Will it ever ride the same?
Will it ever ride the same? As you can see in my sig, my car has been in an accident. To make a long story short, basically an 80 year old lady pulled out in traffic and decided to stop in the middle of the street. Faced with on-coming traffic, i couldnt swerve left (being that I was in the far inside lane of a six lane road) and there was a car beside me that braked at the same time so I couldnt swerve right either. So my baby had to take the hit... busted the fender, hood, radiator support, dr. side frame rail, f**ked the suspension and other little here and theres...
Anyway, her insurance didnt total it and is paying for all of it and its almost done at the body shop....
Will it ever ride the same again? Has anyone had a similar accident? If so, how does your car ride now?
Anyway, her insurance didnt total it and is paying for all of it and its almost done at the body shop....
Will it ever ride the same again? Has anyone had a similar accident? If so, how does your car ride now?
With just front end damage like you have pictured I don't see why it wouldn't ride just fine when taken back out. If you have structural damage underneath that can't be seen from the picture, it remains to be seen wether it will ride the same again or not.
If it doesn't ride the same take a case straight to the insurance company make them hand you a new car, did they claim 100% fault on the old lady? Ride them for whatever makes you happy.
wow man same thing happened to my TA and it has sucked since, i locked my breaks up before hittin the dude taht pulled out in front of me and my brakes have nvr worked the same since so make sure that ur calipers and possibly even lines get replaced, but besides my brakes the car looks handles and rode fine when done but my shop took 41 days to fix mine and i had 13k worth of dmg
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if the car has an accident and it is repaired is should ride the same.. if i dont the bodyshop is.. bad..
my car is a salvage title.. and it one of the best F body's i have ever driven
my car is a salvage title.. and it one of the best F body's i have ever driven
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here in iceland most Fbody's come in pieces, they are just fixed well, in good body shops with good parts, salvage car that is proberly fixed should not be any worse than non salvage car,
Thanks guys... im just so concerned that she will never be the same, im only twenty and i work my *** off for that car and it just pisses me off that it can all be ruined by the fact that some old fart (who i just found out from the police report has a restriction on her license for glasses and i remember that she wasnt wearing them that day) cant drive. Guess ill have to give up on that fact that it will never have a good value again... damn....
Originally Posted by wzup1000
Guess ill have to give up on that fact that it will never have a good value again... damn....
Dont worry about that...Enjoy your car, get it fixed and just enjoy it. You should save your car and maybe hand it downt to your kids one day. Thats what I plan to do.
Originally Posted by wzup1000
(who i just found out from the police report has a restriction on her license for glasses and i remember that she wasnt wearing them that day) cant drive.
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Werd i don't don't too many 86 yr olds that wear contacts...lol
I hope everything works out for you bro... my last T/A had been previously wrecked and the carfax checked out ok. It was only then 3 weeks later did I find out it had been wrecked and I ended up selling it and buying a more expensive, lower milage T/A to reduce suspicion of it being previously wrecked.... Try getting a daily driver, that should reduce the amount of time your car is on the road hence less chance of being in a wreck with your trans am.
I hope everything works out for you bro... my last T/A had been previously wrecked and the carfax checked out ok. It was only then 3 weeks later did I find out it had been wrecked and I ended up selling it and buying a more expensive, lower milage T/A to reduce suspicion of it being previously wrecked.... Try getting a daily driver, that should reduce the amount of time your car is on the road hence less chance of being in a wreck with your trans am.
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Originally Posted by wzup1000
Thanks guys... im just so concerned that she will never be the same, im only twenty and i work my *** off for that car and it just pisses me off that it can all be ruined by the fact that some old fart (who i just found out from the police report has a restriction on her license for glasses and i remember that she wasnt wearing them that day) cant drive. Guess ill have to give up on that fact that it will never have a good value again... damn....
i know what you mean, just try to get it repaired at a workshop that has somne experiance in those cars,
my car was imported from the us almost new as a flood damaged, it was repaired and is one of the tigthest Fbodys that i have driven