that is their job as a hater is to hate on you and all you do in that situation is look at them and laugh out loud because you can.

I've even had a person/ couple of people in the same car stare me down and mackin', talk crap at the light to me, take off when the light turns green and I drive off normally.
At the next light while next to each other he's like you got nothing, and I had a simple yet direct answer for him. "So in order to have something with my car or in life, I have to race you like an immature and irresponsible adult?" and they all stared at me and then I followed up with "With my Z I don't have to go around racing people to express the dominance and the aggression that the Z comes with.
The car is not a toy, it has a lot of power behind those two back wheels. Even stock.

:twocents:

:iagree: :rofl2:

Dang, that sucks, yeah what everyone else said +1. Considering I have the same car and more than likely you're from the GTA please fix it yourself ;), my insurance is high enough as is.

coincidentally mine dropped at renewal by 20% this year :tup:


then next year it'll go back up.... sigh

Really? That's the lesson you learned?

In any event, I'm glad you have a plan for getting the Z repaired and hope it's a reasonable expense.

You have more confidence than I do, but I hope you're right.

I've done a lot of stupid stuff in cars, but the only comparable one that comes to mind is when I was 15 years old and acting like a moron on deserted streets in my hometown after a rare snowfall. Like the OP, I slammed into a curb, but my '55 Chevy was tougher than a Z. A couple of "new" wheels from a junkyard and I was back in business. But my solution was not simply never touching the clutch pedal again.