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Old 06-20-2012, 04:26 AM   #365
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neutral your a good guy, and a good sport. I really hope one day in the not to distant future you'll be sitting behind the wheel of an FRS again. I'm sorry this happened to you, but I know in the end everything will be ok. Your attitude is positive, keep thinking that way.
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Old 06-20-2012, 12:52 PM   #366
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weeks before i was gonna buy a new car, i checked with the insurance company on hypothecial quotes for me on a few new cars. scion tc, civic si (2 door and 4 door), vw gti (2 and 4 door again), v6 mustang, genesis coupe (4 and 6 cylinders). the scion tc was the most $ to insure. i think several yrs of tc drivers damaging them made it this way. i think if the 1st gen scion tc came out last month, it would be the cheapest car to insure out of that list
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Old 06-20-2012, 08:20 PM   #367
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Certainly no one hates you. Like many things in your life this will become old and forgotten. And, if this is the worst thing that ever happens to you, you've got it made.
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Old 06-20-2012, 08:44 PM   #368
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Old 06-20-2012, 09:13 PM   #369
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I give you mad respect for posting on the forum about your accident... Glad youre safe, hope you take this as a learning lesson

but with that said... I'm both sad, irritated, and in disbelief inside..

I've seen enough 240's turn into parts cars from everyone who bought the car after it was the car to own and wanted to go drifting... Reading about technique, watching videos will do nothing for you but make you believe you can control the car, its all about experience... Now everyone will get in accidents, trust me ive been in a few but all pretty minor compared to this, and i know my limits. You need to feel comfortable with how your car responds and drives before you start pushing it... especially if its wet out! Like a lot of people mentioned... go to an autoX event... or a track day... or a skid pad... whatever... you wont be a good driver unless you practice and get experience.. the FR-S/BRZ are perfect cars to make you a better driver IMO... its def a drivers car.

I'll share a story with everyone...

Probably 5 years or more ago... I was home on break and I knew someone from HS who told me he also got a 95 240sx prob the 5th day he owned it as well. He sold his DC2 integra and bought it. Very clean s14... one thing that caught my eye was that it was a SE model with no sunroof which I've never seen.. (typically only base models had no sun roofs) He came over because he wanted to fix his stereo before his drive back to socal and wanted to test if his stock amp was busted so we did a quick swap to test. Right before he left my place, i told him.. be sure to take it really easy on turns since it was raining out. I said the rear end will kick right out if you give it too much gas even without a LSD, it wont behave like your integra.

few hours later i get a call.. that he totaled his 240.. Took a corner too fast, spun out, jumped the curb, and ran into a tree... luckily him and his passenger were also safe but I was shocked... I literally told him to be careful and he still managed to wreck it.


PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE people.. leave on your TCS/VSC if you are new to RWD cars... and drive within your own limits! Its too early in the game to start see these cars in part out posts... =[[[[[[
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Yeah your right, but a lot of people did crash easy back in them days...
My first car was an '84 Camaro... Within 2 weeks of buying it and getting my license (this was 8 years ago now,) I oversteered at 45mph on a damp 45mph corner. Naturally being 17 and having had my license for all of 2 weeks, I didn't know how to react and ended up fishtailing into a hill. Minimal damage, just injured pride, a dent that I pulled out using a wet plunger, and several weeks of repeated flat tires on the passenger side before we got the beads cleaned out properly. Taught me to respect the RWD though.

Did I mention this was the 92hp/130lbft I4 with over 250k miles on it? I'd be kidding myself if I said I had more than 50hp/75lbft. More proof that 200hp/150lbft is more than enough to lose control; the 86 is WAY lighter than that beast was.

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Hopefully you have gap insurance.
Neutral: For the love of god tell me you had GAP on your loan. I learned that expensive lesson on a later car; thankfully that car only cost me $4000 so I only lost $500 when I got rear ended at a stop light.

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Unless someone else backs one into a pole, then he might get their parts
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Old 06-21-2012, 07:47 PM   #371
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such a waste!
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Old 06-21-2012, 08:00 PM   #372
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he's the first to crash and the first to use the emergency kit... :-)
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Old 06-22-2012, 02:44 AM   #373
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I feel for the owner. Anyone know where the car is? I would like to buy the trunklid.
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Old 06-22-2012, 04:15 AM   #374
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Vultures! It's not for sale! Jeez!
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Old 06-22-2012, 11:23 AM   #375
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Not a vulture. My sympathies to the owner who is now famous. If the car isn't totalled, good for him. If it is totalled, and he doesn't buy it back, then insurance will sell it off. I simply want to know what part of the country it is in.
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Not a vulture. My sympathies to the owner who is now famous. If the car isn't totalled, good for him. If it is totalled, and he doesn't buy it back, then insurance will sell it off. I simply want to know what part of the country it is in.
I am the owner, and it's in Ohio. And I think you mean infamous
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oh. sorry. didn't realize you were owner. Sorry to hear about your loss. I hope the insurance company does what ever you want them to - be it put back together or write it off. Glad you and your passenger walked away ok.

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Old 06-23-2012, 02:03 PM   #378
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And you're one of those people that need to stfu.
super late on that remark and you must how to drive a RWD car first... and ill Stfu but guess what ill b talking again hahahah Lol .. dnt get mad tjuan.
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