The Official FLORIDA Thread

[TopGone]

Gotcha, No worries at all.

Yes, I too am going to ZDayz 2014. Can't wait. Haven't been there since I was the webmaster for ZDayz. Just looking for somewhere to hang a little this weekend in Jacksonville, FL. I may just have to cruise around Jax with my girl and check out the sights. Will be looking for a good place to take some photos of my Z while in the city. Looking for some cool backgrounds.

[TopGone]

New is always good. I am trying to get the Palmetto Z Club back up and running in Columbia, SC. Jim did a great job, but he has been really busy. Ya know how clubs can be, 10% of the members do 90% of the work (not always the case.) Time is always a huge issue, but the enthusiasm is pretty much always there. I had to drop out of ZDayz webmastering because of the time.

[Huck]

Well look us up when you get there man, we'll be the cabin on the corner directly across from the rec hall and restaurant. Where they usually have the exhaust competition line up. We'll have a big black CFZC banner in the front. It would be awesome to meet you!

Zdayz 2014!!

[TopGone]

I bet there will be a ZDayz 2014 post here pretty soon. I know all the cabins and lodges are booked at Fontanna Resort. I got the last lodge room. Wanted to stay in a cabin like I always do, but i just reserved a room last month. My favorite is near Stonehenge.

Anyway, off we go to see Jax.

[Huck]

Yeah I can't wait, it's gonna be a blast. Tony from fast intentions will be raffling an exhaust, and I heard a rumor that someone might be raffling a sweet import car. Someone might leave there with a new set of wheels

Zdayz 2014!!

[FortuneLSX-TT]

<insert string of profanities> ....
So for those of you who don't know, I have terrible luck with getting rear ended. Tonight makes the third time I have been rear ended through no fault of my own. First was in a McDonald's drive thru when the guy behind me got in such a hurry to get his egg McMuffin or whatever that he hit the gas instead of the brakes. Second time was on the Interstate when a drunk rear ended me at 5:30 in the afternoon and continued to drive into me and then tried to drive off like nothing happened. When the police arrived at his house, he actually tried to call the police on the police.

Well this evening, rear end #3 happened. He is also the relative of some Z owners who were at the Nismo Performance Academy in Miami. This is the worst rear end yet and it's not so good. It also includes my g/f's new Magma Red Z. We were both stopped at a red light waiting on it to turn green. He barrels into her without stopping, and she was then pushed into my car. He said he "looked down for a second" and when he looked up bam....he told the cops he was tired, but I'd wager he was texting while driving. He did get a ticket, now I just hope his insurance gets this fixed ASAP.







And somehow this is the damage to the rear of hers and the front of his car.





His windshield did crack and his air bags did go off. Neither of our airbags went off though. Now the really bad news. Despite how bad my car looks, it's a lot worst. The hatch will not open, and if you look at the damage the rear bumper seems to have been pushed up into the hatch by a good bit and then popped back out. Additionally, my car now appears to be a few millimeters wider or the hatch is now a few mm thinner as the body extends past the hatch on each side. The side skirts are also off by a bit now as well. And I now have a random shimmy while driving, and the alignment is off. FML.

So anyone know of a REAAAAALLLY good body shop that can actually tell when the rear quarter panels aren't right? And/or of a good auto accident lawyer?

On a side note...I should start buying Nismo bumpers in bulk.

[happytheman]

Dddddaaaaaaaaammmmmmnnnnn!

So sorry to hear about this, man.

Keep us in the loop on the repairs. My shop is out of Daytona (Holly Hill actually). The Body Werks. They do good work, I've been pretty pleased with them.

[Osiris]

http://www.orangecitycollisionrepair.com/

[Huck]

So you basically got a wide body kit for free? This sucks man, I'm really sorry to see this. This is the reason I love being able to talk to my Po Hong to send a message, I don't have to worry about this happening as much.

I have to wonder, with that much damage do you think the insurance company will just total it? That sounds like too much damage to fix if the whole rear end frame is screwed.

Zdayz 2014!!

