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> Goodbye Celica, I was involved in a crash the other day.....
post Jan 30, 2009 - 12:00 PM
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Well, I'd just like to start by saying what a brilliant car the Celica is. I've enjoyed every minute of ownership over the last 3 years. I'm sorry to say though that my days with my Celica are numbered!

I had a crash the other night on the way home from work. Some guy in front of me was riding his brakes like an old woman, dropping his anchors every five minutes. Eventually we ended up in a queue (a line for our american friends) of traffic at a set of traffic lights. I noticed that the lane to my left was empty and as I needed to be in that lane further down the road, I decided to move over to the left as soon as I got through the lights. Once the traffic started moving, I checked my left hand mirror and checked over my shoulder to make sure there was nothing in my blind spot. As the lane was clear, I indicated and began to pull over. At that precise moment, they guy in front of me performs an emergency stop, can anybody guess what happened next??

I look back ahead to see this fool standing on his anchors, I do the same but it's too late. Wiped out my driver's headlight, R/H wing (fender) , bonnet (hood) and front end (on the R/H corner).

I've spoken to the insurance and they've indicated that the car "sounds like a total loss" due to it's age and the cost to repair it. Worse still, as I ran into the back of someone, liability for the accident lands squarely in my court, so I can look forward to astronomical insurance premiums next year, whoopie-doo!!

Anyway, if you're reading this, thanks for your time and listening to my rant!

If anyone has read this and feels simpathetic to my cause, I need the following items:-

1 Right Hand Wing
1 Right Hand Driver's Headlight
1 Bonnet
1 Front end.

LOL

(Just kidding)


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post Jan 30, 2009 - 3:06 PM
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Man, this sucks! Right after you bought those new wheels too... Man, I really hope it's not totaled out. Best of luck with everything!


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Posts in this topic
- Racer_J   Goodbye Celica   Jan 30, 2009 - 12:00 PM
- - azian_advanced   that's very unfortunate... do you plan on gett...   Jan 30, 2009 - 12:48 PM
- - 99Celica   very sad to lose another clean celi. What will you...   Jan 30, 2009 - 12:51 PM
- - JustinCapps   well, another one bites the dust... im very sorry ...   Jan 30, 2009 - 12:51 PM
- - Fastbird   QUOTE (Racer_J @ Jan 30, 2009 - 12:0...   Jan 30, 2009 - 2:26 PM
- - richee3   Man, this sucks! Right after you bought those ...   Jan 30, 2009 - 3:06 PM
- - Random_Stranger   I am sorry to hear that. I am overly paranoid abo...   Jan 30, 2009 - 4:11 PM
- - Racer_J   Thanks for your kind words guys. I'm currentl...   Jan 31, 2009 - 5:18 AM
|- - Random_Stranger   QUOTE (Racer_J @ Jan 31, 2009 - 2:18...   Jan 31, 2009 - 5:38 AM
|- - Racer_J   QUOTE (Random_Stranger @ Jan 31, 2009 - ...   Jan 31, 2009 - 7:43 AM
- - trdproven   At one point, I almost sold my celica when I had m...   Jan 31, 2009 - 8:28 AM
- - njccmd2002   dude start looking out for parts, there are plenty...   Jan 31, 2009 - 8:35 AM
- - Racer_J   OK guys, here's the pics:- Not a pretty...   Jan 31, 2009 - 11:41 AM
|- - Fastbird   QUOTE (Racer_J @ Jan 31, 2009 - 11:4...   Mar 1, 2009 - 5:27 PM
- - richee3   Shi....... I hate dumb drivers.   Jan 31, 2009 - 11:57 AM
- - Racer_J   Well guys, it's finally time for my Celica to...   Feb 8, 2009 - 3:51 AM
- - NGHTKD   pain in the fukn arse. im really sorry to here, co...   Feb 8, 2009 - 4:33 AM
- - njccmd2002   insurance is only good for new cars. for cars lik...   Feb 8, 2009 - 8:52 AM
- - richee3   Man, you've had some rotten luck with your car...   Feb 8, 2009 - 9:02 PM
- - Racer_J   OK guys, I finally got myself sorted with a new r...   Mar 1, 2009 - 5:04 PM
- - Racer_J   Holy Sh*t!! LOL Yeah, mine was fixable b...   Mar 1, 2009 - 6:01 PM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (Racer_J @ Mar 1, 2009 - 7:01 ...   Mar 11, 2009 - 1:04 PM
- - -Samurai-   That actually doesnt look that bad....I fixed up m...   Mar 11, 2009 - 9:53 AM
- - jason   its not good practice, and i presume that due to t...   Mar 11, 2009 - 1:42 PM


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