Crunch! Early Christmas gift

My fiance and I were on I-30 on Sunday night on our way to the NTS2KOC dinner and lights drive. All of the sudden, everyone in front of us was hard on the brakes. I got on the binders, but I knew that I was not going to stop in time. There was no left shoulder on this part of the freeway that I could use. I took a glance to the right lane and saw no one, so I made a break for it, but it was too little too late. I still hit the Accord in front of me with my left front. Her car just got a scuff on the right rear bumper, but mine took it pretty hard in the left front. I think it is just body damage as the car drives just fine. I will know more later when I start taking it a part. I know that I will need a left front fender and bumper cover. The hood looks okay. If I had not tried for the right lane and hit the Accord with the center of my car, then I would have messed up both fenders, maybe my hood, and my airbag might have popped. Everyone is okay and the Accord driver was very nice. I'm glad that she took the initiative to pull off the freeway for info exchange instead of wanting to block traffic.

http://forums.dfwmiata.com/attachmen...1&d=1261401612

Damn...there sure has been a rash of Miata's getting crunched lately. Looks like just sheet metal damage for the most part. Glad y'all didn't get hurt.

Congrats on the engagement! Tech Day?

That sucks that you got to join the crowd. We are good company though. Hope it gets fixed good as new.

Hate to see those rinkles but congrats on the engagement.

I'm glad you guys are OK.

I'm putting my Miata in my shop for the winter!

Sorry to hear about the damage, Jerrett. Is Leilanie reconsidering yet? :wink:

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Originally Posted by altiain

Is Leilanie reconsidering yet? :wink:

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Nah, I'm keeping her drunk. ;)

So how was the NTS2KOC party?

sorry to see that.

He has the technology, he'll build better, faster, stronger... :)

Good to see you and Leilani didn't get any big bumps and bruises.

Bummer, glad no one was hurt. At least the most expensive part of the car is intact, the shocks :)

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Originally Posted by Miatamoto

He has the technology, he'll build better, faster, stronger... :)

Good to see you and Leilani didn't get any big bumps and bruises.

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Nope Leilani still had bruises from the shackles.

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Originally Posted by CosmosMpower

At least the most expensive part of the car is intact, the shocks :)

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Ha! After Leilane and the other driver, that was my primary concern, too!

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Nope Leilani still had bruises from the shackles.

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Nope, they're furry.

I think it is worse than it looked. Compare the pics of the left and right sides.

Still looks like tweaked sheet-metal to me. Don't see anything structural.

Find an O'Reilly's and borrow the slide hammer. See if they have the attachment to pull dents.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/home.oap

Should not be a problem reshaping it.

You off this week?

It is going to take some replacing of peices that are welded to the frame, which is beyond my limits, so I talked to Stevan (Miata Solutions) and he says he can fix it in January. I will just continue my other off-season work and let him take it in January. It will look great going to his place missing the bumper cover and fender. ;) I'll go after dark and wearing a POS Racing mask.

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It is going to take some replacing of peices that are welded to the frame, which is beyond my limits, so I talked to Stevan (Miata Solutions) and he says he can fix it in January. I will just continue my other off-season work and let him take it in January. It will look great going to his place missing the bumper cover and fender. ;) I'll go after dark and wearing a POS Racing mask.

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I would consider driving it over to him or a good frame shop and making sure that the car can still align to spec. You can have a very small tweak that is hard to see that affects the frame. It would be a shame to do all the extra off-season work and then find out you need to start fresh a month later.

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Congrats on the engagement!

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Hey you're right, he used the F word! Congrats you two. :clap:

As for the car, well I had similar simple looking damage to just my bumper cover and one headlight last winter. There were a lot of things tweaked in behind but it was all fixable. Be glad you're both okay.

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I would consider driving it over to him or a good frame shop and making sure that the car can still align to spec. You can have a very small tweak that is hard to see that affects the frame. It would be a shame to do all the extra off-season work and then find out you need to start fresh a month later.

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If the spooks on the steering wheel are still in the same locations as before you are most likly OK, but wouldn't hurt to check the alignment.

Sorry about the car, glad ya'll are OK.

Congrats on the engagement!

Ah crap. Glad you two are ok.

Another good reason for track/auto-x, develop those quick responses. Sorry to hear about your wreck.

Yea but JRJ512 is one of the best autocrossers on our forum and still got in a wreck. He must've been distracted cause I don't see how an Accord would out brake him.

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Yea but JRJ512 is one of the best autocrossers on our forum and still got in a wreck. He must've been distracted cause I don't see how an Accord would out brake him.

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Miata is a good performance vehicle but not exactly known for brakes, especially a 1.6 NA. I could see a newer Accord with big disc brakes outbraking a Miata.

True. Maybe he has stock brakes for class rules.