R.i.p. Z34 12 0187

onzedge · 01-04-2014, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Hey, at least you walked away!
And please buy a FWD or AWD beater if you know it's gonna freeze over

blackcherry20 · 01-04-2014, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Hey, at least you walked away!
And please buy a FWD or AWD beater if you know it's gonna freeze over

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Wow.

Yetamedi · 01-04-2014, 08:03 AM

Well it is Oklahoma, home of worlds most unpredictable weather (and if its not, it should most certainly be in the running). We had 60 degree weather just before the ice storm, go figure. Anyway it is (was) my only transportation and various sports cars prior to getting the Z were also my sole means of getting around, so I was fairly accustomed to driving it in all types of conditions. In most circumstances if the weather was truely bad I would just stay home and in a day or 2 it would be fine again (back to that unpredicatable weather). Hell I had a 1990 Thunderbird SC that I drove for a year and half in Anchorage.

Oh well, still sad days. Her life was cut far too short (I should have just stayed home that morning, hate working overtime anyway).

falconfixer · 01-04-2014, 08:16 AM

That honestly doesn't look too bad. Glad the hear that you are ok from the wreck tho. Maybe some high school kid will pull it out of the junkyard and fix it up into an Autozone Queen.

Yetamedi · 01-04-2014, 08:36 AM

Well I didn't think so either until the estimate came in at $22,600. 3 air bags went off inside (drivers steering wheel, passenger side seat, and passenger side window), they also said 3 wheels needed replacement. Most of the mechanical damage was to the drivers side front knuckle and attachments. The rest of the damage was in body parts (front clip, rear bumper and quarter panel). $16,000 of the estimate was just in parts since they had to order original OEM Nissan parts as it was less than 2 years old.

On a side note, it is suprising how much smoke/dust/particulates those air bags discharge into the cabin. I could smell it for 2 days after and it about choked me out of the car right after it happened.

alphajam · 01-19-2014, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Yetamedi

Well I didn't think so either until the estimate came in at $22,600. 3 air bags went off inside (drivers steering wheel, passenger side seat, and passenger side window), they also said 3 wheels needed replacement. Most of the mechanical damage was to the drivers side front knuckle and attachments. The rest of the damage was in body parts (front clip, rear bumper and quarter panel). $16,000 of the estimate was just in parts since they had to order original OEM Nissan parts as it was less than 2 years old.

On a side note, it is suprising how much smoke/dust/particulates those air bags discharge into the cabin. I could smell it for 2 days after and it about choked me out of the car right after it happened.

That smell will stay with you forever. I still smell it from a wreck 9 years ago.

01-04-2014, 08:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Yetamedi Base Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 5 Drives: 2012 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Well it is Oklahoma, home of worlds most unpredictable weather (and if its not, it should most certainly be in the running). We had 60 degree weather just before the ice storm, go figure. Anyway it is (was) my only transportation and various sports cars prior to getting the Z were also my sole means of getting around, so I was fairly accustomed to driving it in all types of conditions. In most circumstances if the weather was truely bad I would just stay home and in a day or 2 it would be fine again (back to that unpredicatable weather). Hell I had a 1990 Thunderbird SC that I drove for a year and half in Anchorage. Oh well, still sad days. Her life was cut far too short (I should have just stayed home that morning, hate working overtime anyway). DEpointfive0 and SmileyZ like this.

01-04-2014, 08:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
falconfixer Track Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: 10aC Posts: 978 Drives: Taco Rep Power: 78	That honestly doesn't look too bad. Glad the hear that you are ok from the wreck tho. Maybe some high school kid will pull it out of the junkyard and fix it up into an Autozone Queen. Footloose301 likes this.

01-04-2014, 08:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Yetamedi Base Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 5 Drives: 2012 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Well I didn't think so either until the estimate came in at $22,600. 3 air bags went off inside (drivers steering wheel, passenger side seat, and passenger side window), they also said 3 wheels needed replacement. Most of the mechanical damage was to the drivers side front knuckle and attachments. The rest of the damage was in body parts (front clip, rear bumper and quarter panel). $16,000 of the estimate was just in parts since they had to order original OEM Nissan parts as it was less than 2 years old. On a side note, it is suprising how much smoke/dust/particulates those air bags discharge into the cabin. I could smell it for 2 days after and it about choked me out of the car right after it happened. Footloose301 likes this.