Evil...

Post by **-ASSASSIN-** » 13 Jun 2004, 14:51

Why..? This is so sad it makes me want to weep... It is the results of losing control at 190kmph...

Why couldn't he just crash a Subaru, thaere plenty of those around (and no I am not reffering to the handling)

amdretard · Post by **amdretard** » 13 Jun 2004, 14:53

cos he couldnt care

DJT · Post by **DJT** » 13 Jun 2004, 14:55

The car doesn't look too damaged.............. Apart from the roof!

Post by **-ASSASSIN-** » 13 Jun 2004, 14:57

DJT wrote:The car doesn't look too damaged.............. Apart from the roof!

Its just never going to be the same again...looks...handling...

Might as well take the Porsche badge off cause its an insult...

Post by **Iceblade** » 13 Jun 2004, 14:59

Yip
it still looks fine, nothing a good panelbeater can't fix

amdretard · Post by **amdretard** » 13 Jun 2004, 15:04

the picture looks fake

Post by **-ASSASSIN-** » 13 Jun 2004, 15:11

Iceblade wrote:Yip
it still looks fine, nothing a good panelbeater can't fix

Yeah, but I doubt even he could do something about this...

amdretard wrote:the picture looks fake

I dont think it is fake.. I know its very ugly and hard to accept, but denial is only going to hide the point, not make it go away...

amdretard · Post by **amdretard** » 13 Jun 2004, 15:18

that posche looks screwed

Fishzn · Post by **Fishzn** » 13 Jun 2004, 17:03

That Carrera is far from written off, unless of course the chassis is bent badly! It looks like a code 2 accident car and therefore can be straightened out using a chorac machine! Then you just get a new door, and knock out the rest of the body! Then it shouldn't look half bad! You guys would be amazed at what Panelbeaters are able to do today!

p.s. i know this cos our 525 was screwed up pretty badly and it came back almost perfect!

Post by **-ASSASSIN-** » 13 Jun 2004, 17:40

Yeah, I know that they can do pretty amazing things, but I doubt the car will ever be the same. The undercarrige struts are bent in the Carrera, so even if it is straightened, it will be a lot weaker than the original, and the chassis will probably bend quite a bit during cornersing....

And no matter what anyone says, one you crash 1 part of your car (say the door), it will be impossible to match the colour of the original if you spray it. This has to do with the different parts having different exposure to the elements e.g. sun. Give it 5 years, and the difference between the colour of the door, and the rest of the car will be very apparent...

Post by **Scarlet_Spider** » 14 Jun 2004, 09:43

that carrera is a Cabriolet - so the chances of the chassis being bent are quite high - the rigidity will be a lot less and as result would've distorted alot in that accident.
In my opinion that is a write off.

but then again, thats just my opinion...

Post by **wit_skapie** » 14 Jun 2004, 09:46

Scarlet_Spider wrote:that carrera is a Cabriolet - so the chances of the chassis being bent are quite high - the rigidity will be a lot less and as result would've distorted alot in that accident.
In my opinion that is a write off.

but then again, thats just my opinion...

Agreed...

Demoraliser · Post by **Demoraliser** » 14 Jun 2004, 10:52

Even it gets fixed, the car will never drive the same. Thas what most people dont get. You bangup your car, and chassis gets warped even marginally, it just wont be same.

Then the dude has live with the fact that they bashed an exotic like that. Then again he probably doesnt care, procures another the next day...

Post by **Y0da** » 14 Jun 2004, 11:02

Yeah, she's a gonner allright. Thank goodness for insurance. Wonder what he will smash...er...buy next.

Fishzn · Post by **Fishzn** » 14 Jun 2004, 12:50

But i see that the car is a roll-over, so i doubt that the structural integrity of the chassis was affected much, rather the roll-bars were damaged to a greater extent! I would definitely try to get that thing repaired, hell they are strengthening chassis's today by welding strips of metal on the under carriage, so the chassis doesn't really bend all that much on the corners! Then cut then you could cut off the top, get it back to good form, strengthen using steel bars and weld it back on! I've seen this done, my neighbour owns a panelbeating shop in durbs!

It's a given however that for a high performance car like this, those repairs will never bring it back to original form but hell, for somebody like me, i'd buy it without a second glance, get it repaired and drive it around the block at no more than 160,LOL! Even if it costs me R300000 to get it done! See how desperate ppl can be!