Damage and accidents to your Elantra
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Damage and accidents to your Elantra
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Jan 9 2005, 04:20 PM
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Club Founder Group: Admin Posts: 21,359 Posts Per Day: 3.04 Thanks Received: 2809 Trader Stats: 16 (100%) Joined: 23-December 04 From: Maryland Member No.: 1 Mood: Okay |
I guess it's happened to all of us...from parking lot dings to hail damage to (hopefully not) major accidents. Describe some of the ways your Elantra has gotten "banged up"
My only mishap so far was a serious bumper scrape that took off both paint & primer.... What about your Elantra? -------------------- |
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Jan 27 2005, 08:45 PM
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Club Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Posts Per Day: 0.00 Thanks Received: 0 Trader Stats: 0 (0%) Joined: 27-January 05 Member No.: 105 |
Well I'm back but after a pretty devastating crash that has left me without my Elantra.... as most of you probably know I moved from Orlando, Florida back north to New Hampshire.... Well i was used to driving in the snow and so on... i learned in it for crying out loud!!!! well in this situation it wasn't that my driving skill was bad but more so the fact that the BF Goodrich Traction T/A's that a spent near $300 for to be bought mounted balanced and an alleged allignment from a local tire company up there is what actually cost me my car, and near injury of me and one of my best friends!! i was driving to my friends house to go watch movies since the kids i knew that were still in High School had a snow day... by the way i am only 18 turning 19 in march... but anyways back to the story... i had been driving during this storm already for about 3-4 hours.. so i was very comfortable that day with driving and knew the limits of the roads and my car... but as i was driving to this persons house going around the last turn and only about 40-50 FT. away from their street was a very light and gradual turn and downhill... i was only doing about 15 mph at the top of the hill i began to very lightly turn the wheel to begin the turn in the road and lightly tapped my brakes... the car kept going straight... i left off the brake so the front tires would spin and help give traction in order to make the turn safely.... no luck.. still going straight... when i knew it was too late and no option other then hitting to tree not by choice of course... i slammed the brakes cut the wheel in hopse that the snow would build up in front of the tires and slow me down and the wheels would turn a bit with traction from the build up... and of course my car went smash right into a tree about 2 FT. diameter.... by the time i hit the tree the car was probably doing in the area of 20-25 mph..... luckily me and my friend both walked away perfectly fine... i had a light bruise from the seat belt.... light back pain for the next two days along with light neck pain... but overall we were okay....
Pics of the aftermath: -------------------- A proud member of the club.
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Jan 27 2005, 08:52 PM
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Sailin' Man Group: Members Posts: 295 Posts Per Day: 0.04 Thanks Received: 2 Trader Stats: 0 (0%) Joined: 27-January 05 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 51 Mood: Confident |
I got nailed by a bycycle in September. I was going through an uncontroled intersection when out of nowhere, she hit my driverside door. I was only going about 20mph.
Not sure what happened to her, she was taken away in an ambulance, she tried to get up but other bicyclist told her to stay down. Anyway, I just got the car back. Replaced both door skins and pulled a small dent just behind the rear door. -------------------- Elantrick's 2004 Tidal Wave Blue GT Sporting black with red stripe 17X7.5" Drag wheels, Nitto Neo-Gen 215/40/17 tires, 19.2 rear Sway Bar, Shark Adjustable Short Shifter with lifted frame, 100 watt head lamps, with hid fog lamps wired independent of the Low beams, cold air intake, Edelbrock springs lowered 1.25" with KYB shocks and Tinted Windows. |
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Jan 27 2005, 09:53 PM
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... Group: Lifetimer Posts: 11,937 Posts Per Day: 1.70 Thanks Received: 137 Trader Stats: 14 (100%) Joined: 11-January 05 From: Poughkeepsie, NY Member No.: 5 Mood: Blah |
My GT got totaled on 12/22/04, but I replaced with a used 02 GT. I'm glad all of us are around to talk about our accidents...
-------------------- 05 Tidal Wave GLS 5 spd
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Jan 27 2005, 10:16 PM
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Club Founder Group: Admin Posts: 21,359 Posts Per Day: 3.04 Thanks Received: 2809 Trader Stats: 16 (100%) Joined: 23-December 04 From: Maryland Member No.: 1 Mood: Okay |
Kmr...that looks sad man.... glad you're ok. Did I mention I hate snow?
