Did you actually report that to the insurance company? That'll be count as
an accident point and your insurance cost will rise heavily next bill. $800
minus $500 deductable means you'll only get $300 to hand. But your insurance
cost will increase a few more hundred each year.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sentra Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 4:02 PM
Subject: SML: My bad luck saga (long)
> Hey all,
>
> Just thought you guys might want to know about my current bad situation.
:(
>
> About two weeks ago at about 1:30 in the afternoon I was driving through a
> strip mall parking lot in heavy rain. Unfortunately for me I still had my
> stock classic SE-R wheels on the front with fairly bald tires (I was at
> Englishtown drag racing the night before and didn't put my nice Enkei's
back
> on yet.)
>
> Anyways I was attempting to make a left hand turn into another section of
the
> parking lot (the entrance and exit lanes were sided with curbs) Well for
some
> reason I failed to see a large truck coming in my direction, and thinking
> quickly (and dumbly), I smashed down on the throttle in 1st gear, spinning
my
> tires like mad in the rain. I made the turn and got out of the way of the
> truck, HOWEVER I didn't make the turn completely, the car skidded towards
the
> right, the wheels locked and the right front of the car SMASHED into the
6"
> high curb at about 20mph. OUCH.
>
> I backed up and pulled forward into a parking spot, and noticed my car
felt
> really funny. It was still runinng fine but the steering wheel was all
over
> the place. Also, the R/F wheel was noticeably rubbing against something.
At
> first I thought I had smashed my Stillen air dam against the curb (thats
> actually what I hoped for) but as I got out of the car and ran over to the
> right side I fell into shock.
>
> The R/F wheel was bent and scratched to hell, the tire had a huge 2" wide
> gaping hole (which was rapidly becoming flat), and the entire wheel and
brake
> assembly was pushed back about 5" towards the back of the car. The rubbing
> noise I had heard was the sound of the tire hitting the inner splashield.
My
> heart sank as I looked at my poor injured baby in the rain, and I stood
there
> getting soaked as thunder roared over my head. What to do?
>
> Well first I jacked up the car, took off the ruined wheel and tried to
> inspect the damage. Nothing visual to take note of except the fact that
the
> brake/strut assembly was obviously pushed back way to far. Apparently the
R/F
> wheel took the FULL force of the impact into the curb, as there was NO
body
> damage whatsoever.
>
> I called triple A, had the car towed, and my dad came to pick me up. I was
> soaked and sad, a double whammy.
>
> Anyways we got the call the next afternoon, here is info:
> $800 damage. R/F control arms, strut, wheel, tire, and brake rotor need to
be
> replaced. The car also needs a front end alignment :( Insurance only
covers
> some of it under my collision policy, and I have a $500 deductible :(
>
> Anyways that would have been bad enough. I have been without my car since
> that day (this was about two weeks ago) but thats just the beginning.
>
> This past March I was late for a job interview and was caught speeding on
a
> highway, clocked at 87mph in a 55mph zone. I usually keep around 65mph on
> that road, and this was one of the few times I went past that. Just so
> happened there was a state trooper sitting there with his radar gun.
Anyways
> the fine was $181.50 and I had to take a points test at the DMV back in
> August to keep my license. I thought it was all over (seeing this is
> September and that was March) but then about a week ago I received a
letter
> from the DMV.
>
> I was informed that I am losing my "driving privledge" for two weeks
starting
> September 11th. According to PA state law, anyone caught doing 30mph over
the
> posted speed limit is required to turn in their drivers license for that
time
> period.
>
> Ahh, then it gets ever better! I am scheduled to finally get my car back
on
> September 11th.
>
> Jordan White
> Nazareth, Pa
> 1991 Sentra SE-R in surgery
>
>
>
>
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