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First Post: Disaster, crashed my '75 yesterday |
Whitney Mic |
Jul 24 2016, 12:45 PM
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What sort of chicanery is this? Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-June 16 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 20,157 Region Association: None |
I had hoped that my first post would be to show off the cool new sound system I hoped to put in, but life had other ideas.
As far as accidents go, it was good, everyone walked away okay. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) Earlier, I had a case of food poisoning and was on the way home from the hospital (already a really fun Saturday), and didn't make it back... and because I was ill when I left for the hospital, I forgot my phone, so I can't post the grisly damage pics. I will update tomorrow with pics after I get a ride to the body shop where the car was towed after the accident. I swerved to avoid deer around a corner on highway 9, instead, I hit a Jaguar parked on side of road. Almost no damage to the Jag, my front end is pretty well crumpled up. If the car isn't salvageable as a whole, I want to see that as much of it as possible can get put to use on other 914s. The problem is that I am living in an apartment and don't have a place to store the car. If "totaled" I will need to sell it; if so, I really want to sell to someone with an interest in parting it out in the local to Santa Cruz/ San Francisco bay area. If anyone local is interested, the car is a White '75, L-jet, 1.8 liter engine. I bought it from my brother (mechanical genius, he will be part of the team building the giant Tesla Coil at Burning Man in a month or so), who had updated to a stiffer suspension. I was not only upgrading the sound system, but was just starting to get after the always ready to attack rust monster, but I think the body parts not damaged in the accident are in fairly good shape. Doors, windows, rear trunk all fine. one of the rear Targa top latches snapped it's pin off, I think the right front fender is straight as well. The engine and tranny are well used, but serviceable. There are a lot of stock interior parts, some in better condition than others. Mostly in good shape except the seats and upper console, both of those are worn. I had been planning on getting replacements from 914 Rubber. If anyone needs something from my car, you can email me. Once I have an idea of the damage, I can let you know if parts are available from the car. Also, anyone in the area that can help me make those decisions is welcome to contact me as well. I am out of my knowledge zone here, this was my first accident, and frankly, am not the best mechanic. osyryousartis@me.com Wish I had better news for my first post to the forum. If my 914 is done, I will be looking for another one. I am very impressed by the way this one took the damage but kept me safe. --Whitney Mic |
Whitney Mic |
Jul 25 2016, 08:55 PM
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What sort of chicanery is this? Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 29-June 16 From: Santa Cruz, CA Member No.: 20,157 Region Association: None |
Hi, time to update, I guess.
Dealing with the insurance company is as much fun as you'd imagine...won't go into all the details, but missed the first call from the adjuster, and left several messages that were not returned. Finally called and talked to another agent, and was able to rent a car at about 5:45 this afternoon, minutes before the rental place closed. The body shop yard closed at 5:00, so I have to wait until tomorrow to get pics of the damage and recover the tools and stuff I don't want to leave in the car. The good news is that the tow company is also a body shop bonded by AAA, so if the car can be repaired there, I will have a lifetime guarantee on the work. I just want to be sure the guy looking it over realizes I know there are some nice parts on the beast. I will have to check with my brother, but I think the set of rims alone are worth $1,000 to $2,000. I will be sure to get pics of those for identification as I don't know what they are, but know he spent some good money on them. At least three of them should be fine; fingers crossed on the driver side front wheel... Stay tuned campers, my triage pics will be up tomorrow afternoon. Thanks again for all the kind words and for the hearty welcome. -- Whit |
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