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Jan 28 2005, 02:12 AM
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Power Poster Group: Members Posts: 410 Posts Per Day: 0.06 Thanks Received: 0 Trader Stats: 0 (0%) Joined: 27-January 05 From: RI & CT Member No.: 45 Mood: Accomplished |
I uh "slipped on some ice" taking an onramp and went into one of them side ditches. The really cool thing is how quick my elantra turned around and climed back up that monster... with blown front tires and fooked wheels. Yay curb!
Amazingly, the wheels and tires were the only thing damaged. The suspension and everything was just fine. -------------------- A proud member of the club.
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Jan 29 2005, 08:02 AM
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Elantra Guru Group: Lifetimer Posts: 3,377 Posts Per Day: 0.48 Thanks Received: 1 Trader Stats: 3 (100%) Joined: 11-January 05 From: Boston, MA Member No.: 4 Mood: Accomplished |
i haven't had any accidents with my GT, but living in boston, i've suffered from a few rear bumper scrapes which have gone down through the primer to the plastic. and then there was the two truck driver who scraped my front bumper and mangled the license plate. but that's about it in terms of damage. i'm more worried about the effects of all this slush and salt plastered on my car, for which there is no option to remove any time soon.
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Jan 30 2005, 10:40 PM
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Club Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Posts Per Day: 0.00 Thanks Received: 0 Trader Stats: 0 (0%) Joined: 30-January 05 From: Toronto Member No.: 209 |
I was rear ended a few months ago, it wasn't that bad and it's been fixed since. I have a nice scratch on the passenger side near the bottom that was caused by someone giving me bad directions into a very tight area. In his defence, it was very dark outside.
And as of today my windshield needs to be replaced. -------------------- A proud member of the club.
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Jan 31 2005, 01:08 PM
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... Group: Lifetimer Posts: 11,937 Posts Per Day: 1.70 Thanks Received: 137 Trader Stats: 14 (100%) Joined: 11-January 05 From: Poughkeepsie, NY Member No.: 5 Mood: Blah |
Here's the outside visible damage to my car, which was totaled due to frame damage...
-------------------- 05 Tidal Wave GLS 5 spd
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Jan 31 2005, 04:10 PM
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Volunteer Group: Members Posts: 2,553 Posts Per Day: 0.36 Thanks Received: 1 Trader Stats: 1 (66.7%) Joined: 29-January 05 From: Land of Porn, CA Member No.: 193 Mood: Cynical |
silet, is that the only visible damage? if so, i'm wondering how on earth the framing got tweaked..
-------------------- "Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established."
"I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." "Weather forecast for tonight: dark." |
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Jan 31 2005, 04:14 PM
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... Group: Lifetimer Posts: 11,937 Posts Per Day: 1.70 Thanks Received: 137 Trader Stats: 14 (100%) Joined: 11-January 05 From: Poughkeepsie, NY Member No.: 5 Mood: Blah |
QUOTE (stauf @ Jan 31 2005, 04:10 PM) I'll try to take a picture of the trunk. It's kinda bent It'll make more sense when you see it. -------------------- 05 Tidal Wave GLS 5 spd
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Jan 31 2005, 04:42 PM
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Power Poster Group: Members Posts: 406 Posts Per Day: 0.06 Thanks Received: 0 Trader Stats: 0 (0%) Joined: 27-January 05 From: Stony Point, NY Member No.: 83 |
I got in an accident on September 11th 2004. I was sideswiped doing 45 mph when a car driving towards me, in the opposite direction, drifted into my lane. I swerved onto the shoulder but he still made contact.
Everything was fixed within a month and a half and I got my $500 deductable back just in time for Christmas, which was nice. It was a '99 Olds Alero. The irony is that my girlfriend just bought the exact same car, but the one that hit me was 4 cylinder and hers is a V6. Anyhow, the only bad part is that my new rim, to replaced the chipped one from the accident, sucks. It has a lot of imperfections and has a very rough surface. I plan on getting 16"s with my tax return though so I can deal with it. Aside from that I got my first flat tire today. I guess 185/55 wasn't such a good idea. I don't really know for a fact that's why it's flat but that is the most obvious explanation. Oh well. -------------------- I do things the correct way, once and I'm not gonna fix it when someone else screws it up. Wiping my own ass is the only thing I'll do over and over again until it's done right.
Homer - "I'm a rageaholic! I'm addicted to rageahol!" |
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