bought my new car today...crash

[240driftin[Sil80]]

well those of you on the 5 north around the zoo drive exit mightve seen a 88 red mr2 s/c swerve across the freeway back and forth a couple times before going into the guardrail. dont be fightened or worried that was me, and im alright. car ... : ( just bought it and on my way home. Then a g37 cuts me off and i had to swerve out of the lane to not hit him or the semi in front of me. then it slid the other way, then the other way. back and forth. Then into the guardrail. kissed it a little bit. looked A LOT worse then it actually was. Both front fender and rear quarter are dented in a little bit. Back more than the front. The positive outlook i have though, is I think God was with me or helped me because it could have and probably should have been a lot worse.:cry:

[HyperTek]

sorry to hear that...what sucks is that dam g37 driver probably dont know shit and kept goin, could have gotten away if you got hurt man.

glad ur ok..

one of those situations where u probably would have been better off to hit them instead but they would get away with everything.

[shishcabobers]

good to hear your ok, but man i feel bad that you crashed your car the day you bought it.

[azndoc]

Yeah that fucking sucks.

At least your still breathing though.

That's just a piece of metal.

[240driftin[Sil80]]

for real from having my first mr2 stolen to crashing the new s/c mr2. straight horrible. at least it didnt end up that bad and most off all ya, im still breathing : ) thank you for your concern its appreciated.

[lflkajfj12123]

maybe mr2's aren't your thang.

[JVD]

Snap oversteer = MR2's thang

[drftwerks]

now you should put all that engine and stuff into an 86, get it refed and have a smog legal s/c ae86.

[240driftin[Sil80]]

lol no thanks. actually ya mr2's are my thing. you should see what i can do in one when I'm driving good. i like them because of their handling ability that is really good when you're actually in control lol. Its perfect for canyons? I almost bought another 240. i would've actually but the guy stopped answering my calls? It was a nice sil80. and I drove another Mr2 after and i felt like I was home again. My friends told me to get the Mr also because of what i could do in my first one. But ya anyone here run the canyons? Los Angeles Crest and Mt. Wilson, or Sands Canyon, or GMR.

[Bobafreak]

ohhh god....here we go.....

[240driftin[Sil80]]

prolly should'nt have said all that but ya. just being honest. heres some teaser shots of the car i took tonight : )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0081.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0080.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0082.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0085.jpg

[240driftin[Sil80]]

i'll post more pictures of the parts of the body that were messed up when i hit the guardrail tommorow.

[flip3d]

damn, that shit is nice. sucks that you messed it up already.

i just cant bring myself to get one though. maybe an sw20 or the newer one. those are pretty sick with the 2zz swap.

[1989rps13]

glad your okay i recently had an incident where i also found myself scared for my life but pulled through good luck with your car and everything

[IdriveaNissan]

The g37 probably didn't look over his/her shoulder. Happened to me too. Some dude didn't look over his damn shoulder and just cut into my lane, so I had to swerve away. Luckily the 2 was an empty freeway (like always), so no harm done...

[miucus]

happened to me right now. danm driver in a van didnt look over so i had to honk and swerve. luckily there wasnt a lot of people on the freeway so i was able to avoid it. he just looked at me while i gave him the bird.

[Dirty Habit]

ohhh god....here we go.....

indeed.

:bowrofl:

[Bubbles]

;2285339'] actually ya mr2's are my thing. you should see what i can do in one


Oh, really?



15 bucks shipped for what's left of the engine. :keke:

[blasting_speed]

MR-2s are well known to be the kings of oversteer. They're awesome looking though.

More than anything i'm glad you're all right. Its just a car by the way. You can't be replaced.

[!Zar!]

It's life telling you those cars suck.

[DALAZ_68]

AW's are sexy square lil buggers....happy to hear ur ok... :wan:

[blasting_speed]

When did you get it??? What did you grandma say???

Dude like i said at least you're safe. Can you still drive the car???

[ZenkiGTS]

orange pearl mica is the best color for the s/c... mk1's are the shit....

