Some bonehead...
 

...parks his 964 in front of his garage and doesn't pull the emergency brake. Car coasts backwards down the embankment in front of his house, through the bushes, and SLAMS into the sidewalk.

Insurance company is leaning towards writing the car off because:
-rear driver's side of the tub is tweaked
-drivers side rear engine mount broken
-rear driver's side quarter panel is damaged where the bumper pushed it up into the taillight
-both heat exchangers and primary muffler are bent
-front bumper, wheel well splash panels and underbody panel are cracked, damaged
-rear bumper cracked
-damage to taillights, center reflector, front right turn signal broken
-decklid has a dent by the latch
-floor dented

So now the BONEHEAD is waiting to see what the appraised value of the car is vs the salvage value, so he can decide whether to buy it back from the insurance company, or buy another one.

I would guess the bonehead has learned his lesson...too bad it had to be so painful.

yeah, it's been a good 11 years since that same BONEHEAD totalled a car by leaving it parked without the emergency brake on.

Doh!

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I once knew a "bonehead", He stopped to drop off some film ( long time ago ), and while filling out the slip, the clerk asked, "is that your truck rolling backwards down the hill?"

I caught my 81' VW PU ( GTI wheels & seats ) by the front bumper but couldn't slow it down and it went backwards into a low brick wall. $1,100.00 to repair.

1973 911 T MFI Coupe, Aubergine

Steve

Hey.......at least it didn't burn.
Sucks Jake. Good luck with the settlement.

A lot of details, You must be real close to this guy. It seams you are taking this boneheads side. If I were you, I would stay away from this guy, Do not get involved, He will only drag you down. Hope you have good insurance. I personally know a guy who caused a 3 vehicle accident in his garage only 2 weeks after getting his first 911.

PPOT sure has a memory.. that musta been 5 years ago, at least!!

Sorry to hear of the situation. I hope it sorts out in your favor.

Year ago, I sent a VW on a wild ride. Barely go hung up on a landscaping berm. If it hadn't, it would have been 5oft down a slope onto a major highway.

Sorry man:(

Any black audi wagons near by?

Maybe a bonehead, but I purely love the license plate.

You drive it in the snow? ;)

Fix it and drive it. We know you love projects.

That bonehead is kinda hard on cars.

Yeah I think I likely will buy it and fix it, depending on what the #s are from the insurance company.

I got a quote to fix the driver's rear quarter panel, and to straighten the tub... about 2500-3k. I'd be fine with used turn signals and reflectors etc... that's what it had anyway. And I wouldn't be fussy about replacing the bumpers, I'd fix them enough to not look ratty.


whatever do you mean?

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Daddy broke the Funny Car in two years?
I know someone's little girl is going to be almost as broken up as her Daddy. :(

Time to look for a new one!

Best
Les

Dibs if you flog it.

I have low km white car I would sell.

This bonehead is going to experience an increase in auto premiums next time.
To avoid this he could fix it himself and not get the insurance co. involved? :):eek:
If this bonehead keeps doing this he will become uninsurable.:eek:

My heart goes out to the owner. If it was a Boxster like mine not a big deal. But a 911 is less easily replaced.....
G.

Did the same bonehead have a problem with his wife in Africa?

I have premium protection, so this one's free. It'll be interesting to see what their appraised value is... I can't seem to find any decent ones online for much under 30k.

Hell, I have problems with her when she's here!!

Nothing entertaining about that! Hurts to look at, man.

I say the minivan is fixable. Replace the bumper and cracked bits, beat out the dents, straighten the tub as best as possible, upgrade to SSIs and a performance muffler, and drive on.

I'm with Matt.... That car is fixable. I've seen way worse brought back to life. And we know jake doesn't want a show car. So as long as they can make it look normal and track straight he's good!

But is it haunted?

If I were that particular Bonehead, I would see that as a good excuse to do a backdate. But then, I'm kind of a bonehead that way.

It was just a matter of time before Jake took his car off roading.
So......did you drive it back up the bank?

This. Weren't you looking for a springtime project anyway?SmileWavy

Sorry to hear! It looks fixable though.

I did the same thing in my old driveway. I got a knock on the door from a neighbour in the morning. My daily driver rolled back out of the driveway, across the street and right up the neighbour's driveway. A few more feet, it would have hit the steep downslope right into the neighbour's basement garage. No damage. Very very lucky!

another bonehead here..

'it was just here a few minutes ago MOM...'
found it parked against the T-pole at the bottom of the St.

Rika

If it makes you feel any better, a long time ago I delivered pizza in the evening for extra cash. I go up to the door with two pies in my hand, and as I am taking money from the customer, I see headlights go down the driveway followed by a large crashing sound. My honda Civic plowed down his driveway, through his shed, and knocked over his harley. He was surprisingly cool about it all, his harley was barely scratched, and he fixed the shed himself. I felt like, well...... a bonehead.
Fix it Jake!

I did the same thing twice but I'm not lazy so it didn't take me 11 years to do it again.

I parked on an icy hill and my car slid down the hill and into neighbors wall. Zero damage. Later that same night, I parked the same car on what appeared to be a level surface...came back out and car was nowhere to be seeing. Finally found it across the street and down an embankment against a tree. Once again, zero damage.

It was a brand new BMW.

Oh man. That's terrible, but thanks for sharing! So, how about putting the car in gear? Not a habit? :)

My dad did the same thing with the family car when I grew up. Backwards roll as well. At the bottom of the hill was a big pear tree. To fix it, we drilled a hole in the center of the dent. Put a big piece of steel bar stock inside the trunk and a chain to the pear tree. Put it in first and off we went for working out the dent with many small drives forward until the chain stopped the car, pulling the dent out. Worked pretty well. I thought it was fun how the pear tree was part in both the accident and the repair!

I am with everyone else. Buy back and fix. I would also check how tweaked the tub really is. There is likely a grey zone between what the body shop considers needing fixing and what is still drivable with a creative alignment.

G

Minor scratches. My car looks like that each time I lend it to the GF.

Discuss a buy back from the insurance company is my vote.

If there was a reasonably easy backdate solution for a 964, I'd consider going that route.

I was looking at the car carefully today, and I wouldn't even replace those bumpers. I already had scratches and dings... I think brand new bumpers would stifle me more than I'd like.

Once I see what the numbers look like, I'm apt to have the quarter and tub fixed by a pro, and buy some used splash shields, turn signals etc and put them on myself. I'd far rather put the extra $$ into some engine mods..

...or maybe a mild hotrodded engine. Then I could take the 3.6 from this car and put it in the SC... hmmmmmmmmmmm

Yes, first thing that came to mind was "driveline donor". But 3.6 conversions are $$$, even if you have the engine. They were all the rage for a while but I haven't heard much about that route any more recently.

Good Luck!

G

I think it will still haul firewood.

Ahhh... I hadn't explored it in any detail... I guess I figured it would be an engine+ecu PLUS appropriate flywheel, then just fabbing exhaust and oil line stuff. What makes it challenging/expensive?



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Ouch! Sorry to see this...

BTDT. Got out of my truck and started walking in the house. Turned around for some reason only to watch my truck roll down the driveway, across the street and into the neighbors yard across the street.

Sorry
 

What? I miss that car!. I'm sorry about the accident. Hope they fix it. I agree. I have looked for another air cooled and stuck with my 996. Doing a bunch of work on it now. Getting rid of the light weight flywheel and GT clutch stuff and going back to stock and doing the ROW suspension from sun coast Porsche. Anyway, still waiting for you to come back to NY. Would love to catch up for a drink and dinner on me.

Robert