Lugnutjon accident update

Got a voicemail from Jon this afternoon - State Farm has decided to total the car. No real suprise, but it's still a disappointment, especially since Jon had mailed a payment the morning of the accident, and had recently decided that he was going to keep the car for another couple of years. C'est la vie.

On the plus side, he did go to see the doctor about his knees - no broken bones, no inflammation, no cartilage damage. Seems he just bruised them, and he reports that he's doing fine now.

On a side note - anyone know of any clean, lower mileage, early ('00-'03), stock S2000s for sale locally? Jon wants to do a little replacement car shopping this weekend.

Glad to hear he is ok.

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On a side note - anyone know of any clean, lower mileage, early ('00-'03), stock S2000s for sale locally? Jon wants to do a little replacement car shopping this weekend.

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Maybe ask Sammm about this one.

Glad to hear he's okay; sorry to hear about them totalling the car. Then again, it's never quite the same once you've repaired a car from a serious wreck, so maybe it's for the best.

S.

What is that sharp rental he is cruising around in!

Saw him running around in it last weekend when we went to Milwaukee Joe's, he should keep that! :drive:

Glad to hear he's doing alright...

That's great news! Give him my best when you talk to him.

PS
<homer simpson>
mmmmmmmmmm....StooK.........
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<homer simpson>
mmmmmmmmmm....StooK.........
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Sammm, I told you already... stop droolling on my car!

You might also want to contact Scott P (rioyellows2k on the s2ki.com boards). He sold me my new one and seems to have a pretty good pulse on most of the used ones (at least the CPO ones) in this area.

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What is that sharp rental he is cruising around in!

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Was it a white Asstek? If so, that's the Afterthoughts Auto company van! :mrgreen:

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Was it a white Asstek? If so, that's the Afterthoughts Auto company van! :mrgreen:

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Nah it had a G-Stock look, think it was a Malibu or maybe an Impala! ::Clown::

Are you sitting down for this part? State Farm cut him a check for $13,000 for his 120k mile 10AE. :shock:

Almost makes me wish some drunk would smack mine.

He's apparently already found a yellow '02 S2k near OKC that he's thinking about driving up to look at on Saturday.

Has he checked to see what the buy back would be???????

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Has he checked to see what the buy back would be???????

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I don't think you'd want it, Merv. There's little of any value that would be salvageable up to the firewall, and what is salvageable aft of that has 120k miles of use on it. The frame is twisted like a pretzel, the hard top is trashed, two of the four wheels are bent, etc.

Still, if you're interested, drop him a line at leadfootjon "at" yahoo "dot" com.

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Are you sitting down for this part? State Farm cut him a check for $13,000 for his 120k mile 10AE. :shock:

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Good for him! So many time you hear the bad stories where the insurance company offers pennies on a dollar for your car, good to see he didn't get hosed!

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Has he checked to see what the buy back would be???????

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mmm... CSP motor build...

Good to hear Jon is doing well and they gave him a fair market value for the car.

I would love the diff!

S2K. . .nice. Glad to hear he's fine. Is he pursuing the genious that hit him in court?

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S2K. . .nice. Glad to hear he's fine. Is he pursuing the genious that hit him in court?

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No. The insurance company is stepping up and taking care of him. Thankfully, both he and the peabrain who hit him have State Farm. From my experience it's typically easier when you only have one company to deal with.

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The insurance company is stepping up and taking care of him.

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Sounds like it, can't wait to see him in an S2K.::Flag::

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Thankfully, both he and the peabrain who hit him have State Farm. From my experience it's typically easier when you only have one company to deal with.

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I am still amazed State Farm is giving that much for the car. A few years back when my wife had her Hyundai, she was hit from behind (car totaled) by a lady talking on her cell phone who had SF. The insurance offered her $2,000 less than the value of the car. Yes I know it was a pos Hyundai, but they tryed to shaft her by saying the car had some dents before it was totaled. Not the fact that the rear of the car was smashed up to the rear glass because of their careless driver. Needless to say, a lawer was involved in the end and everything worked out in my wife's favor.

Glad to hear he checked out OK!

Does Jon still want a 10AE? I'd trade my 82k car for that check!!


Glad to hear he's going to make out alright from that wreck though.

Nope, no more Miatas for Jon. :wink:

Although I talked to him at lunch today, and he wants to head up to Sherman to look at a yellow '04 RX-8 tomorrow. Something about buying a more practical car. Who knows what he'll end up with? As long as it's yellow, apparently. :mrgreen:

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As long as it's yellow, apparently. :mrgreen:

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I can respect that! ;)

Me too!

Yellow is sick & wrong! ::Clown::

I think that Jon is on the money. Yellow is the best color, plus the RX-8 looks very good in yellow.

Yeah, I like the '8 in yellow. For whatever reason though, they discontinued it after '04.

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Yeah, I like the '8 in yellow. For whatever reason though, they discontinued it after '04.

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So they could replace it with Glacier White. :albino:

Next year it will be Harajuku Pink. :cat:

S.

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Nope, no more Miatas for Jon. :wink:

Although I talked to him at lunch today, and he wants to head up to Sherman to look at a yellow '04 RX-8 tomorrow. Something about buying a more practical car. Who knows what he'll end up with? As long as it's yellow, apparently. :mrgreen:

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If its the RX8 I'm thinking of in Sherman, Hoyte is a good dealership to shop at. Its just down the road from Target. Ask for Jay Townsend. If you guys are in Sherman, come to Target and say hi. I'll be there from 1 to 9

Might be a little late for this, but if you keep going north on 75, there is a huge carlot called Lawarence Marshall. There is a used S2000 there and a couple new ones.

Yeah, a little late - we left Jon's place about 11 this morning to head out to a couple of local Mazda dealers before heading to Sherman.

And here's a picture of Jon's new car!
http://images.autotrader.com/images/..._A.553x421.jpg

He signed the paperwork on it about 5:30pm this evening. It's not perfect (typical rock chips for a 20k mile car, some very minor curb rash on the wheels), but it's straight, clean, and had no evidence of any damage. It drove very nicely, and I think he's going to be very happy with it. It's a 6-speed/cloth car with the Appearance Package and the Sport Package (DSC, HIDs, and fog lights), which means we're going to have to remember to turn the damn traction control off before hitting the course. :mrgreen:

Hmm... looks like the altiain/lugnutjon team will be starting this season in C Stock, but we hope to have this car prepped and ready for B Stock before the Pro in Mineral Wells. Maybe even by Houston, depending on a few things. :wink:

Nice, I took a look at it last time I went there. I'm sure he'll be happy with it. ::Flag:: (You guys have a team name?)

Congrats to Jon! If I was spending 20k on a car today the RX-8 would definitely be my choice. I think it is a superior race car (stock for stock) than the E36 M3 I owned. IMO, it takes a lot of mods on the M3 to keep up with a RX-8 on an autocross course. Mark Sipe proved that at the last BMWCCA autocross he went to. BTW, find out what exhaust he is running and buy it.

Definitely don't forget to turn off the traction control, I forgot to do that on a fun run once and it was not cool. Very intrusive. Thanks Apex2apex for getting me hooked on the RX-8.

Good luck in B-stock.

Feeling better and a hot new toy---Prayer does work::Angel::

Congrats! He chose nicely.

Looks like a nice one! I thought for sure we'd see ol Lugnut in a S2000, though. Glad he's still part of the "family".