[240driftin[Sil80]]

When did you get it??? What did you grandma say???

Dude like i said at least you're safe. Can you still drive the car???

i got it yesterday : ) my grandma said " O GOD" haha every time i would like say the next thing that happened lol. and ya i can still drive it fine. just the fenders dented in a lil. front and rear right. pulled the front a lil so it wouldn't rub the tire anymore. so once i get back on my feet with this car get it smogged, registered, blah blah. im gonna start upgrading and putting things on. then we gotta go to a track : ) just a grip track day or w/e. "touke" event? idk

bubbles you from/in burbank?

[240driftin[Sil80]]

Rear quarter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0026.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0029.jpg
Front Fender ( barely any damage. most is that in front of the wheel the fender was in against the tire. we fixed it pretty much when we pulled it out. a lil left but mostly just the top of the wheel arch is left)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0030.jpg
And idk why, i dont think there was a curb or anything but i could be wrong. if anyone has a mr2 s/c teardrop rim lemme know!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0035.jpg
and some good front and rear shots to end it on a good note : )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0039-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v709/sum41bitches7/IMG_0041.jpg

[240driftin[Sil80]]

Pretty much stock and definatly unmolested : )
Rebuit Engine at 170,000. its now at 178,000.
HKS Hi-power intake
Stock exhaust (just a tip) with a hollow cat
Sittin on Eibach springs

and the bad
is pretty much the non working alarm
and no head unit

[ManoNegra]

God, I used to love MR2s. Glad to hear you're ok.

[SW20Racer]

i know ways to help numb that whole snap oversteer issue.

granted, it will still be an issue, but you can push the car farther before you have to worry about it.

pm me if you wanna talk cars or hold hands or anything.

[soreballz]

You call that damage? lol

I've been thinking about ditching my S13 for an SW20 lately... I miss my AW, and something about a super sexy, turbo, reliable Mk2 just seems very appealing to me.
Red, low on coils, 17s that don't fit like shit, CT20b, 3inch downpipe, Blitz NurSpec catback... Ugh, awesome. So simple, yet... It would make me so very happy. lol

[SW20Racer]

You call that damage? lol

I've been thinking about ditching my S13 for an SW20 lately... I miss my AW, and something about a super sexy, turbo, reliable Mk2 just seems very appealing to me.
Red, low on coils, 17s that don't fit like shit, CT20b, 3inch downpipe, Blitz NurSpec catback... Ugh, awesome. So simple, yet... It would make me so very happy. lol

dont rule out non turbo sw20's.

i had a shitload of fun with the 5sfe engine. and rippmods used to offer a supercharger kit for it, dunno if they still do, but the 5sfe handles boost really well, and its a tourqey 2.2

think of it as the ka-t of the toyota world i guess
(minus .2 litres if you wanna be anal)

[soreballz]

dont rule out non turbo sw20's.

i had a shitload of fun with the 5sfe engine. and rippmods used to offer a supercharger kit for it, dunno if they still do, but the 5sfe handles boost really well, and its a tourqey 2.2

think of it as the ka-t of the toyota world i guess
(minus .2 litres if you wanna be anal)
Ehhhhhhh... I'm not a 5sfe fan. At all. Or any Toyota motor with an FE head, really. The whole point of getting the MR2 Turbo would be for me to have a Cali-legal turbo car that is fairly cheap and sexy as fuck. I'd swap my car back to SOHC and automatic before getting a non-turbo MR2. :keke:


Btw... non-turbo SW20 would be an SW22, no?


I really miss my AW. I wish I hadn't had to sell it.

OP: Good luck with this one.

[scweet1]

Sorry to hear, Glad its fixable!!

[240driftin[Sil80]]

pretty sure turbo'd = sw21. non turbo = sw20.

please correct me if I'm wrong

[soreballz]

^Eh, I dunno. I was probably wrong. I've been outta the Toyota scene for like 3 years, so my memory of such things has gotten a bit fuzzy. lol