[LinPark]

Sick to my stomach over that - both Z's messed up in one accident! Take that guy to the cleaners - hope whatever he was texting was important enough to ruin someone else's day.

Hope you get it all worked out and just maybe it ends up better than before.

[FortuneLSX-TT]

Originally Posted by happytheman

Dddddaaaaaaaaammmmmmnnnnn!

So sorry to hear about this, man.

Keep us in the loop on the repairs. My shop is out of Daytona (Holly Hill actually). The Body Werks. They do good work, I've been pretty pleased with them.

Thanks for the link, they're I-Car certified so that's a big plus. I'll be checking them out on Monday.

Originally Posted by Huck

So you basically got a wide body kit for free? This sucks man, I'm really sorry to see this. This is the reason I love being able to talk to my Po Hong to send a message, I don't have to worry about this happening as much.

I have to wonder, with that much damage do you think the insurance company will just total it? That sounds like too much damage to fix if the whole rear end frame is screwed.

Zdayz 2014!!

Those are my fears at this point. #1 They total the car and then get some ridiculously low sum for the car and then have to go through taking all my aftermarket parts off or #2 They want to fix it but do it on the cheap. Which then isn't repaired properly and even if it is then reduces the value of the car significantly.

Originally Posted by LinPark

Sick to my stomach over that - both Z's messed up in one accident! Take that guy to the cleaners - hope whatever he was texting was important enough to ruin someone else's day.

Hope you get it all worked out and just maybe it ends up better than before.

If I didn't keep my foot on the brake while at stops, it could of been 3 Zs in one accident. I just hope his insurance pays with little to no hassle.

[FortuneLSX-TT]

So the local State Farm claims center is incompetent and required me to repeat things several times and still kept getting the details wrong. Then the kicker at the end of the whole scenario is..."We will probably accept liability but we do not have the money to pay for the damages to repair both your vehicles"

[Huck]

Originally Posted by FortuneLSX-TT

So the local State Farm claims center is incompetent and required me to repeat things several times and still kept getting the details wrong. Then the kicker at the end of the whole scenario is..."We will probably accept liability but we do not have the money to pay for the damages to repair both your vehicles"

Then tell them it's time to lawyer up. I can't understand how insurance companies think it's acceptable to receive money for insurance coverage every month but not perform their duties and pay up when it comes to a claim. I mean that's the whole reason they're there for fck sake...

Hope it works out for you bro, if you need help pulling parts in the end let me know, I'm free Sundays and Mondays. I can swing by and wrench around with you (and then take off with all your parts hahahaha)

Zdayz 2014!!

[FortuneLSX-TT]

Originally Posted by Huck

Then tell them it's time to lawyer up. I can't understand how insurance companies think it's acceptable to receive money for insurance coverage every month but not perform their duties and pay up when it comes to a claim. I mean that's the whole reason they're there for fck sake...

Hope it works out for you bro, if you need help pulling parts in the end let me know, I'm free Sundays and Mondays. I can swing by and wrench around with you (and then take off with all your parts hahahaha)

Zdayz 2014!!

Yeah, now the tough part of finding a lawyer. All the ones I've talked to so far are only concerned with sending us both to doctors and pursuing PIP and don't care about getting the cars fixed. The only people making money in that are the lawyers and doctors. So if anyone knows a non ambulance chasing lawyer, please share.

Where we are at is that his policy supposedly only has $10,000 coverage limit for property damage. So we are trying to figure out what we should do. Do we both go through his insurance and get them to pay a portion and then go to our insurance? Do we go to our insurance and just get them to take care of it and then go to his for diminished value? Do we just have one go through his insurance and one go through our own? Do we just go through one of our policies? So many questions, and so few answers.

[happytheman]

Originally Posted by FortuneLSX-TT

So the local State Farm claims center is incompetent and required me to repeat things several times and still kept getting the details wrong. Then the kicker at the end of the whole scenario is..."We will probably accept liability but we do not have the money to pay for the damages to repair both your vehicles"

Then what's the point of paying insurance?