Okies...i needs to vent befores the shock wears off and i'm really hurting. Well to make a long story short, I was driving home from school when this girl trying to turn into Sonic and talking on her cell phone decided to turn when i was right in front of her. Yeah, I T-Boned her doing 30-40ish. She had no license or insurance....and after recieving 3 tickets for it, the stupid cop let her drive away. We're both ok....but as for my baby....someone please say this is fixable

 

oh no's!!!!
You know how to reach me if you need any parts.
gotta get that hot ride back rolling again.

 

Ouch! I feel your pain. It looks to be the same crunched front end, as my '81. Unless you have some mad welding skills. And also a good resource for getting another front part. I am afraid, that Z is done.

 

i have a spare z (my blue one) who's body is gone from the windshield back...maybe i can part that out

 

you need a frame puller and then new bumper radiator fenders and bumper cover and headlights and buckets. if you know some one with a puller its fixable. if you dont, it might not be worth the money.

 

hard to tell from the photo's but it looks like just the front fenders, hood..etc are just pushed in such a way to make it look like the frame is bent.

 

The frame (from what I can tell) looks fine, sept for where the bumpers mount, Id say fixable. Id start taking her apart and checking the frame closely. I say fixable, its just cosmetic damage.

 

everything is still lined up fine...steering not affected....motor isn't pushed back, though what i'm worried about is radiator looks pushed back like an inch...but the damage is confined to that area. It was a pretty straight hit. i'lll definitely be taking pics of it today

 

the cop let a driver with no license drive away? that's f-ing dumb. that makes me happy to live in VA where they arrest people like that.

sorry about that luck. that really sucks.

 

oh eeeek... looks repairable but you never know untill you dig in. I forgot what your other 280 looks like but if you can get the hood, fenders, buckets, front end off it, save you some moneys.

 

Did you at least still get some food?

 

I can't believe he let her drive away! I'm so tired of stupid, irresponsible people getting away with crap!

Anyway, hope you get the Z fixed. I agree with the others, just looks cosmetic.

 

everyone just needs to ride motorcycles, you can avoid the stupid people alot easier and there cheap to fix.

 

I find it harder to avoid stupid people on a bike as half the time they don't even look, YOU are the one on your toes constantly.

 

This is true, people don't even look for bikes. And if you do get hit, you have alot less protection...

 

okies okies...update update ....she's fixable. It's only going to cost me $500 to get the Z towed to the shop, front end straightened out and painted (thank god the rest of the car's been painted recently so paint maching will be like easy). Wow, this car help up pretty good for a 35mph head-on shot. I wasn't nearly as sore as i'd thought i would be (I've been in a front-end before, but i was a passenger then) The downside to it is the cost doesn't include replacing the bolt on stuff like hood, fenders, bumper, apron, or light buckets...but i don't care, i can find more of those parts. I'm so happy, that's been like the best news i've heard so far. Though there hasn't been anything new on the uninsured/unlicensed driver, though i'm suppose to be talking to a lawyer tomorrow so i'll keep everyone posted on how that turns out. Ciao for now =^_^=

 

dang, gypZ--i hope is repairable i know ya spent a lot of time on her---cell fone drivers are worse than drunks, mon.....

 

good to hear

 

Allright! Glad to hear she fixable.

 

can you hold off on getting it fixed, if you talking to a lawyer that is.
i think i would go after both the driver and the police dept.
driver being dumb, cop being dumber

 

If they can find her.^^ I'm surprised they let her drive off if it happened on a public road. My wife and I got T-boned in a parking lot once and the cop let the guy go, no drivers license or insurance. Cop told me that "technically" you don't have to have a drivers license to drive a car in a parking lot because it is private property. We ended up having to eat the deductible on that one. Good luck with the whole fiasco GypZ!!

 

wtf so did you get any info on the girl? id be pissed the f**k off... actually im a little irate about your situation right now...

you said he gave her 3 tickets so they have to have some info on her

 

was she hot? lol

 

oh heck no...i've got her beat, easy .....wait...why would i care if she's cute or not? :P.

 

good to hear your ok gyp. pull the fenders/ front end and take some pix for us. its good to see an s130 hold up to a hit and keep on going.