Sorry about your car and your experience.


You may want to check spokes other entries regarding his repair. I saw his car and am amazed at what he can do with a bottle jack and paint brush seriously it came really well..

Been busy with other stuff and finally got around to reading the entire post.
Alot of advice you guys gave Derek is the same stuff I told him the morning after the incident.
Derek's car is / was very nice for a stock car it was VERY stock.

I have personally put alot of work on Derek's car so I know that everything was in great working order. He drove this car everywhere including several 600 mile round trips to visit friends.

Dang dude them Koni's and springs I just gave you hopefully aren't screwed. Guess I can take the extra starter back you picked up too huh.
Well when you come over Friday night we can figure out what's what. You know the Autocross is still going on and you can co drive my car no sweat.

Yeah mom is letting me use her car and I am for sure game on the co drive! Thanks!
We will start the process Monday. Joe I was thinking about taking it to DFW to the guy and having him do the repairs if it is prepairable. Sounds like it is.


On a lighter note I got a cute girls phone number last night.

Everything will work on. I just have to be patient. Relax. Take it easy and let things heal. Sure it's my baby but it is still just a car.

BTW that garage is NICE! Plus it is only an extra hour or so from where I go to Collierville TN. Hmmm. I will get the police report first then get a hold of them.

I had a similar incident happen to me. Luckily I wasn't in the 914. I was 16 at the time, going down the turn lane and this guy and his girlfriend in a Honda pull out right in front of me.
We pulled into the parking lot and the girl who was in the passenger seat is crying hysterically saying that this is the 4th wreck this car was in and now it was going to be taken away. The guy who was driving came over and gave me a talk trying to put the blame on me. I guess he was trying to get me to admit it was my fault when it wasn't, so he could get off the hook. I didn't say a word and called my dad. They ended up being at fault

It looks repairable..... hang in there.

I've been out of town or I would have offered to assist with claims questions. Sorry to here about your accident. Glad your dad is a claims rep. You'll be fine.

I'm hoping it will. My dad does know what to say. We aren't doing anything until tomorrow. We will go get the police report and go to the rental car place. It's going to be fun if they didn't say anything as it barely scratched the car they were in.

On a better note. I am feeling better. Neck still a little sore but I can look up farther now. I don't want to claim perm. disability or anything as I am going to go work off shore in May.

It was SPOKE. He had a thread covering his progress. I don't think he even replaced any body panels.

Good luck to you. It should be repaired.

If you don't mind a somewhat long haul on a trailer, you could get Richard Fisher to do the work. He knows 914s. But it might be a wait, as he has a bunch of cars currently in process.


Contact me and I will put you in touch with him if you want.

A little update. We aren't sure who is doing the work yet. It sounds like everyone decent is within about a 8+ hour drive so we will be towing it with my dad's truck for sure.

Oh so we went to the PD today. It take 7-10 days to process so I will check again on Wed. and then on Thurs.

Ok so a little update! I went to the ER today. Nothing is broken. Just bruised. Feels like somebody punched me in my side. It should go away. If it persists in two weeks I will go back in. I'm out of work until the 23rd so time to rest.