Another one bites the dust...

That's the pickup's wheel next to my door.
Absolutely no skid marks before or after the impact.
The pickup was stopped by an earthen berm or it would have gone farther.

Makes me sick just seeing the pic. Can't imagine how you are feeling

Sorry to see that man,makes me feel sick ,that could’ve been a buggy right there.
Hope you have agreed value insurance policy

That is a real bummer. However, that car is repairable. Get her in the right hands.

Sorry to see that. Glad no one got hurt. Smart devices and driving just don't mix.

My wife wants me to fix it !
I know this is going to be a battle with both insurance companies.
I'll call Dennis Quella tomorrow and get some advice. He rebuilt my ZF years ago and has provided me with a lot of parts and good advice in the past. I'm sure he knows exactly how to move forward from here.
One side is still good !

That sucks! I'm sure I would have said more than just dumb ass. Glad you're OK. And yes, get it back on the road. It's a beautiful sample of our great cars.

Terrible News.

We lost two in Arizona to accidents this year.

I hope yours gets back on the road.

Not to take anything away from the other shops, but Kirk Evans reconstructed a beautiful red GT5-S that looked worse than yours. There is a thread on here about it somewhere...

Good Luck -

Rocky

Moose,

That’s really heartbreaking news. Thankful that you were not in the car at the time. Life is short. If this happened to me, I’d consider getting a replacement car now rather than spending the 2 years rebuilding it. Good luck with your decision.

glad you're OK Michael.

Terrible news about the car, I'm confident you'll find your path through the mess. There's lots of good will behind you from amongst the members here.

-G

As much as it pains me to see this, at least it wasn’t a kid on a bike.

I would talk to Kirk. I sae the pics from the gt5s rebuild. It would be in good hands there

As others have said, at least no one was hurt, but it is heartbreaking to see nevertheless. We all take so much pride in our beautiful cars, just to have a careless driver wipe years of work out in a split second. Hopefully you'll get complete cooperation from your insurance company, and it will be whole again. It would be a shame to not have her ride again.

Agree with John, it is repairable.

You may recall my Monterey accident in August of 2015. At the time, some said it was beyond repair. Working with my repair shop, we presented an estimate to State Farm that was... eventually... accepted. No salvage title.

Embarrassingly, this was my second accident with 2511. So, I certainly have some useful been there-done that experience you may find of value.

Sending you a PM with contact info should you wish to talk.

Larry

Larry, if I remember right, I painted my car the same color as yours. You were kind enough to share it with me several years ago.

Tajon, before we were done several neighbor kids and their parents kept us company while we were waiting for the tow truck. We made good use of the time by talking to them about cross walks and bike lanes and how it is not good enough to be in the "right". You always have to use caution and look out for yourself. That woman would have killed anyone in that bike lane. As I said before...absolutely no evidence of using the brakes before or after the impact.

I sincerely defned, but it's been a long time since the braking left traces only in the televised crime series. The ABS systems prevent the wheels from blurring and there are no more skid marks on the tarmac.

Rene,

The truck was a 2017, so you have a good point. So ABS ensures that there is no evidence of braking in a panic stop?

looking at this as the driver, the maximum property damage policy my agent could sell is $100,000. So I added a million $ umberla

I would think ABS would leave a faint trace of rubber, BUT when it lost one wheel, the ABS might have thought that wheel was skidding and reduce breaking to all wheel. at least one of the two hydrualic circuit

Here is the thread I mentioned...

GT5-S Crash Rebuild

I'm not a specialist but I know that modern ABS react very fast, dozens of times per second and act on each wheel separately, so even with one wheel pulled the other three continue to brake, but I'm not sure of all that leaves visible traces.


Technically a good bodybuilder can (almost?) made everything, the real question is purely economic with the insurance and I wish you find a good agreement.