UPDATE 8/18/11
Car deemed a Total Loss by insurance.
$8800 including 1100 in mod reimbursement


Well I guess it was time...last accident I was involved in was in '96.

The other driver decided to lane change without signaling (and on the phone ). I didn't have time to do anything really but brake and hold on for the ride.
He hit my front quarter, just before the tire, and drove me into the wall. Lovely

Maxima is at the body shop now, awaiting the insurance adjuster on Wednesday to tell me if they'll allow it to be fixed or not.


...anyway, on with the heartbreak:

 

Yeah that sucks man.

Well shouldn't be to bad of a fix body wise and you get that new paint you always wanted. LOL

Be glad that at least you didn't have your other headlights in.

 

Lol no doubt I didn't install those yet.

Well she's in good hands now (A Master's Touch - Gabe's friend). We will see how it goes

 

total I'm sure unless they can use salvage part and cheap paint

dibs on the motor?

 

Sorry to see this. I still feel the pain of losing my 94 two years ago.

 

Total? You think?
Well I think I have a salvage to use from a friend in Houston.

And if I run out of options I will be doing a part-out. lol

 

If in Cali fosho a totaled like mine.....




Estimate at a G shop was like 7600 or so....it really f33ked me up since I just put a motor like 2 months before the accident...happened on July 15th at a gas station while getting gas...

 

You can always buy it back. But I'm sure the insurance won't even wanna touch it, especially since they're not paying. (I'm assuming that asshat got faulted)

 

Damn! atleast your okay.

 

Well yours does look a little more messed up than his. But still totalled out. Can't believe it was so much to repair. His doesn't look that bad but if it does.........I got dibs on coils and some other things.

 

AFAIK, there is no structural damage to my Max. I did drive it from the scene (after I ripped the bumper off). Plastic in the front fender wells came off and were rubbing on the tires which made it sound like crap.

-Suspension seemed fine.
-Alignment was off a little after hitting the wall but the car tracked straight still. I say the alignment was off because the steering wheel was turned to an angle.
-Tires were all fine, aside from the fronts having a dead spot...ABS light had been on for the last couple of weeks so I know ABS was actuated during the crash.
-Airbags didn't deploy.

I don't know...I really have mixed feelings at this point. Love the car but for me it'd almost be bittersweet as I'd love to get into a 6spd. Almost as if I were doing it over again.

 

At least you're ok. If you want a 6spd now it a good time to get it

 

Man this stuff is going around like HIV........Sorry about hearing the bad news! Check you roof for any deformations/warpage if you see some the frame is more than likely bent!

 

People talking on the phone while driving should get their cars confiscated by the cops. We live in the 21st century, not so hard to obtain a bluetooth device.

 

Well as of right now they are deeming it a Total Loss due to damages estimated at $6,117.26...

I haven't spoken to the new appraiser but was told to go ahead and fax receipts over of my mods so they can take those into account.
(we will see)

 

Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

Thank you I appreciate it.

I'm hoping with giving them mod receipts and knowing it wasn't my fault they can either go ahead with repair or do better than 'fair market value'.

 

Thats a lot of money for repair. Glad you are ok though. Great time to move jump over to 6spd.

Question, did you mod your hood? Looks pretty cool.

 

thats actually not to much.

good luck OP, let us know if they will even consider your "aftermarket" mods as vaulable

 

...that's what I was thinking. Either 6spd or an '03 M45 I saw recently FS.
The hood was originally on LatinMax's car. It is a custom job, stock hood with a sort of 'reverse cowl' to allow better airflow over the engine and then over the car.
Definitely...

 

Well hot damn.... $6,100. Dang Last Maxima made in Japan is pretty pricey to repair.

Well hopefully they give you a good price if write off and maybe you can find that 6spd or M45.

If not Max, then Imma need those coilovers and RSB.

 

LOL...I knew you'd be after that. You or Kendrick, at least.

The RSB isn't even on the car right now. ...nor are some other 'unlisted in signature' mods.

 

Sorry to see this man. At least my bushings came out unscathed.

 

LOL...

Nope but I'm gonna have to go remove them STAT!

 

Ouch. Sucks to see Maximas like that. At least you're okay.

If you get lucky with the mod receipts, they'll fix the ****er.

 

Yup. That's what got me, too. A nice lady in an Acura MDX whacked my passenger side front wheel hard enough to bend the LCA and knock the axle into the 6-speed transmission. The suspension and wheel ate all of the blow, so there wasn't any frame damage and the entire engine compartment was undisturbed, but because the adjuster's quotes were the price to get brand-new, Nissan-branded components from a warehouse in Chicago/Oppama... Yeah, poor 'lil guy got screwed. =(

But, for me at least, the bad event ended up turning into a good event--my half-loaded '02 6sp turned into a beastly, fully-loaded '05 6spd.

The most frustrating part is just realizing that your car could be EASILY repaired, but knowing it's not the right move, unless you want to keep it until it completely disintegrates, because you'll never move it for anything more than pennies with the salvage title.

 

:'(

 

Well I got the insurance payment information today...she's been deemed a Total Loss Vehicle - RIP

$7700 for the value of the car
$1100 for the mod reimbursement

$8800 for my Total Loss. Better than I expected and looks great initially since I owe much less than that.

...I'll be going to the body shop on Saturday to confiscate as many parts as I can since I have replacement (stock) parts to put back on.

 

Damn that suxs!!

Sooooooooo, whats up on those coilovers?? I'll be back from Houston Sunday.

 

I'm currently looking for an '03 Maxima 6spd so the coilovers will be going on there unless the new '03 has mods already. Lol

 

im confused, you proabably had way more than $1100 in mods though right?
im surprized they even gave you anything additional for mods to begin with... im guessing they saw the wheels? and... im not sure what else they would deem valuable...

its just really interesting to see what insurance companies will do with modded cars. Glad to see you got something! thats amazing.

all of us here have modded cars and god forbid something like this happening but we all have to wonder at times like this... what would happen when it came down to it.

 

The way my insurance (Liberty Mutual) worked is they would reimburse anything within a 60d period. I had around 2200 in mods total.

I'm being allowed to remove any mods I want as long as I have the OEM parts to put back on. So that's a plus.

Wheels are going to be a catch though because the tires you replace them with have to be the same x/32nd's as the ones you're removing.

 

Just curious OP, how many miles on the car? Good luck searching your 03 max.

 

Around 136k on the odometer

 

Last update for my Maxident. Found a replacement in Ohio.
86k miles...2003 6spd...$6400

 

looks clean!!! Did you have leather seats in the other Max?

 

She was a beaut! Sorry to hear/read about this.... Hope everything works out for you with the replacement...

 

He did but he swapped it out for some clothes. Y......... I D F K!!



But yeah they one you found looks nice, y didn't you put me on to that one!!

 

sorry to hear about your car, i have a soft spot for the dark grey it looked real good... but anyway, nice find looks real cleaan!

 

So is this the one you went with, Jeff? Just curious if you did - what did it cost you to get it back here (did you ship it) and what other costs were involved with registering a car from another state?