[lill2012]

Just a quick reminder on what happened last week when I slid into a curb:

It needs:
-bumper cover
-end cover
-valance
-lower grille
-retaining bracket
-valance rivits
-lower support
-foglamp assy
-fender liner
-mud guard
-rocker molding
-wheel
-TPMS sensor
-knuckle
-lower control arm
-support brace
-stabilizer bar
-links
-strut
-axle
-hub
-wheel bearing
-tire
-outer tie rod
-inner tie rod

Grand Total $6500

My snow tires are sitting there, laughing at me.

 

[XR650R]

Man, that sucks. Good luck!

 

[Applejack]

Ewwwww.... my muffler and CA emissions violations look so much better now.

Glad to see no frame damage.

 

[Zormecteon]

So those look like the stock tires? They warn you NOT to drive on them when the temperature is below 40 degrees F. I crashed my Focus doing just that. You must have noticed they have NO GRIP. Sure you can accelerate some, but you can't stop and you can't steer. You need winter tires as well as everything else you listed. .. Let this be a warning to anyone else who thinks they can drive with the Bridgestones that come on the car through the winter...

What a drag man. .. I feel for ya...

 

[OrangeFist]

Frankly, I'm not surprised. These little puppies can rack up the $$$ in an accident:angel:. Hope you had a low deductible.

 

[BlackBird]

Yeah, I suffered a similar amount of damage ($5k) when someone ran into me in that same spot of the car.

 

[XR650R]

You're usually smaller than whatever wants to hit you. Drive defensively.

 

[Zormecteon]

You're usually smaller than whatever wants to hit you. Drive defensively.

As you can tell by my avatar (or maybe not) my other car is an Austin Healey Sprite. It weighs half of what the FiST weighs, and is only 11 feet long. The top of the windscreen is only about 42". I have to drive defensively as it barely has enough power to get out of its' own way and is so small everyone who actually SEES it thinks it's further away than it actually is. Cars pull out all the time in front of me, change lanes nearly on top of me, make left turns across my lane, etc... It gets to be a habit to watch for EVERYONE and assume that I am not seen. Heck I would loose to a Smart Car.

 

[ryst]

Sucks you didn't damage your intercooler, then you could sneak in an an upgraded aftermarket one

Plus I remember another thread where they said the factory IC was like $900 from ford, so pretty much any aftermarket option would be cheaper.

EDIT: I'm an idiot, the factory intercooler is less than $200 http://www.tascaparts.com/ford/fies...m-cat/intercooler-scat/?part_name=intercooler

 

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As you can tell by my avatar (or maybe not) my other car is an Austin Healey Sprite. It weighs half of what the FiST weighs, and is only 11 feet long. The top of the windscreen is only about 42". I have to drive defensively as it barely has enough power to get out of its' own way and is so small everyone who actually SEES it thinks it's further away than it actually is. Cars pull out all the time in front of me, change lanes nearly on top of me, make left turns across my lane, etc... It gets to be a habit to watch for EVERYONE and assume that I am not seen. Heck I would loose to a Smart Car.

Nice, looks like a box Sprite. Tons of go-fast goodies out there for those cars although they're quite fun even in underpowered stock form.

-Steve

 

[CanadianMark]

So those look like the stock tires? They warn you NOT to drive on them when the temperature is below 40 degrees F. I crashed my Focus doing just that. You must have noticed they have NO GRIP. Sure you can accelerate some, but you can't stop and you can't steer. You need winter tires as well as everything else you listed. .. Let this be a warning to anyone else who thinks they can drive with the Bridgestones that come on the car through the winter...

What a drag man. .. I feel for ya...

I've been driving on the stock tires in -30 :/ perhaps it's time to seriously consider some winters

 

[CanadianMark]

That list looks awful though I hope it all works right after she's fixed and doesn't hurt the pocket too bad